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xneverwherex
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Bearman.... April 04, 2008 at 08:45 PM UTC #
Thought of you when I got this in my email. Now where the hell is the date for the states :)

April 4th, 2008 www.wearejames.com
New album release
James return with their first studio album in seven years on April 7th with 'Hey Ma' which sees the powers of James undimmed.

Click here to pre-order the
album for only £8.95!
About the album
Always stood to the side of whichever fashion was in vogue throughout their long career, the eleven songs are immediately recognisable as the work of the same band but escape any sense that they are revisiting past glories.

The weaving bass lines remain delicate and strident in equal measure, guitars shine and ring with immense clarity and Tim Booth continues to subvert the notion of pop music, taking the title's track's immediate chorus to sing, 'Hey Ma', the boys in bodybags, coming home in pieces' in a warp of the anthemic chorus which, all thinking souls will hope, becomes the most popular, if least likely refrain, of the summer festivals.

Q Magazine this month proclaim; "Manchester veterans make confident comeback", "Tim Booth sounds like a singer reborn" and "Oh My Heart, is anthemic enough to be the new 'Sit Down'."

Visit our official website
James on TV
You can see the band playing new tracks on Later With Jools Holland on BBC2 on 29th April at 10pm.

How well do you know James?
Play the "Guess the Intro" game on our new website to see how well you know our music.

Play the game

James on Tour
James are touring the UK all through April 2008. Click on the link below to view all our tour dates.

Tour dates
bunnyman
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Re: Bearman.... April 04, 2008 at 08:52 PM UTC #
Awesome…I actually think I had a chance to see James back in the early 90's and missed them. I'm still sore that I never got to see the House of Love, Ride, and the La's. The Farm too. But I was able to check out almost every other band from around then :)
vansmack
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Re: Bearman.... April 04, 2008 at 08:58 PM UTC #
Originally posted by bearman:
. The Farm too.
Great. Now I'm going to be singing Laid and All Together Now all afternoon.
bunnyman
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Re: Bearman.... April 04, 2008 at 09:11 PM UTC #
How about we compile a list of all the definitive songs of bands from that era?

Happy Mondays – Wrote For Luck
Stone Roses – I Wanna Be Adored
Charlatans UK – The Only One I Know
Inspiral Carpets – This Is How It Feels
Catherine Wheel – Black Metallic
Ride – Vapour Trail
Northside – Take 5
Ned's Atomic Dustbin – Grey Cell Green
xneverwherex
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Re: Bearman.... April 04, 2008 at 09:11 PM UTC #
im just still waiting to see when neds will come back to the states. that'd be awesome :) - i missed far too many of the bands and always had wanted to see the house of love.

and smackie just for you.
'This bed is on fire with passion and love
The neighbors complain about the noises above
But she only comes when she's on top'
xneverwherex
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Re: Bearman.... April 04, 2008 at 09:15 PM UTC #
Soup Dragons - "Im Free"
EMF - "Unbelievable"
Carter The Unstoppable Sex Machine must have had something :) I just forgot which was the most popular.
The Mighty Lemon Drops - "Inside Out"
vansmack
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Re: Bearman.... April 04, 2008 at 09:17 PM UTC #
Originally posted by xneverwherex:
and smackie just for you.
Ah, you think you're so pretty….
ggw
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Re: Bearman.... April 04, 2008 at 09:26 PM UTC #
Lush - Ladykiller
vansmack
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Re: Bearman.... April 04, 2008 at 09:28 PM UTC #
Pulp - Common People
Venerable Bede
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Re: Bearman.... April 04, 2008 at 09:54 PM UTC #
Originally posted by ggwâ?¢:
Lush - Ladykiller
ugh. . .not that drivel. . .i suppose "for love" would be the more popular choice, but "sweetness and light" or "de-luxe" would be just as good.

saw james in dallas on the "laid" tour. . .want to say that idaho opened up, but that may have been for the cranes (stupid memory). the local dallas station that promoted the concert gave out free key chains after the show- great idea.
lwoxley
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Re: Bearman.... April 04, 2008 at 10:17 PM UTC #
Blur - Parklife

As for james, I've been following their reunion for a while now. They've done mini tours of the UK and are just to embark on a mini European tour. It would be nice if they did a US tour but would probably not bother with S FL…nobody ever does really.
vansmack
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Re: Bearman.... April 04, 2008 at 10:34 PM UTC #
Originally posted by 47 YEAR OLD VIRGIN:
probably not bother with S FL…nobody ever does really.
Celine Dion.
lwoxley
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Re: Bearman.... April 04, 2008 at 10:45 PM UTC #
Originally posted by vansmack:
Originally posted by 47 YEAR OLD VIRGIN:
probably not bother with S FL…nobody ever does really.
Celine Dion.
Even she doesn't sing down here.
grotty
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Re: Bearman.... April 04, 2008 at 11:11 PM UTC #
Originally posted by bearman:
Awesome…I actually think I had a chance to see James back in the early 90's and missed them. I'm still sore that I never got to see the House of Love, Ride, and the La's. The Farm too. But I was able to check out almost every other band from around then :)
A great 9:30 gig by James: Feb 27 '97.

Did they also play an early HFStival? I think so - but some of those get blurry…Maybe the same one as the Afghan Whigs ~ Black Love era.

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As long as I'm being nostalgic…

Great gig by Ned's too @ one of those Fests. A super hot day. I was crushed up close - luckily they had that RFK sectional shower going.
vansmack
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Re: Bearman.... April 04, 2008 at 11:13 PM UTC #
Originally posted by i'm her slave:
A great 9:30 gig by James: Feb 27 '97.
One of my first times at the club. Very well could have been my first.
grotty
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Re: Bearman.... April 04, 2008 at 11:15 PM UTC #
Originally posted by vansmack:
Originally posted by i'm her slave:
A great 9:30 gig by James: Feb 27 '97.
One of my first times at the club. Very well could have been my first.
Nice! Remember who opened? I don't (may have missed them.) Clearly remember some bull horn action.
distance
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Re: Bearman.... April 04, 2008 at 11:21 PM UTC #
too bad archive.org is so hit-or-miss

http://web.archive.org/web/19970111201748/http://www.930.com/

i wish there was a full schedule archived somewhere from all years (new and old club). it'd be really interesting to see who played there and how much (more than just the postcards in the basement bar)
grotty
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Re: Bearman.... April 04, 2008 at 11:35 PM UTC #
Jesus Jones ~ right here, right now
distance
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Re: Bearman.... April 04, 2008 at 11:38 PM UTC #
not to pull this completely off topic, but it sucks so hard this tour/show ended up getting cancelled (was browsing around on archive.org at the schedules)

Squarepusher & Plaid 8/28/01
w/ Mira Calix $15.00


i think i saw james when they were doing lollapalooza? 1997 i guess it was.
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