Yet Another Just Announced Commetary Thread

azaghal1981 wrote:

Anyone who checks ticketfly at any given time will see the Soft Sale show listings.

Don't know if this was discussed elsewhere, but why are the soft sales no longer listed in the weekly email blast?

Good question. I wondered the same thing.

hutch wrote:
He was such a dissapointment at Wolftrap opening for CEsaria Evora (maybe cause it was just him on acoustic..)…

hopefully he'll be better with a full band, playing full-on samba.  i'll most likely be at this show.

sweetcell wrote:

hutch wrote:
He was such a dissapointment at Wolftrap opening for CEsaria Evora (maybe cause it was just him on acoustic..)…

hopefully he'll be better with a full band, playing full-on samba.  i'll most likely be at this show.

I may be at this show too…just absolutely love Brazilian music…

Has anyone heard the full album?  I thought Crown on the Ground was a killer song, but I can't imagine they could hold my interest for an entire album.

bellenseb wrote:
Sleigh Bells
RNR Hotel
7/2

Pitchfork gave it an 8.7 this morning.
Album is okay, its fun at first and then about 10 minutes later I'm ready for something else.

That's pretty much what I assumed.  Thanks.

There is something almost Onionesque about this…


via BBC6Music Twitter feed

Would Led Zeppelin consider replacing U2 at Glastonbury if Bono's back doesn't recover? Jimmy Page on 6 Music: "I never rule anything out."

well now that U2 is out….

Got wrote:

sweetcell wrote:
Lords of Acid, with My Life with the Thrill Kill Kult (all original members!)
Bourbon Street, Baltimore, MD
Monday, August 2
http://www.sextacyball.com/
http://www.missiontix.com/events/product/9094/sextacy-ball-2010-featuring-lords-of-acid-and-thrill-kill-kult

i'm having flashbacks to a show i saw at the old hammerjacks with that same lineup (i think)

how long ago was that?  was it good?  i've been listening to both bands for a long time, but i've never seen them perform.

i find the "all original members" part strange, since other than groovie and buzz, the kult has been a revolving door of hired musicians on stage.  the only true "original members" are those two, and it isn't the kult unless they're there… so that tag-line seems like a marketing gimmick to me.  i'm assuming it means their first lineup.

yeah those are the main two….mainly Charles Levi as well, since he was with them for a long time.  I can't remember when that show was…hammerjacks closed in '97, so maybe 93 or 94?

i feel like TKK have never been good live, always seemed to be lip syncing and not really playing.

lords of acid definitely weren't really playing their instruments, but the singer was nice to look at, heh.

kosmo wrote:
There is something almost Onionesque about this…


via BBC6Music Twitter feed

Would Led Zeppelin consider replacing U2 at Glastonbury if Bono's back doesn't recover? Jimmy Page on 6 Music: "I never rule anything out."

well now that U2 is out….

newp - gorillaz.  sry :(

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/8706700.stm

I think that's what makes it so awesome, especially with TMUP…the posting is so infrequent, and then BAM…awesome rant about something left field.  Don't think I don't remember that Van Halen rant from a few years back  ;)

redsock wrote:

nkotb wrote:
Dude, you and Redsock have the weirdest shit that sets you off.  I generally know, if there's a Thousand Made-Up Loves post, its gonna be passionate, batshit crazy, and awesome to read.

Batshit? What!! Don't be talking shit about Bat for Lashes around here!!

But seriously, what else sets me off? I'm a pretty low-key intermittent poster around these parts.

As for Belle and Sebastian, a couple nights before the MPP show, they played at the Hollywood Bowl  with the LA Philharmonic and I was there. To describe it as epic doesn't even begin to do it justice. The band were in top form, the show was totally sold out, and it was a very special kind of night. It started off like Beethoven and everyone was polite, clapped and were on good behavior, but by the end people were going absolutely bonkers. At one point Stuart ran up into the crowd and then people were literally running down the aisles, dancing, climbing on the partion in front the stage, and the band was TOTALLY into it. There was a stage invasion and the Philharmonic musicians were scrambling to protect their instruments. It was hilarious. I think that following a show like that (which they stated firmly was a career highlight), the MPP show may have seemed like the inevitable comedown. How does one compare the 2 shows? They're still one of the most consistent live bands I've seen, and I've seen them probably close to a dozen times.

Thousand wrote:

kosmo wrote:
Actually the B&S MPP show was pretty Meh, even Stuart thought so, but the 9:30 shows prior that were great.  Totally dug their last album, it was nice to hear some of the bands other influences besides Felt and Nick Drake.

I can see how their amphitheater show would have a tough time living up to their 9:30 shows, but the setlist was incredible, the place was packed and we had driven in from Michigan the day before to meet up with friends in Baltimore. Aside from Stuart going Axl Rose, it would have been hard pressed for me not to enjoy the show. And being close enough to shake Stuart's hand was pretty incredible. Christ, they even played the Model.

The five songs I really, really want to hear next time around:

Seeing Other People
I Love My Car
Loneliness of a Middle Distance Runner
There's Too Much Love
Rollercoaster Ride

I've seen them do SOP, LOAMDR and TTML, but to my knowledge they never play ILMC or RR. It'll be interesting to see what they dig out on the coming tour. I never, ever get tired of hearing them play "Sleep the Clock Around". I saw them at the Tower Theater in Philly and this beefy jock got up on stage, took his shirt off and began to swing it around like a Chippendale. The security wanted to kick him off but Stuart insisted that he stay and dance and the band were laughing so hard they could barely play.

Glad people love B&S.

FOr me the great B&S was Tigermilk, IF You're Feeling SInister and Boy with the arab strap (and the 4 early singles).. That stuff is superb…. They were on a roll that I had not seen since The Smiths…This was some very important music to me.

AFter that their music turned to boring crap….except for "I Fought in a War"

Its just an opinion but at least to me it was heartbreaking to see the way it unraveled. Stuart Murdoch letting the other members write songs was just a terrible idea.

I pretty much stopped following them.

RustyOrgan wrote:

bearman wrote:
I'm adding my B&S comments over to the Just Announced Commentary FYI, in an effort to keep Kosmo and other folks happy since not everyone appreciates geeky Scottish indie rock (although I'm pretty sure Kosmo does).

Anyone else catch B&S at the OLD Black Cat?  ;)  DAR shows are for suckers!!

Yup…I saw them at the Metro in Chicago and it was a very lackluster show. It was the first after Isobel had been "sick". During Momus, the opening band, she was sitting behind me in the balcony and I asked her if I bought her a drink, would she put me on the guest list for DC? She was very sweet and said of course. So the afternoon of the Black Cat show, I was tooling around 16th Street and ran into Stuart and Isobel. They seemed to be having a very intense discussion, but I gave them some directions and sure enough that night Isobel had take care of me. It was a phenomenal show, blew away the Chicago one. Wasn't it close to Halloween and some of the band members were wearing costumey type get-ups? I seem to remember Isobel wearing tiger ears and she had her face painted with whiskers.

TWEE AS FUCK

hutch wrote:
Glad people love B&S.

FOr me the great B&S was Tigermilk, IF You're Feeling SInister and Boy with the arab strap (and the 4 early singles).. That stuff is superb…. They were on a roll that I had not seen since The Smiths…This was some very important music to me.

AFter that their music turned to boring crap….except for "I Fought in a War"

Its just an opinion but at least to me it was heartbreaking to see the way it unraveled. Stuart Murdoch letting the other members write songs was just a terrible idea.

I pretty much stopped following them.

I feel the opposite way.  I got the earlier stuff when it came out but I have liked each album better than the one before it.  I think the 3 newest ones are masterpieces.  The early ones I don't even listen to anymore. 

kosmo wrote:
There is something almost Onionesque about this…


via BBC6Music Twitter feed

Would Led Zeppelin consider replacing U2 at Glastonbury if Bono's back doesn't recover? Jimmy Page on 6 Music: "I never rule anything out."

well now that U2 is out….

Yeah Robert Plant is the one that will be hard to convince. 

i've never even listened to a single note of a single song by belle and sebastian . . . but just the name alone leads me to believe that they would not be enjoyed by me.  how one sided of the fence i am.