the band CAVE

They were definitely a nice surprise at Pitchfork.

pure moods still killing it -- definitely one of my favorite things from this year.
live set over yonder: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/CAVE/Live_at_WFMU_on_Talks_Cheap_Aug_16_2010

they were great when I saw em at the bank in baltimore

yeah i pretty much wanted to follow them on tour after seeing them last summer.

new one! NEVERENDLESS. Just got the promo from Drag City -- more of the same, but that is exactly what i want. Some long jamzzz.

great title

already "this is the best" is the perfect distillation of what these guys do. 14 minutes of unrelenting awesomeness.

Think they are planning to go to Australia next year. I'm surprise there are already promos for the new one, don't think it's coming out til the fall?

yeah, i was surprised too. comes out sept. 20.

Really excited for new CAVE!

Think they are planning to go to Australia next year

ooh i like the sound of this

my little review of the new one here: http://ow.ly/6bToa
really loving it, annoyed that they seem to have tour dates scheduled in every US city except mine.

Try living in Mid Missouri (oh, but they are def playing here)
Their last show in town was in the basement DIY space and it fucking COOKED.

Oh and your writeup is sweet. OTM.

Their last show in town was in the basement DIY space and it fucking COOKED.
is this their thing, playing nontraditional venues? the denver show they played was a totally random head shop/record store/art space that i'd never heard of before and haven't heard of since. god, it was so good.

It is sometimes their thing, not always.
They've all got a lot of experience with touring and playing rock shows. Sometimes a non-traditional space is just more attractive.
Sometimes, getting paid is.

they may have been paid in weed at the show i saw.

This is awesome
http://vimeo.com/29128356

sweet!

is this their thing, playing nontraditional venues?

lol, the record release show for the new albumw as played on a flatbed truck driving down Milwaukee Avenue here in Chicago. Really wanted to go, but wasn't able to do so.

Check that link I just posted

ah, didn't click the link, most videos on vimeo won't play at work

this makes me want to drive up to baltimore to see them.

as noted upthread, they were pretty godlike for me when i saw 'em last year.

that video is great -- there are lots of recognizable places, but the parts i like best are the anonymous intersections.

saw these dudes last night they were pretty cool

they hit up the local npr station today apparently
http://www.wbez.org/episode-segments/2011-10-14/grooving-some-caves-neverendless-jams-93151

The rhythmic orchestration of the rock band Cave typically unwinds slowly but steadily over lengthy songs. They are often called "roller-rinkin’ rock for the next generation."

Confused about what that phrase means? The band sat down with Eight Forty-Eight to explain what exactly roller-rinkin' rock is and why they are not your typical jammers

Gonna see them tonight. So stoked.
Cooper insists that they are a funk band now. Hafta laugh.

I'm going tomorrow night, will report back on level of funk.

annoyed that they seem to have tour dates scheduled in every US city except mine.
this, still. jealous you guys are seeing them.

Not to rub it in, but I'm gonna get to see them twice on this tour!
Which is cool and all, but the fact that I can't you know BE IN THE BAND and actually go on tour still kind of stings.

crash the stage! "i'm back in the band!!"

I get to every now and again.
It's the long hours in the van with the dudes that I really crave though.

And they are playing tonight and tomorrow with ANOTHER band that I used to be in.
It's going to be really great to be in the same room with so many good friends.

so psyched, they're playing in Denver next week! at the very same mysterious head shop as last year.

Hey, all right.

Playing in my town on Friday night!

they played for free on monday but i didn't go because i saw that show a few weeks ago

lol, well that was a bummer. drove an hour down to denver for this show, sat through two opening acts. then, they announce that THREE more bands are going to play at the club next door, and everyone should go watch those. Wait around, wait around, wait around, and it's 1:15am on a Sunday night and i'm literally falling asleep on my feet. last opening act still going strong. i guess i'm getting old or something, but i can't wait until 2am for a band to play! yeesh.

jeez, is that a regular mysterious head shop procedure? driving back home in a few minutes, gonna blast the album once more.

ha i don't know, they played at a reasonable hour the last time! i'm all for playing alternative venues and whatever, but this just got kind of silly.

Bummer city. Sorry to hear that.
They did a cover of DJ Funk's "XTC" on Friday night, it was amazing.

Sorry to hear that tyler, but that would have been annoying to me too. I'm not sure I'd have even made it as late as you did on a Sunday night.

just got word that my friend stuck it out. they went on 1:45-ish. "it was awesome," he said.

That is way too late. I'm sure it wasn't the band's decision.

yeah we talked to one of the dudes who put the show together and he was like "i don't think cave will ever play here again."

Hah, as they shouldn't. Shitty shitty thing to do to a band and the audience.

i do think they got a lot of free weed though, so ...

They described the place to me as less a head shop, more a speak easy. It sounded a lot like this "record store" that operated in my town called "K3v1n's World" that really seemed like a front for the proprietor to get underage kids drunk. Did you get some BBQ, at least?