Fraser has quietly assembled almost an album's worth of new material, which will form the basis of a 75-minute set with a band including Reece, multi-instrumentalist Thighspaulsandra from experimental band Coil and ex-Spiritualized bassist Sean Cook. Ex-Genesis guitarist Steve Hackett may also feature.
I demand a recording of this as soon as this set is performed.
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 1 May 2012 02:56 (1 year ago) Permalink
Yeah, okay, that url made me think the story was about something altogether unpleasant. But good on her!
― O Aquaman (Deric W. Haircare), Tuesday, 1 May 2012 04:16 (1 year ago) Permalink
Meanwhile in the last sentence...
Also appearing at Meltdown will be Marc Almond, Diamanda Galas and Laurie Anderson, with other major names still to be announced
Damn.. This might be something to go to...
― Reality Check Cashing Services (Elvis Telecom), Tuesday, 1 May 2012 04:24 (1 year ago) Permalink
Jesus crow. I just saw this pop up on the 4ad FB group and Im all a fluster. If I could rely on it to actually HAPPEN I would be going into hock for tickets to the UK right now, but I cant risk her piking.
― fix it with like some music glue (Trayce), Tuesday, 1 May 2012 10:01 (1 year ago) Permalink
And Steve Hackett! wtf. I have to tell my ex, he is going to go mental.
― fix it with like some music glue (Trayce), Tuesday, 1 May 2012 10:02 (1 year ago) Permalink
If I could rely on it to actually HAPPEN I would be going into hock for tickets to the UK right now, but I cant risk her piking
It'll happen. Contracts and all that will have been signed. Plus, from the interview she sounds pretty upbeat about it.
― my father will guide me up the stairs to bed (anagram), Tuesday, 1 May 2012 11:39 (1 year ago) Permalink
I'd say "hooray" because it's not a 'reunion'
Because a 'reunion' is one gig then everyone disappears.
Whereas this seems like a new album/gig, so more likely a beginning of something.
― Mark G, Tuesday, 1 May 2012 11:42 (1 year ago) Permalink
Shitting kittens!interesting phrase!― suburban buttshaven cannibal (electricsound), Tuesday, 1 May 2012 02:51 (8 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
interesting phrase!
― suburban buttshaven cannibal (electricsound), Tuesday, 1 May 2012 02:51 (8 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
t'was the original title of "Sugar Hiccup" you know..
― Mark G, Tuesday, 1 May 2012 11:45 (1 year ago) Permalink
nice piece with Robin from a Xmas special edition of MOJO last year.
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7026/6791081375_2d669f5e8a_o.jpg
― piscesx, Tuesday, 26 June 2012 21:54 (10 months ago) Permalink
just got tickets to the Bath gig
― kinder, Tuesday, 26 June 2012 22:36 (10 months ago) Permalink
Are you saying they're doing a reunion show??
― LeRooLeRoo, Wednesday, 27 June 2012 21:58 (10 months ago) Permalink
sorry, no, just Liz
― kinder, Wednesday, 27 June 2012 22:32 (10 months ago) Permalink
yeah she might do a few CT tracks it looks like. short gig otherwise i'd wager.
― piscesx, Wednesday, 27 June 2012 23:14 (10 months ago) Permalink
Thanks for posting the Mojo piece.
My Bloody Valentine? They were just another little indie band to begin with. Lush interested me more because they could actually write songs and had ideas.
He sounds like he's too insecure to admit how good My Bloody Valentine are. Which - if the case - is sad, considering how satisfied he should be with his own body of work. It wouldn't diminish his band in any way. Then again, maybe that mix of insecurity and competitiveness helped him reach the heights he did with CT?...
The only Cocteaus records that make me cringe are the Twinlights and Otherness EPs (from 1995). Twinlights is acoustic and has violins and shite like that, and Otherness is pointless remixes.
I kind of agree with him about Twinlights; I think the instrumentation wasn't up to par. An intriguing exercise - I don't think it's a failure, by any means... But I consider the Otherness EP to be an essential final jewel in their crown. Just listen to the direction that that EP took their live set in; it was yet another breathtaking step in their evolution.
Example 1: The way it drops out at around 3:20 and resurfaces in remix form is a thing of beauty.
Example 2: Definitely NOT a pointless remix.
― azaera, Thursday, 28 June 2012 06:40 (10 months ago) Permalink
Oops, video #2 is supposed to be this:
― azaera, Thursday, 28 June 2012 06:41 (10 months ago) Permalink
Argh. Technical ineptitude. Sorry. It's supposed to be a video of Aloysius live from 1996. Definitely worth checking out if you haven't already done so.
― azaera, Thursday, 28 June 2012 06:43 (10 months ago) Permalink
No, it's because RG was one of that group of people who actually remember MBV as this shambolic live band stumbling round the London scene in the mid to late 80s. As opposed to people who just heard these amazing records coming out of nowhere and presumed they were always that brilliant.
(And I say that as someone who was part of that latter group. But I know quite a few people who remember MBV as an early band, and their later success was, shall we say, unexpected.)
― White Chocolate Cheesecake, Thursday, 28 June 2012 08:33 (10 months ago) Permalink