Search And Destroy: Afghan Whigs

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C'MON LIL' RABBIT

why are there two rick mccollums

Dave Rosser from TS/GT/AEWGDAML on 3rd gtr (drummer is from Cursive and Okkervil River but also played in GT and on last Twilight record)

haha thx. i only saw 'miles iz ded' and they pretty much showed only dulli and the drummer.

oh man so glad they've finally started announcing non-fest/non-ny/non-euro dates. dc in septemberrrrr

this was great, so great.

how've i never sat there and gawked over mccollum before?

kid on drums seemed SO HYPED to be there, good times

saw them twice this year and they're probably two of the best shows i've seen. a real joy to witness a band this tight.

sweet jesus christ -- i saw them in chicago on saturday and i am still thinking about it. my only regret is not bringing/wearing my rabbit mask.

http://www.thefader.com/category/faderfort

live now

Thanks!

lol climax

w/usher even

I WISH THEY WOULD HAVE DONE SAME GIRL BUT THAT RULED

http://pitchfork.com/news/53721-the-afghan-whigs-return-to-sub-pop-for-first-album-in-16-years-do-to-the-beast

I thought it was titled "Do the Beast," which is better, because it sounds both sexual and like some obscure dance.

awwwww yeah
they were pretty beastly on this last tour iirc
i'm optimistic!

Is there supposed to be a cover connection?

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8492/8319910269_e5dc5d4663_z.jpg http://cdn3.pitchfork.com/news/53721/dfba5fb0.jpg

Uh....no Rick McCollum? Seems some personal issues there.

Anyway, I'm out. Too much a vital part of the original band's sound. Now it's just the Twilight Singers with Curley.

kinda feelin algiers? a little more pep than that recent dulli but tbh expectations are not really sky high

truly bewildering to me that as many rode and, since the announcement of this new record, are willing to ride for dulli and co.…AW was supposed to be a alt-band that employed R&B aspects in a potent way? UGGGHH… then again, I heard "gentlemen" and thought the rhythm section sucked ass…some years later heard 1965 and again was flabbergasted the band was held up as soulful or funky what have you…

i've always really appreciated their rhythm section but to each his/her own

They never had a rhythm section last more than a couple of years tbf (Dulli went through drummers pretty fast in the Twilight Singers' touring years too)

Bought tickets for the Glasgow show because I've never seen them (kicking myself I missed the reunion tour but the closest they came was London) but I'm preparing myself for it being the Twilight Singers with Curley. "Algiers" doing little to dissuade me of that.

There's a Dulli interview in the latest issue of Uncut that hints more strongly at McCollum's personal problems and also states that Curley plays on some tracks on the album - I'd thought he'd be on it all!

i saw one of their reunion shows with rick and even then with so many backing musicians including a workmanlike third guitarist the sound was really watered down on the congregation/gentlemen stuff - really wished they'd done some numbers as a four piece. while i get why rick isn't involved, there's no reason for this to be called an afghan whigs album except $.

and if "algiers" is what they hear as a single...yeesh

truly bewildering to me that as many rode and, since the announcement of this new record, are willing to ride for dulli and co.…AW was supposed to be a alt-band that employed R&B aspects in a potent way? UGGGHH… then again, I heard "gentlemen" and thought the rhythm section sucked ass…some years later heard 1965 and again was flabbergasted the band was held up as soulful or funky what have you…

― veronica moser, Friday, February 28, 2014 1:59 PM (Yesterday)

Rick McCollum (lead guitar) played in R&B/jazz bands, while the rest came from punk/rock bands, maybe that's why you didn't hear the R&B flavor in the rhythm section? Also, original drummer Steve was a pretty accomplished drummer, I remember reading an article 20 years ago featuring the comments of many more famous drummers applauding his work.

I have never heard Black Love or 1965, I got off the bus with Gentlemen. Saw them open for Teenage Fanclub ca Bandwagonesque.

Black Love is fantastic. I saw them live at t in the park 1996 headlining the king tuts tent when Black Love was out. Great gig.

Dont expect much from this album after hearing that single.

Some strange production choices on this new record. It sort of inches to Afghan Whigs, but ... yeah, it's basically Twilight Singers. But that's cool. Twilight Singers are cool.

Only ever saw them live once, and that was way back around the time of Up In It, but they were tremendous. Favourite thing by them is the Sister Brother / Hey Cuz single. Hey Cuz is especially spectacular imo, riffs cutting up all over the place and guitar lines spiralling out into the sky - the band sound really loose and jamming but also very well-drilled and tight at the same time, kind of a Hendrix-y trick to pull off.

Man, I saw them two summers ago and they were so good I would have been fine with it being my Last Concert Ever. No reason to think the songs on this new one won't work live, but then, again, Twilight Singers were great live, too.

Begs the question what we really need the Afghan Whigs for, aside from the name, if Dulli has all this other stuff going on

that Rosser guy and his prominence annoys me. You'll never be an Afghan Whig, mate

sorry but I've become v sniffy over these reunions

I just heard that Joy Division reunited with Iggy Pop as the vocalist.

uh no, it was Marion who reunited with Iggy as the vocalist

Dulli would make a pretty good Iggy sub. Subbing for Iggy in Joy Division, that is.

It's business. Dulli can tour wider and play larger rooms when billed as the Afghan Whigs. Its the same with Alice In Chains and a ton of lesser groups. I can't blame the guy, it doesn't change the records.

TBF, the last three times the A. Whigs played Chicago, they played the same place the T. Singers played (and sold out).

http://www.npr.org/2014/04/06/297714232/first-listen-the-afghan-whigs-do-to-the-beast

turns out i like this a lot, despite missing rick. fails to sound like the whigs or the twilight singers at all, really

Afghan Whigs doing a cover of The Police, "Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic".

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8g7TznJLd50

new album in spades in may!!!!

new song is sexy af

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kp7ooQ_7TPg

probably the most earnestly dulli's approached soul music since 1965, hope there's a horns all over the album

this sounds a little less mastered-to-shit than the last few Dulli things which makes me very very happy

I approve. I want to say that is better than anything on the comeback record, which I can't remember.

The last two times I saw the Afghan Whigs - in 1997, maybe, and in 2012, maybe - they were so good I felt if I never saw another show it would be fine with me.

the 2012 show i saw is 100 percent the best concert i've ever seen

yep

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cx99Kecmuy8

OK, listening to "Do to the Beast" now and, yeah, weird, it's like I've never heard it before. I even thought it was called "Do the Beast." But it sounds pretty good! My bad.

"lost in the woods" is one of the best whigs songs ever so i like the last record. kinda falls apart in the second side though

And xpost Seriously, so glad there are clips of the one I saw:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=THAKskSp6mQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kkvXhXdFRDc

really nice to see that Into the Floor is going to be on this

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4OFf8p4ByaY

the highlights from the last one were easily Lost in the Woods and The Lottery (as weird as Mark McGuire's presence there is)

psyched about this! new song sounds good -- who's that little guy in the video?