― JC-L (JC-L), Thursday, 19 August 2004 13:46 (nineteen years ago) link
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― Andrew Blood Thames (Andrew Thames), Thursday, 19 August 2004 14:53 (nineteen years ago) link
Haven't heard the Frozen Orange LP yet. Who put it out?
― Guymauve (Guymauve), Thursday, 19 August 2004 14:53 (nineteen years ago) link
― Guymauve (Guymauve), Thursday, 19 August 2004 14:54 (nineteen years ago) link
Merge. I don't think it's been released yet, though.
― JC-L (JC-L), Thursday, 19 August 2004 15:14 (nineteen years ago) link
― Donald, Thursday, 19 August 2004 15:17 (nineteen years ago) link
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― Guymauve (Guymauve), Thursday, 19 August 2004 15:40 (nineteen years ago) link
And the Stephen CD has some great simple pop songs in a Vehicle-esque vein, though my love for it may just be nostalgia for 1995 on my part.
Didn't like the Heavy Eights CD so much, but thought A Feather in the Engine was "ace." So am excited about the new one. Is it on soleseaq yet?
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― gaz (gaz), Thursday, 19 August 2004 22:54 (nineteen years ago) link
his old band squirm, solo recordings as michael j. hex, and in the duo the hiss explosion with peter mitchell are all uniformly brilliant, with the hiss explosions last album '66' (which actually included a kilgour cover) is a tasty slice of lo-fi pop and guitar shimmer, simply wonderful stuff.
mike ran 'noseflute' recordings here in christchurch for many years and was an important figure in the scuzz-rock scene of the mid 1990s (ape management, squirm, spacedust, loves ugly children etc), and in moving to dunedin a couple years back, he took over arc life recordings - leading to a real revitalisation of this top-notch label before his untimely death.
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― Drooone, Tuesday, 10 April 2007 06:25 (seventeen years ago) link
Just saw David Kilgour and the 8's at High Dive in Seattle. It was Halloween. David dressed up as an emo rocker, except he just wore an Emo Philips black mop wig and used the phrase "fucking geezers" every other phrase during the banter. Homer Simpson came on stage to dance on the third-to-last song. Excellent show, although could have been more attended. Ah well. David is one of the sweetest and friendliest people I've ever met. Good times.
DON'T MISS THE KILGOUR LIVE
― Mackro Mackro, Thursday, 1 November 2007 07:04 (sixteen years ago) link
i'll be seeing him in Denver (oddly enough at a place called the Hi-Dive) this Saturday -- can't wait! And uhh, if any of you are in the Front Range area, be sure to make it for the opening band, the Magic Mice. That's my band ... Sorry for the shameless plug, but what the heck. 10pm!
― tylerw, Thursday, 1 November 2007 15:23 (sixteen years ago) link
Kilgour was indeed awesome, though the crowd was ridiculously sparse. Great band, beautiful guitar playing, warm vibe. The whole thing makes me want to go on some sort of rant about all the crappy indie rock bands who sell out places four times as big as the hi-dive, but I won't waste your time ... To repeat what Mackro Mackro said above, DON'T MISS THE KILGOUR LIVE. I think he's swinging around to the east coast now ... And the Clean are playing in NYC in a couple of weeks too! Goddamn.
― tylerw, Tuesday, 6 November 2007 15:39 (sixteen years ago) link
Grrrr, I will have to miss his Wednesday November 14th Washington DC show at DC9.
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 6 November 2007 17:15 (sixteen years ago) link
anyone heard this? http://www.davidkilgour.com/falling.htm not avail. in the states yet, I guess ... also, new Clean album coming soon! Huzzah!
― tylerw, Thursday, 4 June 2009 18:02 (fourteen years ago) link
no haven't heard that. but new Clean song available on pfork!
― Dr. Johnson (askance johnson), Thursday, 4 June 2009 18:52 (fourteen years ago) link
yeahhhh it sounds sweet! latter day Clean should not be overlooked!
― tylerw, Thursday, 4 June 2009 18:54 (fourteen years ago) link
New Clean album - "Mister Pop" is at least half utter brilliance and the rest is solid and will likely grow on me.
I pulled out Stephen's "Radar Of Small Dogs" and it's really great, I had completely forgotten it. Pity Flying Nun can't get their act together and reissue more from the vaults.
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Monday, 14 September 2009 18:49 (fourteen years ago) link
Good grief does the title track of "Here Come the Cars" act as a perfect destressing balm or what.
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 25 November 2009 21:07 (fourteen years ago) link
ooh, I need that record. Is it available anywhere other than Amazon? Selling for $36 there ...
― tylerw, Wednesday, 25 November 2009 21:09 (fourteen years ago) link
Looks like you can get it for rather cheaper here:
http://www.newzealandcds.com/products.asp?product_id=1000
Here's his overall 'buy stuff' page for reference:
http://www.davidkilgour.com/buy-stuff.htm
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 25 November 2009 21:11 (fourteen years ago) link
Haha, bless their hearts, they link to a number of my AMG reviews.
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 25 November 2009 21:12 (fourteen years ago) link
oh, nice, thanks Ned! Just discovered this Kilgour band: http://rootstrata.com/rootblog/?p=2171Dunno if that CD is out of print or what, but you can grab it there.
― tylerw, Wednesday, 25 November 2009 21:12 (fourteen years ago) link
just pulled out my stephen cd last week! mostly really good. the first tune gets me every time.
― andrew m., Thursday, 26 November 2009 04:14 (fourteen years ago) link
also pulled out & the heavy eights for the first time in a long while. "diggin for gold"!
― andrew m., Thursday, 26 November 2009 04:15 (fourteen years ago) link
so awesome!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-3Q6lFP47FE
― scott seward, Tuesday, 22 February 2011 00:55 (thirteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p_TUP_d1nIo&feature=related
― scott seward, Tuesday, 22 February 2011 00:56 (thirteen years ago) link
All of David's solo albums are great in different ways. "The Far Now" just satisfies the soul...
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Tuesday, 22 February 2011 01:40 (thirteen years ago) link
I should rate his solo albums but in many ways they've each been somewhat better than the previous, with the exception of The Heavy Eights album which is my favorite of all, and also not counting the False Alarms demo comp. A Feather In The Engine is really slept on, and vies with Heavy Eights for my favorite some days.
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Tuesday, 22 February 2011 02:08 (thirteen years ago) link
i wanted to hear 'today is gonna be mine' the other day + the internet failed me
― just sayin, Tuesday, 22 February 2011 09:35 (thirteen years ago) link
Feather in the Engine is maybe my fave solo release of his, pretty perfect throughout. Especially love "All The Rest" -- when I saw him play with Lambchop as his backing band (2002?) the guitar break on that one was immense. still need to get a few ... never heard Frozen Orange for some reason. Those Clean vids are amazing.
― tylerw, Tuesday, 22 February 2011 15:52 (thirteen years ago) link
frozen orange is . . . nice enough. don't get me wrong; it's totally worth hearing. but the edges are a little smoothed out compared to earlier stuff
― reggie (qualmsley), Tuesday, 22 February 2011 17:03 (thirteen years ago) link
does David still live in NZ? is he alright? has he been accounted for in the earthquake?
― if music be the fuiud of love then piss off (Drugs A. Money), Tuesday, 22 February 2011 17:16 (thirteen years ago) link
yikes, hope he's ok. this just landed in my inbox! good news: David Kilgour and the Heavy Eights will release their new album Left By Soft on CD and digital download April 26th!
Left by Soft was recorded in the Catlins, about two hours south of Dunedin, New Zealand, in an old lodge surrounded by native bush, birds, and the sea. David spent about a week down there with the Heavy Eights. Thomas Bell engineered and produced but also played bass AND cooked the band awesome meals every night. After chilling out most mornings, the band would start recording mid afternoon into the night. Apart from a couple of overblown tracks, they kept overdubs to a minimum and when mixing left most takes as is—no cleaning up via Pro Tools editing, etc.
“To me, it sounds like the band on a good night, warts and all,” says Kilgour. “It’s probably the first real “band” LP I’ve made since Frozen Orange or the David Kilgour and the Heavy 8’s LP from the mid ’90s.”
David Kilgour is a guitar god for guitar atheists. He’s worthy of worship, but his style neither demands nor expects it, all of which only serves to increase his otherworldly cool. Left by Soft, his first album in four years with the Heavy Eights, comes on the heels of the Clean’s excellent 2009 outing, Mister Pop. You could say it’s all part of a late-career renaissance, but that implies there’s been some sort of valley in his 30 years of making music. This time, there are more of the elegantly chiming chords and beautifully drifting solos, all presented with Kilgour’s sparkling pop sensibilities.
The Heavy Eights are Taane Tokona on drums, Tony de Raad on guitar and keyboards, and Thomas Bell on bass and keyboards. David plays guitar, keyboards, and harmonica. Mike McCloud from Shifting Sands guests on “I’ll Climb Back Up That Hill.”
― tylerw, Tuesday, 22 February 2011 17:53 (thirteen years ago) link
greeneyedowl has uploaded some great stuff to youtube. i remember sitting behind david and hamish in the theater watching 'to die for' trying to see when they laughed, if they laughed, hamish always looks so serious.
― keythhtyek, Thursday, 24 February 2011 02:02 (thirteen years ago) link
David Kilgour is a guitar god for guitar atheists.
yes.
and yes--those Clean videos on youtube are fantastic.
― nerve_pylon, Thursday, 24 February 2011 02:49 (thirteen years ago) link
new song is great -- looking forward to the album.
― tylerw, Thursday, 24 February 2011 03:46 (thirteen years ago) link
I think David lives in Dunedin which is about 5 hours from Christchurch so he should be unaffected by this.
― Hinklepicker, Thursday, 24 February 2011 06:00 (thirteen years ago) link
Had missed the revive last month. Can't wait for this!
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 16 March 2011 15:50 (thirteen years ago) link
just one listen in to the new one, but it sounds amazing. more soloing than the last few, i think, which i approve of. love everything this guy touches, but this one might be a cut above the usual.
― tylerw, Wednesday, 16 March 2011 20:06 (thirteen years ago) link
Point That Thing Somewhere Else, just the other day
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8dQRJkKv7E0
― Bill E, Wednesday, 16 March 2011 20:23 (thirteen years ago) link
I love "Nail In My Foot'
― Jessie Fer Ark (Mobbed Up Ping Pong Psychos), Wednesday, 16 March 2011 20:49 (thirteen years ago) link
Is it wrong, or is it right to be a beatnik???
― David Allah Coal (sexyDancer), Wednesday, 16 March 2011 21:53 (thirteen years ago) link
sweet clip! long live the clean!
― tylerw, Wednesday, 16 March 2011 22:45 (thirteen years ago) link
just one listen in to the new one, but it sounds amazing
Tyler, old bean, you got an advance copy? Jealous!!
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Thursday, 17 March 2011 00:10 (thirteen years ago) link
You know, "Autumn Sun" really sounds like Kilgour and company doing a hell of a tribute song to the Church, in their own way. It's more like a parallel approach but it's kinda weird how I can't hear it any other way!
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 15 April 2011 18:27 (thirteen years ago) link
that sounds fantastic. when's the new one out? is it with the heavy eight again?
― reggie (qualmsley), Friday, 15 April 2011 18:35 (thirteen years ago) link
Out next week officially, and yes with the Crazy Eights. Am reviewing it for the AMG and it's almost like he's found his own personal Crazy Horse at this point.
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 15 April 2011 18:41 (thirteen years ago) link
hadn't thought of the church comparison, but it makes sense now that you mention it. i posted my rave over here: http://ow.ly/4BhjG
― tylerw, Friday, 15 April 2011 18:48 (thirteen years ago) link
oh my god that sounds awesome. can't wait to read ned's too and pick this up proper
― reggie (qualmsley), Friday, 15 April 2011 18:50 (thirteen years ago) link
this is really great. on first listen anyway
― Spikey, Monday, 18 April 2011 04:04 (thirteen years ago) link
Really looking forward to this
― music loves drugs (Drugs A. Money), Monday, 18 April 2011 05:23 (thirteen years ago) link
"purple balloon" is very very pretty
― reggie (qualmsley), Friday, 29 April 2011 15:33 (twelve years ago) link
yeah, it's perfect. it's the sort of song that *sounds* easy and effortless, but i don't think anyone except kilgour could do it.
― tylerw, Friday, 29 April 2011 15:41 (twelve years ago) link
album of the year, etc.
― Spikey, Saturday, 30 April 2011 01:35 (twelve years ago) link
it's the sort of song that *sounds* easy and effortless, but i don't think anyone except kilgour could do it.
Completely agree, after just one listen. I can't say I'm blown away by this, let's see how it stacks up after repeated listens, but it's at least yet another solid release from a man who seemingly can't do wrong. Really, is there a single dud in his catalog, even his side projects? No. Impressive after 30 years!
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Saturday, 30 April 2011 03:11 (twelve years ago) link
the last two clean albums have been pretty dud.
― keythhtyek, Saturday, 30 April 2011 03:39 (twelve years ago) link
They've had some misses but by no means are they duds - "Mister Pop" was half great and half meh, that's not a dud in my book.
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Saturday, 30 April 2011 03:43 (twelve years ago) link
I love David Kilgour but also agree that he seems to have reached some sort of comfort zone with his work. He is great at creating texture and atmosphere but often is not so good at constructing a song. Give me Robert Scott's compositions any day. Kilgours lyrics are typically vague and almost unnecessary. I know he is a kind of sacred cow and all but I do think he is coasting. Good luck to him though, why shouldn't he be relaxing?
― Hinklepicker, Saturday, 30 April 2011 08:10 (twelve years ago) link
nice onion review
http://www.avclub.com/articles/david-kilgour-and-the-heavy-eights-left-by-soft,55411/
― reggie (qualmsley), Wednesday, 4 May 2011 13:16 (twelve years ago) link
haven't heard the new one, but this thread inspired me to break out unknown country. fun album.
― mizzell, Wednesday, 4 May 2011 14:07 (twelve years ago) link
"Mister Pop" was half great and half meh, that's not a dud in my book.yeah i agree -- from what i understand, clean albums these days are pretty loose affairs, like they kind of go into recording without even knowing the songs all that well (or at all)? So there's room for both brilliance and missteps. It's probably the right approach, though. The main thing with the Clean is just their sound. still loving the new kilgour -- definitely my go-to "turn it up loud in the house" record for this spring.
― tylerw, Wednesday, 4 May 2011 14:35 (twelve years ago) link
yeah there's something about the guitar tone that's really thick and satisfying. good record!
― sleeve, Wednesday, 4 May 2011 18:53 (twelve years ago) link
i think all of the clean albums have been like that, show up and press record. they just seemed to be better at before. it might be that robert scott is finally out of songs and this is affecting the overall quality of the clean. i could be attributing too much to him, but the last couple of Bats records have been pretty dull too, trend, but then I like that recent song he did with Adalita Srsen although I'd rather he had done it with Jane Sinnott.
― keythhtyek, Thursday, 5 May 2011 03:14 (twelve years ago) link
man, the Clean In-A-Live EP is sooooo good. is there a recording of the full show floating around out there? help a dude out!
― tylerw, Thursday, 5 May 2011 21:12 (twelve years ago) link
I had no idea there was a new David Kilgour record out!! Was just listening to Here Come The Cars just the other day and reminiscing about high school.
― JacobSanders, Thursday, 5 May 2011 21:40 (twelve years ago) link
Now you can hear the new one and reminisce about your kid's high school years.
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 5 May 2011 21:45 (twelve years ago) link
Hey don't jinx me, I've made it this far without having a kid!
― JacobSanders, Thursday, 5 May 2011 21:51 (twelve years ago) link
New album is killer. Seems to have a fuller band mix than a lot of the 90s Clean stuff I've heard...? Are most of David's solo stuff like that?
― Jonas Stalk, inventor of the shithead vaccine (Drugs A. Money), Thursday, 15 September 2011 23:30 (twelve years ago) link
2 David Kilgour threads:
Here's the other one
david kilgour's best, poppiest songs
― curmudgeon, Friday, 16 September 2011 04:27 (twelve years ago) link
Yeah, the new album is great, a little more meaty than recent efforts. I wish it some more long songs and extended guitar bits, but it's still fantastic.
― the emancipation of distraction (askance johnson), Friday, 16 September 2011 14:20 (twelve years ago) link
This is neat - Hamish Kilgour on the origins of "Anything Could Happen":
http://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/blogs/blog-on-the-tracks/6280128/The-poppies-want-to-grow-a-little-taller
― EZ Snappin, Wednesday, 18 January 2012 23:31 (twelve years ago) link
ha, that's great! and long!
― tylerw, Wednesday, 18 January 2012 23:41 (twelve years ago) link
a memory for detail, that guyawesome!
― La Lechera, Wednesday, 18 January 2012 23:48 (twelve years ago) link
That's fantastic! Early kiwipop history has always seemed like a black hole to me, it's great to get a glimpse into whatever the hell was going on back then.
― the emancipation of distraction (askance johnson), Thursday, 19 January 2012 00:45 (twelve years ago) link
<3
― mookieproof, Thursday, 19 January 2012 00:55 (twelve years ago) link
ok maybe i should take a vacation in june
05.30.2012 Los Angeles, CA The Echo 06.02.2012 Austin, TX Chaos in Tejas - Club De Ville 06.04.2012 Allston, MA Brighton Music Hall w/ Times New Viking06.05.2012 New York, NY Le Poisson Rouge w/ Times New Viking06.06.2012 Philadelphia, PA Johnny Brenda's w/ Times New Viking06.07.2012 Washington, DC Rock & Roll Hotel w/ Times New Viking06.08.2012 Chapel Hill, NC Local 506 w/ Times New Viking
― JoeStork, Wednesday, 22 February 2012 20:50 (twelve years ago) link
The Clean on tour, rather than just Kilgour btw
urgh i do not live in or near any of those cities!
― tylerw, Wednesday, 22 February 2012 20:51 (twelve years ago) link
wait whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat?!first roedelius skips chicago, and now the clean?! texas is not the midwest!
i'm upset.
― Laura Lucy Lynn (La Lechera), Wednesday, 22 February 2012 20:59 (twelve years ago) link
also genuinely amused that both GBV and the clean chose TNV for their opening band
― Laura Lucy Lynn (La Lechera), Wednesday, 22 February 2012 21:00 (twelve years ago) link
specifically for their reunion tours, i mean
they must've seen TNV show up as a "related artist" on their respective spotify pages and said "who the hell are these guys"
― tylerw, Wednesday, 22 February 2012 21:04 (twelve years ago) link
Not to get nitpicky and I stand corrected if you have read otherwise, but The Clean and TNV are now both on Merge, so it may be that Merge chose TNV to do US dates with the Clean.
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 22 February 2012 21:06 (twelve years ago) link
oh well oki'll buy that but i still think it's funny
― Laura Lucy Lynn (La Lechera), Wednesday, 22 February 2012 21:07 (twelve years ago) link
anyway back to outrage! why not more datesssssss. actually i know exactly why they're not playing Denver -- last time Kilgour played here (2007), the club was practically empty, something i'll never forgive the mile high city for. show was still awesome.
― tylerw, Wednesday, 22 February 2012 21:10 (twelve years ago) link
The Clean show in Austin is part of Chaos in Tejas, so it's only an hour long... but I can see the Hex Dispensers, go have dinner, then come back and watch the Clean!
― the girl from spirea x (f. hazel), Wednesday, 22 February 2012 21:13 (twelve years ago) link
diamond david kilgour should do some solo dates as long as he is in the usa.
― all i can think to play is guns and war (askance johnson), Wednesday, 22 February 2012 21:16 (twelve years ago) link
is there a new clean album in the works i wonder? i actually dig the last few releases.
― tylerw, Wednesday, 22 February 2012 21:17 (twelve years ago) link
if he came to chicago i know at least 8 people who would show upthat's one more than denver!
― Laura Lucy Lynn (La Lechera), Wednesday, 22 February 2012 21:17 (twelve years ago) link
oh he'd pack house in chicago, denver just sucks! it's funny, my band opened that show and my wife and I talked to David a bit -- and to this day we still say "Dinvah" the way he pronounced it.
― tylerw, Wednesday, 22 February 2012 21:22 (twelve years ago) link
perhaps we could reroute air traffic through Chicago and abduct him/them from the airportor force them to perform in the airport
― Laura Lucy Lynn (La Lechera), Wednesday, 22 February 2012 21:24 (twelve years ago) link
sounds good! btw here's a very nice recording of a recent show: http://crankingamps.blogspot.com/2011/03/2011-03-09-clean-smudge-sonny-and.html
― tylerw, Wednesday, 22 February 2012 21:26 (twelve years ago) link
Saw them at Maxwells in Hoboken September 2010 and it was great, especially since I was rocking out next to Ira Kaplan.
― Evan, Wednesday, 22 February 2012 21:47 (twelve years ago) link
Ok, I wasn't going to say anything, but one of the Clean guys is actually sending their kid (grandkid?) to the same music camp as my son this week. I'm still trying to bump into him. At least now I have something to ask about.
It was very strange looking at the camp sign-in sheet this past Tuesday, recognizing the name, and then realizing that nobody there had the slightest idea who he was.
― dlp9001, Thursday, 23 February 2012 01:24 (twelve years ago) link
those seem to be . . . curiously small venues? i probably have no idea what's what, but i figured they'd at least be in the cat's cradle/black cat rather than local 506/r&r hotel
― mookieproof, Thursday, 23 February 2012 01:44 (twelve years ago) link
506 is a super small venue! I held the door for Michelle Williams there once. Like 100 years ago.
I welcome The Clean to play at the bar across the street from my apt. It's a really small venue...
― Laura Lucy Lynn (La Lechera), Thursday, 23 February 2012 01:54 (twelve years ago) link
new song! <3 ive been listening to this dude so much lately... http://www.archhill.co.nz/profiles/blogs/new-david-kilgour-the-heavy-eights-single-free-download?xg_source=activity
― just sayin, Wednesday, 6 March 2013 07:49 (eleven years ago) link
Holy shit, just saw them play live where they were joined by Peter Gutteridge for "Point That Thing..." and two others! Plus great versions of "Too Much Violence", "I Wait Around", "At The Bottom", "Fish" ...
― etc, Monday, 10 February 2014 10:02 (ten years ago) link
didn't go, but last week they played chicks hotel (along with bill direen) with gutteridge & martin phillips sitting in on a few numbers. sort of regretting not going now cause sounds like it was an excellent show...
― no lime tangier, Monday, 10 February 2014 10:26 (ten years ago) link
That does sound great
― curmudgeon, Monday, 10 February 2014 14:50 (ten years ago) link
Been revisiting the DK & Heavy Eights recently. So much confidence. I think one big change for me, now, is that I don't enjoy the second, long half of "Diggin for Gold," the big heavy Les Paul workout that takes it to the end. I never minded back then, but now I could listen to the first part of the song on repeat at length and be happy. But it is a big heavy guitar workout album. In the day, I kind of overlooked "Waveboarder," but now it's the thing I replay most often.
― andrew m., Tuesday, 11 February 2014 03:21 (ten years ago) link
Also the Barbara Manning duet Locked in Blue. How good is this?! So fun to play on guitar too
― andrew m., Tuesday, 11 February 2014 03:22 (ten years ago) link
"duet" lol
― andrew m., Tuesday, 11 February 2014 03:24 (ten years ago) link
I always imagine him stompin around in moccasin boots with his jeans tucked in on that part. xp
― andrew m., Tuesday, 11 February 2014 03:35 (ten years ago) link
http://youtu.be/7uHHVQnd7vMhttp://youtu.be/rOhcfCw4vTE
― tylerw, Tuesday, 11 February 2014 15:31 (ten years ago) link
^^the aforementioned peter gutteridge guest spot, plus a VU cover. both killer.
― tylerw, Tuesday, 11 February 2014 15:35 (ten years ago) link
pretty sure there's a clean performance going on in the park just across the valley from me right now!
― no lime tangier, Sunday, 20 March 2016 02:51 (eight years ago) link
You near Port Chalmers? IIRC they're playing at the final night of Chicks Hotel tonight ...
― etc, Sunday, 20 March 2016 06:11 (eight years ago) link
nah, i'm up the top end of n.e.v. seems they were taking part in a community event for spreading knowledge about lindsay's creek & environs :-D
when i first heard the guitar i initially thought it was coming from a practicing neighbour copping kilgour's sound... then the rest of the band came in
& yes, closing of chicks tonight but tickets were $$$ + i imagine it's gonna be seriously packed in there, so :-/
― no lime tangier, Sunday, 20 March 2016 06:27 (eight years ago) link
The Clean are playing SF Oct 1. No other US dates at this point.
― JoeStork, Monday, 11 July 2016 18:35 (seven years ago) link
2 more dates announced, looks strictly california at this point:https://www.mergerecords.com/tours?artists[]=1644
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Tuesday, 6 September 2016 23:44 (seven years ago) link
Show in SF cancelled due to family illness, Stephen Malkmus playing (Spiral Stairs 50th bday) instead.
― JoeStork, Friday, 16 September 2016 18:58 (seven years ago) link
The entire tour has been cancelled. I mean...I feel for ya, family illness and all, but it is tremendously disappointing.
― Badmotorfinger Debate Club (MFB), Friday, 16 September 2016 22:04 (seven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h7LXlYxFlfg
― reggie (qualmsley), Monday, 23 April 2018 16:14 (six years ago) link
That's pretty faithful!
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 23 April 2018 17:28 (six years ago) link
met h4m1sh tonight! nice guy and quite a raconteur.
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Friday, 21 September 2018 00:53 (five years ago) link
http://www.brooklynvegan.com/files/2019/07/kilgour-bobbies-a-girl.jpg
David Kilgour & The Heavy Eights – Bobbie’s a girl
Entrances 2:51Smoke you right out of heres 2:50Crawlers 2:26Threadss 4:06Coming in from nowhere nows 3:12Spotlights 2:59Swan loops 4:09If you were here and I was theres 3:30Looks like I’m running outs 2:56Ngaparas 5:57
― mizzell, Thursday, 18 July 2019 19:38 (four years ago) link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=168&v=ye-XH78aUvE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ye-XH78aUvE
― mizzell, Thursday, 18 July 2019 19:39 (four years ago) link
excellent cover art
― the girl from spirea x (f. hazel), Thursday, 18 July 2019 20:16 (four years ago) link
excellent song
― je est un autre, l'enfer c'est les autres (alex in mainhattan), Thursday, 18 July 2019 21:07 (four years ago) link
yeah, i like that ...
― tylerw, Thursday, 18 July 2019 22:13 (four years ago) link
It sounded perfect yesterday, still does today
― doug watson, Friday, 19 July 2019 13:15 (four years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-9ygLV4pBOI
― mizzell, Monday, 9 September 2019 16:56 (four years ago) link
that makes me want to try surfin'. great song, kilgour is really one of the largely unrecognized greats.
― je est un autre, l'enfer c'est les autres (alex in mainhattan), Monday, 9 September 2019 17:09 (four years ago) link
new record is really nice, no surprise.
― tylerw, Monday, 9 September 2019 17:15 (four years ago) link
― tylerw, Monday, September 9, 2019 5:15 PM (one week ago)
^^
I'm actually quite taken with the two departures from his usual sound - the piano/Cloudboy vibes in "Swan Loop", and the Billy TK scorch of "Ngapara".
― etc, Sunday, 22 September 2019 22:03 (four years ago) link
He's never made a bad record. Or even come close to one.
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Sunday, 22 September 2019 22:33 (four years ago) link
^^ seriously. just so consistent. and consistently underrated.
― just sayin, Monday, 16 March 2020 23:58 (four years ago) link
"I’m so glad to have completed this piano piece, it’s been hanging around in raw form for about 7 years and I always forget about it. .....and just like that it’s completed and out! Woo hoo!.....it's possibly my last statement on my obsession with minor chords and maj 7th chords."
https://www.projectsunrise.work/artists/david-kilgour
― just sayin, Thursday, 5 November 2020 22:23 (three years ago) link
https://i.stuff.co.nz/national/130639132/police-searching-for-awardwinning-kiwi-musician-last-seen-four-days-ago?fbclid=IwAR2z64QdKt1bo8xQ32JkxPHv86ino-LA7qIVKksEXUqeRqwTsfBXlVffW9Q&mibextid=Zxz2cZ
Not good. Hamish Kilgour missing for 4 days
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 1 December 2022 15:33 (one year ago) link