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you even get to see Avalanche crack

― mentalist (mentalist), Friday, 8 October 2004 12:35 (nineteen years ago) link

do I get to smoke it?

― alfalfa romeo (natepatrin), Friday, 8 October 2004 17:27 (nineteen years ago) link

i just downloaded something off of soulseek called "The Avalanches - Live 1997 Kup Day Kaos".
all the tracks all labeled "Track01, Track02" and so on.
i was just wondering if anyone here ever heard this before or knows where to find a track listing?.
thank ya

― i can't remember my password, Saturday, 9 October 2004 19:00 (nineteen years ago) link

sorry about the typo's. i'm a bit tired

― i can'y remember my password, Saturday, 9 October 2004 19:11 (nineteen years ago) link

*views footage and hears music* An enjoyable mess of stuff, that.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 11 October 2004 15:36 (nineteen years ago) link

no Avalanches DJing, no Modular bands in the USA:

an email from Modular:
"It's with much sadness that we have to let you know that the tour formerly known as the Modular World Domination Tour [r.i.p.] will not be happening this month. Many apologies to all who had planned to come out and see us in LA, New York and London, but due to unforseen circumstances we've had to pull the entire thing.
We're bummed about it, the bands are bummed about it, and it's quite possible that many of you are too.
We do, however, hope to have something similar in the pipeline for either late this year or early next.
When things come to fruitition, be sure we'll let you know."

― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Tuesday, 12 October 2004 17:07 (nineteen years ago) link

this is the photo they included in the email:
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― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Tuesday, 12 October 2004 17:07 (nineteen years ago) link

hmm

― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Tuesday, 12 October 2004 17:08 (nineteen years ago) link

it's cute.

― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Tuesday, 12 October 2004 17:08 (nineteen years ago) link

I dreamt that I read an interview with them about the new album. They were going for a sort of early twentieth century theme, I remember a masked ball on an ocean liner from America to Europe. They also said there was going to be a silent movie slapstick suite. When I awoke I was pretty disappointed that it was a dream – the slapstick thing would be great.

― Orange, Friday, 15 October 2004 07:03 (nineteen years ago) link

That's the best logo ever.

― Mr. Snrub, Friday, 15 October 2004 16:58 (nineteen years ago) link

one year passes...

Five Years

― Schwip Schwap (schwip schwap), Saturday, 24 December 2005 10:45 (eighteen years ago) link

Please come home.

― manuel (manuel), Saturday, 24 December 2005 11:04 (eighteen years ago) link

I read a couple of months back that they had recorded a new album but scrapped it.

No idea how true that is, though.

― James Mitchell (James Mitchell), Saturday, 24 December 2005 13:02 (eighteen years ago) link

one month passes...

come on already

― s1ocki (slutsky), Thursday, 23 February 2006 19:58 (eighteen years ago) link

"We took our career tips from Axl..."

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 23 February 2006 20:02 (eighteen years ago) link

i mean i guess it's time to just completely give up hope, huh? i can't imagine those guys made enough from being the avalanches to spend 5 years making an album, they've probably moved on in their lives by now...

― s1ocki (slutsky), Thursday, 23 February 2006 20:04 (eighteen years ago) link

im gonna email this thread to them when i get home

― mark p (Mark P), Thursday, 23 February 2006 20:05 (eighteen years ago) link

I can't believe I never posted to this thread!

― Dan (Probably For The Best) Perry (Dan Perry), Thursday, 23 February 2006 20:08 (eighteen years ago) link

I honestly can't imagine a follow-up touching the first one; perhaps its best if one never arrives.

― deej.. (deej..), Thursday, 23 February 2006 20:16 (eighteen years ago) link

haha i was just listening today and wondering whatever happened to them.

― Sterling Clover (s_clover), Thursday, 23 February 2006 20:21 (eighteen years ago) link

mark are you actually in touch with them?

― s1ocki (slutsky), Thursday, 23 February 2006 20:23 (eighteen years ago) link

last week there was an interview w/ them in the street press over here in sydney because they're playing a show next weekend. i think they said that they were finally going to start knuckling down and recording their new album (this sounds believable right?).

― t_g, Thursday, 23 February 2006 21:52 (eighteen years ago) link

was in a melbourne pizza place today & "electricity" was playing. & i'm seeing them dj on sunday!

― etc, Friday, 24 February 2006 07:15 (eighteen years ago) link

one month passes...

Where the HELL are *these* guys?

― piscesboy, Tuesday, 11 April 2006 14:50 (eighteen years ago) link

they play music

― M@tt He1geson (Matt Helgeson), Tuesday, 11 April 2006 16:59 (eighteen years ago) link

Every generation has its Loveless.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 11 April 2006 17:00 (eighteen years ago) link

from their theavalanches.com site which is still regularly updated:

"M A R C H > U P D A T E
NEW ALBUM -
exploration into sampled inner space continues, and is sounding damn exciting from all reports. the band would like to thank everyone for their patience and ongoing support. "sorry its not done sooner but theres no point in putting out an insane half finished mess" is the general feeling in the camp. recording is proceeding much quicker than with the first album believe it or not - its just that no one was waiting on that one.

AVALANCHES IN ROCK SHOCK -
the guys have also been busy re - editing most of bon jovis seminal 'slippery when wet' album (excluding wanted dead or alive and without love which are shit) and will be airing these once in a lifetime versions during their melb and sydney laneway dj sets - so get down there for a once only 80's rock extravaganza."

― i'm from hollywood, Tuesday, 11 April 2006 17:08 (eighteen years ago) link

excluding wanted dead or alive and without love which are shit

Very wise people.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 11 April 2006 17:09 (eighteen years ago) link

i got an avalanches 12" for free the other week.

― the unbearable lightness of peeing (orion), Tuesday, 11 April 2006 23:45 (eighteen years ago) link

I only remember hearing Living On A Prayer at the end of the set, though there was a bit of other 80s rocktacularity mixed into the set, like fuckin' Springsteen.

Word is that they turned in a complete album of dark and introspective noodling, were told "no-one wants to hear this" and have gone back to write a new record full of party jams (though they reckon they'll sample the unreleased one for it).

― kit brash (kit brash), Wednesday, 12 April 2006 03:58 (eighteen years ago) link

six months pass...

so... is it common knowledge that dexta left ages ago?
or is this a wind-up?

― pisces (piscesx), Tuesday, 17 October 2006 15:53 (seventeen years ago) link

Common knowledge, long ago.

― I.M. From Hollywood (i_m_from_hollywood), Tuesday, 17 October 2006 19:14 (seventeen years ago) link

James De La Cruz and Gordon also left years ago (and that middle-aged guy in the safari suit, if you count him).

― kit brash (kit brash), Tuesday, 17 October 2006 20:25 (seventeen years ago) link

so when is the album coming out? seriously...

― Lovelace (Lovelace), Wednesday, 18 October 2006 00:28 (seventeen years ago) link

no idea

― mentalist (mentalist), Wednesday, 18 October 2006 04:21 (seventeen years ago) link

three months pass...

http://www.theavalanches.com/

― deej.. (deej..), Tuesday, 30 January 2007 04:02 (seventeen years ago) link

AVALANCHES BIG TENT SET (2006)Coming Soon

Bobby, tone and daz crank out a blistering big tent festival set, its stupid heavy metal good fun.

not sure what to think of all this.

brains (teazer) is...interesting

― deej.. (deej..), Tuesday, 30 January 2007 04:03 (seventeen years ago) link

the second 'song' is exciting

― deej.. (deej..), Tuesday, 30 January 2007 04:04 (seventeen years ago) link

:\ I always get so excited when this thred is revived... I want something new/awesome so badly

― If you fuck with Jimmy Mod, you call down the thunder (The Famous Jimmy Mod), Tuesday, 30 January 2007 04:07 (seventeen years ago) link

Sign In above for DJ sets and mixes from Bobby, Daz and Tone while you're waitin for ~~the new album~~ your grandson's balls to drop in fifty years time.

Fixed.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 30 January 2007 04:07 (seventeen years ago) link

well, gosh.

― slackety yax (H2-H4), Tuesday, 30 January 2007 04:22 (seventeen years ago) link

also this bro of mine at work got asked to be part of the formative avalanches lineup but he was losing interest in playing with turntables around that stage and politely declined the offer. for real!

― slackety yax (H2-H4), Tuesday, 30 January 2007 04:26 (seventeen years ago) link

this mix 'teazer' is basically a fun party mix

― deej.. (deej..), Tuesday, 30 January 2007 04:28 (seventeen years ago) link

WHEN I MET YOU
'When I Met You' is a butchered version of the Avalanches GIMIX mixtape. Some people invented a cover for it and are selling it through HMV, posing as the new Avalanches album. Its not!
_______________________________________________

what the...? through HMV ??? huh? a butchered GIMIX??

― pisces (piscesx), Tuesday, 30 January 2007 18:17 (seventeen years ago) link

I've seen that in stores in the U.S.

― jaymc (jaymc), Tuesday, 30 January 2007 18:19 (seventeen years ago) link

Yep, I bought a copy at the great Tower Records sell-off.

― Michael Daddino (epicharmus), Tuesday, 30 January 2007 18:24 (seventeen years ago) link

i never understood how HMV et al were allowing 'When I Met You' on their sheleves.

― vita susicivus (blueski), Tuesday, 30 January 2007 18:34 (seventeen years ago) link

and i think by butchered they mean it was taken from radio broadcast where it ends early instead of going into Fern Kinney or whatever it was.

― vita susicivus (blueski), Tuesday, 30 January 2007 18:35 (seventeen years ago) link

It's actually the longest version I could find and even includes the Fleetwood Mac. It's rather high quality, but not the best I've found - but then again the best ends before the Fleetwood Mac. I wouldn't say it's "butchered" at all.

Needless to say the mixes on that page are AWESOME.

― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Tuesday, 30 January 2007 19:02 (seventeen years ago) link

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