so crooked fingers is playing a few dates in the next month
i wonder . . .
― mookieproof, Sunday, 16 January 2011 06:05 (thirteen years ago) link
can't imagine bachmann would want to offend whatever strange souls actually prefer crooked fingers to archers
― da croupier, Sunday, 16 January 2011 13:03 (thirteen years ago) link
Oh man!
When I saw Crooked Fingers about 5 years ago Matt came out on stage towards the end and they played a couple AoL songs. It was pretty sweet.
― ENBB, Sunday, 16 January 2011 14:11 (thirteen years ago) link
yo latebloomer, we should chill sometime when i'm in chillsboro (my highly-efficient new name for c-hill/carrboro metropolitan area)
― bernard snowy, Sunday, 16 January 2011 14:33 (thirteen years ago) link
and yeah i am pretty bummed that i did not know about this, archers are like my favorite nc band, maybe favorite indie-rock band?, of all time
― bernard snowy, Sunday, 16 January 2011 14:34 (thirteen years ago) link
http://www.youtube.com/results?uploaded=d&search_query=archers+of+loaf&search_type=videos&suggested_categories=10&uni=3
― fruit of the goon (k3vin k.), Sunday, 16 January 2011 14:54 (thirteen years ago) link
nice xyc shirt on the drummer :D
― bernard snowy, Sunday, 16 January 2011 15:09 (thirteen years ago) link
so this was at/before a Love Language show? never rly fucked w/ them but props for this!
― bernard snowy, Sunday, 16 January 2011 15:11 (thirteen years ago) link
holy shit i would kill to see them live again!
― dj plain ole m@tt (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 17 January 2011 17:23 (thirteen years ago) link
Man I used to love Archers of Loaf so much. I need to replace my old cassettes, not sure I even know where they are anymore. I used to get made fun of relentlessly in my design studio class because I had an Archers of Loaf sticker on my parallel bar and people wrongly assumed I was a big America On Line supporter because of the 'AOL' logo.
― one pretty obvious guy in the obvious (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Monday, 17 January 2011 17:27 (thirteen years ago) link
― dj plain ole m@tt (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, January 17, 2011 12:23 PM (10 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
ugh me too
Last time I saw the full line-up was like late 90's NYC and it was completely amazing. I think that At the Drive-In opened that show but I could be making that up because it seems sort of odd.
― ENBB, Monday, 17 January 2011 17:36 (thirteen years ago) link
nah that would actually make total sense to me, at the drive in started on flipside, def a lot of peeps that loved archers liked the early ATDI stuff
― dj plain ole m@tt (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 17 January 2011 17:38 (thirteen years ago) link
OK then maybe I'm not making that up. Iirc the other band that night was Knapsack which is a name I haven't thought of in a very long time until just now. wow.
― ENBB, Monday, 17 January 2011 17:39 (thirteen years ago) link
Yeah, they toured a bit with ATDI. I specifically showed up late to one show to avoid them.
― Dr. (Johnny Fever), Monday, 17 January 2011 17:47 (thirteen years ago) link
I saw them with Helium in Columbus and it was SO RAD. I have seen Crooked Fingers a bunch of times through the years too.
Just curious -- has anyone heard the film score he did for Ball of Wax? (full disclosure: i am involved with this, so i am just curious if anyone knows it exists -- also it is really good even if it does have a very early 00s feeling to it)
― ergonomically chromium plated fish slice (La Lechera), Monday, 17 January 2011 20:06 (thirteen years ago) link
never heard of it, but loved his barry black project that he had when archers were still going, that was very film music sounding stuff
― dj plain ole m@tt (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 17 January 2011 20:09 (thirteen years ago) link
yeah, that's partially what inspired getting the sdtk together. i can probably upload it somewhere if no one can find it. it was released under EB's name, so i think it may have fallen through the cracks for a lot of ppl
barry black, crooked fingers, blablabla
― ergonomically chromium plated fish slice (La Lechera), Monday, 17 January 2011 20:10 (thirteen years ago) link
here is one of the songs -- the record was called SHORT CAREERShttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EoaBf0NPTeE
― ergonomically chromium plated fish slice (La Lechera), Monday, 17 January 2011 20:29 (thirteen years ago) link
i have a rip of that soundtrack, yeah. he also did a record called 'to the races' under his own name
― mookieproof, Monday, 17 January 2011 21:17 (thirteen years ago) link
i saw them as the opening act for weezer (blue album era) and i HATED weezer at the time (they've grown on me a teeny bit) so we all peaced out after AOL was done.
they sound great, esp bachmann's voice. iirc his voice got worse and worse as the band went on (i tuned out after vee-vee)
― i love you but i have chosen snarkness (Steve Shasta), Monday, 17 January 2011 21:27 (thirteen years ago) link
song sounds totally different, but his voice does interesting things toward the end and you totally forget that it's just him and a guitar. great post-show noise at the end of the clip too.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tKwfHNFGAXs&feature=related
― ergonomically chromium plated fish slice (La Lechera), Tuesday, 18 January 2011 16:03 (thirteen years ago) link
12/09 btw
until this thread was revised, i had completely forgotten that i saw AOL in Leeds in the 90s (at the Pub With No Name aka Duchess of York, of course)the reason i went was actually for the support act, small 23, who i was vibed up on at the time (need to see if that album still hold up), but i seem to recall enjoying the AOL set as well.
― mark e, Tuesday, 18 January 2011 16:09 (thirteen years ago) link
wow that acoustic web in front is great
― dj plain ole m@tt (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 18 January 2011 16:10 (thirteen years ago) link
EB has been being great for a looooong time. i really love crooked fingers and other stuff he's done over the years. even when he's kinda off ("call to love" is corny) he's great. sure, there were some mawkish lyrics here and there, but dude can write a song, and he always performs with heart. that's not easy to maintain for this long. he also tries out a lot of different directions and never gets too comfortable there. really every album has its own character.
dude is great
― ergonomically chromium plated fish slice (La Lechera), Tuesday, 18 January 2011 16:22 (thirteen years ago) link
also great coversi saw crooked fingers play "age of consent" at some show, and then there's this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xe3jFbnJUY0
― ergonomically chromium plated fish slice (La Lechera), Tuesday, 18 January 2011 17:47 (thirteen years ago) link
and when you were mine by prince!
Only seen crooked fingers once but EB coming out to the audience and singing that on his own was pretty much the highlight for me.
― \(^o\) (/o^)/ (ENBB), Tuesday, 18 January 2011 18:04 (thirteen years ago) link
his version of "the river" is not something i can listen to in public because i cryevery singletime
― ergonomically chromium plated fish slice (La Lechera), Tuesday, 18 January 2011 18:33 (thirteen years ago) link
it's okay to cry
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 18 January 2011 18:38 (thirteen years ago) link
it's totally embarrassing for me and everyone present, i assure you
― ergonomically chromium plated fish slice (La Lechera), Tuesday, 18 January 2011 18:46 (thirteen years ago) link
A recording of the gig has gone up on d1m3ad0z3n if anyone is interested
― philippe is standing on it (MaresNest), Thursday, 20 January 2011 23:08 (thirteen years ago) link
also http://webinfront.net/?p=4741
― mookieproof, Friday, 21 January 2011 00:17 (thirteen years ago) link
HOLEE SHIIIIIIT
http://www.babystew.com/?p=9325
― a fort minor forest (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 11 April 2011 21:01 (thirteen years ago) link
AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY
omg
I am so happy.
― ENBB, Monday, 11 April 2011 22:48 (thirteen years ago) link
hopefully getting my chicago road trip planned by time tix go onsale on friday
― a fort minor forest (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 11 April 2011 23:43 (thirteen years ago) link
hmmm would i go to nyc for the archers....
― call all destroyer, Tuesday, 12 April 2011 00:17 (thirteen years ago) link
Well, that's settled then. NYC road trip, archers and possible FAP come July. :D
― ENBB, Tuesday, 12 April 2011 00:19 (thirteen years ago) link
surprised mookieproof has not weighed in yet on this issue
― dmr, Tuesday, 12 April 2011 00:45 (thirteen years ago) link
I just scheduled a vacation during the NYC dates :[
― dmr, Tuesday, 12 April 2011 00:46 (thirteen years ago) link
wooo
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 12 April 2011 00:53 (thirteen years ago) link
― ENBB, Monday, April 11, 2011 8:19 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
i am strongly in favor of this
― call all destroyer, Tuesday, 12 April 2011 01:46 (thirteen years ago) link
Any other Chicago folks going to hit up the Bottom Lounge shows?
― 'what are you, the Hymen Protection League of America?' (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 12 April 2011 02:48 (thirteen years ago) link
girl pleaseyou know i'll be there even though it's the night before i leave on a very long trip
― Ralpharina (La Lechera), Tuesday, 12 April 2011 02:52 (thirteen years ago) link
― call all destroyer, Monday, April 11, 2011 9:46 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark
OK this isn't even a question then. Let's do it. I was wrong about July though the shows are June 25th and June 26th. The 25th is a Saturday show in Williamsburg. Let's do that one. Tickets on sale this Friday. This is happening. I'm gonna email you later today to coordinate.
― ENBB, Tuesday, 12 April 2011 14:44 (thirteen years ago) link
*beckons from the UK*
― and the hint of parp (ledge), Tuesday, 12 April 2011 14:45 (thirteen years ago) link
I liked em and I guess I would go if I hadnt seen em in the '90s, but this doesn't seem necessary.
― your generation appalls me (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 12 April 2011 14:48 (thirteen years ago) link
^necessary post
― da croupier, Tuesday, 12 April 2011 14:49 (thirteen years ago) link
I saw them at Tramps in like 1997 or so and prob at least one other time but I'm still going to drive 5 hours for this. I guess I just like them that much.
― ENBB, Tuesday, 12 April 2011 14:49 (thirteen years ago) link
but this doesn't seem necessary
For you or for them? Because they'd probably like to have the money.
― That's why they call me (Johnny Fever), Tuesday, 12 April 2011 14:50 (thirteen years ago) link
I saw them 3 times in the 90s, which is why it won't break my heart if I miss seeing the reunion show (though I'd very much like to see it). tbh, I'd be far more interested in a new song or ten.
― That's why they call me (Johnny Fever), Tuesday, 12 April 2011 14:51 (thirteen years ago) link
for Alpinehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_LLzRfJ8Xac
― an incoherent crustacean (MatthewK), Monday, 24 February 2020 04:38 (four years ago) link
:O
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 24 February 2020 04:40 (four years ago) link
Cool, I downloaded them in case they ever disappear again.
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 24 February 2020 04:52 (four years ago) link
"them" = Harnessed and Wrong both.
good find MatthewK! thanks. obviously i didn't search hard/well enough. :)
― alpine static, Monday, 24 February 2020 16:13 (four years ago) link
Didn't expect the next new thing we hear would be a Stones cover.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CvgUghTWGWE
― Johnny Fever, Sunday, 3 May 2020 03:45 (four years ago) link
Isn't it absurdly costly to cover a Stones song, btw?
― Johnny Fever, Sunday, 3 May 2020 03:49 (four years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L521N7oWDGg
― adam, Wednesday, 13 July 2022 14:14 (one year ago) link
Unwound touring, Archers of Loaf back, turning out to be a big week for reunions.
― a superficial sheeb of intelligence (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 13 July 2022 14:26 (one year ago) link
reason in decline coming in october
― in places all over the world, real stuff be happening (voodoo chili), Wednesday, 13 July 2022 14:40 (one year ago) link
Not feeling this as much as I'd hoped tbh, don't feel like it gets interesting until the back half and even then it kinda makes me want to listen to the old stuff.
― a superficial sheeb of intelligence (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, 3 November 2022 23:03 (one year ago) link