oh man i used to listen to any other city a lot
― fauxmarc, Saturday, 23 April 2011 18:01 (thirteen years ago) link
that Thomas Tantrum clip is pretty good & I can definitely hear the resemblance. thx.
― administratieve blunder (unregistered), Saturday, 23 April 2011 18:15 (thirteen years ago) link
How did you guys find out about this band?Me, it was a Little Darla compilation, loaned by a friend. "Envoys" was on it.
― THE Alan Moulder?!? (Ówen P.), Sunday, 24 April 2011 08:13 (thirteen years ago) link
I bought everything tugboat records put out so I discovered them that way. I fell in love with the leanover immediately..
― Pavlova und Obstquark (electricsound), Sunday, 24 April 2011 09:34 (thirteen years ago) link
this thread
― Spikey, Sunday, 24 April 2011 10:38 (thirteen years ago) link
My friend Martin mentioned something about them, so I went to their website (pre-Myspace/Facebook/etc when everyone still had an individual site and most of them were shit-tay) and streamed some RealAudio.
― Johnny Fever, Sunday, 24 April 2011 15:56 (thirteen years ago) link
Anybody I ever show this to in real life is either indifferent or horribly annoyed by her vocal stlye/delivery.
― Wacky Way Lounge (Evan), Sunday, 24 April 2011 16:00 (thirteen years ago) link
Fuck the real life.
― We make bouquets that fade immediately. (Turangalila), Sunday, 24 April 2011 20:23 (thirteen years ago) link
Oh Sal, my e-friend, Life Without Buildings would be nothing without real life!
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Sunday, 24 April 2011 21:26 (thirteen years ago) link
Seriously love it though. Mostly has to do with the melodic sensibilities of the guitar parts.
― Wacky Way Lounge (Evan), Tuesday, 26 April 2011 04:41 (thirteen years ago) link
Ok, so I'm slow on the uptake sometimes - I happened to hear that Thomas Tantrum song on my local cool college radio station and was quite smitten. Anyone know if any of their albums are of similar quality?
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Tuesday, 5 July 2011 23:40 (twelve years ago) link
which TT song?
i liked their first bunch of singles a lot, but the debut was patchy at best. the new album is a considerable step forward.
― thee o shi (electricsound), Tuesday, 5 July 2011 23:44 (twelve years ago) link
Oops, the one upthread, "Shake It".
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Wednesday, 6 July 2011 00:54 (twelve years ago) link
the new one is really good, and a lot more dreampop than the LWB-lite of earlier efforts
― thee o shi (electricsound), Wednesday, 6 July 2011 01:08 (twelve years ago) link
Embarrassed at myself for my use of the term "real life" in here.
Was re-listening and enjoying this again very much. These guitar parts are something to strive for when I play.
― Evan, Thursday, 1 March 2012 04:25 (twelve years ago) link
thanks for bumping this thread and getting my hopes up...
― snack, Thursday, 1 March 2012 04:56 (twelve years ago) link
Ha, I knew someone would say that! Sorry.
― Evan, Thursday, 1 March 2012 05:48 (twelve years ago) link
Whenever this thread gets bumped, I just concede before clicking that someone has pulled the album out again and was overcome with joy. Because...how could it not have that effect?
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 1 March 2012 06:30 (twelve years ago) link
i was also punk'd
― fauxmarc, Thursday, 1 March 2012 15:43 (twelve years ago) link
Anyone ever found any video footage of these folks?
― Feebs K-Tel (NickB), Thursday, 1 March 2012 15:53 (twelve years ago) link
No, they haven't gotten back together.
But there's this. Oy Gevalt.
― kornrulez6969, Friday, 14 June 2013 17:46 (ten years ago) link
I'm glad she's happy, but that is so not my scene.
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Friday, 14 June 2013 17:53 (ten years ago) link
One of the more inexplicable band breakups of recent years. Everybody loved them, they had instant success, and now she's hopping around talking about black holes.
― kornrulez6969, Friday, 14 June 2013 17:57 (ten years ago) link
It's the pee-dance
― Evan, Friday, 14 June 2013 18:14 (ten years ago) link
the history of half past ten
― space bl00ps (NickB), Tuesday, 26 November 2013 10:00 (ten years ago) link
interesting interview:http://musosguide.com/life-without-buildings-the-catch-up-interview/8990
We also got a lot from the post-rock and post-hardcore sounds of the Glasgow scene at the time, and from Sue’s fantastic refusal to be interested in anything other than the most mainstream music and the most esoteric literature.
― space bl00ps (NickB), Tuesday, 26 November 2013 10:03 (ten years ago) link
Frustratingly, this has no sound:
Sue Tompkins - Be My Wife, Live At The Modern Institute
― space bl00ps (NickB), Tuesday, 26 November 2013 10:17 (ten years ago) link
I can hear it!
― Michael Jones, Tuesday, 26 November 2013 10:36 (ten years ago) link
damn! any good?
― space bl00ps (NickB), Tuesday, 26 November 2013 10:37 (ten years ago) link
Yeah, pretty sweet actually!
― Michael Jones, Tuesday, 26 November 2013 10:49 (ten years ago) link
she does look like she's having fun
― space bl00ps (NickB), Tuesday, 26 November 2013 10:56 (ten years ago) link
there is also a new-ish video on youtube called "sue tompkins - captain beefheart tribute", which looks like another poetry reading but i couldn't get the sound to work on that either
― space bl00ps (NickB), Tuesday, 26 November 2013 11:07 (ten years ago) link
If you're in Newcastle tonight why not drop by and catch this...http://www.thenortherncharter.org/errorshitorient
― ringworm, Friday, 29 November 2013 17:34 (ten years ago) link
Sue Tompkins is playing in NYC on Saturday. Does anybody know what this is going to be like, or anything about it?
http://www.themoderninstitute.com/media/images/large/11938.jpg
― DonkeyTeeth, Tuesday, 4 March 2014 00:34 (ten years ago) link
It'll most likely be Sue performing her poems straight, ie with no music. She's been doing this a while (I feel like maybe before LWB) and i've been lucky enough to see her a few times and it's always been brilliant. Very similar to how she was onstage with LWB — skipping about and tentative but totally in the moment.
Totally go!
― Priory, Tuesday, 4 March 2014 03:48 (ten years ago) link
link to event listing?
― eric banana (s.clover), Tuesday, 4 March 2014 03:52 (ten years ago) link
if its what its titled, it looks to be this:
https://vimeo.com/74618301
― eric banana (s.clover), Tuesday, 4 March 2014 03:54 (ten years ago) link
That flyer is the only thing I've seen about it. It's at White Columns at 8 on Saturday.
I'm going for sure! Very excited.
― DonkeyTeeth, Tuesday, 4 March 2014 05:40 (ten years ago) link
Any Other City getting a vinyl reissue for Record Store Day.
http://pitchfork.com/news/54418-life-without-buildings-any-other-city-being-reissued-for-record-store-day/
Really hope I can hold of a copy.
― Kitchen Person, Sunday, 23 March 2014 22:13 (ten years ago) link
Yeah me too!
― Evan, Sunday, 23 March 2014 22:15 (ten years ago) link
Looking at this list it's not listed as limited edition so hopefully it'll be easy to get.
http://new-vinyl.blogspot.com/2014/01/record-store-day-2014rsd-7-april-19.html
I don't really know how Record Store Day works, I've never gotten involved with it before. The thought of trying to fight for the records I want stresses me out but I'd do it for this reissue.
― Kitchen Person, Sunday, 23 March 2014 22:22 (ten years ago) link
It doesn't seem to me like the release that you have to fight for. I'm optimistically suspecting it'll be the kind of RSD release that lingers in stores after the frenzy.
― Evan, Sunday, 23 March 2014 22:34 (ten years ago) link
First editions of the LP come with a 7” that contains alternate recordings of album cuts “The Leanover” and “New Town.”
― sktsh, Sunday, 23 March 2014 22:41 (ten years ago) link
That 7" originally came out before the LP iirc and I prefer those versions, though the LP versions kill too
― FUCK BINGO LET'S COMPASSION (stevie), Sunday, 23 March 2014 23:16 (ten years ago) link
Would be nice to get the version with the single but think I'll just take the easier option and aim for the album on its own.
― Kitchen Person, Sunday, 23 March 2014 23:20 (ten years ago) link
The best thing about this review is the link it provides for the original NME review back in 2001. Had forgotten just how long the NME have been making absolutely no effort into writing actual reviews.
http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/19181-life-without-buildings-any-other-city/
― Kitchen Person, Friday, 18 April 2014 15:53 (ten years ago) link
Never heard this album but all the re-release hype has made me super excited to hear it (it's not available on Spotify or anything like that). So this will be one of those increasingly rare albums I purchase without hearing first. I do miss that experience.
― Evan R, Friday, 18 April 2014 15:59 (ten years ago) link
This album and Since I Left You volley back and forth as my favorite albums of the 00s, but this one's on top most of the time. I sincerely hope you find you love it.
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 18 April 2014 16:09 (ten years ago) link
Not sure how I missed it the first time, b/c it sounds right in my sweet spot and I was devouring this kind of stuff at the time.
But in the years since I've been burned by so many NME-ish bands that I stopped checking most of them out—"RIYL The Fall" is no longer the catnip it once was for me—so I do fear sometimes that I'm missing out on at least a few awesome UK bands I'd love if I gave them the chance
― Evan R, Friday, 18 April 2014 16:12 (ten years ago) link
Yeah, I picked it as my favorite album of the 00s for the Stylus Decade.
― jaymc, Friday, 18 April 2014 16:13 (ten years ago) link