yeah there's something about the guitar tone that's really thick and satisfying. good record!
― sleeve, Wednesday, 4 May 2011 18:53 (thirteen 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 (thirteen 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 (thirteen 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 (thirteen 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 (thirteen 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 (thirteen 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 (thirteen 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 (thirteen 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 (thirteen 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 (eight 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 (eight years ago) link