Raveonettes - classic or CLASSIC?

They were great on Conan, by the by.

Seeing 'em again tonight (first time through was opening for Depeche at Staples Center, tonight is the Detroit Bar -- a rather smaller affair).

...and that was a pretty good set, a bit static but the highs were highs. Also, nice job covering both Sonic Youth's "100%" and the Gun Club's "Sex Beat," I'd say!

I loved Whip It On, but I never exactly fell in love with the second one. I really should check out the third one after reading this thread. Is there a new one on the way or something?

a new album is TBA for this year, according to some upcoming releases lists.

There's some new songs on their MySpace page. Going to see them tonight at the Echo.

Opening act Midnight Movies is pretty good too -- their set started as basic Velvet/Can worship (no complaints, but that's all it was) but as things went on they kept bringing all sorts of other stuff to bear, and ended on a fine high note.

Opening act Midnight Movies is pretty good too

Agreed. I've seen them a couple times before (including the Stereolab show you were at). New album is worthy

including the Stereolab show you were at

THAT'S how I know them. It was really bugging me last night!

toss

New album is out this month! This Dead Sound song is good.

In other words, why was I not informed?

because they've got an indie budget now

They've been steadily posting about it on their MySpace page + playing some of the new songs at their shows this year.

Gut reaction: it's not hitting me as immediate as Pretty In Black did, but I'm liking it a lot.

Really, I completely missed out on Pretty In Black after I was told it pretty much sucks ass. But I only ever loved Whip It On. Lust is filthy.

The opening track on this is pretty amazing.

This is really really good. First indie album I've heard in a long time that I've liked.

They remind me a bit of Black Tambourine.

this is somewhat of an appealing thing to me

did calum start this thread?

The new disc -- Lust Lust Lust -- appeared on eMusic today. I'm very curious based on the review, which says it's better than 'Psychocandy'.

^^ rong obv

Probably so, but the favorable comparison still speaks well of the disc. Others upthread seem to like it, too. Is it just a JAMC knockoff?

goddamn, two days after i buy a copy and FP finally fucking get off their ass to put it on emusic. typical. anyway it's a very fun record, if not up to the standards of the last two

evidently i can't access it on emusic so no harm done

I am happy with the recent JAMC-type indie releases - Raveonettes, A Place To Bury Strangers, Magnetic Fields, etc. It's a very welcome return of sonic depth to iPod-quality indiepop.

Man that APTBS disc is good. The way a record oughta be.

I'll probably be crucified for saying it, but Lust Lust Lust is exactly what I was hoping to get from the disappointing Magnetic Fields album.

i haven't heard distortion but i'm sure that's entirely fair

The Black Tamborine comment is very astute ... it has a strong Aislers Set feel to it. It sounds like it belongs on Slumberland, not Vice. Extremely strong album, but will it be remembered at the end of the year?

It's getting only fair reviews (72 METASCORE on about 17 reviews), so chances are it won't be remembered in many Year-End Polls.

i'm digging lust lust lust. plenty of fuzz on the guitars, but very pretty soundscapes nonetheless. nice, dreamy songs

Lust Lust Lust is great, I like it better than the previous records (which were good, but kinda samey very quickly).

Seems like there's more of a groove to the songs this time around.

i'll have to check this out

My favorite rock disc of the year, so far.

Great!

Two follow-ups. First, the disc really does have a sonic imprint similar to Psychocandy, tho I'm by no means saying it's as good (some have, however, e.g., the eMusic review). I mention it because L3 is one of the more strongly nostalgic discs I've heard since the 80s revival began this decade, and so it touches certain nerves with me. Second, L3 is, to me, a nice companion piece to the growing indie noise rock sound I've been enjoying more and more over the past few years. I think of it and two other discs as three sides of the nu-Indie Noise Rock: L3 representing darkly romantic noise rock; A Place To Bury Strangers' self-titled debut last year representing angry, industrial-type noise rock; and TNV's new disc representing light-hearted, raucous noise rock. I'm sure I've missed a lot of other equally worthy noise rock discs, but there it is. Anyway, L3 is a very, very good disc.

see also: asobi seksu

Brilliant show tonight. Loved their cover of Stereolab's "French Disko" too.

I kinda regret being so drunk when I saw them, I can't remember much about the gig, and lots of people are saying they were great live!

Eh, this is okay. The way they use vocals to balance the mood/sound out strikes me as an improvement on JAMC, but some of these songs (and it's a relatively short album) aren't holding my attention.

Best album of the year, so far.

Raveonettes cover I Wanna Be Adored. It's for some sort of silly Doc Martens anniversary comp, but the cover is great and worth the hassle to download.

Thanks for the tip. That's good!

raveonettes are a sorely underappreciated band.

One of those 'where did the time go' PR mailouts:

THE RAVEONETTES CELEBRATE 10TH ANNIVERSARY

New album, Observator, out in the fall.

neat. their last album is probably my favourite since their proper debut

i think Observator is a bit thin on proper songs, not to mention i like 'em better in full-on shoegaze mode, or full-on pop mode, than this moody, in-between land of minor key songs with fewer hooks and less guitar noise... opening track is a dagger, tho.

man i'm p in love with the new one!

opening track is one of their all time songs for sure

i don't think it's quite as good as raven, which was one of their best, but no disappointment certainly

the lush-u-like guitars in sinking with the sun are glorious

never heard these guys until observator. I can imagine younger me getting properly obsessed with this record if it were, like, 1986. As it stands it's fantastic alone-in-the-house stuff

insanely beautiful song from the newest album.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xa7JfWsMxgs

i like this album but it's the first one of theirs to disappoint me since lust lust lust. the previous 3 are immense records

allow me to repeat myself once more

observator is amazing, it's true.... but so is lust lust lust. and so is pe-ahi. i feel like this band is underrated. burying lush melodies under mountains of fuzz and laying ehtereal, sometimes cryptic vocals on top of it all is seen as an easy, tried and true formula. i'm not sure it is though. the raveonettes aren't my bloody valentine, but still there aren't many other bands who do what they do as well.

Yeah, they're MBV + JAMC.

i have never heard mbv in them at all

https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2943/15346386411_ea95658f31_c.jpg

I was lukewarm on Observator, but their set at Austin Psych Fest last year was a big highlight and last night's show upped even that. I hadn't really given Pe-ahi a chance yet - but the new songs sound great live. I'll just go ahead and say it - they aren't MBV, but Curve 1993. Their sound is just that unstoppable. Do not miss.

raveonettes are a sorely underappreciated band.

so true

surprised there's never been a "best of"/introduction sort of comp but it would probably be a licensing nightmare