Ride

awesome

I was expecting this show to be nice in that it was a band that I liked playing the songs that I liked, but I was not expecting the actual performance to be anywhere near as great as it was. Hearing "Chelsea Girl" without the layers of sludge was like hearing it for the first time, and the vocals were mixed perfectly. I guess I never quite realized how big of a component vocal harmonies are to their sound?

Definitely. Not super complex like the Byrds (to whom they were sometimes compared). But they did it well.

By the way, new UK tour announced for October. Tickets go on sale officially tomorrow morning, but if you're with O2 you could buy advance tickets yesterday. I am with O2, but annoyingly the London gig is a date that I absolutely have to work in the evening. I'm hoping they addd an extra London gig the night before (it can't be the night after as they'll be in Liverpool then).

It's worth buying this fanzine: http://www.ride.network/

In-depth interviews with each band member individually. I used to buy this way back in 91/92 - this is the first issue in over 20 years.

Rhino has a remaster of Nowhere currently on offer with the Today Forever EP and a live set: http://www.rhino.com/product/nowhere-20th-anniversary-edition

The price is exorbitant but if there's one CD I own that would benefit from a remaster, it's Nowhere

Nice - is this distributed in Europe by any chance?

I dunno. It would be wise of them to do it, but the Rhino Handmade is usually a limited-run deal. I listened to the clips on the site and it sounds as if the remaster is a huge improvement.

Just listened to (the remastered) Nowhere for the first time in 20+ years. I remember it being thought of as a misstep at the time, failing to match up to the promise of the EPs. But it's beautiful from start to finish. Also, so many little bits that I forgot influenced me - a rush of melody parts that I would adapt for myself.

More West Coast dates announced for November

https://twitter.com/rideox4/status/620640031221354496

Live at Melt festival, Ferropolis, Germany, July 19th

http://concert.arte.tv/fr/ride-melt-2015

I think I prefer the Primavera show tbh. Maybe because it's longer or mixed slightly differently.

And another full show: La Route Du Rock, Aug 15

http://concert.arte.tv/fr/ride-la-route-du-rock

Even though it's the same festival setlist, I think it's fascinating to be able to compare these shows - here it's like they're the most energetic of the three

Or am I comparing sound mixes and video directors?

really fukkin good live in dc damn. dunno about the fedora tho, other guitarist had a neu! trucker hat

yeah I laughed out loud when I saw him come out with a muscle tee and a fedora. Andy looked a bit like a hip Mike Love in that hat.

I was on the fence about the show... the analog tracks were great as was their overall sound. On the other hand the overdubbing was very obvious and distracting, and they sometimes had trouble keeping to the beat.

The hat is a key part of this

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nG6jlkOkw8E

LOL.

what was overdubbed, vox? didn't notice but i was far away

The first three songs all used a backing track. The first two were pretty well done but the whooshy guitar on Polar Bear was the one that set me off. Presumably the third vocal and third guitar on Leave Them All Behind were tracked. It's not clear what they needed for Like a Daydream.

I had to leave early and am sad to have missed Dreams Burn Down > Taste > Vapour Trail > Blind.

OX4 seems to be the new opening theme tune on Football Focus? Huh.

intrigued/disappointed by this 'overdubbing' theory.

christ is genuinely 'live music' a thing of the past? when did this become common practice i wonder.

There was not much overdubbing. On Like a Daydream it's just that backward cymbal crash. In NYC they also put in the string quartet at the end of Vapour Trail, but they nailed it. Not sure Polar Bear was backing track; might have just been a pedal out of sync with the beat.

The hat sounded amazing.

Going see 'em tonight & totally stoked - last saw 'em in the UK in 1990.

Saw themtwice back in the 90's and can't see why they'd need to use backing tracks nowadays unless they've just become lame.

christ is genuinely 'live music' a thing of the past? when did this become common practice i wonder.

A friend in her 20s saw Lana Del Rey a few years ago and enjoyed the show but complained that she didn't hit some of the notes properly. "If you can't sing a certain part live, you use a backing track. It's just what you do. Taylor Swift does it, so you can't say it's not legitimate."

https://youtu.be/O3ZSFj_A0KE

The Field Day Festival that I saw them at in June

Taylor Swift does it, so you can't say it's not legitimate.

words that chill the bones

(I'm actually in that video for about three seconds after Chelsea Girl - fame at last)

From Andy on the upcoming RIDE UK tour -

I’m so excited about playing 'Nowhere' in full. We are going with the 11 track CD track listing, not just the 8 tracks from the original vinyl, so the set will end with the title track on every gig of the UK tour, which is going to sound epic. I didn’t realise how few times we’d actually played most of the songs. And of course we have never played the album in its original track order before.

We have been throwing in versions of some of the songs at our US dates but the majority of the preparation for these shows was done during rehearsals in London in-between our festival shows this summer. I’m especially buzzing about how 'Kaleidoscope' is sounding. It’s going to be amazing playing it for the first time.

All in all, it’s a big deal to us, and we haven’t been certain we could pull it off until now. We, as a band, are so proud of the album and we are aware that fans have been campaigning for us to perform it in full on this tour but it’s only now that we are sure we can do the album justice.

oh my. Really? I enjoyed the Field Day set a lot but really missed not hearing Decay and Paralysed because they're some of my favourite songs they did. I didn't know this was happening!?

In A Different Place. I love this as well. This has made my day, as sad as that sounds.

Yeah, I'm really excited about it too. To the best of my knowledge, they've never played Kaleidoscope live. No idea why.

yay Nowhere. Paralysed was easily the stand out in Manchester IMO.

Apparently last night in Leeds they did a first set of LTAB, Like A Daydream, Unfamiliar, Time Machine, Twisterella, Cool Your Boots, Black Nite Crash, Today, Mouse Trap, then a breather, then the whole of 'Nowhere' (inc. the Fall EP trakcs tacked on the end) and then Chelsea Girl and Drive Blind.

it was news to me that they had *never* done Kaleidoscope live before until last night?? like.. ever?

It wasn't news to me (the first time I saw them live was the month that 'Nowhere' came out, and they didn't play it then, or the five other times I saw them over the next 18 months, and it seemed unlikely they would have suddenly decided to play it after that), but I never understood why they didn't play it - it's a great little tune.

Hmmmm. Just realised I've more or less already said this four post ago.

Did I mention that I don't think they've played Kaleidoscope live before? And that I don't know the reason for this?

Brilliant gig last night. I managed to get right to the front. Ride supported by Ride. Here's some bits a pieces from the first set, will upload and stitch together the Nowhere set later: https://youtu.be/lI4I7Vki4Pc

The rest: https://youtu.be/5ICGVNC1C2k

New album forthcoming -- Erol Alkan producing. Hmm.

http://pitchfork.com/news/70148-ride-releasing-first-new-album-in-over-20-years/

coming up for air was well dece tbf

shit though, it was AGES ago

Saw them tonight in Shoreditch. Very good. A mixture of stuff off the album which will be released later this week and the old classics: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.1355747341147758.1073741848.100001375168495&type=1&l=e3495272bc

glad that you were finally able to see them Nasty Brutish & Short. How are the new songs? should i be looking forward to hearing new Ride this week?

It's awful.

Of the two tracks they released a couple of months or so ago, Charm Assault is good. Home Is A Feeling is a bit boring (though a bit more 'shoegaze'). The other two they've released I only got a few days ago and don't know them well, but All I Want is also good, Lannoy Point not so sure about. They did one last night called Cali which I liked.

Video: https://youtu.be/wDjhf9-UmDM

Pre-ordered this on the strength of Charm Assault. Disappointed to hear all the negative feedback.