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
― stop torturing me ethel (broom air), Tuesday, 30 June 2015 14:43 (eight years ago) link
Nice - is this distributed in Europe by any chance?
― licorice oratorio (baaderonixx), Tuesday, 30 June 2015 15:57 (eight years ago) link
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.
― stop torturing me ethel (broom air), Tuesday, 30 June 2015 18:40 (eight years ago) link
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.
― Eyeball Kicks, Tuesday, 30 June 2015 19:54 (eight years ago) link
More West Coast dates announced for November
https://twitter.com/rideox4/status/620640031221354496
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 13 July 2015 19:10 (eight years ago) link
Live at Melt festival, Ferropolis, Germany, July 19th
http://concert.arte.tv/fr/ride-melt-2015
― StanM, Friday, 24 July 2015 13:50 (eight years ago) link
I think I prefer the Primavera show tbh. Maybe because it's longer or mixed slightly differently.
― StanM, Saturday, 25 July 2015 18:59 (eight years ago) link
And another full show: La Route Du Rock, Aug 15
http://concert.arte.tv/fr/ride-la-route-du-rock
― StanM, Thursday, 20 August 2015 16:36 (eight years ago) link
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
― StanM, Thursday, 20 August 2015 18:26 (eight years ago) link
Or am I comparing sound mixes and video directors?
― StanM, Thursday, 20 August 2015 18:30 (eight years ago) link
really fukkin good live in dc damn. dunno about the fedora tho, other guitarist had a neu! trucker hat
― am0n, Friday, 18 September 2015 16:43 (eight years ago) link
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.
― skip, Friday, 18 September 2015 17:21 (eight years ago) link
The hat is a key part of this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nG6jlkOkw8E
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 18 September 2015 17:28 (eight years ago) link
LOL.
― skip, Friday, 18 September 2015 18:36 (eight years ago) link
what was overdubbed, vox? didn't notice but i was far away
― am0n, Friday, 18 September 2015 19:41 (eight years ago) link
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.
― skip, Friday, 18 September 2015 19:50 (eight years ago) link
OX4 seems to be the new opening theme tune on Football Focus? Huh.
― kraudive, Saturday, 19 September 2015 11:16 (eight years ago) link
intrigued/disappointed by this 'overdubbing' theory.
christ is genuinely 'live music' a thing of the past? when did this become common practice i wonder.
― piscesx, Saturday, 19 September 2015 13:49 (eight years ago) link
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.
― stop torturing me ethel (broom air), Wednesday, 23 September 2015 23:33 (eight years ago) link
Going see 'em tonight & totally stoked - last saw 'em in the UK in 1990.
― BlackIronPrison, Friday, 25 September 2015 22:30 (eight years ago) link
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.
― Acid Hose (Capitaine Jay Vee), Saturday, 26 September 2015 01:14 (eight years ago) link
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."
― let no-one live rent free in your butt (sic), Saturday, 26 September 2015 08:52 (eight years ago) link
https://youtu.be/O3ZSFj_A0KE
The Field Day Festival that I saw them at in June
― Let's go, FIFA! (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Monday, 28 September 2015 22:27 (eight years ago) link
Taylor Swift does it, so you can't say it's not legitimate.
words that chill the bones
― Οὖτις, Monday, 28 September 2015 22:29 (eight years ago) link
(I'm actually in that video for about three seconds after Chelsea Girl - fame at last)
― Let's go, FIFA! (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Monday, 28 September 2015 22:29 (eight years ago) link
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.
― Let's go, FIFA! (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Friday, 2 October 2015 19:59 (eight years ago) link
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!?
― kraudive, Friday, 2 October 2015 23:31 (eight years ago) link
In A Different Place. I love this as well. This has made my day, as sad as that sounds.
― kraudive, Saturday, 3 October 2015 00:21 (eight years ago) link
Yeah, I'm really excited about it too. To the best of my knowledge, they've never played Kaleidoscope live. No idea why.
― Let's go, FIFA! (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Saturday, 3 October 2015 19:50 (eight years ago) link
yay Nowhere. Paralysed was easily the stand out in Manchester IMO.
― piscesx, Saturday, 3 October 2015 20:40 (eight years ago) link
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.
― Lionel Richie the Wardrobe (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Monday, 12 October 2015 16:12 (eight years ago) link
it was news to me that they had *never* done Kaleidoscope live before until last night?? like.. ever?
― piscesx, Monday, 12 October 2015 20:58 (eight years ago) link
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.
― Lionel Richie the Wardrobe (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Monday, 12 October 2015 21:40 (eight years ago) link
Hmmmm. Just realised I've more or less already said this four post ago.
― Lionel Richie the Wardrobe (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Monday, 12 October 2015 21:41 (eight years ago) link
Did I mention that I don't think they've played Kaleidoscope live before? And that I don't know the reason for this?
― Lionel Richie the Wardrobe (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Monday, 12 October 2015 21:42 (eight years ago) link
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
― Lionel Richie the Wardrobe (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Thursday, 15 October 2015 08:35 (eight years ago) link
The rest: https://youtu.be/5ICGVNC1C2k
― Lionel Richie the Wardrobe (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Thursday, 15 October 2015 09:54 (eight years ago) link
New album forthcoming -- Erol Alkan producing. Hmm.
http://pitchfork.com/news/70148-ride-releasing-first-new-album-in-over-20-years/
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 1 December 2016 18:22 (seven years ago) link
coming up for air was well dece tbf
― Dave Plaintive rapper with classical training (imago), Thursday, 1 December 2016 18:50 (seven years ago) link
shit though, it was AGES ago
― Dave Plaintive rapper with classical training (imago), Thursday, 1 December 2016 18:51 (seven years ago) link
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
― Warren's Treat (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Tuesday, 13 June 2017 00:03 (six years ago) link
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?
― Bee OK, Tuesday, 13 June 2017 03:06 (six years ago) link
It's awful.
― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 13 June 2017 03:07 (six years ago) link
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.
― Warren's Treat (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Tuesday, 13 June 2017 06:43 (six years ago) link
Video: https://youtu.be/wDjhf9-UmDM
― Warren's Treat (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Tuesday, 13 June 2017 07:29 (six years ago) link
Pre-ordered this on the strength of Charm Assault. Disappointed to hear all the negative feedback.
― licorice oratorio (baaderonixx), Tuesday, 13 June 2017 08:03 (six years ago) link
Annoy Point morelike
― imago, Tuesday, 13 June 2017 08:16 (six years ago) link
Annoy Pointless even
This is really good, based on one (pretty involved, headphones-on-the-walk-to-work) listen. Lyrics are still v 6th form, but the big grindy bass, massive drums, and wistful melodies are all there, and the combination of synths and guitars works really well as a development from just shoegazey guitars. Easily in their top 3 albums!
― Hey Bob (Scik Mouthy), Friday, 16 June 2017 08:52 (six years ago) link
Interesting!
― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 16 June 2017 11:41 (six years ago) link