LEMONHEADS: Classic or Dud?

The Half-a-Cow website mentions the possibility of new material in 2005..

The Rob Roy was packed out on Friday, the crowd significantly larger than when Sneeze and the Givegoods played there. They played a similar setlist to Thursday but augmented by a couple of Alison-sung numbers including Lighten Up Hank. The guy from the Smallgoods played guitar on a couple of tracks, then later Nic Dalton came on and they played Tea Toast & Turmoil. Tom's vocals were annoyingly inaudible throughout, he kept asking for them to be turned up but there was no perceivable difference. Great atmosphere compensated for the technical problems though. No new stuff but I guess they may have been curious to see how many people would show up given that they've been away (from Melbourne at least) for so long. If that was the case then they would have been mightily encouraged from the crowd reaction, all the old favourites were joyously received.

Couldn't make the St Kilda show on Saturday - hopefully they will be back before too long.

yes, going to both gigs, attempting to balance flogging CDs with bouncing up and down and grinning. presumably!

[Also got to hear some mixes from the in-progress Nic Dalton solo album (THAT'S NIC DALTON, FORMER BASSIST FOR THE LEMONHEADS, CLASSIC OR DUD?) in the carpark, and that could be pretty classic itself. No amplification, banjo & mandolin & string section on every song, all songs about heartbreak.]

Sydney rocked total balls, though. Modern Giant have written some new pop songs following the radio success (Triple J AND Radio National) of Keep On Movin', Sekiden played a blinder (and shifted almost three times as much merch as Smudge - though there they have the advantage of their entire career coming after Smudge's last release), and Smudge were blowing away the previous night's performance by soundcheck.

All the hits (INCLUDING POPULAR LEMONHEADS TUNES LIKE "DOWN ABOUT IT", DON'T YOU HATE IT WHEN AUSTRALIANS TAKE OVER A THREAD?), Scary Cassettes and Don't Wanna Be did get aired, halfway through Tom just gave up and started asking for requests. Leticia Nischang got up for guitar on I Was Born To Change The World. Nic had been on and off on Friday, but tonight came on about an hour in and just stayed onstage. He'd only learnt five songs, but I'm pretty sure he played a lot more than that. The set-closer was a cover of Whole Lotta Rosie with Alison singing (!), and the encore was Divan plus She Cracked by the Modern Lovers, with Mirko from Sekiden on extra vocals and handclaps.

Plus it was packed! And yes, shame about the Rob Roy - great venue, and so excellent that they had the accomodation for touring bands upstairs...

I like the sound of this ex-Lemonheads bass player Nic Dalton's solo album - the mandolin and banjo on the last Sneeze album rocked my world.

*all other songs are new, though some co-written with 1ucy 1eh/v\ann have been recorded, but not released, by her

classic classic classic classic. but then again, my band records for his label. but he is by far the sweetest guy i've ever met who's played for smudge, godstar, sneeze, the lemonheads and the hummingbirds. evan is a sweet guy, too, but he was never in the hummingbirds (i don't think!), so nic wins.

and that dreadful twee kids-drawing album cover ... AAAARGH! THE BILE! DESTROY!

dud, then.

Incidentally, Lemonheads = total classic, particularly up to and including LOVEY. I still like the stuff after that, but not as much.

Uh-uh. The first few albums are about as good as pop-punk can hope to get, and they've got a healthy double fistful of worthy tracks spread across their career in rock.

Neither.

http://myspace.com/thelemonheads

(No Backbone, the new single. With J Mascis on guitar and two Descendents on drums and bass.)

is there?

So many bands love him, I bet he is the dealer.

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"28th August 2006
The forthcoming Lemonheads single Become The Enemy got its first UK radio play today, on BBC 6 Music."

( http://www.evandando.co.uk )

OBLIVION

damn 'rudderless' kicks copious amounts of ass. catchy, well crafted, and somehow moving all at the same time. makes me want to get my guitar out and write some similarly styled tunes.

it's like OK it's pretty but duh, why wouldn't it be

i used to like it but not really my cup o tea.

The new one is not the greatest thing, but it's got a few pretty terrific songs on it, and if you happen to be fond of Dando, there's just something pleasant and charming about hearing him back at it.

the new album from last year is half good. Kind of like the entire catalog.