Saw them at a small club last night, they absolutely blew the doors off. Huge energy throughout. One live element that doesn't come across on the albums is just how fucking hard the drummer pounds the drums, just completely non-stop. I have no idea how someone maintains that much energy.
One slight disappointment was that they only played 3 songs from the new one.
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Wednesday, 11 September 2019 14:08 (four years ago) link
Me and cbesinger are en route to Chicago to see TFS at the Empty Bottle tonight so stoked
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Saturday, 14 September 2019 23:14 (four years ago) link
godspeed
― calstars, Sunday, 15 September 2019 00:03 (four years ago) link
They were incredibly great live, way more fucked-up & noisy. The drummer is a total monster who played with literally the largest drumsticks I have ever seen.
― chr1sb3singer, Monday, 16 September 2019 17:23 (four years ago) link
They were good in TO tonight but I think maybe a bit too ambitious for the venue. Gareth's noise wound up steamrolling the sound a bit, much as I admired the sheer percussive fury throughout, akin to a nu-metal band doing a Fall covers set. Also wish the audience knew "Baby" and could have freaked out appropriately.
Was also hoping for CD editions of the Drones/Liddiard records, but alas
― Simon H., Wednesday, 18 September 2019 06:16 (four years ago) link
oh and the Braindrops LP is just as wonderfully garish, from a design standpoint, as the first one
― Simon H., Wednesday, 18 September 2019 15:03 (four years ago) link
the Chicago gig was one of the best I've seen for awhile....ditto on the drummer the records don't convey how huge she sounds. best band
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 18 September 2019 15:10 (four years ago) link
Seconded on the Empty Bottle show. Friend said they started off slow, but I love how messy they made that "Lose the Baby" cover and I thought it was the best set of a very busy Chicago weekend that included Fontaines D.C., fwiw. They know what they're doing and it was worth my money, anyway.
― expected imagery (pmmmasterson), Friday, 20 September 2019 23:18 (four years ago) link
They killed it in Boston at a sold-out show. Before the gig, Gareth was sitting at his laptop when some fans came up and chatted with him, asked for a photo, and he gladly obliged. Truly a hard-working, all-for-one spirit permeated the band. They looked like they were having a great time with each other and with the crowd. I made the mistake of slapping Gareth on the back after the encore, he was soaking wet!
I converted a mate of mine and he brought one of his co-workers who also has flipped for the band. They sound like the inside of my head when I read the headlines every day.
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Saturday, 21 September 2019 03:17 (four years ago) link
Tour postponed, obviously.
But...new single!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qQ_Vs9k-cmg
― brechtian social distancing (Simon H.), Monday, 16 March 2020 14:24 (four years ago) link
As I've said: we've heard this exact songwriting style from them more than once already, but the sound is particularly incredible and I hope they further venture into this universe
― strangely hookworm but they manage ream shoegaze poetry (imago), Monday, 16 March 2020 15:07 (four years ago) link
If anyone's looking to give a little support to these worthy people, they've released a 4-volume live retrospective in time for the Bandcamp artists' day: https://thedrones.bandcamp.com
― an incoherent crustacean (MatthewK), Saturday, 2 May 2020 02:26 (four years ago) link
and now a fifth, a 2016 show from The Tote in Melbourne (these are like $10 each in America land) http://thedrones.bandcamp.com/album/live-vol-5-the-tote-melbourne-29-05-16
― an incoherent crustacean (MatthewK), Saturday, 2 May 2020 09:45 (four years ago) link
Volume 1 is pay-what-you-want, as a taster
― Elon's musk (sic), Saturday, 2 May 2020 13:42 (four years ago) link
Another new single. It's their best thing in a minute.
https://www.joyfulnoiserecordings.com/products/legal-ghost?
― unpaid intern at the darvo institute (Simon H.), Wednesday, 12 August 2020 15:29 (three years ago) link
yeah baby! this is good :)
interesting:‘Legal Ghost’ originally appeared on Gareth and original Drones member Rui Pereira’s pre-Drones experimental home four-track recordings LP Bong Odyssey, recorded in the 90’s when Gareth and Rui were pot-smoking teenage morons.
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 12 August 2020 17:00 (three years ago) link
I FUCKING LOVE THIS BAND SO MUCH
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 12 August 2020 17:03 (three years ago) link
this one's good
― ufo, Wednesday, 12 August 2020 21:31 (three years ago) link
Gonna need the outlet of their music this fall, hope there's more to come soon!
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Wednesday, 12 August 2020 21:53 (three years ago) link
the last LP felt a bit rushed to me, I'm happy for them to take their time with this one
― unpaid intern at the darvo institute (Simon H.), Wednesday, 12 August 2020 21:58 (three years ago) link
Kind of wish they'd ditch most of the processing and effects and go for something more raw and organic, but I doubt that's happening
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Wednesday, 12 August 2020 22:04 (three years ago) link
Not quite the thread for it but this year I've been getting my 'punk blues' (whatever that means) kicks from Wailin Storms's Rattle, which partially fulfills your wish.
― stabbing fantaisiste, repellent imagiste (pomenitul), Wednesday, 12 August 2020 22:08 (three years ago) link
moodles it sounds like you may want a Drones record
― unpaid intern at the darvo institute (Simon H.), Wednesday, 12 August 2020 22:11 (three years ago) link
they can take their time and leave the two preview tracks off it afaic
i mean neither are bad but neither hold a candle to like all of ALDIM
― imago, Wednesday, 12 August 2020 22:13 (three years ago) link
braindrops is def worth a revisit at some point tho
― imago, Wednesday, 12 August 2020 22:14 (three years ago) link
I wouldn't say no to a new, pandemic-grown Liddiard solo folk record
― unpaid intern at the darvo institute (Simon H.), Wednesday, 12 August 2020 22:16 (three years ago) link
I might!
But TFS, as a band, rips just as hard, it just sometimes gets lost in translation.
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Wednesday, 12 August 2020 22:19 (three years ago) link
drones don't need to reform, they literally perfected what they were capable of, 'i see seaweed' is absolutely everything they could have been
― imago, Wednesday, 12 August 2020 22:32 (three years ago) link
I agree that was their pinnacle
― unpaid intern at the darvo institute (Simon H.), Wednesday, 12 August 2020 22:32 (three years ago) link
i mean it's the pinnacle of rock music p much
― imago, Wednesday, 12 August 2020 22:33 (three years ago) link
I'm happy for them to take their time with this one
They... they're in Melbourne
― Steppin' RZA (sic), Wednesday, 12 August 2020 22:40 (three years ago) link
as time goes I think Braindrops is really great and closer to A Laughing Death...
I do kinda feel Moodles a bit, I like the production but seeing them live they were so overwhelming and heavy
I wouldn't find if they camped out in Electrical Audio for a week and knocked it out w/Albini
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 12 August 2020 22:43 (three years ago) link
if they camped out in Electrical Audio for a week
.............they're in Melbourne
― Steppin' RZA (sic), Wednesday, 12 August 2020 22:49 (three years ago) link
albini plus tfs is too much to hope for from music
― imago, Wednesday, 12 August 2020 22:53 (three years ago) link
nah I reckon they're going to fly to Chicago this weekend and have a surprise release out next month, with a tour to back it
― Steppin' RZA (sic), Wednesday, 12 August 2020 22:57 (three years ago) link
would be cool if they made it to london for a show this autumn
― imago, Wednesday, 12 August 2020 23:37 (three years ago) link
did you read that link
― Steppin' RZA (sic), Wednesday, 12 August 2020 23:44 (three years ago) link
dude I'm just having fun
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 12 August 2020 23:59 (three years ago) link
zomg imago revealed as ums sock
― Steppin' RZA (sic), Thursday, 13 August 2020 00:01 (three years ago) link
fair play m8
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 13 August 2020 00:09 (three years ago) link
Braindrops is one of my favourite albums from last year. Just sounds as if they got super-obsessed with, like, The Slits and Sister
― more haim than good (Drugs A. Money), Thursday, 13 August 2020 07:56 (three years ago) link
New song is good but doesn't knock me out.
Still love Braindrops. First album had more transcendently epic moments (Tyres, Soft Power, Rubber Bullies) but also dips here and there. Braindrops had a more sustained level of excellence even if its peaks were not as high.
(There has to be an ILM thread for that concept - the "higher highs/lower lows vs consistently great" album debate.)
― sctttnnnt (pgwp), Monday, 17 August 2020 19:34 (three years ago) link
ah Mike, how very sad. I love this one for the way the band pushes and pulls, Drones were so great with him behind the kit.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KVcTHq_C7j8
― assert (MatthewK), Thursday, 27 August 2020 14:09 (three years ago) link
https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/9440627/mike-noga-the-drones-obit
I guess he was on every album but the last? Loads of heroic drumming. I'll check out his solo records for sure. RIP.
― unpaid intern at the darvo institute (Simon H.), Thursday, 27 August 2020 14:35 (three years ago) link
He joined in 2004 so he wasn’t on the first one (Here Come the Lies) either. But on all my favourites.
― assert (MatthewK), Thursday, 27 August 2020 20:56 (three years ago) link
I revisit this performance vid at least once a year
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dbkDDSM2Gz4
― it bangs for thee (Simon H.), Sunday, 18 October 2020 03:22 (three years ago) link
oh man i wish i could go to this, gareth solo show with jim white on drums!!!!
https://www.nme.com/en_au/news/music/tropical-fuck-storms-gareth-liddiard-announces-solo-shows-2886316
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 23 February 2021 17:28 (three years ago) link
just bought tickets for one of the sydney shows - they’re being joined in melb by chris abrahams!! - Jim is calling it a new band and gareth is saying they’re gonna record an album in may - so excited by this
also pretty psyched for upcoming ed kuepper / jim white shows - some pretty cool gigs happening in semi-post-covid year 2021, feels good to be looking forward to cool stuff
― lemmy incaution (emsworth), Thursday, 15 April 2021 09:50 (three years ago) link
yeah i saw that announcement on the band's instagram, exciting! have fun at the show! #jealous
― willem, Thursday, 15 April 2021 10:54 (three years ago) link
wooooah I didn't know it was a band, that's awesome
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 15 April 2021 14:41 (three years ago) link