Luna: S&D

this recent tape sounded fab: http://www.nyctaper.com/2015/06/luna-june-11-2015-mccarren-park-northside-fest-flacmp3streaming/

the return of demeski (for one song at least)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D77P7BSk1Qw

So great to see Stan with the band.

he really is a great drummer -- like the perfect mix of charlie watts and moe tucker.

If Stan (and Justin!) were back I'd see the band in a heartbeat tomorrow night. As it stands ... dunno.

I didn't go to the show last weekend because I was sick. Super bummed. Hopefully will have another chance.

bummer! yeah, no idea what their overall plans are in terms of continuing. don't think they're planning on making new music.
i definitely prefer the demeski/harwood era of the band, but i gotta say that they sound amazing here: http://www.nyctaper.com/2015/10/luna-october-7-2015-bowery-ballroom-flacmp3streaming/
maybe better than ever?

Ha, they might be the perfect example of a band served just fine by live recordings. They're not the most charismatic bunch.

band just tweeted that "this is not a farewell tour" so they seem to have at least general plans for continuing to play live post-2015... would love to see them again.

I'll wait til they play some place that is not the House of Blues, then.

^ otm

Missed this until now:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W3HtlrbAo4Y

An entire interview in which the words "Damon" and "Naomi" are left unsaid. Amazing quote: "The trio forces everyone to work, there is something cool about it, especially live; all of you have to make noise constantly. But I think most of the great bands (especially in the live scenario) are four or five people."

I'm glad Dean finally acknowledges Woody Allen as a major influence. This is actually a perfect pairing of interviewer and interviewee, to an extent that we rarely see these days, and one of the best interviews that I've read in recent memory.

http://www.salon.com/2016/05/20/the_ultimate_luna_interview_noah_baumbach_and_dean_wareham_talk_super_groups_the_velvet_underground_and_the_history_of_one_of_new_yorks_greatest_bands/

Saw them last weekend for what must have been at least the 10th time but the first since 2001. They were really amazing. Covered The Cure's Fire in Cairo during one encore and came back out again to close with Tugboat.

Fire in Cairo! They didn't do that one during their original run, did they?

http://www.npr.org/2016/05/31/480144548/a-homecoming-for-luna-and-its-devoted-following

"The word nostalgia confuses me," he says. "I've been thinking about that. This book I was reading, the author broke it down into the Greek: 'nostalgia,' meaning the pain of returning home. It's both exciting and it's slightly painful, too, and so it's pleasure and sadness. And that's kind of what we try to do with the music, too."

Be part of their video shoot for $40.
http://www.pledgemusic.com/projects/luna2/items/215552

Anyone heard anything from the upcoming covers album, or the instrumental EP?

If the war is over, I'm gonna have me some fun!

No California All The Way?!

I gotta keep a lid on these things!

Bewitched the early peak, Penthouse its echo. The rest, post the departure of the band's All Star Rhythm Section, I don't remember one note of. Maybe I will dive back in one day.

New stuff that came out last week is pretty great — instrumental EP is a wonderful showcase for Sean Eden, and the covers record is very solid. Great version of Dylan's "Most of the Time."

Am I the only one who still likes Slash Your Tires? What about their cover of Ride Into The Sun? That's probably the Luna song i've intentionally played the most.

Slash Your Tires is great. Ride Into the Sun less so but still good

surprised at all the love for Romantica, an album I only listened to once and was put off by the harsher textures and grittier sound. tbh I got off the bus when they covered "Sweet Child of Mine", that was a bridge too far.

Romantica is rather gauzy, actually!

there's something a little airless about some of Romantica that I don't like quite as much as the other records, I think. Still love it, though. I don't think they made a bad album — I know a lot of people don't like Days of Our Nights, but that record still sounds fantastic to me. Some of Wareham's most cutting lyrics (along with maybe some of his worst).

Post Pup Tent Picks for me: Teenage Lightning, Black Postcards, Hello, Little One

I also got off the bus with Sweet Child of Mine. I was already standing to exit, but that song made me hop off.

haha, i think that cover is nice.

I hate it for two reasons: 1) it's a shitty song, 2) their take on it is very predictable and obvious ie, "let's take this rocking anthem and turn it into an ironically narcotized plodding indie song"

i think i just like narcotized plodding indie songs

i think the cover is fine though if you don't like GNR i can understand finding it lame. i'm kind of a Guns n Roses agnostic, their usefulness as a band lasted for one album (one that was mostly classic but not as much as the CW suggests), but then again the Luna style goes a long way for me.

Did their boring cover come before or after Sheryl Crows boring cover?

All the Luna covers on the Slide ep are pretty great. But then, once again, I like pretty much everything from the original lineup.

iirc the summer of 99 was the summer of boring sweet child o mine covers. maybe there was even another one?

you haven't seen sweet child o mine covered until you've seen Black Eyed Peas cover it w/Fergie singing and Slash stepping onstage to contribute lead guitar.

Digging that "Most of the Time."

Sheryl Crow 1998! That's how far Luna had fallen off. Not only were they covering GNR, they were covering them after Sheryl Crow did it.

It was the memoir that annoyed me the most.

No "Superfreaky Memories"! That's probably my fave Luna track.

"Superfreaky Memories" a victim of not remembering TDOON very well.

that is def the standout track on that album

Math Wiz is pretty nice.

haha yeah I was gonna say the other one that sticks in my memory is the one about he mathematician naked at his window or something like that

"Math Wiz" and "Superfreaky Memories" kinda strike me as miniature Noah Baumbach movies (apologies if y'all hate him)

(and obviously wareham and baumbach have worked together at various points)

I love Slash Your Tires. I also love Freakin' And Peakin and think it's very underrated.

Baumbach and Wareham are a perfect fit imo

ok off the top of my head

California All The Way
Bobby Peru
Friendly Advice
Bewitched
Freakin' And Peakin
Speedbumps
Astronaut
Superfreaky memories
Lovedust
Tiger Lily

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