They played a 300 or so quickly sold out room in DC over the weekend and are coming back in the fall to a 1200 person room.
― curmudgeon, Monday, 15 July 2013 18:41 (ten years ago) link
My friend and I had the exact same reaction last night: This band has it going on, the singer is great, the musicians committed. Etc. And yet, we both left thinking, you know, we've flipped through this record bin before, and don't really see the band bringing much more to the table besides being good. Which is probably good enough, we conceded, but my friend in particular said he's perfectly happy sticking with his Bauhaus.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 17 September 2013 12:39 (ten years ago) link
god, remember this band? really brings me back...
― scott seward, Tuesday, 17 September 2013 12:56 (ten years ago) link
Dunno if it is a matter of too much too soon, but I was surprised the band did not sell out last night.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 17 September 2013 13:43 (ten years ago) link
^ chicago homies of mine were talking about just "showing up" and walking in to that show and laughing @ all the bands who shot their wad at the summer festivals in the chicagoland area depressing their own gate
― The Dance Twerking Was MADE So (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Tuesday, 17 September 2013 15:00 (ten years ago) link
This is pretty easily one of my top 5 albums of the year
― Bitch Fantastic (DJP), Wednesday, 23 October 2013 20:39 (ten years ago) link
you and Jim DeRo enjoying those marshmallows at that camp you built?
― the objections to Drake from non-REAL HIPHOP people (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 23 October 2013 20:49 (ten years ago) link
are they the goth hepburn?
― massaman gai, Wednesday, 23 October 2013 21:41 (ten years ago) link
ultimately they are just a little too much of a 81 UK post punk dress-up band
it's well done but doesn't really have much to offer for me
― lorde willin' (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 23 October 2013 21:49 (ten years ago) link
they are basically the black crowes of post punk
No I'm with Dan on this - came back to it recently and was surprised at just how good it sounded and how great they are as a band. Especially the bass player, but the drums and guitar kill it too.
― gotta lol geir (NickB), Wednesday, 23 October 2013 21:55 (ten years ago) link
the Dusty Springfield of post punk.
― the objections to Drake from non-REAL HIPHOP people (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 23 October 2013 21:56 (ten years ago) link
idgi
like i said they are a good band. they play well. they have the style down. black crowes were/are a good band too. jealous again, all that shit. it's just something about it seems kinda off though. i dunno. such limited time to listen to stuff, why would i listen to this instead of something from that period. it's not like it feels modern except maybe mastered louder.
it's super up my alley. they are not bad at all.
― lorde willin' (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 23 October 2013 22:00 (ten years ago) link
I've basically come around to thinking of this as an impressive and admirable record that I just don't ever really care to play.
― a fifth of misty beethoven (cryptosicko), Wednesday, 23 October 2013 22:53 (ten years ago) link
yeah that's it for me too
― lorde willin' (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 23 October 2013 22:59 (ten years ago) link
It's about as well done as anything like this could be short of the bands that did it first and better 30 years ago, basically.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 24 October 2013 01:02 (ten years ago) link
such limited time to listen to stuff, why would i listen to this instead of something from that period. it's not like it feels modern except maybe mastered louder.
...and I do appreciate that. I mean you must be pretty busy checking out all the new stuff on the Revolt of Fahey Brigade thread right?
― gotta lol geir (NickB), Thursday, 24 October 2013 09:22 (ten years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-rm2MPi2sM
― Inside Lewellyn Sinclair (cryptosicko), Saturday, 18 January 2014 01:24 (ten years ago) link
Annnnnnnd...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zkz6qKCYjDM
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 6 May 2014 18:10 (nine years ago) link
they owe that director a BIG gift basket. i mean, talk about making a band look good. sheesh. still wanna marry the singer, by the way...
― scott seward, Tuesday, 6 May 2014 18:51 (nine years ago) link
I dig the new 12", the Suicide cover, "Burn Baby Burn" is great as well.
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Tuesday, 6 May 2014 19:57 (nine years ago) link
they owe that director a BIG gift basket. i mean, talk about making a band look good. sheesh.
that's pretty much what they look like anyway, the video is just footage of their regular live show
― john wahey (NickB), Tuesday, 6 May 2014 21:59 (nine years ago) link
Their "Dream Baby Dream" is weak; Bruce did it better.
― smhphony orchestra (crüt), Tuesday, 6 May 2014 22:01 (nine years ago) link
that thing with bright white side lighting from lowdown always makes bands look great, but they're a very stylish band anyway with such a great live vibe xp
― john wahey (NickB), Tuesday, 6 May 2014 22:01 (nine years ago) link
it's the way its shot. iconic and all that. very well-made. most modern rock bands do not get that kind of deluxe treatment. i like it.
― scott seward, Tuesday, 6 May 2014 22:03 (nine years ago) link
i thought it felt like watching them while trapped in a mailbox at the side of the stage
― john wahey (NickB), Tuesday, 6 May 2014 22:05 (nine years ago) link
the first time i saw them and they announced they were going to do "dream baby dream" i was prepared for it to be a car crash but i think they pulled it off by doing something different with it. both the angel corpus christi and bruce versions are so good that to attempt that song, i think it needs to be taken somewhere else entirely which is what they do.
― stirmonster, Tuesday, 6 May 2014 22:20 (nine years ago) link
has anyone checked to see if DeRogatis lives?
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 6 May 2014 22:31 (nine years ago) link
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/31/arts/music/savages-a-london-band-plays-three-new-york-clubs.html?ref=music
They are/were hanging out in NYC for a month or so playing new songs and still getting compared to Brit postpunk of yore
― curmudgeon, Saturday, 31 January 2015 19:16 (nine years ago) link
They have a new collaboration album out, anyone heard it?
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Saturday, 31 January 2015 19:35 (nine years ago) link
saw them last night at saint vitus. i love that they're going for it, you know? they have a plan. they engage the crowd. they even took a group bow at the end of the set. lovely. the drummer is a powerhouse, guitarist wears a poker face and plays reverbed-out sound washes reminding me variously of bryan gregory (with similar hair hanging in face) and the edge. the singer had theatric/awkward stage moves like sorta ziggy. whether they have the songs to take it to the next level, and whether she has the voice, are the questions.
― Thus Sang Freud, Sunday, 1 February 2015 12:55 (nine years ago) link
http://www.spin.com/2015/05/savages-talk-new-album/?utm_source=spinfacebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=spinfacebook
new album in the works, coming late 2015/early 2016, jehnny sez it's extremely heavy
― slothroprhymes, Wednesday, 20 May 2015 19:57 (eight years ago) link
http://thequietus.com/articles/19063-savages-the-answer
New album announced, lead single here with a Siouxsie fronting Killing Joke vibe. Nice.
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Wednesday, 21 October 2015 14:09 (eight years ago) link
I wasn't so keen on their first album, but that song is brilliant.
― Eyeball Kicks, Wednesday, 21 October 2015 14:45 (eight years ago) link
This will come as a shock to many of you but I FUCKING LOVE THIS
― I Am Curious (Dolezal) (DJP), Wednesday, 21 October 2015 14:46 (eight years ago) link
1969 ok?
― Hinklepicker, Wednesday, 21 October 2015 18:52 (eight years ago) link
Man, that's great. I feel like I've been waiting for a new album for them forever, totally looking forward to it.
― si monvmentvm reqvires, pvmpkin spice (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Wednesday, 21 October 2015 23:28 (eight years ago) link
cool song but it's a very polished sound though? would like to hear a live version
― niels, Thursday, 22 October 2015 16:53 (eight years ago) link
also wish they'd go for a visual aesthetic that looked less like a soft drink commercial but hard to come up with stuff ofc
― niels, Thursday, 22 October 2015 16:54 (eight years ago) link
i wish the video had focused more on sexy ian curtis because i am in love with her but overall i don't mind the canned smells like savage spirit vibe of the video. fits the song. i hope every song on the new album is as cool as that one. i really want to like cool new rock that rocks by rocking women.
― scott seward, Thursday, 22 October 2015 17:53 (eight years ago) link
haha, I like your enthusiasm
I liked the first record quite a bit, hope to see them live some time, they're said to kick ass
― niels, Thursday, 22 October 2015 17:58 (eight years ago) link
just don't ask me what this french circus bowie thing is, okay?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NGZjBr3I9vs
― scott seward, Thursday, 22 October 2015 18:03 (eight years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9rmjVvPAUA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=prSCRrk1JFs
― scott seward, Thursday, 22 October 2015 18:05 (eight years ago) link
you have to see the french ziggys in the ziggy clip though...lol...
― scott seward, Thursday, 22 October 2015 18:07 (eight years ago) link
Irl lol at first french ziggy
― niels, Thursday, 22 October 2015 20:25 (eight years ago) link
is her boyfriend JOHNNY HOSTILE still around?
i still can't get over a dude in the 2010s rolling around w/that quincy punk name
― Comme Si, Kamasi (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 22 October 2015 20:47 (eight years ago) link
New single, new video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y7ZpPsaMNMM
― Bitch I'm in the 2112 (cryptosicko), Wednesday, 6 January 2016 15:39 (eight years ago) link
I really, really dig this band from top to bottom
― you're breaking the NAP (DJP), Wednesday, 6 January 2016 15:43 (eight years ago) link
oof, ol' cheekbones kills me every time. they are kinda the Interpol of my dreams. they should re-do old Interpol songs and make them better.
― scott seward, Wednesday, 6 January 2016 16:49 (eight years ago) link
how long till David Fincher casts her in something I wonder
― the naive cockney chorus (Simon H.), Wednesday, 6 January 2016 16:59 (eight years ago) link