the band CAVE

holy shit, did not know about Jeremy joining...brilliant decision

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WF1PAMtBqLE
nice cover of "Negativland" from Neu! I guess this is from last night or the night before.

this looks like fun!

Yes.

Just got Raw Vibes vol 2. So far so good! The end of "Bobby's Hash" is terrific.

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Oh for shit's sake..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iVRYc4meDTM

Driving up to Chicago to see their last show of the year at the Hideout tomorrow night. Cacaw (ex-Coughs) are playing, too. They are great, too.

A new EP "Pure Moods" coming in May on Drag City..!

lol, these guys are playing a head shop in my area this summer.

Loving "Brigitte's Trip (White Light/White Jazz)"

Can't wait to pick this up next week.

was late on psycic psummer but that would've been a guaranteed top 20 of 2009, at least. bummed they're not hitting up more of NE during their summer tour.

liking pure moods a lot -- this is the first i've heard them, i think.

sounds a LOT like Oneida. This is not a complaint.

Also got onto this album pretty late but really dig it - the last track is a thing of beauty, like Jackie Mittoo produced by Conny Plank or uh something

oops, sorry, "this album" = Psychic Psummer, didn't even know there was a new one but I am super-excited for that now! thank you ILM

It's a new ep, no?

yes, 3 songs, about 20 minutes

Ah, I thought from the price on Rough Trade it was a cheap LP rather than an expensive EP. And apparently Norman Records have sold out of them despite them only arriving yesterday. Time to shop around...

love CAVE

good stuff

if this band is like oneida i will like cave

saw these guys last night in Denver -- hollly shit, they were good. would highly recommend them to anyone. kind of worried their records are going to start sounding limp in comparison!

Gonna see them at pitchfork lol

These guys are pretty directly up my alley, loving the Pure Moods EP right now.

They were definitely a nice surprise at Pitchfork.

pure moods still killing it -- definitely one of my favorite things from this year.
live set over yonder: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/CAVE/Live_at_WFMU_on_Talks_Cheap_Aug_16_2010

they were great when I saw em at the bank in baltimore

yeah i pretty much wanted to follow them on tour after seeing them last summer.

new one! NEVERENDLESS. Just got the promo from Drag City -- more of the same, but that is exactly what i want. Some long jamzzz.

great title

already "this is the best" is the perfect distillation of what these guys do. 14 minutes of unrelenting awesomeness.

Think they are planning to go to Australia next year. I'm surprise there are already promos for the new one, don't think it's coming out til the fall?

yeah, i was surprised too. comes out sept. 20.

Really excited for new CAVE!

Think they are planning to go to Australia next year

ooh i like the sound of this

my little review of the new one here: http://ow.ly/6bToa
really loving it, annoyed that they seem to have tour dates scheduled in every US city except mine.

Try living in Mid Missouri (oh, but they are def playing here)
Their last show in town was in the basement DIY space and it fucking COOKED.

Oh and your writeup is sweet. OTM.

Their last show in town was in the basement DIY space and it fucking COOKED.
is this their thing, playing nontraditional venues? the denver show they played was a totally random head shop/record store/art space that i'd never heard of before and haven't heard of since. god, it was so good.

It is sometimes their thing, not always.
They've all got a lot of experience with touring and playing rock shows. Sometimes a non-traditional space is just more attractive.
Sometimes, getting paid is.

they may have been paid in weed at the show i saw.

This is awesome
http://vimeo.com/29128356

sweet!

is this their thing, playing nontraditional venues?

lol, the record release show for the new albumw as played on a flatbed truck driving down Milwaukee Avenue here in Chicago. Really wanted to go, but wasn't able to do so.

Check that link I just posted

ah, didn't click the link, most videos on vimeo won't play at work

this makes me want to drive up to baltimore to see them.

as noted upthread, they were pretty godlike for me when i saw 'em last year.

that video is great -- there are lots of recognizable places, but the parts i like best are the anonymous intersections.

hey is dj trip maker the same as ilx's trip maker? i saw the name bc i'm going to see this band (AGAIN) tonight and apparently that's who is the inter-set dj, would be too weird to not be the same person but who knows?!
if so, see you there!

how was the show?
new video here
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eLrofQRFQ6k

it was great!! they have a new secret weapon -- i don't know the guy's name but i saw him when he played with bitchin bajas. i really liked the added baritone sax/flute stuff. he also had a snare and cymbal but i couldn't always hear their contribution. as always, they were super tight. i have an altogether new appreciation of the drummer for playing the exact same beat for as long as he plays it. yikes.

yeah that dude is a machine. there is some horn action on the new one, it is pretty good. really does kinda sound like herbie hancock/headhunters/miles in the 70s at times.

yeah they were very tight, the rhythm section in general is sick. i hadn't seen them in a few years, i was surprised that dude who used to pretty much only play keys was now pretty much only playing guitar. he's a good guitarist but i missed the keys tbh, my fave song live had him on keys and the "secret weapon" on flute. the flute playing was great bc he wasn't doing jazz solos or whatever, he was doubling the keyboard part and it sounded amazing.

new video btw http://www.thefader.com/2013/09/24/video-cave-shikaakwa/

lol i think that's the track i was just talking about with the flute.

cave cruise! http://t.co/oLVJYPPLzK

new album is dope

Ha. La Lechera, I dj'd that gig in absentia. Cooper just used a bunch of mix tapes i've made for him over the years for the incidental music.
i was surprised that dude who used to pretty much only play keys was now pretty much only playing guitar.
Two different dudes.

They played in town on Halloween. I got to sing a cover of "Sister Ray" with them at the end of the set. Lots of fun.

that sounds awesome -- where's the youtube?

I don't even have a photo!
I was wearing a pink blouse, blue shades, and a blonde wig.

Ugh that sounds SO FUN!! Did you sing the whole thing?! man that sounds like fun.

All I remember from your mix was Bohannon but it was enjoyable!

We didn't play it for twenty minutes. I sang maybe three verses and improvised a "freakout" that climaxed with repetition of the phrase "don't shake me, lucifer." We were going to cover a Roky Erickson song but current events changed our original plan.

'silver headband' on the new one is so sick. not many can evoke the neu! vibe without resorting to a generic motorik beat. agree with tyler on the rest of it pulling serious fusion moves.

they're playing a reunion(?) show on new years

recent interview with cooper crain said there'd be a new Cave album out this year ... but I haven't heard anything else.
Cave drummer is playing with Nathan Bowles now ... http://www.nyctaper.com/2017/10/nathan-bowles-trio-september-8-2017-three-lobed-wxdu-hopscotch-afternoon-jamboree-raleigh-nc/

an erstwhile ilxor is DJing!

i am thinking about going
wondered what happened to their drummer -- who's playing if it's not that guy?

haha yeah i just noticed trip maker in this thread!

i had heard the reason cave hadn't been playing shows was cuz the drummer had moved. but your guess is as good as mine whether or not he'll be playing new years. i hope he is, though

ha yeah, i hope that they're making a long distance relationship work — Cave w/o that drummer seems a little pointless.

i thought BBs were CAVE w/o that drummer
;)

i am just wondering which local drummer would be his repacement -- an unknown? one of the many excellent known drummers in Chicago?