― max (maxreax), Saturday, 29 July 2006 18:38 (seventeen years ago) link
― kevin barking (arghargh), Saturday, 29 July 2006 18:51 (seventeen years ago) link
― unnamedroffler (xave), Saturday, 29 July 2006 20:51 (seventeen years ago) link
― hstencil (hstencil), Monday, 31 July 2006 15:16 (seventeen years ago) link
― kevin barking (arghargh), Monday, 31 July 2006 15:38 (seventeen years ago) link
― hstencil (hstencil), Monday, 31 July 2006 15:39 (seventeen years ago) link
That would have gone down a treat at ArthurBall, I'm sure.
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 31 July 2006 15:45 (seventeen years ago) link
But yeah, about three-quarters of the way into the set, a backup singer came on (Mariee Sioux, maybe?) and Nabob's guitar amp started erupting in feedback. The sound was pretty shitty, but he stopped in the middle of the song and started futzing around. At some point he came over to Rabob's Rhodes and was trying to get her to stop playing (or something, he kept messing with her hands and she refused to stop). He then proceeded to run upstairs, looking for the sound booth. When he found it, he threw himself into the door a couple times, and, unsuccessful, started throwing shit at it (I think). (Meanwhile, Rabob and the rest of the band are all playing with embarrassed looks on their faces. The backup singer is standing there and not really doing anything). Security (and the sound guy) rush over to confront Nabob (this is all upstairs in the VIP lounge-y thing at the Troubadour). I don't really know what happened next but I was told that the guy who replaced D. Higgs on the bill (some guitar-y folk guy--Embrace? Entrance?) threw a bottle, either at security or at Nabob, and some hippie chick in a poncho was rushing back and forth. Rabob and the band played one more song (to heavy applause) and then got off stage pretty hastily.
The Troubadour has really shitty sound, but it was pretty inexcusable to storm off like a baby and throw shit at the the sound booth, especially for a guy like Nabob, who seemed like (in the 40 minutes I talked to him) a decent, if spacey, guy. But--more respect to the band's other 4 touring members, who played well despite the distraction. I have to say that I liked it a lot both with and without Nabob; as long as Nabob's not going to pull a diva act, they're worth seeing.
― max (maxreax), Monday, 31 July 2006 16:09 (seventeen years ago) link
― QuantumNoise (Justin Farrar), Monday, 31 July 2006 16:14 (seventeen years ago) link
― O'Connor (OConnorScribe), Monday, 31 July 2006 16:30 (seventeen years ago) link
― max (maxreax), Monday, 31 July 2006 17:58 (seventeen years ago) link
― Alicia Titsovich (sexyDancer), Monday, 31 July 2006 18:01 (seventeen years ago) link
― cutty (mcutt), Monday, 31 July 2006 18:06 (seventeen years ago) link
― hstencil (hstencil), Monday, 31 July 2006 18:09 (seventeen years ago) link
― dmr (Renard), Monday, 31 July 2006 18:17 (seventeen years ago) link
http://homepage.mac.com/jmcgonnell/look/brightblack_1.jpg
― jason m (jason m), Monday, 31 July 2006 18:41 (seventeen years ago) link
― hstencil (hstencil), Monday, 31 July 2006 18:50 (seventeen years ago) link
― kevin barking (arghargh), Monday, 31 July 2006 19:18 (seventeen years ago) link
― dmr (Renard), Monday, 31 July 2006 19:22 (seventeen years ago) link
― gear (gear), Monday, 31 July 2006 19:29 (seventeen years ago) link
― O'Connor (OConnorScribe), Monday, 31 July 2006 20:49 (seventeen years ago) link
― max (maxreax), Monday, 31 July 2006 21:01 (seventeen years ago) link
― hstencil (hstencil), Monday, 31 July 2006 21:02 (seventeen years ago) link
― O'Connor (OConnorScribe), Monday, 31 July 2006 21:13 (seventeen years ago) link
― Elvis Telecom (Chris Barrus), Monday, 31 July 2006 21:44 (seventeen years ago) link
but i met elvis telecom and ned, tho!
― hstencil (hstencil), Monday, 31 July 2006 21:45 (seventeen years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 31 July 2006 21:47 (seventeen years ago) link
― hstencil (hstencil), Monday, 31 July 2006 21:49 (seventeen years ago) link
― Grey, Ian (IanBrooklyn), Tuesday, 1 August 2006 01:34 (seventeen years ago) link
― jed_ (jed), Tuesday, 1 August 2006 01:39 (seventeen years ago) link
They are really great. I'm a believer!
They had Jeb Bishop on trombone playing with them at Pitchfork, as well as some other unidentified reed guy (anybody knows?) .. what a nice sound.
― Stormy Davis, Tuesday, 17 July 2007 04:23 (sixteen years ago) link
this is still a great album for 85-degree-and-above heat
― max, Tuesday, 17 July 2007 04:27 (sixteen years ago) link
Saw them play in the woods out here in Nor Cal and they are equally good for crisp foggy weather as well ! Robbie Lee is the name of the guy playing the flute/ reed.
― oscar, Tuesday, 17 July 2007 04:46 (sixteen years ago) link
When they played here recently, I was not too eager - I had gotten the impression from reviews and what not they were sorta alt-country freak-frolk beardo shit.
So at least at the time it was real pleasant surprise. Then I little a little bit of one of their records. Sounded good!
― J Kaw, Wednesday, 18 July 2007 04:34 (sixteen years ago) link
i like this thread because its both one of the first that i ever posted to on ILM and its about the first band i ever wrote an 800-word article about
― max, Wednesday, 18 July 2007 05:00 (sixteen years ago) link
this is still a great album for 85-degree-and-above heat-- max, Tuesday, July 17, 2007 4:27 AM (Yesterday) Bookmark Link anyone who's not some college student idiot.
-- max, Tuesday, July 17, 2007 4:27 AM (Yesterday) Bookmark Link anyone who's not some college student idiot.
yes, i agree.
― hstencil, Wednesday, 18 July 2007 08:25 (sixteen years ago) link
feelin it
http://www.thefader.com/articles/2008/7/22/freeload-brightblack-morning-light-hologram-buffalo
― J0rdan S., Wednesday, 23 July 2008 05:33 (fifteen years ago) link
http://www.matadorrecords.com/images/fullsize/ole-786.jpg
― mizzell, Wednesday, 23 July 2008 19:50 (fifteen years ago) link
Nice...I hope they have some tracks with a punchier groove but this is cool. Love their Rhodes sound.
― call all destroyer, Wednesday, 23 July 2008 19:57 (fifteen years ago) link
pysched to hear about a new record. bummed i re-read this thread.
― mizzell, Wednesday, 23 July 2008 19:57 (fifteen years ago) link
What a great cover
― If Assholes Could Fly This Place Would Be An Airport, Wednesday, 23 July 2008 21:09 (fifteen years ago) link
i hope this album is like the good songs on the last one, but all the way through. not that there were any bad songs on the last one, really, but more consistent awesomeness would be great thanks.
― GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ, Thursday, 24 July 2008 03:45 (fifteen years ago) link
hey i got it. it sounds like the last one, but even less urgent. almost a little gospelly in places.
they kind of remind me of mu. the fankhauser band from the 70s.
― GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ, Thursday, 28 August 2008 09:30 (fifteen years ago) link
It's a sneaky sideways move from the last record- less drums but more horns, so it's funkier and yet also more motionless. The production on the vocals is really gooey and great. I think the thing it reminds me of the most is Sly & the Family Stone's "Thank you for Talking to me Africa"- lotsa empty space, a certain starkness. The lyrics seem more directly political on this record, and that's a change too.
― Drew Daniel, Thursday, 28 August 2008 13:48 (fifteen years ago) link
hey, i posted a Mu song to my site last week.
http://robotsinheat.com/trax/EternalThirst.mp3
― jaxon, Thursday, 28 August 2008 16:07 (fifteen years ago) link
the vocals are the thing that really bug me on this one :(
― ian, Thursday, 28 August 2008 16:16 (fifteen years ago) link
man, so dying to hear this .... but, I will wait until it comes out
not sure if I like the idea of them deemphasizing the drums .. "even less urgent" ... hmmm ... ah, I'm sure I'll love it
― Stormy Davis, Thursday, 28 August 2008 19:44 (fifteen years ago) link
yeah, the drums were so good on the last one. but can't wait for this.
― mizzell, Thursday, 28 August 2008 19:53 (fifteen years ago) link
still haven't heard the last one but i liked their debut
― am0n, Thursday, 28 August 2008 20:17 (fifteen years ago) link
"another reclaimation" sounds really, really good on a rainy morning.
― GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ, Saturday, 30 August 2008 10:59 (fifteen years ago) link