― David Allen, Monday, 8 September 2003 15:23 (twenty years ago) link
― Horace Mann (Horace Mann), Monday, 8 September 2003 15:33 (twenty years ago) link
i've only listened to the album like 3 times, but i don't really plan on listening to it again.
― Tom Breihan (Tom Breihan), Monday, 8 September 2003 16:01 (twenty years ago) link
― J0hn Darn1elle (J0hn Darn1elle), Monday, 8 September 2003 17:26 (twenty years ago) link
― J0hn Darn1elle (J0hn Darn1elle), Monday, 8 September 2003 17:27 (twenty years ago) link
― Felcher (Felcher), Monday, 8 September 2003 21:08 (twenty years ago) link
For that to happen, though, Propagandhi would have had to envision some pretty radical change, which isn't something they're really equipped to do, as much as I love them.
"Our Retired Explorer" stuck v. heavily in my head. good stuff that
― J0hn Darn1elle (J0hn Darn1elle), Monday, 22 September 2003 02:07 (twenty years ago) link
― Bryan (Bryan), Monday, 22 September 2003 05:43 (twenty years ago) link
― Speedy Gonzalas (Speedy Gonzalas), Tuesday, 23 September 2003 05:32 (twenty years ago) link
― Horace Mann (Horace Mann), Tuesday, 23 September 2003 14:41 (twenty years ago) link
Goddamm next you'll wonder about their color coded riddims as John pointed out above.
― Mr Noodles (Mr Noodles), Tuesday, 23 September 2003 14:50 (twenty years ago) link
― Baked Bean Teeth (Baked Bean Teeth), Friday, 5 December 2003 21:00 (twenty years ago) link
― Mr Noodles (Mr Noodles), Wednesday, 4 August 2004 12:15 (nineteen years ago) link
It was actually four bands altogether, including one band with a slightly Buckley-esque lead singer, but whose name I never caught because their sound mix was so bad that you couldn't ever understand a word he said when he was talking. The second band was called Black Knights, and it's hard to say whether the band was a joke or whether they were serious...anyhow, bullet belts and heavy metal t-shirts = stupid revved up fun, and songs about eating shit. Yum.
Constantines were very good. Was a bit blah on their last album, but the show was pretty good. Of course, the Weakerthans smoked, even after a slightly shaky vocal start. Once warmed up it was fantastic, and it even included the steel guitar bits! (Not enough rock bands use steel guitar.) At the end the Weakerthans and Constantines played a song together for the encore...I know the song, but can't put my finger on who did it originally. It'll come to me soon.
Going back to the car after the show, an asshole backed right into my front bumper right in front of us, while parallel parking on a block that was pretty much vacant behind our car...motherfucker! But even that wasn't enough to spoil the evening. Good show.
― Sean Carruthers (SeanC), Friday, 8 April 2005 19:54 (nineteen years ago) link
― even cathy berberian's nose (Jody Beth Rosen), Tuesday, 25 April 2006 11:55 (eighteen years ago) link
― even cathy berberian's nose (Jody Beth Rosen), Tuesday, 25 April 2006 11:57 (eighteen years ago) link
― Thermo Thinwall (Thermo Thinwall), Tuesday, 25 April 2006 13:39 (eighteen years ago) link
― Rufus 3000 (Mr Noodles), Tuesday, 25 April 2006 13:46 (eighteen years ago) link
― Thermo Thinwall (Thermo Thinwall), Tuesday, 25 April 2006 15:10 (eighteen years ago) link
― Roy Kasten (Roy Kasten), Tuesday, 23 January 2007 03:56 (seventeen years ago) link
I had a friend who played the Weakerthans non-stop in his car about 4 years ago, specifically Left and Leaving, and I usually veered toward this thought.
― Zachary S (Zach S), Tuesday, 23 January 2007 05:11 (seventeen years ago) link
Seems like there is barely any Weakerthans love on ILM, which is a shame. The new album Reunion Tour is out on 25 September and a few new tracks are scattered around music blogs. Virtute The Cat Explains Her Departure (below) is probably the loveliest song I've heard this year.
http://bethepower.com/archives/2007/08/btp_song_of_the_13.html
― Bill A, Friday, 24 August 2007 13:02 (sixteen years ago) link
First listen in, "Relative Surplus Value" followed by "Tournament of Hearts", and I'm a grinning, happy monkey.
― scampering alpaca, Wednesday, 26 September 2007 19:15 (sixteen years ago) link
i hear it is good
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Wednesday, 26 September 2007 20:17 (sixteen years ago) link
i love teh weakerthans
― dylannn, Tuesday, 8 July 2008 04:26 (fifteen years ago) link
I've been listening to them a ton lately.
― kate78, Tuesday, 8 July 2008 05:39 (fifteen years ago) link
I forgot how much I really loved "Aside" until I re-heard it the other night when The Wedding Crashers was on cable. I still don't like any of their albums, or really any of their other songs even.
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 8 July 2008 06:38 (fifteen years ago) link
^^^ hope this dude got punched in the face in the last fifteen months
damn but every song on left & leaving is just a fucking -#- EXPERIENCE -#- had itunes on shuffle and "there is a fire door..." came on and i had to listen 2 the whole album after that and i could sing every single word~~~~~
― ^ poll it (Lamp), Sunday, 11 October 2009 07:09 (fourteen years ago) link
Right here, chump. Take a swing.
― Johnny Fever, Sunday, 11 October 2009 08:03 (fourteen years ago) link
http://bandcamp.com/files/14/02/1402546296-1.jpg
.: September 21, 2010 :.The Falcon Lake Incident
The Falcon Lake Incident: October 19th, 2010.
We are all so very very pleased and relieved to finally announce the release date for the Jim Bryson and the Weakerthans The Falcon Lake Incident. Thanks to our good friends at Maple Music, Kelp Records and iTunes, we are happy to announce The Falcon Lake Incident will see it's Canadian release on Tuesday October 19th. Tour dates, pre-sale info and release day antics are also about to be announced. There will much more to tell you in the coming days so please check back in here . As well, wander on over to our Band Camp page people & have a sneak peek at what this all sounds like
Thanks so much to everyone for making this all happen and to Manitoba Film and Music for helping us all make this a reality. More to follow
― Bee OK, Friday, 24 September 2010 02:05 (thirteen years ago) link
so what exactly went down at Falcon Lake, anyway? is everyone OK? I can't wait til the 19th.
― del griffith, Saturday, 16 October 2010 22:45 (thirteen years ago) link
<3
― mookieproof, Saturday, 4 December 2010 04:33 (thirteen years ago) link
but i cant remember the sound/that you found for me
― game of pwns (Lamp), Sunday, 28 August 2011 23:55 (twelve years ago) link
John K. Samson solo record out January 17!
Paste has a song up, "When I Write My Master's Thesis" (heh):
http://www.pastemagazine.com/blogs/av/2011/12/song-premiere-john-k-samson---when-i-write-my-mast.html
― Who wants to see the great Pavarotti sit on a pie? (jer.fairall), Monday, 9 January 2012 01:15 (twelve years ago) link
pretty sweet to a great band like the weakerthans to back him up oh wait
― shaane, Monday, 9 January 2012 01:46 (twelve years ago) link
Anyone heard John K's record yet? Basically a quieter Weakerthans record. I thought it was nice the first few times though til it finally clicked in a big way on the fourth or fifth spin.
― Who wants to see the great Pavarotti sit on a pie? (jer.fairall), Sunday, 29 January 2012 00:59 (twelve years ago) link
Yeah I'm liking it quite a bit though it's a bit disappointing that a big chunk of it has already been released on some of his earlier singles...feels a bit less like a new album that way but it still holds together nicely I think. Need to listen to it a few more times before I truly feel the love for it in great waves, but pretty sure that's coming.
BTW Falcon Lake Incident is a-okay too, even though it's my least fave of the Weakerthans-related projects. And I like Jim Bryson too, fwiw. It's just maybe a bit too casual for it to hit the same level, but it's a nice enough listen from time to time.
― Sean Carruthers, Sunday, 29 January 2012 05:23 (twelve years ago) link
True about so much of it being previously released, but it's cool to hear, for instance "cruise night" (my fave of the ep tracks) getting somewhat fuller arrangements.
― Who wants to see the great Pavarotti sit on a pie? (jer.fairall), Sunday, 29 January 2012 05:53 (twelve years ago) link
True enough - it's more like it slightly diminishes the fun of hearing a full album of all new material for the first time. I hadn't noticed that the songs from the singles were on here at first and my gut reaction was "this sounds like he's repeating himself"! Then I looked closer at the tracklist.
― Sean Carruthers, Sunday, 29 January 2012 16:42 (twelve years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UjdyOQ_48b8
been listening to that john k samson album a lot. i guess i never followed closely enough to have heard too much of it before.
oh. i just wanted to put oka everywhere here too.
― dylannn, Tuesday, 19 June 2012 07:53 (eleven years ago) link
Ok so the year ain't over yet, and there's still lots of stuff that is already out that I haven't gotten around to yet, but I'm thinking that Provincial may be my AOTY.
― Room 227 (cryptosicko), Saturday, 27 October 2012 01:35 (eleven years ago) link
<3 this guy + his wife + his band + his fellow nationals
but what does the k stand for
― mookieproof, Saturday, 27 October 2012 01:59 (eleven years ago) link
do not <3 reggie leach tho
― mookieproof, Saturday, 27 October 2012 02:03 (eleven years ago) link
annual reminder of <3
― mookieproof, Saturday, 26 October 2013 04:16 (ten years ago) link
I wore my Weakerthans shirt to school the other day and got complimented on it.
― a fifth of misty beethoven (cryptosicko), Saturday, 26 October 2013 04:50 (ten years ago) link
Kind of figured this was the case already, but here's the official(ish?) word:
http://www.avclub.com/article/weakerthans-have-apparently-broken-222303
― The New Gay Sadness (cryptosicko), Wednesday, 15 July 2015 13:09 (eight years ago) link
Would never be able to listen to Left and Leaving again but def a formative record, for me and many others I'm sure
― the naive cockney chorus (Simon H.), Wednesday, 15 July 2015 13:24 (eight years ago) link
now that i have cats i cannot listen to the virtute songs
― insufficiently familiar with xgau's work to comment intelligently (BradNelson), Wednesday, 15 July 2015 19:38 (eight years ago) link
anyway incredible band, saw them do all of reunion tour three (?) years ago and it was a v emotional show on its own
all of their records sound so good
― insufficiently familiar with xgau's work to comment intelligently (BradNelson), Wednesday, 15 July 2015 19:39 (eight years ago) link
haha so otm
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 15 July 2015 23:57 (eight years ago) link
I can't remember the sound that you found for me no I can't remember the sound that you found for meeeee.
― Sean Carruthers, Thursday, 16 July 2015 23:35 (eight years ago) link
i wish i could find the edit i made that combined the two virtue tracks
always loved the part in 'plea...' where the instruments fall away and he sings all you ever wanna do is drink and watch tv
― affluent white (Lamp), Thursday, 16 July 2015 23:40 (eight years ago) link
New John K. solo record (that's really a new 3/4 of the Weakerthans record) out October 21
http://www.avclub.com/article/exclusive-weakerthans-john-k-samson-announces-new--240986
― rhymes with "blondie blast" (cryptosicko), Monday, 15 August 2016 15:16 (seven years ago) link
For the most part, I think about golfingand constantly calculate all the seconds left and the minutes and so on, etc....Oh, Ontario. Oh, Jennifer Jason Leigh. This part of the day bewilders me.
Hoping we see another album from him this year. Or even a reformation.
― the body of a spider... (scampering alpaca), Wednesday, 12 February 2020 17:34 (four years ago) link