Ut c/d, s/d

Did anyone get along to any of their shows?

ask me on tuesday

ut was great. very... ut-like? weird, playful, caustic, austere. members switched between gtr/bass/drums on almost every song. they did 3 or 4 songs without drums (including "rummy") which was kind of strange. pretty long set, they closed with "sham shack" from the first 12".

talked to nina after the show, asked her about a reissue of conviction and she said they are trying to dig up some backstock of it. sounds like they have returned for the time being and plan to keep doing shows.

about 60 folks showed up, a decent turnout for a rainy monday night in pvd. kind of surprised at the response to their revival, I can't remember that many ut fans running around when they were active in the 80s. they're playing boston tomorrow night.

Nice!

members switched between gtr/bass/drums on almost every song.

Yes, they did this both times that I saw them in the 80s too. THink they also had a bloke playing the drums on some of the rockier songs then though iirc. The name Charlie springs to mind.

Never seen band members switching in between, ever - sounds fun.

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

^ sounds fucking great

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y8-5peQ-toE

^ SHam SHack

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-bxnImehvyc

^ Hotel

was at that brooklyn show. they were good but they literally took anywhere from 1-5 minutes in between every song. really kinda killed the momentum!

well, it was their first headlining gig in almost 20 years.

yeah, I still had a good time. not a diss. just gave things a basement show vibe, which has its charms.

it was pretty disorienting because I couldn't see them at all (stage wasn't elevated) and they didn't really address the audience in between the songs either. I just found out they were switching instruments by reading this thread!

"^ sounds fucking great"

In total fucking agreement. They need to come to London.

And I need to pay attention when they do.

If they do come to London pls bump this thread

If they come to the west coast pls bump this thread

Remember very well seeing their LPs on the shelves >20 years ago, but never actually heard them; then I bought Griller from the cheapo 2nd hand bin today, and damn this is pretty great!

Is there any authoritative info on how their name is pronounced, btw? Regarding orthography, I see that discogs use all-caps ("UT"), while e.g. Wikipedia and musicbrainz go with "Ut". Silent-H "Hut"? "Oot"? "U.T."?

ut as in kick your butt

ut as in gut's house

!!!

UT
Friday 23 September
The Lexington, 96-98 Pentonville Road, Islington, N1 9JB

!!!

Conviction is a great record; don't sleep on that one...

i almost picked up In Gut's House this weekend, but it was $20 and i didn't know what it sounded like. i knew it was post punk and i think it was on souljazz's new york noise comp, but no one at the store could help me out, so i passed.

Of the top of my head, I think the track on the soul jazz comp was earlier. In Gut's House is pretty great though I mostly return to two longtime faves...Evangelist and Mosquito Botticelli.

UT
Friday 23 September
The Lexington, 96-98 Pentonville Road, Islington, N1 9JB

― a fucking stove just fell on my foot. (Colonel Poo), Monday, 16 May 2011 Bookmark

No fking way!! *marks calendar*

xp, yeah, the track on New York Noise 2 (if that's the Soul Jazz comp people are referring to) is "Sham Shack," from their 1984 debut EP.

here's what you missed out on jaxon

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FONqP2rnCKo

I prolly listen to in gut's house and the first EP more than anything else by them

they never made a bad album, or a non-interesting one

so the uk shows are imminent. who's reachin?

brighton show this sunday - cannot wait! listen to 'in gut's house' all the time, so dense & fractured. love the dead c reference upthread.

I'm going to the London show on Friday.

I'll be at the Brighton show too. I know that Bruce Russell was a big fan of the band cos I remember he talked about them in a review of the Dial album that he wrote in Opprobrium.

got my eye on Bristol on Saturday but I need transport, also I am going to a cheese festival in the daytime which normally leads to me eating so much cheese I need to lie down all evening

would love to hear all yr thoughts after yr respective shows. i'm also keen to find a copy of bruce russell's wire review of the ut re-issues.

mencap, being "with cheese" shouldn't stop you going out and having fun like everyone else, but i guess i understand.

I'll be at the Brighton show too. *excited*

Should actually listen to some other stuff aside from In Gut's House on repeat, mind you.

I'm trying to free up my diary to get to Bristol.

I'll be at the Brighton show too. *excited*

Hooray! Their last album, Griller, is on spotify btw (along with In Gut's House):

http://open.spotify.com/album/7GoWZB4mnyBDgod9AAWRBI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YviHsiTQvmY&feature=related

I really liked Quint, Sally Young's later folky-proggy outfit. Their lp Time Wounds All Heels is pretty god though they may have been better live.

I had no idea they'd reformed until I saw this thread. Thought it would have come up somewhere else.

Great video Tim, thx

Makes me crazy and mad that i missed them though!

They were pretty great in Brighton, I will say.

I'd heard of Quint, but never made the connection. Might see if I can find some youtubes.

From show in Paris earlier in the month:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i1ax_OFb1w4

I used to have all of their records. I wish they were available on streaming - it kind of sucks that I can't put tracks of theirs in a mix.

Early stuff is here:

https://utmusic.bandcamp.com

bought a copy of 'in gut's house' from a guy on discogs marketplace, he included a photocopy of a review penned by none other than mark s!