S/D: David Kilgour / The Clean

Saw them at Maxwells in Hoboken September 2010 and it was great, especially since I was rocking out next to Ira Kaplan.

Ok, I wasn't going to say anything, but one of the Clean guys is actually sending their kid (grandkid?) to the same music camp as my son this week. I'm still trying to bump into him. At least now I have something to ask about.

It was very strange looking at the camp sign-in sheet this past Tuesday, recognizing the name, and then realizing that nobody there had the slightest idea who he was.

those seem to be . . . curiously small venues? i probably have no idea what's what, but i figured they'd at least be in the cat's cradle/black cat rather than local 506/r&r hotel

506 is a super small venue! I held the door for Michelle Williams there once. Like 100 years ago.

I welcome The Clean to play at the bar across the street from my apt. It's a really small venue...

new song! <3 ive been listening to this dude so much lately... http://www.archhill.co.nz/profiles/blogs/new-david-kilgour-the-heavy-eights-single-free-download?xg_source=activity

Holy shit, just saw them play live where they were joined by Peter Gutteridge for "Point That Thing..." and two others! Plus great versions of "Too Much Violence", "I Wait Around", "At The Bottom", "Fish" ...

didn't go, but last week they played chicks hotel (along with bill direen) with gutteridge & martin phillips sitting in on a few numbers. sort of regretting not going now cause sounds like it was an excellent show...

That does sound great

Been revisiting the DK & Heavy Eights recently. So much confidence. I think one big change for me, now, is that I don't enjoy the second, long half of "Diggin for Gold," the big heavy Les Paul workout that takes it to the end. I never minded back then, but now I could listen to the first part of the song on repeat at length and be happy. But it is a big heavy guitar workout album. In the day, I kind of overlooked "Waveboarder," but now it's the thing I replay most often.

Also the Barbara Manning duet Locked in Blue. How good is this?! So fun to play on guitar too

"duet" lol

I always imagine him stompin around in moccasin boots with his jeans tucked in on that part. xp

http://youtu.be/7uHHVQnd7vM
http://youtu.be/rOhcfCw4vTE

^^the aforementioned peter gutteridge guest spot, plus a VU cover. both killer.

pretty sure there's a clean performance going on in the park just across the valley from me right now!

You near Port Chalmers? IIRC they're playing at the final night of Chicks Hotel tonight ...

nah, i'm up the top end of n.e.v. seems they were taking part in a community event for spreading knowledge about lindsay's creek & environs :-D

when i first heard the guitar i initially thought it was coming from a practicing neighbour copping kilgour's sound... then the rest of the band came in

& yes, closing of chicks tonight but tickets were $$$ + i imagine it's gonna be seriously packed in there, so :-/

The Clean are playing SF Oct 1. No other US dates at this point.

2 more dates announced, looks strictly california at this point:
https://www.mergerecords.com/tours?artists[]=1644

Show in SF cancelled due to family illness, Stephen Malkmus playing (Spiral Stairs 50th bday) instead.

The entire tour has been cancelled. I mean...I feel for ya, family illness and all, but it is tremendously disappointing.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h7LXlYxFlfg

That's pretty faithful!

met h4m1sh tonight! nice guy and quite a raconteur.

http://www.brooklynvegan.com/files/2019/07/kilgour-bobbies-a-girl.jpg

David Kilgour & The Heavy Eights – Bobbie’s a girl

Entrances 2:51
Smoke you right out of heres 2:50
Crawlers 2:26
Threadss 4:06
Coming in from nowhere nows 3:12
Spotlights 2:59
Swan loops 4:09
If you were here and I was theres 3:30
Looks like I’m running outs 2:56
Ngaparas 5:57

http://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=168&v=ye-XH78aUvE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ye-XH78aUvE

excellent cover art

excellent song

yeah, i like that ...

It sounded perfect yesterday, still does today

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-9ygLV4pBOI

that makes me want to try surfin'. great song, kilgour is really one of the largely unrecognized greats.

new record is really nice, no surprise.

new record is really nice, no surprise.

― tylerw, Monday, September 9, 2019 5:15 PM (one week ago)

^^

I'm actually quite taken with the two departures from his usual sound - the piano/Cloudboy vibes in "Swan Loop", and the Billy TK scorch of "Ngapara".

He's never made a bad record. Or even come close to one.

^^ seriously. just so consistent. and consistently underrated.

"I’m so glad to have completed this piano piece, it’s been hanging around in raw form for about 7 years and I always forget about it. .....and just like that it’s completed and out! Woo hoo!.....it's possibly my last statement on my obsession with minor chords and maj 7th chords."

https://www.projectsunrise.work/artists/david-kilgour

https://i.stuff.co.nz/national/130639132/police-searching-for-awardwinning-kiwi-musician-last-seen-four-days-ago?fbclid=IwAR2z64QdKt1bo8xQ32JkxPHv86ino-LA7qIVKksEXUqeRqwTsfBXlVffW9Q&mibextid=Zxz2cZ

Not good. Hamish Kilgour missing for 4 days