The Avalanches

That luminarioes say he's great? well that just shows I'm a shallow person influenced by what other people say rather than what I hear.

That he's Australian? that my shallowness extends to the lowest most destructive emotion, patriotism,

That I am seeing him live in few weeks? that my general shallowness inevitably leads to the conclusion that I will have to see him live in the next few weeks (along with the Mad Professor).

Bring it on

That's from a t-shirt they sell on their website.

their supposed to be working on the new record now. who knows when it'll see the light of day. i doubt it would be before late 2004.

ps chuck d hypin somethin is like yr mum choosin yr girlfriends.

It takes a damn long time to make records like theirs. That is all, I'd guess.

I'm ordering that f*cking kitten shirt.

"Update: Belle & Sebastian Remix

The Belle & Sebastian - I'm A Cuckoo (Avalanches remix) now circulating on radio and promo CD's is not the final remix version, but rather a work-in-progress mix which was pressed up by mistake and sent to UK radio and press.

The final mix will appear (as planned) when the single is released in -

UK: CD and DVD formats on Feb 16
USA: CD on Feb 24, DVD on Mar 9"

But I do like all their remixes that I've heared.

Me, I'd rather hear them go back to the live-instruments style of El Producto and the first demo tape than do another Since I Left You anyway...

.. and now CD is shown as sold out

But this is an album I've wanted to own on vinyl for AGES

You could have bought the 2004 reissue or the 2012 reissue or the 2016 reissue or the 2017 reissue for less :)

You're assuming I remember this desire consistently or at even remotely convenient times

Review of the first night of the two-man format WWALY live show.

Next world tour date is available anywhere in the world, and your ticket also gets you CHVRCHES, Phoebe Bridgers, Pond, King Gizzard &/Or The Lizard Wizard, Charli XCX, Kaytranada, The Chats and more

the remaster sounds a little different in places to me, not quite as cluttered and cloudy at times maybe? The vinyl packaging is beautiful. Simon Reynolds’ liner notes sum up a lot of what makes this album special to me.

New American tour dates on sale Friday:

February 17 9:30 Club Washington, D.C.
February 18 Terminal 5 New York, NY
February 19 Theatre Of Living Arts Philadelphia, PA
February 20 Paradise Rock Club Boston, MA
February 22 Phoenix Concert Theatre Toronto, CA
February 23 Majestic Theatre Detroit, MI
February 24 Metro Chicago IL
February 25 Varsity Theatre Minneapolis, MN
February 27 Gothic Theatre Englewood, CO
March 01 Commodore Ballroom Vancouver, CA
March 02 Neptune Theatre Seattle, WA
March 03 Roseland Theatre Portland, OR
March 06 The Warfield San Francisco, CA

I might have to do that Warfield show, I never have seen them.

Live in 1999, uploaded to youtube from a fuzzy off-air VHS a year ago (three-song excerpt of a full set opens with Electricity, iirc before the 12" was out)

Live in 2021, a 50-min condensed set mixed and edited from three shows (at the same theatre) in between lockdowns. Unlisted link apparently made for the virtual festival above, might not last!

for a feel of what their shows were usually like, when Rap Fever starts in the 1999 video, switch over to this audience-shot pub take instead

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haven’t listened to We Will Always Love You in a while, just didn’t have the right mood for it
and tonight it’s hitting just right