His last two albums are pretty great. I'm not too sure about the new one. "Lou Reed Lou Reed" is terrible and "Alan Vega Says" didn't seem too great either.
I like the sound of this, though:
BV: What do you do when you're not making music?LH: I've actually got a thing in the Berlin Festival in July with a guy called Scott King. It's a "micro-opera" thing with visuals. It's about Mark E. Smith of The Fall going on a caravan holiday. Do you have caravans in the States, what old people go off in when they retire?BV: We call them RVs here. Winnebagos.LH: Right. RVs. So anyway the opera is about that. It's a short thing, with actors and everything. It's very "art." The opera's called Adventures in Dementia.
LH: I've actually got a thing in the Berlin Festival in July with a guy called Scott King. It's a "micro-opera" thing with visuals. It's about Mark E. Smith of The Fall going on a caravan holiday. Do you have caravans in the States, what old people go off in when they retire?
BV: We call them RVs here. Winnebagos.
LH: Right. RVs. So anyway the opera is about that. It's a short thing, with actors and everything. It's very "art." The opera's called Adventures in Dementia.
http://www.brooklynvegan.com/archives/2014/04/luke_haines_tal.html
I like him when he just sounds like a guy who's into his own thing. The acerbic antichrist of Britpop persona he's got isn't a winner.
― afriendlypioneer, Saturday, 3 May 2014 20:56 (nine years ago) link
It isnt a winner but he's spent half of career basing himself on what he isnt, he isnt necessarily tiresome but all that shit is
― Master of Treacle, Saturday, 3 May 2014 21:30 (nine years ago) link
I like Alan Vega says. He's got a shtick just like Lou Reed did. He is still making interesting music which is more than can be said of the rest of his 90s contemporaries.
My favorite song he ever wrote could be Fighting In The City Tonight, which is an unheralded masterpiece from a sol record. I even like his voice.
― kornrulez6969, Sunday, 4 May 2014 01:59 (nine years ago) link
http://www.thelineofbestfit.com/reviews/albums/luke-haines-new-york-in-the-70s?utm_medium=twitter&utm_source=twitterfeed
The new one is surprisingly getting great reviews.
― afriendlypioneer, Wednesday, 14 May 2014 14:43 (nine years ago) link
Luke Haines is such a country singer name.
― how's life, Wednesday, 14 May 2014 14:59 (nine years ago) link
now i'm a cowboy
― afriendlypioneer, Wednesday, 14 May 2014 15:03 (nine years ago) link
always wers
― Mark G, Wednesday, 14 May 2014 16:10 (nine years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FasitDgQfCk
can't get excited about it
― afriendlypioneer, Wednesday, 14 May 2014 17:45 (nine years ago) link
god now i'm a cowboy is phenomenal. it has this sinister undercurrent--i think it's just the cello--that makes me feel all kinds of things. it's also a very nostalgic album for me. on the other hand, this new song...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qEqRi5AFimI
why do all his new songs sound the same? i can't put my finger on it.
― afriendlypioneer, Friday, 13 April 2018 19:40 (six years ago) link