i'm about 2/3 through and the drums are definitely audible. sound quality is better than i expected, really! seriously it is great -- definitely worth the $20.
― tylerw, Tuesday, 17 May 2016 20:27 (seven years ago) link
yeah, the CDs sounded good to me. i'm glad they had the option. get a little bummed when there is no normal option and only some extra-deluxe thing.
― scott seward, Tuesday, 17 May 2016 20:30 (seven years ago) link
ok thank yousold!
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Tuesday, 17 May 2016 20:30 (seven years ago) link
vinyl box is sold out, i think. but the cd set and the individual albums still available.
― scott seward, Tuesday, 17 May 2016 20:35 (seven years ago) link
CD set is better for driving purposes
― tylerw, Tuesday, 17 May 2016 20:36 (seven years ago) link
and as noted, like $60 cheaper
a thousand boxed sets. that's impressive. they are already going for more than retail online.
― scott seward, Tuesday, 17 May 2016 20:38 (seven years ago) link
yeah the CD box is amazing, sounds great, total jams, highly recommended
― the 'major tom guy' (sleeve), Wednesday, 18 May 2016 04:13 (seven years ago) link
Well I didn't expect this but just announced:
http://forcedexposure.com/Catalog/trad-gras-och-stenar-tack-for-kaffet-thanks-for-the-coffee-cd/SUBL.119CD.html
The long-awaited new album from the legendary pioneers of transcendental psychedelic rock music and DIY culture in general. Tack För Kaffet (Thanks For The Coffee) is a tribute to the deceased band members and dearest friends Torbjörn Abelli and Thomas Mera Gartz. It becomes something of a farewell show for the old Träd, Gräs Och Stenar because all the old and new members, including founder Bo Anders, Torbjörn and Mera, and Reine Fiske (Dungen, The Amazing), are all contributing to this album. The sounds were captured on tape in their music workshop in the countryside and consists mainly of improvised moments where the sounds travels beyond time and space, something that has been TGS hallmark over the years. Perhaps there's a form of melancholy over some of the album, much depending on how cruelly and suddenly Mera and Torbjörn passed away, but also on a little lighter and crazier whim. Everything is recorded live so there are no euphemistic circumstances, rather everything is pared down, bared bone drones, sounds traveling in the magical improvised unknown with no makeup, just as life can be when the feeling has control. A manifestation of improvised timelessly organic music and free creation. Real life!
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 7 April 2017 15:51 (seven years ago) link
hell yeah
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Friday, 7 April 2017 18:32 (seven years ago) link
Wow, I'm quoted in the PR email (from my AMG review of their last album, from 2009).
― Malcolm X, Martin Luther King, Jr, and Violent J (誤訳侮辱), Friday, 7 April 2017 18:44 (seven years ago) link
guess whati played three versions of "all along the watchtower" (dylan, hendrix, these guys) for my students and which one did they like the best? this one!! they said it sounded "like it was supposed to" (dirgey?) and one student wisely noted, after i told her what the band's name translated to, that it sounded "earthy"
even the 20 year old liked it!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jmrql7Zhg-c
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Wednesday, 11 April 2018 12:49 (six years ago) link
the kids are alright
― ziggy the ginhead (rushomancy), Wednesday, 11 April 2018 13:12 (six years ago) link
uh i just saw this in my "early warnings" email from my trusty local weekly and now i wonder who their new drummer will be?! are they really touring the USA?!
Träd Gräs och Stenar, Endless Boogie When: Thu., Oct. 4, 9 p.m.
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Wednesday, 13 June 2018 00:07 (five years ago) link
plying nyc too.
i fuckin caved and bought the international harvester box which is v spendy but also v awesome
― adam, Wednesday, 13 June 2018 20:45 (five years ago) link
is that box on CD yet?
― sleeve, Wednesday, 13 June 2018 20:51 (five years ago) link
current version of the band features Jakob Sjöholm, Reine Fiske (of Dungen fame), and Sigge Krantz on bass and Hanna Österberg on drums.
― tylerw, Wednesday, 13 June 2018 21:22 (five years ago) link
iiiiiiiiinterestingi already put it on my calendar, who am i kidding
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Wednesday, 13 June 2018 21:23 (five years ago) link
yeah i'm sure it'll be a blast, even if it's not exactly OG TGOS. and endless boogie for god's sake! which band will be able to ride one riff for the longest!!!???
― tylerw, Wednesday, 13 June 2018 21:26 (five years ago) link
will i get a seat at the show that is the question
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Wednesday, 13 June 2018 21:29 (five years ago) link
So, saw Trad Gras (and Endless Boogie) Friday night, both opening for Ryley Walker, good night all around. To answer tylerw's question just above, Endless Boogie did two songs...but one was very long. So there's your answer!
Anyway, seeing Trad Gras was kinda like seeing faUSt earlier this summer -- it may be down to one last original member, but it was a way of capturing the spirit and keeping it going, as Reine Fiske said briefly towards the end of the set, and Sigge's presence is its own continuity at this point. Would have been great if I could have seen them in earlier years of the reunion but I was awfully glad to see this, the performances were strong and I was very much in the mood. Glad to have caught them.
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 25 September 2018 16:44 (five years ago) link
have been listening to the new record traden a lot last month or so. it's excellent! "tamburan".... mmm. getting excited to see them later this week!
― (⊙_⊙?) (original bgm), Wednesday, 26 September 2018 05:06 (five years ago) link
man, they were really great last night. everyone locked into this beautiful, fluid sound. loved it.
thought their current drummer hanna was particularly good. her heavy, lumbering playing driving things forward. perfectly complimented the rest of the band.
― (⊙_⊙?) (original bgm), Saturday, 29 September 2018 21:33 (five years ago) link
finally got the träden record months after seeing them with endless boogie, and just here to say how good it is.
― dronestreet, Sunday, 20 January 2019 20:47 (five years ago) link
i hadn't listened to the new träden until a couple weeks ago and uhhh yeah it is amazing!
― tylerw, Sunday, 20 January 2019 20:50 (five years ago) link
I didn't know this band, but they are playing Marfa Myths in April and after listening to Träden I am v. excited to see them play live!
― the girl from spirea x (f. hazel), Thursday, 14 February 2019 17:56 (five years ago) link
nice! you will enjoy -- and if you do there is a lot more where that came from!
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Thursday, 14 February 2019 20:20 (five years ago) link
Awww man I missed they had a new album???
― aquaman goes to college (Drugs A. Money), Thursday, 14 February 2019 21:52 (five years ago) link
it's really good!
― sleeve, Thursday, 14 February 2019 21:59 (five years ago) link
I'll give it a listen this weekend!
― aquaman goes to college (Drugs A. Money), Thursday, 14 February 2019 22:01 (five years ago) link
The old speakers of Träd, Gräs och Stenar is up for sale on Swedish eBay. Hand built and just simply beautiful. A work of art! pic.twitter.com/2KJCZwVZLs— Beta Max (@rhizome_in_) June 4, 2022
― o shit the sheriff (NickB), Saturday, 4 June 2022 08:56 (one year ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-SXOItN8zEw
― MaresNest, Monday, 5 June 2023 20:57 (ten months ago) link
The band's oral history book is out now in English, so I made it and them the subject of this week's Substack newsletter.
― Tahuti Watches L&O:SVU Reruns Without His Ape (unperson), Wednesday, 29 November 2023 16:53 (four months ago) link
thank you for pointing this out; book looks great. hopefully my family also reads burning ambulance and are getting some good ideas for christmas presents
― budo jeru, Wednesday, 29 November 2023 17:17 (four months ago) link
this revive has made me realize that I can buy the LP-only tracks from that huge live box digitally via Bandcamp, hell yeah
I think there are even another two tracks that are digital-only? https://tradgrasochstenar.bandcamp.com/album/tr-d-gr-s-och-stenar
― out-of-print LaserDisc edition (sleeve), Wednesday, 29 November 2023 17:27 (four months ago) link
Hoping my book gets here soon.
On another note, does anyone know anything about the label Arcangelo? Amazon shows listings for three upcoming releases from International Harvester on the label - Remains 1, Remains 2 and Remains 3. Looks like a CD reissue of the Remains box set, but weird that it's broken into three discs @ $32 each.
https://www.amazon.com/Remains-2-International-Harvester/dp/B0CL4L21FB
― Maxmillion D. Boosted (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 6 December 2023 15:30 (four months ago) link
Ordered my book the other day, very happy for that!
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 6 December 2023 16:19 (four months ago) link
Discogs says Arcangelo is a Japanese label specializing in prog reissues and archival stuff, so this could be a legit license (and could explain the price).
― Tahuti Watches L&O:SVU Reruns Without His Ape (unperson), Wednesday, 6 December 2023 16:40 (four months ago) link
Thanks, just curious. I've been hoping that would get a CD reissue at some point.
― Maxmillion D. Boosted (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 6 December 2023 16:41 (four months ago) link
Me, too, since there was never any digital version at all — the files I downloaded have (very mild) vinyl crackle because they come from someone ripping their (presumably brand-new at the time) LPs.
― Tahuti Watches L&O:SVU Reruns Without His Ape (unperson), Wednesday, 6 December 2023 16:51 (four months ago) link
Recorded over their two day residency, 9.9.16 spans the pastoral, the brooding, and the free-form progg moments of Trad Gras in one oozing zip folder. Their seemingly endless, bucolic bass lines and humble DIY approach create an ever expanding atmosphere of good will - these are surely the nicest guys in rock? The opening 'track' is a 25 minute wigged out version of Harvester's 'När Lingonen Mognar', and 'Stina' is a never before recorded folk-rock track written by the band's close friend Mats G Bengtsson. Spread the word my friends. Reine Fiske / guitar, vocalsSigge Krantz / bass, vocalsTom Watts / drumsJakob Sjöholm / guitar, vocalTracklisting:1. När Lingonen Mognar - 24:182. Kaffe med Tårta - 12:523. Down in the Basement - 11:07 4. Stina - 7:125. Sommarlåten - 13:54 6. Silverffloden - 11:39Recorded live at Cafe OTO on the 9th and 10th of September, 2016 by Simon Holliday and Shaun Crook.
Reine Fiske / guitar, vocalsSigge Krantz / bass, vocalsTom Watts / drumsJakob Sjöholm / guitar, vocal
Tracklisting:
1. När Lingonen Mognar - 24:182. Kaffe med Tårta - 12:523. Down in the Basement - 11:07 4. Stina - 7:125. Sommarlåten - 13:54 6. Silverffloden - 11:39
Recorded live at Cafe OTO on the 9th and 10th of September, 2016 by Simon Holliday and Shaun Crook.
https://www.cafeoto.co.uk/shop/trad-gras-och-stenar-9916/
― Barnaby, Hardly, Wednesday, 10 January 2024 07:45 (three months ago) link