Arctic Monkeys - Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino

the tracklist is v entertaining. i loved am. i'm in

they are coming to Los Angeles and playing at Hollywood Forever Cemetery and tix are really expensive. i didn't know about this new album, now i have to go to that show. the only other show i saw there was Spoon's They Want My Soul tour and it was a very memorable night.

Their last album was their best, but I'm American. Surprising longevity too -- my college students still know every song licensed for commercials. And I hum "Fireside" and "Why'd You Only Call Me..." every couple months.

I was lukewarm on these guys for years until Humbug got its claws in me, which is still my favourite album of theirs although I've warmed to some of their other tracks. It's funny how their debut continues to get all the praise when it's comfortably their worst LP. I'll be giving this a listen.

it's funny, looking back on the reviews for AM and seeing the comments now i guess there was/is a lot of love for that album, but i've always been under the impression it was the point where a lot of people stopped being on board for them.

personally, listening back to it now and remembering both the reason i didn't dig it that much back then (feels a bit rigid, kinda underwritten) but also have a lot more time for it for what it does do well

not among 21-year-old Miamians! I saw them in 2010 for the Humbug tour in a half-empty auditorium; in 2014 they sold it out.

hah, not surprised there—when AM came out, Alex Turner became the unofficial face of a lot of music tumblr. guess i remember a lot more critical backlash than there actually was, although i still think that NME 10 was a bit much

fabulous hair too

slight side note: there's gotta be a cover band a la Mexrissey for these guys, right? like the Arctic Mexikeys or something

I've noticed the usual suspects are vomiting their snark about the return of this band elsewhere, but it's great to know they're going to put out some new stuff.

slight side note: there's gotta be a cover band a la Mexrissey for these guys, right? like the Arctic Mexikeys or something

― austinb

Closest I found

https://youtu.be/j4TUFns6_6c

the Hollywood show has sold out before i was able to get tix. not as bad as today's news in the UK regarding tix, that's a bit insane. one minute and they were gone.

they have added a new show but not for months or Oct 16 at the Hollywood Bowl.

Price Ranges
FIRST LEVEL BENCH BEHIND BOXES: $37.50 - $99.50
FIRST LEVEL GARDEN BOXES: $99.50
LOWER BOX LEVEL SIDE SEATING: $99.50
POOL GENERAL ADMISSION: $99.50
SECOND LEVEL TERRACE BOXES: $99.50
SIDE BOXES RAMP AREA: $99.50
SOLD IN MULTIPLES OF 2 ONLY: $99.50
BENCH SEATING BOX LEVEL: $79.50
SECOND LEVEL BENCH BEHIND BOXES: $49.50 - $59.50
THIRD LEVEL BENCH BEHIND BOXES: $37.50 - $49.50
FOURTH LEVEL BENCH BEHIND BOXES: $37.50

i so wanted to go the the Hollywood Forever Cemetery show, this one is not even the same experience.

Reviews suggest this is a Turner solo album by any other name, 2 songs don't feature the drummer or the bassist. James 'Klaxons' Righton features too supposedly.

fabulous hair too

he's gorgeous.

I'm fine with the idea of the occasional Arctic Monkeys track without drums, even though Helders is as integral to the sound of the band as Turner is. James Righton, though!?!

it's just really difficult to take seriously a band who perform songs about Real Britain when they've been outed as massive tax dodgers, if people have fallen out of love with them it will be more to do with that than anything they've done musically

Perform songs about real Britain? When do they do that?

On their first album, allegedly. Now they're more like Def Leppard in the sense they're both from Sheffield, USA.

they have added a second show at the Hollywood Bowl. has anyone seen them live, are they any good live?

not a fan of it being on a Tuesday or Wednesday in the heart of Hollywood. man, i'm getting old where shit like that matters. they are going to be in San Francisco the following weekend so it might be that or nothing...

http://www.nme.com/news/music/arctic-monkeys-air-new-material-first-show-2018-2307484

All sounds quite Shadow Puppety. I do love this idea that he wants to sound like Dion in the 70s, i couldn't have seen that coming in 2006.

they posted their first show playlist in that link, love that they ended the show with "RU Mine" love, love, love the drumming in that song.

or maybe it was the video that made me fall in love with the drumming for "RU Mine."

https://media.ticketmaster.co.uk/tm/en-gb/dam/a/f13/76a3ba6b-9346-41ab-86db-e19fdfd3ef13_675731_CUSTOM.jpg

Turner rocking that "been on smack for the last couple of years" look in recent promo pics.

i hope he hasn't.

this is pretty beaut

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nD6eU4p1DKU

fuck me, i'm going to Arctic Monkeys in Hollywood tonight. they released like two tickets and i got one of them.

ugh Alex Turner's hair

i’m sure you’ll love it, current setlists look fabulous.

and the shows?

who the heck is Cameron Avey? should i get there early to see him?

02nd May 2018
CAMERON AVERY ANNOUNCED AS THE SUPPORT FOR SAN DIEGO, LOS ANGELES AND BROOKLYN NY
Cameron Avery has been announced as the support for the following shows:

May 2: San Diego, The Observatory

May 3: San Diego, The Observatory

May 5: Los Angeles, Hollywood Forever Cemetery

May 9: Brooklyn NY, Brooklyn Steel

watched a Youtube of him, trying to be Roxy Music i think.

he's in Tame Impala

Really? I think I will need to see that.

I'm so nervous right now I have seen close to 250 shows and this will be only the 2nd one where I'm by myself

I'm sure you'll bee ok *shows self out*

What an incredible time to be alive

I did work on Cameron Avery's solo record and it's really quite nice, if you wanted a kind of hybrid between the Aussie psych of Tame Impala and more tempered Brit-song

He also plays in Pond iirc

"moth wings" by pond one of my favourite all-time yoga flame 4ever songs

How was the show, Bee OK?

this is how my day started yesterday. i actually had an opportunity to buy tickets when there were some left. my friends were a little slow on letting me know that they wanted to go. by the time they said yes, it was too late. yesterday i decided to look at tickets on my phone and it said there are tickets on sales. i went to buy two tickets and it said, not available try a different quantity. i ran to my computer and tried to buy tickets, it said sold out. so then i had a debate with myself. do i want to go to this concert by myself? i think i still have this ticket on my phone but need to make up my mind. i'm thinking, well i'm probably too late but let's see if it will let me buy just one ticket. it went to the payment page and i was freaking out. i guess i'm going after all.

i make my way to Hollywood and find free parking, i'm having a great day, i get out of my car and took this picture:

https://imgur.com/a/MzpxxiY

let me try that again:

https://imgur.com/Oq2cbUB

https://i.imgur.com/Oq2cbUB.jpg

new to Imgur.

1. Four Out of Five
2. Arabella
3. Don't Sit Down 'Cause I've Moved Your Chair
4. The View From the Afternoon
5. Why'd You Only Call Me When You're High?
6. 505
7. The Hellcat Spangled Shalalala
8. She Looks Like Fun (with Cameron Avery)
9. Crying Lightning
10. Do I Wanna Know?
11. Brianstorm
12. Pretty Visitors
13. You're So Dark
14. Snap Out of It
15. Cornerstone
16. Knee Socks
17. I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor

Encore:

18. One Point Perspective
19. One for the Road
20. R U Mine?

Hollywood Forever Cemetery. May 5, 2018

Killer pink flamingos
Computer controlled
Panoramic windows looking out across your soul

I think a lot of fans of the album might appreciate this from The Last Shadow Puppets, Alex Turner wrote this one on his own and it features no Miles Kane vocal either so it's essentially a solo song

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Omm4d6aCR5k

That "moon's side boob" lyric, tho!

ugh Alex Turner's hair

― morning wood truancy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, May 5, 2018 8:59 PM (two months ago)

you'll be thrilled to see he's done.. something about that:

he just wanted to be one of the damn strokes!!1! @ArcticMonkeys @thestrokes pic.twitter.com/yBbKCoWuji

— mon (@folkgoth) July 25, 2018

four stars out of five!

oh has he had a haircut?

he looks like Nick Jonas

he's a total beaver

This album is still sounding great to me - the only track that I'm not keen on is 'Batphone', which doesn't seem to have grown on me all that much. Still, the rest of the album is fantastic.

album reminds me of pulp this is hardcore a lot

i love this record but sometimes the vocals get in the way for me, after a whole record it is a little wearying..first half is absolutely solid tho and stellar closer

It doesn't remind me of This is Hardcore at all!

really just the song dishes i think tbh

what the fuck

Why?

do more people “get” this record now? bc it’s fucking amazing

It's a good record that I haven't felt the need to listen to for months.

thanks anyone else

i haven't put it on in a while but i still know all the words

I made a note to relisten.

thought it was amazing and their best and haven't been unconvinced of that yet.

still think AM is their best but this album is also really good. there was a point where i couldn't stop listening to it and not a lot of albums do that to me anymore. this concert was also really, really good. it will be interesting what they do next.

I think the first half is really strong, it peaks with 'Four Out of Five', and then the second half isn't as good as the first but has a couple of highlights ('She Looks Like Fun' and 'The Ultracheese') - The part where 'One Point Perspective' segues into 'American Sports' is still my favourite part of the album, and I have no time at all for 'Batphone'. I played the shit out of the album when it was first released, and while I still love the fact that it rubs fans of their earlier work up the wrong way, I think AM and Humbug are better albums.

'star treatment' came on at the bar last nite and i couln't help but sing along to the whole thing

should do a trax poll

yeah, I love this record

Still love the best tracks, and the BBC live show thing from last year is up in full now on YouTube, featuring many older tunes 'done' in a
Tranquility Base style

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_J9AzL0wMcA

agreed with those who say this is their best album, disagree with those who have no time for batphone

"Batphone" rules!

if anything I hope their next one pushes the sparseness even further just to annoy ppl

'Batphone' is one of the dullest things this band have ever done. An absolute waste of time.

sorry, we're talking about the song "batphone" by the arctic monkeys, not "bananaphone" by raffi

thanks again turrican for weighing in with the intellectual rigor of a youtube comment

Hey, I'm all for people wasting their own time, as long as it ain't mine.

I launch my fragrance called "Integrity"
I sell the fact that I can't be bought

the intellectual rigor of a youtube comment

Turrican needs to up his game

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7gQrjweCqE8

put this on for the first time in a while and yeah still great. miles beyond the rest of their records

feels like the first thing they've done that both wholly makes good on their promise and removes all the negative influences

it's fantastic

I get 4 Stars Out of 5 in my head all the time
.

i want to make a simple point about peace and love
but in a sexy way where it's not obvious

This is so great even though I hate how the drums sound. Modern live drum sound I hear on everything from Jack white to lianne la havas.

such beautiful photography
it's worth it for the opening scene
i've been driving round
listening
TO THE SCORE

I don't mind the drums but *that* bass sound has been everywhere these last few years. I've seen Alex Turner talking about trying to get the bass to sound like Histoire de Melody Nelson.

What's up with the drums, do you think?

It's some sort of 70s ish flat, low reverb, fat, dry kind of snare that would be the 'warm' setting on production software or something, idk. I actually let this album pass me by until I heard their versions of these songs on their Albert hall live album which are even better than on the album.

I think AT is my musical man crush. I love how he sings on this.

Maybe I was a little too wild in the seventiieeeees

apparently recorded a new album last month with plenty of double bass & piano

This is as good as i've ever seen them; as much down to the crowd as the fellas themselves. But also it's rare to see a gig on live Tv that captures what it's like to be there. There's a few songs missing.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ppqP39p6VmI

so who ya gonna call
the martini police?