Mimi Goese's solo record/project Soak is brilliant too.
It has a version of a sweet song that Arthur Russell gave her (as sheet music apparently) they used it in the AR documentary right after he passed, over a long slo-mo shot of passing cornfields, so perfect.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bF3dNllTzIA
― MaresNest, Monday, 13 August 2018 19:56 (five years ago) link
thanks! being the the Arthur Russell orbit definitely fits this band's vibe
i should have listened to this years ago
― The Desus & Mero Chain (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 13 August 2018 20:40 (five years ago) link
thankfully late 80s indie/modern rock stuff is criminally underrated right now so these records are probably peanuts on discogs
― The Desus & Mero Chain (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 13 August 2018 20:41 (five years ago) link
I have about four copies of ‘drum’ that all cost about £2 each. It’s nice to see some appreciation here
― I'd Rather Kecak (NickB), Monday, 13 August 2018 20:45 (five years ago) link
non-album song!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kKUQACu3Las
― Milton Parker, Monday, 13 August 2018 21:11 (five years ago) link
I bought Mettle when i was 15, and it still holds a place in my heart.
― calzino, Monday, 13 August 2018 21:14 (five years ago) link
Hugo Largo - live at Maxwell's 1987 on youtube
Setlist:1. Halfway Knowing2. Shaking Your Head3. Eskimo Song4. Sometimes It Snows in April5. Blue Blanket6. Turtle Song7. Crawfish8. Arms Akimbo9. Wanted Dead or Alive10. Jungle Jim11, Fancy12. Second Skin
2 more non-album songs, covers of Prince, Elvis, Bon Jovi, closing 'Second Skin' is cool, will always love this band
― Milton Parker, Monday, 13 August 2018 21:28 (five years ago) link
Not so much Hugo Largo chat nowadays, unsurprisingly I suppose because they split up three decades ago. Anyway it seems they made a promo for Turtle Song, which I never saw until now.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mfa6n7IH4NU
― it's after the end of the world (Matt #2), Thursday, 6 February 2020 16:51 (four years ago) link
I owned Mettle back in the late 80s. I remember thinking it was a little too performance art-y for my taste. I'd probably like it now
― Duke, Thursday, 6 February 2020 17:21 (four years ago) link
still love it
― let's talk about gecs baby (sleeve), Thursday, 6 February 2020 17:21 (four years ago) link
This one track (Why Knock For You) on the Kelsey Lu album gave me strong Hugo Largo vibes:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UHN4h64pLiE
― ymo sumac (NickB), Thursday, 6 February 2020 17:28 (four years ago) link
THere wasa live set supporting David Byrne's Knee Plays or something that was broadcast on the BBC at the time.May be around somewhere. THink it was at the iCA or the South Bank centre.
I saw them in the UK several times
― Stevolende, Thursday, 6 February 2020 17:56 (four years ago) link
The new(-ish) album that Mimi did with Ben Neill is quite lovely. Includes this version of Ocean Rain
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oTdaK5dZqaw
― j.o.h.n. in evanston (john. a resident of chicago.), Tuesday, 17 November 2020 20:00 (three years ago) link
there... was nearly a third record? and a blog post in 2011 was hosting the soundboards for the 1991 knitting factory concerts where they played all the material?
http://hugolargo.blogspot.com/2011/02/hugo-largo-unreleased-third-album-kcrw.html
does anyone have it?
tipped via this - https://arcane-delights.com/2020/12/29/hugo-largo-drum-relativity-1987/
― Milton Parker, Monday, 3 May 2021 20:03 (three years ago) link
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0BxmIzSvQJayvNy0zMG5zaUxycmM
― Milton Parker, Monday, 3 May 2021 20:13 (three years ago) link
!!!?!!?!
― "Gaspar? No way." (sleeve), Monday, 3 May 2021 20:37 (three years ago) link
18 May 1991 set
It's Unclear / Heads Or Tails / Simple / Hot Day / Waterfall / Heatwave / Lonely Fight / Reasons For The Beach / Turtle Song / Draw Me In
unlabeled songs on 12 April set
song 1 = Violets Violins Violence / song 2 = Heads Or Tails / song 4 = Hot Day
that original post still has a lot of stuff unaccounted for on either of these... Hahn shows up in the comments to confirm there were no studio recordings of this Tim-less lineup. these are definitely cassette audience recordings, for the hardcore only, but... of the new songs here, I like em
― Milton Parker, Monday, 3 May 2021 21:01 (three years ago) link
and I never knew REM covered 'Harpers'. there's a version on youtube from 1987. crazy to hear a thousand people applaud at the end.
― Milton Parker, Monday, 3 May 2021 21:02 (three years ago) link