A nice antidote to all the hoo-ha about the Reading and Leeds line up being rubbish, last night on the BBC; an hour of Wolf Alice headlining the Radio 1 stage. Storming gig, band on fire, all the hits, fancy lights, disco balls, glitter, the whole bit. At one point they got 2 girls up and one proposed to the other to raucous cheers and applause, then they went into Don't Delete The Kisses. If i was 18 watching that i'm sure i'd have fuckin loved it.
― piscesx, Saturday, 25 August 2018 13:14 (five years ago) link
I'll have to ask Alice about it, they are down there this weekend
― Mark G, Saturday, 25 August 2018 21:46 (five years ago) link
Some friends' 16-year old son is at Leeds. I suggested Wolf Alice, but he said it clashed with The Wombats. Tsk, kids.
― mike t-diva, Sunday, 26 August 2018 10:09 (five years ago) link
Yeah, they were deciding between the Kooks on stage, and the Wombats in the signing tent.
― Mark G, Sunday, 26 August 2018 14:09 (five years ago) link
I'm sure Wolf Alice was a green marker event though.
― Mark G, Sunday, 26 August 2018 14:10 (five years ago) link
The Winterbottom film is great! I can't believe it isn't better known about. It's streaming on Amazon Prime btw if any of y'all have that.
― piscesx, Wednesday, 5 September 2018 09:12 (five years ago) link
nice one chaps!
― piscesx, Thursday, 20 September 2018 21:15 (five years ago) link
Genuinely surprised!
― Mark G, Thursday, 20 September 2018 21:34 (five years ago) link
People will say they were 'due for an Indie one' this year but hey. Ellie Rowsell herself was on the panel a coupla years back 'interestngly'.
― piscesx, Thursday, 20 September 2018 21:37 (five years ago) link
Joff has released an album of John Fahey covers to benefit a food bank charity.
https://theface.com/music/wolf-alice-folk-music-joff-oddie-food-bank-fundraiser-trussell-trust
― peace, man, Friday, 15 May 2020 12:30 (three years ago) link
ooh yeah, nice link thanks.
― piscesx, Friday, 15 May 2020 19:45 (three years ago) link
Their website is teasing something new.
― peace, man, Monday, 15 February 2021 21:22 (three years ago) link
Ooh.
― piscesx, Monday, 15 February 2021 22:20 (three years ago) link
I know we've talked about the price of rarities on Ebay but this takes the piss a bit
https://www.ebay.com/itm/WOLF-ALICE-Blush-EP-new-sealed-UK-2013-Chess-Club-10-vinyl-single-NEW/164211912609?hash=item263bcaefa1:g:0OYAAOSwB~ZexgNi
― piscesx, Saturday, 20 February 2021 15:01 (three years ago) link
New song premiers tomorrow on Annie Mac during the britishes 18 pm hour (1 pm Eastern Standard Time). Video will be available on youtube the hour after that:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xzH6toY_EPw
When they first uploaded the video, there was a link to pre-order 'Blue Weekend' which was quickly taken down. Googling 'Blue Weekend' led me to some people in the film world who had already updated their resumes to include their work on the videos, including this tidbit:
2020 1st ADMusic Video Wolf Alice / Blue Weekend album (11 x music videos) Academy Films
Pretty excited!
― peace, man, Tuesday, 23 February 2021 20:10 (three years ago) link
it's up! it's...a weird single choice but still pretty great! is this JM-J on the boards again?
― stimmy stimmy yah (Simon H.), Wednesday, 24 February 2021 22:27 (three years ago) link
oh my god that song is fucking amazing
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Wednesday, 24 February 2021 22:35 (three years ago) link
that is the best goddamn song they've ever made
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Wednesday, 24 February 2021 22:49 (three years ago) link
i literally can't remember the last time i listened to a song six times in a row. sometimes when there's a really good 1975 single i guess
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Wednesday, 24 February 2021 23:13 (three years ago) link
I agree with Simon that it seems like a weird 1st single choice, but my impression is that they're giving us a taste of what the album will be like. It's very much a home stretch, end-of-side-b kind of song, and it could easily be a final track, but we know from the track listing that it's the third from the end, so my speculation is that the final two songs will be a real tour-de-force. I dunno, that's just me talking out of my ass.
Don't agree with Brad that it's the best goddamn song they've ever made, but it is definitely a goddamn good song. I listened to it like 6 times in a row too! My thought on that was that it felt unnaturally short to me, if that makes sense? Like, it runs 4:30, which is pretty decent length by pop songs standards, but I felt like I was only in it for 3 minutes or so, and so I kept going back to listen again.
Anyway, I'm stoked. Really happy that they're still together making music. Can't believe that it's almost 4 years since Visions of a Life.
― peace, man, Wednesday, 24 February 2021 23:53 (three years ago) link
just remembered that the previous lead single was "yuk foo" so I wouldn't infer too much about the sound of the album yet lmao
― stimmy stimmy yah (Simon H.), Thursday, 25 February 2021 00:09 (three years ago) link
this is fine but i'm not really feeling it as much as you all seem to be
― ufo, Thursday, 25 February 2021 00:26 (three years ago) link
it's up! it's...a weird single choice but still pretty great! is this JM-J on the boards again?― stimmy stimmy yah (Simon H.), Wednesday, February 24, 2021 5:27 PM (two hours ago) bookmarkflaglink
― stimmy stimmy yah (Simon H.), Wednesday, February 24, 2021 5:27 PM (two hours ago) bookmarkflaglink
Simon, I was just listening to the Annie Mac interview from earlier today and Ellie mentions the producer, but I can't quite hear the last name. Marcus J-something? A little after 13 minutes here:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m000shvj
Also, check out who did the strings.
― peace, man, Thursday, 25 February 2021 00:38 (three years ago) link
omfg, king
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Thursday, 25 February 2021 00:45 (three years ago) link
love the endmitski style in a good way
― nxd, Thursday, 25 February 2021 00:47 (three years ago) link
Paulina S5 hours agoWolf Alice be like “yeah this’ll make them wanna kill themselves.... release it”
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Thursday, 25 February 2021 00:53 (three years ago) link
Markus Dravs
― peace, man, Thursday, 25 February 2021 01:03 (three years ago) link
i don't think even rick ruin could mess up a wolf alice album now they're too good
― stimmy stimmy yah (Simon H.), Thursday, 25 February 2021 01:04 (three years ago) link
lol rick ruin
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Thursday, 25 February 2021 01:05 (three years ago) link
Yeah, I hate this.
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 25 February 2021 03:50 (three years ago) link
― peace, man, Wednesday, February 24, 2021 6:03 PM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink
one of my favorite producers who is not jmj so phew yay awesome. also no wonder owen's on it
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Thursday, 25 February 2021 15:00 (three years ago) link
The only thing I really know that he's worked on is Homogenic. I guess now is the time I finally listen to Arcade Fire. Anything else in particular you would recommend?
― peace, man, Thursday, 25 February 2021 15:11 (three years ago) link
i am very alone on this board in thinking the florence album he did (how big how blue how beautiful) is her best
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Thursday, 25 February 2021 15:14 (three years ago) link
also viva la vida is... great... lol
Ok, I will give those a shot. Right now I'm listening to the James album he worked on.
― peace, man, Thursday, 25 February 2021 15:18 (three years ago) link
Dravs's first big notable gig was doing the sound design for Derek Jarman's "Blue" (credited to Markus Draws I think). He became Eno's right-hand-man for a while, doing more-than-half the work on James's "Wah Wah", which was the album that inspired AF to hire him for Neon Bible onward. Coldplay had a "we love AF" moment and picked Dravs/Eno to do Viva La Vida, then Dravs was subsequently drafted by Mumford & Sons and Florence; Dravs won a Grammy for the former, iirc. Maybe another one, too, same band or something else. He has another arranger above me on his rolodex (the guy from Goldfrapp, who did Viva La Vida etc.) but we have great personal rapport and I love working with him, I think he's an amazing producer tbh.
― flamboyant goon tie included, Thursday, 25 February 2021 15:33 (three years ago) link
Oh yeah, and Dravs did most of Homogenic, and much of Vespertine iirc
― flamboyant goon tie included, Thursday, 25 February 2021 15:37 (three years ago) link
damn that is one hell of a CV
― stimmy stimmy yah (Simon H.), Thursday, 25 February 2021 15:41 (three years ago) link
I seem to remember him telling me that the mid-00s Merz albums he produced were his own favourites of the work he's done, I haven't listened but I should
Anyway Wolf Alice rules
― flamboyant goon tie included, Thursday, 25 February 2021 15:45 (three years ago) link
Thanks, fgti!
― peace, man, Thursday, 25 February 2021 15:52 (three years ago) link
“It’s about the arrogance of humans,” said Rowsell, explaining the lyrics. “I’d just read Kurt Vonnegut’s Cat’s Cradle and I had written the line ‘Peculiar travel suggestions are dancing lessons from god’ in my notes. But then I thought: ‘Uh, your peculiar travel suggestion isn’t a dancing lesson from god, it’s just a travel suggestion! Why does everything need to mean something more?’”
i don't mean to start stanning for this band but this is exactly what i'd write a song about
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Thursday, 25 February 2021 16:03 (three years ago) link
oh i never realised dravs worked on homogenic - he seems to be credited with engineering & programming, not production, so that's why i'd never noticed
― ufo, Thursday, 25 February 2021 19:00 (three years ago) link
mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson) at 9:14 25 Feb 21i am very alone on this board in thinking the florence album he did (how big how blue how beautiful) is her bestnot alone!
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 25 February 2021 19:06 (three years ago) link
The performance on Jools Holland was pretty astounding.
― peace, man, Sunday, 7 March 2021 01:08 (three years ago) link
Don't agree with Brad that it's the best goddamn song they've ever made,
― peace, man, Sunday, 7 March 2021 14:54 (three years ago) link
Good article in the NME this morning. They give some hints about the styles of some of the songs and a few lyrical quotes.
https://www.nme.com/big-reads/wolf-alice-cover-interview-2021-blue-weekend-2898441
― peace, man, Friday, 12 March 2021 12:45 (three years ago) link
The new song Smile is great, imo.
― peace, man, Tuesday, 20 April 2021 17:26 (two years ago) link
love the drummer in this band
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Tuesday, 20 April 2021 17:33 (two years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NV39h7GHDYs
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Tuesday, 20 April 2021 18:23 (two years ago) link
oh this one rules
― ufo, Tuesday, 20 April 2021 20:29 (two years ago) link