Saw them last night in LA, great show (tbh I thought the Rhode Island performances linked above were a little low energy).
prob cuz it was over 100 degrees
My phone didn't capture the sound very well. Also, true on the second point. They were also getting eaten by bugs.
― Jazzbo, Wednesday, 24 July 2019 12:13 (four years ago) link
yo Seattle ilxors, I will be at the Tractor Tavern tomorrow night wearing a black Dog Faced Hermans t-shirt, say hi!
― bookmarkflaglink (sleeve), Thursday, 25 July 2019 00:27 (four years ago) link
Oh rad, will do! A couple weeks ago a coworker in a different office recognized my Jon Langford shirt during a meeting, turned out he'd seen them 6 times before.
― JoeStork, Thursday, 25 July 2019 01:37 (four years ago) link
I spotted you for a brief moment, I’m wearing a paisley shirt over a green Hollow Earth Radio t shirt
― JoeStork, Friday, 26 July 2019 05:12 (four years ago) link
sorry I missed ya! holy shit that show was great
https://www.setlist.fm/setlist/the-mekons/2019/tractor-tavern-seattle-wa-239e14e3.html
― bookmarkflaglink (sleeve), Saturday, 27 July 2019 18:31 (four years ago) link
how did I miss Little Sparta?!?!?
https://littlesparta.bandcamp.com/
― sleeve, Monday, 20 July 2020 23:36 (three years ago) link
Huh. Very little info about them elsewhere, thanks for the tip!
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Monday, 20 July 2020 23:55 (three years ago) link
(Sally, Susie, and two other guys)
― sleeve, Tuesday, 21 July 2020 00:05 (three years ago) link
Why is it described as "LITTLE SPARTA are a London based three piece featuring Alan D. Boyd, Susie Honeyman and Scott Skinner," when it's a four piece, with Sally on vox?
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 21 July 2020 00:34 (three years ago) link
Sally's not on all their releases, at least one has another vocalist and another is instrumental.
― sleeve, Tuesday, 21 July 2020 04:21 (three years ago) link
RIP Dr. Morbius
― curmudgeon, Friday, 23 October 2020 04:34 (three years ago) link
Just listened to 2020 Mekons album exquisite for first time. It’s on bandcamp and not on Spotify. More dub and experimental but some rock tunes. They recorded this one from their own locales and shipped songs around electronically, rather than trying to travel and record together during Covid
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 22 December 2020 19:42 (three years ago) link
I really love 'Buried Treasure' and there's some other great songs too
― howls of non-specificity (sleeve), Tuesday, 22 December 2020 20:43 (three years ago) link
looks like it just got released again on vinyl and is now sold out on vinyl
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 16 February 2022 06:05 (two years ago) link
Exquisiteby Mekons that is
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 16 February 2022 06:06 (two years ago) link