John Cale S/D

It was a great show. I appreciate that he still cares to put together a set that varied/not just lean back and play some hits. He has plenty of hits but he worked w this band to play this set and it showed. Well done!!

"hits" = "crowd faves" in this context, not chart toppers :)

also the tickets were extremely reasonably priced!! $25 for museum members/$35 for non-members

for 90+ min of JOHN CALE!!

damn that sounds awesome, i'm more than a little jealous tbqf

Set list looks interesting. Second tune and others are some of my personal hits.

Oh the Gun/Pablo Picasso pastiche was exceptionally good.

From Jessica at PitchPerfectPR:

Kelly Lee Owens Collaborates With John Cale On “Corner Of My Sky”
https://kellyleeowens.lnk.to/cornerofmysky

Inner Song Out August 28th via Smalltown Supersound

Kelly Lee Owens...specializes in tracks that move between conventionally pretty songs and stark dance music that pushes everything but the beat to the background.”
- Wall Street Journal

“‘Melt!’ makes for both a club banger and a political comment, a dazzling dance macabre for impending environmental collapse.” - Pitchfork

“[‘On’ is] anything but simple, though, mutating from an angelic choral pop song to a sweaty bubbling beat over the course of five minutes.” - Stereogum

“Mesmeric techno deliverance from start to finish.” - FADER

Producer/musician Kelly Lee Owens collaborates with John Cale on a foreboding new single, “Corner Of My Sky (feat. John Cale)," from her forthcoming album Inner Song, out August 28th on Smalltown Supersound. The two Welsh artists first met in London while working on a song for Cale, which prompted a future collaboration for Inner Song. In “Corner Of My Sky,” Cale sings in both English and Welsh over Owens’ droning, psychedelic lullaby. The track follows a string of previously released singles and videos - “On,” “Night,” and “Melt!”

Cale comments, “It's not usually this immediate that a productive afternoon brings a satisfying conclusion to a task. Kelly sent me a track she'd written - an instrumental that was a gentle drift - something comfortably familiar to what I'd been working on myself. On the first listen, the lyrics came with ease and a chorus and melody grew out of it. Even the Welsh phrases seemed to develop from a place of reflective memory which was a surprise since I hadn't written in Welsh for decades. Once finished, I realized there existed a built-in thread we'd created together and apart - and her kind spirit pulled it all together and in quick order.”

Owens elaborates, “I knew with this album I needed to connect with my roots and therefore having the Welsh language featured on the record felt very important to me. Once the music for the track was written and the sounds were formed, I sent the track straight to John and asked if he could perhaps delve into his Welsh heritage and tell the story of the land via spoken-word, poetry and song. What he sent back was nothing short of phenomenal. The arrangement was done during the mixing process and once I’d finished the track, I cried - firstly feeling incredibly lucky to have collaborated with John and his eternal talent and secondly for both of us to have been able to connect to our homeland in this way.”

Inner Song is the follow-up to Owens’ self-titled debut, which was recognized as one of the most critically praised albums of 2017. Inner Song finds Owens diving deep into her own psyche—working through the struggles she's faced over the last several years while embracing the beauty of the natural world. Sonically, Inner Song’s hair-raising bass and tickling textures drive home that Owens is locked into delivering maximal aural pleasure, whether it be on a techno banger, a glimmering electro-pop number, or a Radiohead cover.

it pains me to do this, but i was just listening through a "new release" playlist, and i have 2 questions:

1) is "lazy day" a real song by john cale or is this mislabeled?
2) is this the worst song of the year

ok, the last 2 minutes is better and makes me think that yes, john cale is in there

yeah that's, um... that's... wow. That's very bad.

I ... liked it. I’d rather hear him doing that than mellowing out.

after hearing that im not sure he can get any more clinically mellow

"Lazy Day" is his best tune in years.

I like it, reminds me of 5 songs era a bit with extra idgaf old dude swag

i'm sorry, to be more specific: the part 29 seconds in, the first vocals "lazy day, lazy day", til about 40 seconds in.

that was what prompted me to post it. actually, not just that it happens, but that it repeats again at 57 seconds

i do think it generally goes get better after a couple minutes into the song. there was just something gobsmacking about that first minute, having not heard any recent music of his

generally *does

I think this is actually pretty great? most times I've dipped into c21st John Cale I've been fairly unmoved, but this is cool

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R_PD9HllOMM

^^dir by Abby Portner who also dir'd:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ln77F25hXVQ

It sounds like Was (Not Was) covering "Blackstar"

"Artificial Intelligence" is fuckin' great. Just discovered it this week after avoiding for years due to a bad rep. Had I known his band on this were The Faction (Nico's band on 1985's "Camera Obscura" - another longtime fave of mine) I would've listened sooner. Icy and bitter with a nice, yet not overwhelming, cokey sheen.

Artificial Intelligence is certainly worth listening to, sort of the terminal stage of the "crazy man" phase of Cale's career. The sheen is sometimes better than the songs.

I'd have to properly judge a song like Lazy Day in the context of an album. The video is good but the song doesn't register on a casual listen.

We picked up Dracula in Memphis

You know more than I know

you know more than I know

https://www.closerweekly.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/honeymooners-main.jpg

nice cover of a Vintage Violence tune here:
https://aquariumdrunkard.com/2021/05/04/the-lagniappe-sessions-real-estate/

Some nice pictures here: https://www.schmitt-hall-studios.com/ron/JohnCale_03.19_21.79_Pix.htm

80 today!

Hope he can still afford to orgy

Came here to post, and just now re-read this whole thread--

Today, John Cale presents “Night Crawling,” his first new music since 2020 when he released the single, “Lazy Day,” and collaborated with Kelly Lee Owens on “Corner of My Sky.” “Night Crawling” is a taste of much more to come from Cale, and precedes his fall UK tour, which includes his first performances since pre-pandemic (more to come on the touring front in 2023, as well). Cale wrote “Night Crawling” with a nod to '70s NYC pre-disco, recalling times when he and David Bowie would traverse the city at night. Throughout the track, Cale layers his inimitable vocals with a skipping beat and hovering bass. As it expands, it becomes nearly danceable with jockeying percussion and whirs of synth. Cale played nearly every instrument on the track, aside from additional drums by Deantoni Parks and backing vocals by Dustin Boyer, and it was mixed by Seven Davis, Jr.. The accompanying video, animated by Mickey Miles, visualizes the song’s vibrant sounds with colorful, retro animation.

Cale further explains: “It’s been a helluva past 2 years and I’m glad to finally share a glimpse of what’s coming ahead. There was this period around mid-late '70s when David and I would run into each other in NY. There was plenty of talk about getting some work done but of course we’d end up running the streets, sometimes until we couldn’t keep a thought in our heads, let alone actually get a song together! One night we managed to meet up for a benefit concert where I taught him a viola part so we could perform together. When I wrote ‘Night Crawling,’ it was a reflective moment of particular times. That kind of NYC that held art in its grip, strong enough to keep it safe and dangerous enough to keep it interesting. I always figured we’d have another go at the two of us recording together, this time without the interference of being perpetually off our heads! The thing about creating music is the ability to divine a thought or feeling even when reality says it’s a logical impossibility.”

Watch John Cale’s Video for “Night Crawling”

John Cale Tour Dates
Sun. Oct. 23 - Edinburgh, UK @ The Queen’s Hall
Mon. Oct. 24 - York, UK @ Barbican
Fri. Oct. 28 - Cardiff, WLS @ Llais Festival *
Mon. Oct. 31 - Whitley Bay, UK @ Playhouse Whitley Bay
Thu. Nov. 3 - Birmingham, UK @ Birmingham Town Hall
Mon. Nov. 7 - Bexhill on Sea, UK @ De La Warr Pavilion
Wed. Nov. 9 - London, UK @ The London Palladium
Thu. Nov. 10 - Cambridge, UK @ Cambridge Corn Exchange
Fri. Nov. 11 - Liverpool, UK @ Liverpool Philharmonic Hall

* = John Cale + special guests, 80th Birthday Celebration

So grateful for John Cale's continuing presence

One night we managed to meet up for a benefit concert where I taught him a viola part so we could perform together.

i think i saw this! it was a benefit for columbia's wkcr at carnegie hall in 1979.
https://www.chisholm-poster.com/large/CL71352.jpg

what a time to have been alive

haha yeah but that thing was, like, 5 hours long. a little bit of minimalism goes a long way. totally cool to see bowie.

haha, I believe you

Cool to see Model Citizens on the bill, they'd have been fun I bet. They morphed into the Dance who were pretty good esp during the earlier stuff and are just now getting the reissue treatment from Sundazed of all people.

sad to say i don't even remember their set. either they got swallowed up by the hallowed hall and lost to memory or maybe i just missed it?

members of Model Citizens also went on to Polyrock with Glass playing on some of their records (and Cale produced the MC 7").

Yeah, their albums were also co-produced by Glass, with Kurt Muncasi: pretty good in that respect, also Glass's keys, but I don't remember the core group as having distinctive songs or performance styles. But maybe they'd sound better now, without any pesky Talking Heads etc. all over the place.

first heard them on RCA's Blitz comp (odd one with Bow Wow Wow, Sparks, etc.). like all 3 of their albums but haven't heard the ROIR cassette.

sorry to sidetrack from Cale. like the new track and very happy to see him back touring. last time I saw him (Desert Daze 2017) he was fantastic with a great young band. angry and bleak, opening with Hedda Gabler/The Endless Plain of Fortune/Rosegarden Funeral of Sores and then an especially dark and extended Heartbreak Hotel, before starting let some light in with Hanky Panky Nohow.

You know more than I know

No one listens to it
They don’t believe it
But it’s the only way for me

you know more than i know

that phrase should always command an exact response

Someone gave me a recording of Cale's Gluepot performance years ago, and it is so killer. Parts of the ChCh Show aired on Radio With Pictures, with Chris Knox doing his own wacko version of 'Streets of Laredo'. CC: @JokermenPodcast https://t.co/9ftxTOR1x5 https://t.co/f0CGh5LpFj

— Matthew Goody (@m_c_goody) August 24, 2022

retweet is by The Matthew Goody:

This week my upcoming book Needles & Plastic: Flying Nun Records 1981 - 1988 was sent off to the printers and I'm pleased to finally share the cover.@AUPBooks / @thirdmanbooks will release it this November. pic.twitter.com/iTh66fz7q0

— Matthew Goody (@m_c_goody) July 8, 2022

Via revival of primeval primavera Go-Between thread, followed an ancient doomandgloom GoB link (which didn't work) to a Sabotage tour link which does work: nicely narsty show w relatively mellower bits---

https://64.media.tumblr.com/638a33b146b176fcac8dbf5ff859f850/3f3144fda7db6f1b-76/s1280x1920/d7d11278611e1b65a45f704b6aa7d40d1a9526fc.png

Scroll down this page, past live Silver Jews link (which I haven't checked yet):

https://doomandgloomfromthetomb.tumblr.com/post/352964735/he-lives-my-life-the-go-betweens-in-the-2000s

Domino just announced a new album will be released in January:

MERCY

20TH JANUARY 2023

For nearly 60 years, John Cale has been reimagining how his music is made, sounds, and even works. MERCY, Cale’s first full album in a decade, moves through true dark-night-of-the-soul electronic torment toward vulnerable love songs and hopeful considerations for the future with the help of some of music’s most curious young minds. Cale has always searched for new ways to explore old ideas of alienation, hurt, and joy; MERCY is the latest transfixing find of this unsatisfied mind.

1. MERCY feat. Laurel Halo
2. MARILYN MONROE'S LEGS (beauty elsewhere) feat. Actress
3. NOISE OF YOU
4. STORY OF BLOOD feat. Weyes Blood
5. TIME STANDS STILL feat. Sylvan Esso
6. MOONSTRUCK (Nico's Song)
7. EVERLASTING DAYS feat. Animal Collective
8. NIGHT CRAWLING
9. NOT THE END OF THE WORLD
10. THE LEGAL STATUS OF ICE feat. Fat White Family
11. I KNOW YOU'RE HAPPY feat. Tei Shi
12. OUT YOUR WINDOW