Looks like Alan is returning to (local to him) live performance. He also posted a link to this 2021 music store set he did:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7DaU8X7yBt0
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 1 December 2022 16:54 (one year ago) link
I have tickets for tonight's show, will be very interested to see what happens.
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 1 December 2022 18:16 (one year ago) link
How was the show?
― ilxor, Friday, 2 December 2022 16:51 (one year ago) link
From last night. Thank you all for the joy. Most of our set is original instrumentals but this is such a fun song to play and sing. Have a great weekend everyone. ❤️🥁❤️ https://t.co/J2JatYhfLv— LOW (@lowtheband) December 2, 2022
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 2 December 2022 16:55 (one year ago) link
over almost 30 years they slowly morph into something else, like watching day by day a tree change colors in the fall.
I like this :)
― french testicle (flamboyant goon tie included), Friday, 2 December 2022 17:18 (one year ago) link
ha that's my friend i went with, our table was front and center
fun show, no acknowledgment of anything that's been going on which i suspected. did some cool covers - roy ayers, funkadelic, gambino, curtis mayfield, sparhawk really got out there channeling eddie hazel on the funkadelic song
overall i like the vibe of it, definitely feels like they are still figuring out what they are, sometimes it could feel a little underbaked on certain jams. sparhawk was using an envelope filter, a pedal i have mixed feelings about. other jams were fantastic. sometimes reminded me of the budos band.
his son is a really great bassist! funky and clever lines. drummer and percussionist were great as well.
there was one song i should have recorded that felt like it took aspects of low and turned it into something totally different, was by far the most "song" song and less jammy.
overall, fun and very promising band but feel like they need to figure a few things out.
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 2 December 2022 20:03 (one year ago) link
Funny you say that Trust feels "country-ish"— I think it's one of their most aggressive and noisy records, but with a few country songs on it.
― Goose Bigelow, Fowl Gigolo (the table is the table), Monday, 5 December 2022 17:44 (one year ago) link
As an avid poster collectors I was kicking myself for not having a Low poster. Then I saw on the Chairkickers site a limited edition foil tour print from this year designed by Zak Sally and I immediately remedied the oversight.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 5 December 2022 18:40 (one year ago) link
I am a rare ilx poster but sadly not sought after. It's a pathetic contradiction.
― Evan, Monday, 5 December 2022 20:27 (one year ago) link
Limited edition of one, don't undervalue yourself.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 5 December 2022 20:30 (one year ago) link
We're getting that framed as I type, actually— we got one on the tour.
― Goose Bigelow, Fowl Gigolo (the table is the table), Monday, 5 December 2022 22:41 (one year ago) link
The Low in Europe documentary has popped up recently.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XBkdLGqNKlo
― MaresNest, Wednesday, 7 December 2022 23:15 (one year ago) link
This is a worthwhile recommendation. I rewatched it on YouTube a few weeks ago after Mimi passed away.
Also worth checking out is Low: You May Need a Murderer.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7WjuOc0Mhc0
― I can't tell if he's trolling or not (ilxor), Thursday, 8 December 2022 16:04 (one year ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z6BkD5ivYww
the moment at 22:50 where their daughter recognized they were playing "little surfer girl" hit hard
― Western® with Bacon Flavor, Saturday, 10 December 2022 08:27 (one year ago) link
With Al's blessing, Silversun Pickups have recorded a cover of "Just Like Christmas," Butch Vig produced, as a charity fundraiser:
https://silversunpickups.bandcamp.com/track/just-like-christmas
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 16 December 2022 18:13 (one year ago) link
^nice cover
― that's not my post, Friday, 16 December 2022 18:22 (one year ago) link
Per another post on Mastodon: "Alan is hosting a listening party tribute to Mimi on 12/21 of the low xmas album. live (if you live in duluth) and streaming"
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 16 December 2022 18:44 (one year ago) link
Yeah, here:
https://www.instagram.com/p/CmFQlABsWs1/?hl=en
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 16 December 2022 19:06 (one year ago) link
❤️🥁❤️ https://t.co/SkT72mUZEY— LOW (@lowtheband) December 21, 2022
that got me. Really would love one for my house.
― Western® with Bacon Flavor, Wednesday, 21 December 2022 20:14 (one year ago) link
All I want to contribute today is that I'm listening to Ones and Sixes and enjoying the hell out of "The Innocents" and "No Comprende."
― Malevolent Arugula (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 21 December 2022 20:20 (one year ago) link
Christmas on the stereo right now. Of course I burst into tears during the first minute of "Just Like Christmas."
There's a lot of a really beautiful church music around this time of year, imho, but nothing compares to Low's version of "Little Drummer Boy." It's massive and just astonishingly gorgeous.
― Goose Bigelow, Fowl Gigolo (the table is the table), Friday, 23 December 2022 22:23 (one year ago) link
:(
When you hear of someone falling off or becoming homeless or a hoarder after someone close to them dies, it’s not the grief that put them there - it’s the mountain of cold bullshit they have to cut through just to function and go on with life. The crowning gift of capitalism.— LOW (@lowtheband) January 13, 2023
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 13 January 2023 22:42 (one year ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nUBp4EWieEc
― Western® with Bacon Flavor, Tuesday, 17 January 2023 06:03 (one year ago) link
xpost - that is indeed a depressing sentiment, one that hits really hard after having suddenly lost my father-in-law recently. the amount of red tape and bullshit that my wife has been through already is enough to stress anyone's system and she's just barely hit the tip of the iceberg
― Maxmillion D. Boosted (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 17 January 2023 16:26 (one year ago) link
Narayama seeming like a more humane option these days
― POLIZISTEN VERSINKEN IM SCHLAMM (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 17 January 2023 16:28 (one year ago) link
I haven't been able to listen to Low much since Mimi passed, but I put on an old playlist the other day that included "Whore" and it feels like that particular song got about 20% slower while I wasn't looking/listening.
― My name is Mike Cyclops. I work for (bernard snowy), Thursday, 19 January 2023 17:32 (one year ago) link
Today it was "Dancing and Fire" that caught me off guard with the lines, It's more "Let it out" than "Let it go" / It's not the end, it's just the end of hope.
― My name is Mike Cyclops. I work for (bernard snowy), Friday, 17 February 2023 16:29 (one year ago) link
O stands for overrated (indie darlings along with yo la tengo or swans)
― CerebralCaustic, Saturday, 18 February 2023 14:00 (one year ago) link
troll
― StanM, Saturday, 18 February 2023 16:00 (one year ago) link
Wtf, does CC ever talk about something they like or do they just pop in to shit on threads? Have they been around under a different name before this?
What would bring a troll here to waste their time? It doesn’t seem like there’s enough traffic to be satisfying.
― Cow_Art, Saturday, 18 February 2023 16:15 (one year ago) link
Well and to counter CCs trolling a bit, call Low whatever you want but I do not know really any other band that I am a fan of that seems to cross the lines across people I know and other musician's tastes in regards to being admired as much as they do. A very very broad cross-section of people love Low, which is cool. Can't imagine finding this band to be lacking personally, but hey that's just me.
― grandavis, Saturday, 18 February 2023 16:56 (one year ago) link
O stands for overrated (indie darlings along with yo la tengo or swans)― CerebralCaustic, Saturday, February 18, 2023 6:00 AM (three hours ago) bookmarkflaglink
― CerebralCaustic, Saturday, February 18, 2023 6:00 AM (three hours ago) bookmarkflaglink
Imagine being this cloth-eared, heartless, and uninspired. I feel pity, and then I flag post.
― Goose Bigelow, Fowl Gigolo (the table is the table), Saturday, 18 February 2023 17:18 (one year ago) link
all caustic no cerebral
― ( X '____' )/ (zappi), Saturday, 18 February 2023 17:23 (one year ago) link
Alan is doing some sort of minimal funk/r&b band with his son on bass, and buried in there is that he's going to do something with the Bad Plus, which is some serious worlds-colliding shit for me.
https://mndaily.com/275811/arts-entertainment/qa-alan-sparhawk-of-low-on-new-band-derecho/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AP0rP5oWNR8
― change display name (Jordan), Tuesday, 7 March 2023 21:48 (one year ago) link
ngl i find that depressing. I really dislike the whole schtick of tbp
― Goose Bigelow, Fowl Gigolo (the table is the table), Tuesday, 7 March 2023 23:20 (one year ago) link
Bad Plus rip
― young sussy (Whiney G. Weingarten), Tuesday, 7 March 2023 23:24 (one year ago) link
I get that, but the new sax/guitar version of TBP doesn't really have a shtick, just a style (no more covers for one).
― change display name (Jordan), Tuesday, 7 March 2023 23:25 (one year ago) link
In fact I'd say they're aggressively anti-schtick now (possibly a corrective measure).
― change display name (Jordan), Tuesday, 7 March 2023 23:34 (one year ago) link
okay, sorry for not paying attention since the schtick years turned me off in high school— bands should be good from the start. anyway, i am no longer depressed about it because both of you vouching actually means something to me, if i’m being real
― Goose Bigelow, Fowl Gigolo (the table is the table), Tuesday, 7 March 2023 23:40 (one year ago) link
In an ironic turn, Alan is playing bass in Zak Sally's band the Hand, who are opening up for Unwound tonight.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 8 March 2023 00:13 (one year ago) link
I'm just glad he's out playing, seems healthy.
bands should be good from the start.
Haha, this is a terrifying opinion to me, I'd like to believe there's always a chance for reinvention & redemption.
― change display name (Jordan), Wednesday, 8 March 2023 15:24 (one year ago) link
I've seen Derecho, I think I posted about it upthread, but was fun, a lot of potential but still felt like they were working out the kinks
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 8 March 2023 15:25 (one year ago) link
I would love that, too. We need to write some hits and get a few more people to show up before we can leave home but we’re working on it. Recording is in process. https://t.co/b2zmQoqd7O— LOW (@lowtheband) March 7, 2023
― ˈʌglɪɪst preɪ, Wednesday, 8 March 2023 15:42 (one year ago) link
The Getting-Better Plus
― Evan, Wednesday, 8 March 2023 17:43 (one year ago) link
Alan's in the Ween cover band playing at Turf Club tonight, wish I could go
― fleeting art that floats! (geoffreyess), Friday, 31 March 2023 19:47 (eleven months ago) link
Gotta say, when I'm feeling like shit, I love locking myself in my home office and blasting my favorite Low tracks
― Goose Bigelow, Fowl Gigolo (the table is the table), Thursday, 20 April 2023 01:33 (eleven months ago) link
Here’s something I found today that Mim wrote down not long ago. Maybe it’s notes from something she heard or read, but it’s the way she saw things, for sure. pic.twitter.com/Fk80G72DpY— LOW (@lowtheband) April 29, 2023
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 29 April 2023 17:26 (eleven months ago) link
Apparently Alan has resumed doing It's Friday I'm in Low?
https://www.instagram.com/p/Cr35sj6pLK_/
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 8 May 2023 15:52 (ten months ago) link
Alan's djing on The Current rn. Anyone go to the Bad Plus/Marc Ribot show at First Ave that he opened? I'm very curious what he did.
― Random Restaurateur (Jordan), Friday, 16 June 2023 17:29 (nine months ago) link
Alan is starting to look like a younger version of Robert Plant
― that's not my post, Friday, 16 June 2023 23:42 (nine months ago) link