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so guys should i go to the show in my full work uniform i.e. a suit
or should i remove the dress shirt to reveal the decidedly non-metal purple "march for women's lives" shirt underneath
-- BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Friday, October 19, 2007 6:44 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Link

how was the show?
i went to see Caribou next door, then caught Boris for like 4 songs (door guy let me in for free!) - they are much more "epic" live than i imagined, all the smoke everywhere, and the posturing; it was almost like they were on stage playing Guitar Hero to a Boris record

(not my thing i guess)

akuma no uta not winning is bullshit

I saw them in Bristol back in July. It was excellent and, yes, pretty epic and stagey, even in the small, oddly shaped bar they were playing. Drummer stage diving off the stack into the crowd during the final feedback squall was a particular highlight.

Glasgow was the only gig of the tour where Atsuo didn't stage dive! We did get a thank you from Wata though. The last track they played, Flood, really is the best 40 mins of a concert ever though.

Hari saw Boris play england the year before (no scottish date) and I have friends who travelled to leeds a few years back when they played Feedbacker.

i missed this thread the first time, and may not have voted anyway since i've only heard three of the records.

but between 'pink' and 'heavy rocks', both of which i own, 'heavy rocks' seems to stand out as the superior release. in fact, it sort of feels like all the boris i need. i much prefer the slower grooving stuff to the faster material though.

between 'pink' and 'heavy rocks', both of which i own, 'heavy rocks' seems to stand out as the superior release.

i like the sound of 'sludgy'. so i guess absolutego should be the next port of call

how was the show?
i went to see Caribou next door, then caught Boris for like 4 songs (door guy let me in for free!) - they are much more "epic" live than i imagined, all the smoke everywhere, and the posturing; it was almost like they were on stage playing Guitar Hero to a Boris record

(not my thing i guess)

-- stephen, Saturday, October 20, 2007 2:41 PM

it was a great show! favorite i saw last year.

Get Absolutego,Flood, Amplifier Worship and Akuma No Uta. Then move onto Feedbacker and Dronevil.

saw Boris at ATP festival in december, abiding memory is of one tune sounding like a very slow version of 'The Final Countdown' by Europe.

cheers herman

The Solomon lps are awesome but sadly expensive(i dont even have the 1st).
Archive cds are terrific but might cost you $200 so just download them when you get Solomon 1 2 and 3. There's 2 versions of Vein so d/l them too unless you can get them cheap.

I hate their single-track CDs (Absolutego, Flood). The new one is really good - I have both the U.S. and Japanese versions, and they really are totally different albums. I also like Pink and Heavy Rocks, and Amplifier Worship is pretty good. Still haven't heard Akumo No Uta or the Haino collaboration.

I don't get why people put Akuma on such a pedestal. I think Akuma & Pink do similar things, and I think Pink does them better.

There might be another day within the next decade that I feel like hearing Absolutego again. But I finally heard Heavy Rocks, holy crap! Great stuff, I never even knew about that album. It's not even listed on AMG. If you look under singles, it lists Japanese Heavy Rock Hits, Vol. 1 to be released on Southern Lord on 9/29. Is it the same thing? There's nothing about it on the Southern Lord site, and nothing else comes up about the album on google.

Still no info on possibly Heavy Rocks reissue. Not one Amazon seller has it. Someone in Spain is selling it on Gemm for $165. Ridiculous.

If Feedbacker is my favorite and Akuma drives me nuts, what do I need next? Flood? I have and like Dronevil too...

Flood and Absolutego

Amplifier Worship

I'm glad to see folks checking out Heavy Rocks and realising it pisses all over the pitchfork approved Pink and Smile albums.

If you look under singles, it lists Japanese Heavy Rock Hits, Vol. 1 to be released on Southern Lord on 9/29. Is it the same thing? There's nothing about it on the Southern Lord site, and nothing else comes up about the album on google.

You asked:

http://blog.southernlord.com/?p=210

akuma no uta not winning is bullshit

― latebloomer, Saturday, October 20, 2007 9:33 AM (1 year ago) Bookmark

Picked up the 1st "Heavy Rock Hits" 45 the other day. Doesn't sound a damn thing like Heavy Rocks. Sounds like the band actually playing the kind of fucked up heavy pop that Kurihara producerized em into on the Japanese version of Smile. Good but not great.

Ishihara. You Ishihara produced Smile. Pretend I said that.

ishihara and kurihara were both in white heaven, bro, it's okay to confuse them.

unless you don't like white heaven

So it got confirmed. Too bad they spelled his name wrong...

Boris Collaboration With Ian Asbury Announced

Southern Lord proudly announces an incredible collaboration between label artists Boris and Ian Asbury of The Cult and The Doors! This finely-crafted four-song mini release, simply entitled BXI, was tracked and mixed in Tokyo in late April. Asbury's vocals are a perfect match for Boris's straightforward, laid-back, but still raw and imaginative songwriting constructed for the EP; another intriguing display within the band's ever-morphing, extensive résumé of releases, tours and collaborations.

To see official CD, LP and digital release this September via Southern Lord, BXI will showcase the already unclassifiable rock of Boris in an entirely new light, and shows a new side one of rock and roll's most notorious singers. The release features three new original tracks, as well as a cover of The Cult's song "Rain", ethereally vocalized by Boris guitarist Wata. Art and design for the release was commissioned to Stephen O'Malley (Ideologic.org, SUNNO))), etc.).

Pitchfork briefly interrogated Boris drummer Atsuo about this collaboration this week. Check out this exclusive piece on the EP and find out how this collaboration came to light: http://pitchfork.com/news/39000-boris-team-with-the-cults-ian-astbury/

This past weekend, Ian Asbury made an unannounced appearance with Boris at the band's performance at Sydney, Australia's Vivid LIVE appearance, blowing fans away with this unexpected set which showcased some of the material from the BXI EP as well as a cover of the classic "The End", by The Doors.

BXI EP Track Listing:
1. Teeth and Claws
2. We are the Witches
3. Rain
4. Magickal Child

Beat me to posting this by 4-5 minutes, damn you, Ned.

That said: EXCITING!!!!!!!

Go Asbury Rams!

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Ian Asbury of The Cult and The Doors!

Giving a listen to the EP now -- first couple of songs don't quite work for me, comes across as Astbury fronting a band trying to be the Cult. The "Rain" cover is pleasant, though, and the last one is the best, all of Astbury's typical bravura over a big melodramatic slow burn, sounds like it should be the end of a movie.

I bought this last night at the Boris show. And I like it. And I don't particularly enjoy the Cult, so it works on a different level and I'm not sure how. Cover song's great. Fun little stopgap EP, I suppose!

Am seeing Boris tonight. Wonder if they'll play this (actually called "Floor Shaker")

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T3UOagrgS4M

All I wanna do is doom-a-doom-doom-doom up the room-room.

great show. michio kurihara killed it every damn time

oh, Kurihara is on this tour too? is he like, an "official member" now or something? shit, I would have went tonite if i knew Kurihara was there. Otherwise Boris do nothing for me

I'm pretty sure he's an official member at least of the touring band. He's been there the last three times I've seen them.

Yup, he's been touring with them since the first time I saw Boris in 2007.

So would this BXI EP have been better with a different guest vocalist? I was trying to come up with another frontman who could have done a better job - Glenn Danzig, Chris Cornell - but I think the songs are just weak.

Yup, I'd say it's the songwriting. Last song's decent, and the "Rain" cover is pretty good, but the rest is throwaway.

rain is great

Kinda feel like we should do an epic re-poll w/ the collabs and new releases included.

agree, but gotta give folks some time to digest the new albums!

i might actually vote for Smile tbh, fantastic album—gonna play it now in fact

really wanna check out the Attention Please album

I've been binging lately. Might have to with the original Heavy Rocks, but I like both new records.

I have the two new ones arriving this week—probably today—can't wait

anyone heard 'New Album'?

I've heard all three; to me they go Attention Please > New Album > Heavy Rocks.

UH

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Or as I posted on my Tumblr:

http://nedraggett.tumblr.com/post/35076271748/to-quote-the-fb-post-boris-next-release-my

they are playing bristol sometime soon (unless i already missed it!)

have been thinking re going along - but haven't they changed their style with recent releases ?

A bit but not that much. Go, and I'll buy you a beer there.