Haven't heard them for decades, but I enjoyed the reference to them in a George Pelecanos novel I read recently.
― Matt #2, Wednesday, 30 July 2008 19:02 (fifteen years ago) link
Pelecanos likes a lot of good music but I wish he didn't have to spend every page of every book proving it to you.
― dad a, Wednesday, 30 July 2008 20:19 (fifteen years ago) link
This Ain't No Outer Space Ship sounds very 80s NZ indie pop-ish with some rough edges smoothed out (and yeah, American accents too, duh)
― Mackro Mackro, Wednesday, 30 July 2008 21:01 (fifteen years ago) link
wow, i really like the around the bend album. never heard it before. has more in common with brit jangly stuff i like than r.e.m.-ish college jangle. very nice! it's never too late to be surprised by a band. i had always just ignored them for some reason.
― scott seward, Friday, 19 June 2009 16:58 (fourteen years ago) link
The first few seconds of "Neon Lights" is one of my favorite musical moments.
― Jazzbo, Friday, 19 June 2009 17:17 (fourteen years ago) link
I used to work with singer Mike Richmond at the UGA Library (Media Dept.) back in 06-07....real nice guy.
come to think of it, I also used to work with Pylon's bassist Michael Lachowski......
― Malcolm Money, Friday, 19 June 2009 17:46 (fourteen years ago) link
Iv'e always been a big Love Tractor fan. At their best, they sound like Vini Reilly jamming with the Ventures beside a North Carolina campfire.
― sandcat dune buggy attack squad!! (leavethecapital), Friday, 19 June 2009 21:24 (fourteen years ago) link
At their best, they sound like Vini Reilly jamming with the Ventures beside a North Carolina campfire.
very well put -- i saw athens, ga: inside out last night and kept thinking of durutti column w/r/t the love tractor stuff.
― shiksa kabab (get bent), Friday, 19 February 2010 21:46 (fourteen years ago) link
The best cover ever is Wake Ooloo soaring through Love Tractor's "Fun to be happy." The original plods, and thinly at that. The cover you could listen to forever. (The Feelies covered it live from time to time, too.)
― Michael Train, Friday, 19 February 2010 21:58 (fourteen years ago) link
the feelies/wake ooloo are spiritual cousins, definitely.
― shiksa kabab (get bent), Friday, 19 February 2010 22:01 (fourteen years ago) link
The original line-up is doing a show in Athens next month
― Brad C., Friday, 22 July 2016 23:21 (seven years ago) link
Jamming Themes from Venus this morning. In the minority here, but I actually prefer the albums with vocals. Love Themes is probably my favorite thing of theirs by quite a ways, though I never did find the second album or venture into any of the reunion records from the 2000s. The title track from Themes from Venus is quite possibly one of the greatest THC-influenced listening sessions I can remember from years ago. Even without the audio enhancement, it's still a monster.
― outside, you're never alone. (Austin), Friday, 10 August 2018 16:50 (five years ago) link