It's Time For L7 to Have Their Own Thread

And here's that other news:

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/975436123/l7-pretend-were-dead

Couple more tour dates...

13 June 2015 – AUSTRIA – Nickelsdorf – Novarock Festival
14 June 2015 – U.K – Donnington – Download Festival

...and the Kickstarter is halfway to its goal, which is cool to see.

Hello, he said:

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/975436123/l7-pretend-were-dead/posts/1133811

We are also offering GUEST LIST and BACKSTAGE MEETING with L7 at their club shows in LOS ANGELES and PRAGUE (in May and June)

No further word on this LA show yet beyond that.

Prague???

We have LA show info, this will be the first official reunion show as I understand it. Link is being a bit wonky but -- Thursday, May 28th, tickets on sale in two days.

http://www.attheecho.com/event/830197

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

Righteous show last night. The intervening 20 years might as well not exist.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BnvgqXc3qnE

Anyway, catching up on a few things:

* new documentary is out or about out; I got my DVD earlier this week thanks to being a Kickstarter backer. Had seen a slightly early cut already -- it's good! Relies on the copious footage they took themselves, with the band providing voiceovers. Smart approach.

* finally caught a reunion show the other day, due to missing out two years back as it fell around the time of my Bay Area move and I was otherwise busy in settling in. Per Elvis above: honestly didn't feel like much had changed, and a solid setlist. Would have loved "Wargasm" (one of many songs that sadly haven't aged at all) but what can you do. Playing LA tomorrow as well as an Amoeba set in a couple of weeks.

* new song!

https://pitchfork.com/thepitch/after-18-years-how-do-l7-return-with-a-song-about-trashing-trumps-mar-a-lago-interview/

oh cool another chance to talk about how much I like Donita Sparks' solo album

(it's really good!)

I reviewed my cassette of Smell the Magic for my first record review in my high school newspaper so these ladies will always have a special place in my heart

<3 this band and the reunion shows seem well received, good for them

I saw the documentary screening in Philly a few weeks ago. It was really enjoyable and a little different, mainly because the hugest portion of it was old video footage the band shot themselves while on tour and otherwise back "in the moment" which gave it a very contemporary feel as opposed to most music docs which almost always come off as the hindsight that they are.

They also kept the interview stuff to a minimum instead of the huge list of names at the end being thanked in order of appearance. Hell, I don't even think Ian MacKaye was in it and he is in every documentary!

I saw the reunion tour in 2015 and they fucking rocked.

MacKaye is in it, but not as a talking head irrc - there is footage of them asking him to dance onstage with them at the Rock For Vote concert in DC.

God, the documentary is so much fun. I could watch hours of the hi8 footage of them goofing around while recording Bricks Are Heavy.

Every time I listen to L7 I'm like this fucking rocks. My heart will always belong to Mudhoney but L7 are so underrated. I don't hate Soundgarden or anything but nah

New album in the works

https://www.pledgemusic.com/projects/l7theband

some of their songs are soooo great

def not all though lol, my main struggle is the repetitivenessssssss. still some bangers.