this is great, just pre-ordered the vinyl. and will check out the gofundme
― the defenestration of prog (voodoo chili), Wednesday, 1 May 2024 18:53 (two weeks ago) link
hitting all digital platforms
FINALLY my power pop playlist will be back at full capacity
― budo jeru, Wednesday, 1 May 2024 18:59 (two weeks ago) link
Wasn't around to vote for this...Toss-up between the co-winners, two of the greatest--and not ruling out reshuffling those words and dropping the "of"--power-pop songs ever. I mentioned on one of the vinyl threads getting a virtually-new copy of Chris Stamey's It's Alright for five bucks on Record Store Day. Quite good.
― clemenza, Wednesday, 1 May 2024 19:33 (two weeks ago) link
got to see Holsapple and Stamey together at the Trouser Press 50th anniversary celebration a couple months ago, love them together so much. great to hear there will be a dB's tour.
― bulb after bulb, Wednesday, 1 May 2024 19:36 (two weeks ago) link
i got pretty familiar with, and grew very fond of, like this when the first two albums left streaming services, but looks like that one is also gone now :/ hopefully they work on a reissue for that one too
― the defenestration of prog (voodoo chili), Wednesday, 1 May 2024 20:43 (two weeks ago) link
Later in the summer, the band will announce a similar remastered multi-format reissue of Repercussion. The street dates for that will coincide with a U.S. tour in the fall, details of which are still coming together.
Where does this info come from?
― budo jeru, Wednesday, 1 May 2024 21:11 (two weeks ago) link
Their press release. Repeated here:
https://musictap.com/2024/04/24/the-dbs-seminal-debut-stands-for-decibels-to-finally-be-reissued-in-the-u-s/
― birdistheword, Wednesday, 1 May 2024 21:23 (two weeks ago) link
Lots of love for the first 2 records. In a parallel universe they could have snuck onto the charts along side the Cars as quirky new wave power pop.
― that's not my post, Wednesday, 1 May 2024 23:09 (two weeks ago) link
I used to think about that parallel universe all the time, why the DB's and the Undertones and the Shoes and all my favourite early-'80s power pop bands never crossed over onto American Top 40. It's not like they were threatening or anything.
― clemenza, Wednesday, 1 May 2024 23:46 (two weeks ago) link
(And was indeed a chapter topic for my rejected Black Vinyl Shoes 33-1/3 proposal in 2007: why the Cars and not the Shoes?)
― clemenza, Wednesday, 1 May 2024 23:49 (two weeks ago) link
xxp thank you!
― budo jeru, Thursday, 2 May 2024 01:09 (two weeks ago) link
― clemenza, Wednesday, May 1, 2024 6:49 PM (one hour ago) bookmarkflaglink
would've loved to read this but surely you know it's Shoes and not the Shoes
not to be confused with Sneakers, or the Plimsouls for that matter. have we ever head a footwear band poll??
― budo jeru, Thursday, 2 May 2024 01:11 (two weeks ago) link
You know, I don't think I knew that--I've always called them the Shoes. So that's why it was rejected: "This guy doesn't know what he's talking about!"
― clemenza, Thursday, 2 May 2024 01:24 (two weeks ago) link
Another fine thread, incl. videos and links that still work (the ones I checked). Also, the host of the leading rarities site drops in: The dB's - Classic or Dud
― dow, Thursday, 2 May 2024 01:58 (two weeks ago) link