but whatevs. full-on golden god.
― Daniel, Esq., Wednesday, 15 September 2010 01:50 (thirteen years ago) link
stream while you can http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=129178865
― "Hipster" as prerogative. (diamonddave85), Wednesday, 15 September 2010 02:34 (thirteen years ago) link
I thought Plant's Silver Rider >>> Monkey. Thought they did a decent job with Silver Rider; not up to the original of course. But if it gets more folks to search the originals then cool by me.
― that's not my post, Wednesday, 15 September 2010 02:43 (thirteen years ago) link
Excellent show from ATP in 2008: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Low/
― that's not my post, Sunday, 21 November 2010 04:09 (thirteen years ago) link
Anyone catch them on the current tour yet? Thoughts?
I didn't end up organising to get to any of the UK shows. Sad face.
― krakow, Sunday, 21 November 2010 05:22 (thirteen years ago) link
xpost Thanks for the heads up - there's another version out there with the encore (a 12 minute version of Shots and Ladders), by the way.
Four new tracks during this show from last week: http://www.archive.org/details/Low2010-11-16.flac
― StanM, Sunday, 21 November 2010 08:38 (thirteen years ago) link
Not playing Canada? (I mean the country, not the song, ha).
Oh, and thanks for these, fellow ILXors.
― Lostandfound, Tuesday, 23 November 2010 23:55 (thirteen years ago) link
Free live EP from that Catharinakerk, Eindhoven show I linked to in this thread last year (those stream mp3s aren't online anymore unfortunately, if you haven't downloaded them)
http://pitchfork.com/news/40941-low-release-free-live-ep/
― StanM, Wednesday, 8 December 2010 18:10 (thirteen years ago) link
so much love for this band
― FLEETWOOD MAC OS THE XX FILES (diamonddave85), Wednesday, 8 December 2010 21:48 (thirteen years ago) link
this ep is really great thanks for the heads-up stan! :)
― EIEIoOoOO (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 8 December 2010 21:50 (thirteen years ago) link
EP sounds niiiiice. i've lost track of Low over the years, but it seems like i should get back into them. what's the lineup of the band like? from the sound of this EP they're no longer a trio.
― tylerw, Friday, 10 December 2010 23:14 (thirteen years ago) link
i think there's just one other dude on bass (?)
― bows don't kill people, arrows do (Jordan), Friday, 10 December 2010 23:16 (thirteen years ago) link
ah, maybe there's just some guests on the EP? there are keyboards on at least a couple tracks ...
― tylerw, Friday, 10 December 2010 23:20 (thirteen years ago) link
anyway, this EP is making me think i should go see them -- they're coming to my neck of the woods next week.
You should definitely go see them (that's what I'm doing on Wednesday).
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 10 December 2010 23:21 (thirteen years ago) link
i think they switch it up instrumentation-wise, or maybe the third dude just does whatever's needed: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3GppbSt1H2o
― bows don't kill people, arrows do (Jordan), Friday, 10 December 2010 23:28 (thirteen years ago) link
from chairkickers.com
Recorded live January 22, 2009 in the St. Catherina Church, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
Track Listing:1. Monkey2. Silver Rider3. July4. Laser Beam
Credits:Initiator of Project: Muziekgebouw EindhovenExecutive producer: Frank VeenstraArrangement: David DrammPhotography: Bram Saeys
Additional Musicians:Chorus: VocaalLAB (Bauwien van der Meer, Elsbeth Gerritsen, Fanny Alofs, Christian Damsgaard, Job Hubatka)Hammond Organ/Analog Synthesizer/Piano: Dominik BlumPercussion/Vibraphone: Marcel Andriessen, Margarita Kourtparadisou
― FLEETWOOD MAC OS THE XX FILES (diamonddave85), Friday, 10 December 2010 23:33 (thirteen years ago) link
ah thanks. yeah, sounded like a big chorus behind them.
― tylerw, Friday, 10 December 2010 23:38 (thirteen years ago) link
So I take it the new record is Fridmann-free, then? (I see he co-produced the new Parts and Labor, though, which is...a little worrisome.)
― Simon H., Saturday, 11 December 2010 00:19 (thirteen years ago) link
nels cline + low = unbelievable anticipation for this disc.
― Daniel, Esq., Saturday, 11 December 2010 00:20 (thirteen years ago) link
the vocal harmony on the chorus of silver rider is every bit as good on this live ep as it is on the disc -- maybe better? it's astonishing.
― Daniel, Esq., Saturday, 11 December 2010 03:05 (thirteen years ago) link
Many thanks to StanM for posting a link to the full show last year. Great to see that the transcendent versions of Silver Rider and July are getting wider circulation. And Mim's vocal on Laser Beam, wow.
― that's not my post, Saturday, 11 December 2010 07:08 (thirteen years ago) link
Yeah see this tour. The show I saw consisted of a few old songs to start things, then their new album in its entirety (or at least 10 new songs, all played in a row), then most/all of the Christmas EP, then an all-request encore. Mimi's solo vocal on Laser Beam was in fact pretty stunning.
They're also performing as a four-piece for most of it, with a new guy on electric piano and enough drums to create a full kit between him and Mimi, and Charlie Parr accompanied at a few points.
― rope (lloydwabbitt), Saturday, 11 December 2010 09:26 (thirteen years ago) link
how are the new tunes?
― FLEETWOOD MAC OS THE XX FILES (diamonddave85), Saturday, 11 December 2010 16:56 (thirteen years ago) link
gonna miss this in SF this week, supremely bummed
― akm, Saturday, 11 December 2010 18:26 (thirteen years ago) link
anyone know if they're coming to the east coast anytime soon? this tour sounds fantastic.
― swvl, Saturday, 11 December 2010 18:36 (thirteen years ago) link
The electric piano was only really present on the first of them, where it takes a pretty prominent lead. Sounds in a lot of ways like a continuation of where they were going on Drums and Guns. I really liked one listed on the setlist as "Witches" (Alan brought out a Les Paul baritone for it). Lots of one-word choruses, a few moments of very noisy guitar playing. Really curious as to how this is going to sound with studio treatments and with Nels Cline on it.
― rope (lloydwabbitt), Saturday, 11 December 2010 19:22 (thirteen years ago) link
I've renewed my love affair with Low in the last few months and have been catching up on the last few records which I passed on at the time of their release. Bought Trust last month and The Great Destroyer a couple of weeks ago. Trust was solid but didn't do a whole lot for me. But man, The Great Destroyer. I had totally written this record off based on the couple of songs I heard from it at the time, but to my surprise it's quite excellent! Been listening to it nonstop since I got it. It's not perfect, but it's really good.
― scott pgwp (pgwp), Saturday, 19 March 2011 18:10 (thirteen years ago) link
new one's really good—it's called C'mon, comes out in three weeks or so—few throwaway songs but 2/3 or so is utter gold
― ilxor you've listened to one odd future album once (ilxor), Saturday, 19 March 2011 23:04 (thirteen years ago) link
er... utterly golden? whatever. who knows
Low covers 'Africa' by Toto for The AV Club's 'Undercover' series
predictably, it is awesome.
― Challops Never End (Pillbox), Tuesday, 10 May 2011 06:20 (thirteen years ago) link
Damn, I'm getting an error, it's not showing.
― Le Bateau Ivre, Tuesday, 10 May 2011 09:06 (thirteen years ago) link
That's fantastic, thanks for the link!
Obnoxious Starbucks advertising though - urgh.
― naughty bell ringer (krakow), Tuesday, 10 May 2011 09:34 (thirteen years ago) link
download http://videos.theonion.com/avclub_video/2011/undercover/AVUC2_009-Low.flv
― StanM, Tuesday, 10 May 2011 14:18 (thirteen years ago) link
This band can do no wrong, really.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 10 May 2011 14:26 (thirteen years ago) link
I am completely blanking on the name of the Low song-by-song blog, anyone remember it?
― 'what are you, the Hymen Protection League of America?' (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, 19 May 2011 16:26 (thirteen years ago) link
http://youcanttrustviolence.blogspot.com/ ?
― StanM, Thursday, 19 May 2011 16:36 (thirteen years ago) link
Thats it, thanks!
― 'what are you, the Hymen Protection League of America?' (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, 19 May 2011 16:41 (thirteen years ago) link
http://liveweb.arte.tv/fr/video/Low_Route_du_Rock/
― StanM, Monday, 5 September 2011 18:25 (twelve years ago) link
^excellent, thanks for the link
― that's not my post, Tuesday, 6 September 2011 06:06 (twelve years ago) link
(fyi, setlist: Nothing But Heart / Nightingale / You See Everything / Monkey / Silver Rider / Especially Me / Sunflower / Try To Sleep / Canada / Violent Past / Last Snowstorm of the Year / Murderer )
― StanM, Tuesday, 6 September 2011 07:41 (twelve years ago) link
Awesome, thanks for this.
― scott pgwp (pgwp), Wednesday, 7 September 2011 03:15 (twelve years ago) link
http://devonrecordclub.com/2014/07/22/low-things-we-lost-in-the-fire-round-70-toms-selection/
― yugi ex, Tuesday, 22 July 2014 08:59 (nine years ago) link
something about early low is hitting me hard lately, like it hasn't in several years
― Karl Malone, Monday, 6 March 2017 22:21 (seven years ago) link
Same!!
― Evan, Tuesday, 7 March 2017 01:02 (seven years ago) link
Classic.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 7 March 2017 01:52 (seven years ago) link
"words" is a perfect first song first album statement.
― that's not my post, Tuesday, 7 March 2017 07:56 (seven years ago) link
You know that there is a part of Low that just wants to record an album where they croon "You're gonna die..........." over and over again for 40 minutes.
― scott seward, Wednesday, 30 May 2018 17:21 (five years ago) link
You could play "Shots and Ladders" 5 times in a row and achieve the same result tbh
― Simon H., Wednesday, 30 May 2018 17:47 (five years ago) link
Sometimes I can't handle "Pretty People" because it occasionally sounds like Low in self-parody mode, now I'm imagining it running 40 minutes.
― Tim F, Wednesday, 30 May 2018 17:50 (five years ago) link