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haha i was just listening today and wondering whatever happened to them.

― Sterling Clover (s_clover), Thursday, 23 February 2006 20:21 (eighteen years ago) link

mark are you actually in touch with them?

― s1ocki (slutsky), Thursday, 23 February 2006 20:23 (eighteen years ago) link

last week there was an interview w/ them in the street press over here in sydney because they're playing a show next weekend. i think they said that they were finally going to start knuckling down and recording their new album (this sounds believable right?).

― t_g, Thursday, 23 February 2006 21:52 (eighteen years ago) link

was in a melbourne pizza place today & "electricity" was playing. & i'm seeing them dj on sunday!

― etc, Friday, 24 February 2006 07:15 (eighteen years ago) link

one month passes...

Where the HELL are *these* guys?

― piscesboy, Tuesday, 11 April 2006 14:50 (eighteen years ago) link

they play music

― M@tt He1geson (Matt Helgeson), Tuesday, 11 April 2006 16:59 (eighteen years ago) link

Every generation has its Loveless.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 11 April 2006 17:00 (eighteen years ago) link

from their theavalanches.com site which is still regularly updated:

"M A R C H > U P D A T E
NEW ALBUM -
exploration into sampled inner space continues, and is sounding damn exciting from all reports. the band would like to thank everyone for their patience and ongoing support. "sorry its not done sooner but theres no point in putting out an insane half finished mess" is the general feeling in the camp. recording is proceeding much quicker than with the first album believe it or not - its just that no one was waiting on that one.

AVALANCHES IN ROCK SHOCK -
the guys have also been busy re - editing most of bon jovis seminal 'slippery when wet' album (excluding wanted dead or alive and without love which are shit) and will be airing these once in a lifetime versions during their melb and sydney laneway dj sets - so get down there for a once only 80's rock extravaganza."

― i'm from hollywood, Tuesday, 11 April 2006 17:08 (eighteen years ago) link

excluding wanted dead or alive and without love which are shit

Very wise people.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 11 April 2006 17:09 (eighteen years ago) link

i got an avalanches 12" for free the other week.

― the unbearable lightness of peeing (orion), Tuesday, 11 April 2006 23:45 (eighteen years ago) link

I only remember hearing Living On A Prayer at the end of the set, though there was a bit of other 80s rocktacularity mixed into the set, like fuckin' Springsteen.

Word is that they turned in a complete album of dark and introspective noodling, were told "no-one wants to hear this" and have gone back to write a new record full of party jams (though they reckon they'll sample the unreleased one for it).

― kit brash (kit brash), Wednesday, 12 April 2006 03:58 (eighteen years ago) link

six months pass...

so... is it common knowledge that dexta left ages ago?
or is this a wind-up?

― pisces (piscesx), Tuesday, 17 October 2006 15:53 (seventeen years ago) link

Common knowledge, long ago.

― I.M. From Hollywood (i_m_from_hollywood), Tuesday, 17 October 2006 19:14 (seventeen years ago) link

James De La Cruz and Gordon also left years ago (and that middle-aged guy in the safari suit, if you count him).

― kit brash (kit brash), Tuesday, 17 October 2006 20:25 (seventeen years ago) link

so when is the album coming out? seriously...

― Lovelace (Lovelace), Wednesday, 18 October 2006 00:28 (seventeen years ago) link

no idea

― mentalist (mentalist), Wednesday, 18 October 2006 04:21 (seventeen years ago) link

three months pass...

http://www.theavalanches.com/

― deej.. (deej..), Tuesday, 30 January 2007 04:02 (seventeen years ago) link

AVALANCHES BIG TENT SET (2006)Coming Soon

Bobby, tone and daz crank out a blistering big tent festival set, its stupid heavy metal good fun.

not sure what to think of all this.

brains (teazer) is...interesting

― deej.. (deej..), Tuesday, 30 January 2007 04:03 (seventeen years ago) link

the second 'song' is exciting

― deej.. (deej..), Tuesday, 30 January 2007 04:04 (seventeen years ago) link

:\ I always get so excited when this thred is revived... I want something new/awesome so badly

― If you fuck with Jimmy Mod, you call down the thunder (The Famous Jimmy Mod), Tuesday, 30 January 2007 04:07 (seventeen years ago) link

Sign In above for DJ sets and mixes from Bobby, Daz and Tone while you're waitin for ~~the new album~~ your grandson's balls to drop in fifty years time.

Fixed.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 30 January 2007 04:07 (seventeen years ago) link

well, gosh.

― slackety yax (H2-H4), Tuesday, 30 January 2007 04:22 (seventeen years ago) link

also this bro of mine at work got asked to be part of the formative avalanches lineup but he was losing interest in playing with turntables around that stage and politely declined the offer. for real!

― slackety yax (H2-H4), Tuesday, 30 January 2007 04:26 (seventeen years ago) link

this mix 'teazer' is basically a fun party mix

― deej.. (deej..), Tuesday, 30 January 2007 04:28 (seventeen years ago) link

WHEN I MET YOU
'When I Met You' is a butchered version of the Avalanches GIMIX mixtape. Some people invented a cover for it and are selling it through HMV, posing as the new Avalanches album. Its not!
_______________________________________________

what the...? through HMV ??? huh? a butchered GIMIX??

― pisces (piscesx), Tuesday, 30 January 2007 18:17 (seventeen years ago) link

I've seen that in stores in the U.S.

― jaymc (jaymc), Tuesday, 30 January 2007 18:19 (seventeen years ago) link

Yep, I bought a copy at the great Tower Records sell-off.

― Michael Daddino (epicharmus), Tuesday, 30 January 2007 18:24 (seventeen years ago) link

i never understood how HMV et al were allowing 'When I Met You' on their sheleves.

― vita susicivus (blueski), Tuesday, 30 January 2007 18:34 (seventeen years ago) link

and i think by butchered they mean it was taken from radio broadcast where it ends early instead of going into Fern Kinney or whatever it was.

― vita susicivus (blueski), Tuesday, 30 January 2007 18:35 (seventeen years ago) link

It's actually the longest version I could find and even includes the Fleetwood Mac. It's rather high quality, but not the best I've found - but then again the best ends before the Fleetwood Mac. I wouldn't say it's "butchered" at all.

Needless to say the mixes on that page are AWESOME.

― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Tuesday, 30 January 2007 19:02 (seventeen years ago) link

from site forum:

abracadabra!

happy new year yall. we've made a heap of mixes and stuff available while we finish the record. they wont give you a hint of the new albums magical sound unfortunately, but they will keep you pilgrims well nourished until the next harvest.

its a really thrilling time for us right now as this record comes together, its so fuckin party you will die, much more hip hop than you might expect, and while there is still no accurate estimated time of arrival, were sure you're gonna love it when it arrives.

much of last year was spent cutting up the spoken word/instructional records we need to tell the albums musical story, and we have some 40 odd songs we're narrowing down and finishing. so its real, it exists, and you know we wouldn't be serving anything up unless it was gonna give you that same special feeling that since has. funnily enough its ended up sounding like the next logical step to since, we just had to go around in a big circle to get back to where we belong.

and one day when you least expect it you'll wake up and the sample fairy will have left it under your pillow.

so big up to clint for all his work in making the downloads available for everyone to enjoy, and have a great oh seven.

― bangelo (bangelo), Tuesday, 30 January 2007 19:56 (seventeen years ago) link

no dexta though that's the kicker. i mean what's the point?

― pisces (piscesx), Tuesday, 30 January 2007 20:00 (seventeen years ago) link

As I understand it, Dexta was never the main creative force in the Avalanches.

― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Tuesday, 30 January 2007 20:03 (seventeen years ago) link

dexta was just the DJ right?

― deej.. (deej..), Tuesday, 30 January 2007 20:04 (seventeen years ago) link

Well, he's an amazing DJ and I'm sure he influenced what was possible, but I'm no less excited about them on account of his exit.

― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Tuesday, 30 January 2007 20:07 (seventeen years ago) link

Spencer!

― jaymc (jaymc), Tuesday, 30 January 2007 20:12 (seventeen years ago) link

― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Tuesday, 30 January 2007 20:17 (seventeen years ago) link

I mean, hi!

― jaymc (jaymc), Tuesday, 30 January 2007 20:19 (seventeen years ago) link

― UART variations (ex machina), Wednesday, 31 January 2007 02:38 (seventeen years ago) link

I think Lee Mavers and Kevin Shields should work on an album together (Skifflegaze?), with the boys in the Avalanches promising to remix a few tracks. They all huddle together in a small studio, located on an island near Australia, but while taking a boat back to mainland they are all lost at sea...along with all the music they spent months creating. Nobody knows whatever happened to them, but rumor has it that if you're ever flying near Australian waters some late summer nights you can still hear their unreleased music weakly playing over pirate radio stations.

At the very least that story should be worked on by Gear and Ned as ILM's first (last?) foray into writing pop music fanfic.

― Cunga (Cunga), Wednesday, 31 January 2007 04:16 (seventeen years ago) link

ILM's first foray into writing pop music fanfic

has ILX Screenwriters Presents 'It was all Yello: The Coldwerk Sessions' been so quickly forgotten

― nervous (cochere), Wednesday, 31 January 2007 04:40 (seventeen years ago) link

I was about to say!

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 31 January 2007 04:41 (seventeen years ago) link

So there is a precedent! I should have known better.

― Cunga (Cunga), Wednesday, 31 January 2007 04:42 (seventeen years ago) link

Frontier Psychiatrist is supposedly the only Avalanches track into which Dexter ever had creative input.

― dex-mongrel (kit brash), Wednesday, 31 January 2007 09:05 (seventeen years ago) link

That thread is a wonderous thing, even if I don't get half the references.

― The Reverend Rodney J. Greene in a DIE BLIPSTER SCUM! tee (R. J. Greene), Wednesday, 31 January 2007 09:33 (seventeen years ago) link

one month passes...

OK Ray of Zdarlight is one of the best songs i've heard this year

― deej, Monday, 5 March 2007 04:16 (seventeen years ago) link

hasn't been out of the rotation since this thread was revived

― deej, Monday, 5 March 2007 04:16 (seventeen years ago) link

i totally agree and was just listening to it this very moment!

― johnny crunch, Monday, 5 March 2007 04:18 (seventeen years ago) link

OK Ray of Zdarlight is one of the best songs i've heard this year

Agreed.

― braveclub, Monday, 5 March 2007 09:29 (seventeen years ago) link

big tent teaser is streaming on the site now, the same bowie > mbv > together segue cropped up when i saw them last night. was awesome, though if you have a low bon jovi tolerance you may prefer to stay away.

― haitch, Monday, 12 March 2007 10:23 (seventeen years ago) link

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