Her buddy Lizard McGee's Earwig albums, the ones I've heard, are kind of prog, but tight consideringLizard McGee @earwigtheband
Ruined my jeans. Wiped out while chasing @lydia_loveless around the car. I totally ate it.
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/B1AB9J5IYAAQ_7m.jpg:large
― dow, Friday, 31 October 2014 17:00 (nine years ago) link
Lydia Loveless @lydia_loveless
Snow as we flee the woods. And those dunes...I am definitely not 11 anymore #deathwalk
― dow, Friday, 31 October 2014 17:02 (nine years ago) link
@pattersonhood
Lydia Loveless. Badass! @ Bijou Theatre http://instagram.com/p/wSXRoTyqwv/
― dow, Sunday, 7 December 2014 02:20 (nine years ago) link
So this director with a good track record is crowdfunding a Lydia doc:
https://files.ctctcdn.com/67e4e85b001/6e160f83-53c5-4db4-84c7-9c0e9e1d5257.jpg
The story thus far:
Filmmaker Gorman Bechard, who has chronicled three of the most influential bands in the history of rock and roll with documentaries about The Replacements, Archers of Loaf, and Hüsker Dü's Grant Hart is turning his camera towards the future with his next film, WHO IS LYDIA LOVELESS?
The feature-length documentary will follow Lydia Loveless and her band into the studio as they lay down tracks for their forthcoming record. Along with live performances shot specifically for the film and extensive interviews with Loveless and her band it will visit places integral to her musical development, delve into the realities of a working musician on the brink of major success, and answer the question: Who Is Lydia Loveless?
"Lydia is the future of rock and roll," director Bechard explains. "She straps you onto an emotional roller coaster of love, lust, drunken mistakes, a little stalking, a lot of heartbreak, and you're left breathless, stunned, happy to have taken the ride."
Music journalists from SPIN to Rolling Stone have likewise raved, with her last album SOMEWHERE ELSE finding its way onto many of 2014's Best Album lists.
"I'm excited to work with Gorman," says Loveless. "He's very passionate about music and about the true meaning and spirit of rock and roll."
Bechard's three previous music docs have all won critical praise. Rolling Stone called COLOR ME OBSESSED, A FILM ABOUT THE REPLACEMENTS one of "The Seven Best New Music Documentaries of the Year." The Seattle Times raved about the "raw power and mesmerizing hooks" in his Archers of Loaf concert film WHAT DID YOU EXPECT? While EVERY EVERYTHING: THE MUSIC, LIFE & TIMES OF GRANT HART was labeled "beautifully sad" by The Village Voice.
WHO IS LYDIA LOVELESS? will be funded via a KickStarter campaign that runs through March 18th. The KickStarter campaign can be found at www.WhoIsLydiaLoveless.com
Filming is slated for spring and summer 2015, with a premiere planned for 2016.
For more information please visit: www.WhatWereWeThinkingFilms.com
Or email any requests to: WhoIsLydiaLovelessMO✧✧✧@gm✧✧✧.c✧✧
― dow, Friday, 23 January 2015 22:31 (nine years ago) link
the last part of that addy is MOVIE at you-know-whut
― dow, Friday, 23 January 2015 22:33 (nine years ago) link
Her National Record Store Day contribution (Cory B.'s too):
http://www.buzzfeed.com/realmikesmith/this-country-rock-cover-of-prince-is-completely-am-anrs#.xsmW45Nb1g
― dow, Wednesday, 11 March 2015 23:47 (nine years ago) link
"Catching Up With" LL:Lydia Loveless @lydia_loveless Nov 6
Last time I prayed on the toilet for three hours it was bc I ate at huddle house #bencarson
― dow, Wednesday, 25 November 2015 00:20 (eight years ago) link
new song
http://www.stereogum.com/1879738/lydia-loveless-longer-stereogum-premiere/mp3s/
― dc, Tuesday, 7 June 2016 13:58 (eight years ago) link
v nice
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Tuesday, 7 June 2016 14:02 (eight years ago) link
I forgot about her 2014 album :(
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 7 June 2016 14:05 (eight years ago) link
Every time I play this it's like "damn, why don't I play this all the time?" Appreciate the reminder.― Evan R, Monday, 21 April 2014 21:49 (2 years ago) Permalink
Ha, same boat still. New song is good, man her voice. She deserves better than that album cover though
― Evan R, Tuesday, 7 June 2016 14:16 (eight years ago) link
we all do
― dc, Tuesday, 7 June 2016 14:18 (eight years ago) link
I love the 2014 album.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 7 June 2016 14:37 (eight years ago) link
me, too. was gonna say: especially "head", "really wanna see you", "wine lips"...but then i realized i was gonna name all the songs.
― dc, Tuesday, 7 June 2016 14:45 (eight years ago) link
LYDIA LOVELESS’ VIDEO FOR “LONGER” PREMIERES ON ROLLING STONE COUNTRY
NEW ALBUM REAL DUE AUGUST 19
ADDITIONAL TOUR DATES CONFIRMED WITH DRIVE-BY TRUCKERS
http://static.stereogum.com/uploads/2016/05/BS239_lydialoveless_real_LPcover1600_0.jpg
“Uncompromising and direct, Loveless is one of those rare songwriting voices that seem destined to be sharing music with us for a long, long time.”—Paste
“Loveless has carved out an unmistakable voice as a songwriter, and she’s only getting better at using it to blur the line between running her mouth and pouring out her heart.”—Stereogum
“Bittersweet lyrics and a bruised but indomitable voice. She doesn’t write conventional tunes; even her love songs arrive with a twist.”—Greg Kot (Sound Opinions, The Chicago Tribune)
Lydia Loveless’ video for her track “Longer” premieres today on Rolling Stone Country, who call it, “an assault of crunchy power-pop, but behind the confident swagger are the tinge – and twang – of vulnerability.” Watch the video here: http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/see-lydia-loveless-day-in-bed-for-new-longer-video-20160706The song appears on her highly anticipated new album, Real, which will be released August 19 via Bloodshot Records https://www.bloodshotrecords.com/album/real. In support of her forthcoming album Loveless confirms additional tour dates this fall with Drive-By Truckers. The dates extend Loveless’ ongoing North American tour with stops in Los Angeles, Seattle, Portland, San Francisco, Minneapolis and more. See below for complete tour dates.
Most recently, “Longer,” the first track to be revealed from Real, premiered on Stereogum. Of the song Stereogum says, “It’s like the Replacements soundtracking the sad aftermath of Big Star’s ‘Thirteen’—which is to say, it’s awesome.” Listen here: http://www.stereogum.com/1879738/lydia-loveless-longer-stereogum-premiere/mp3s/
Real was recorded at Sonic Lounge Studios in her home state of Ohio and was engineered and produced by Joe Viers (Dr. John, Twenty One Pilots). “I chose to work with Joe Viers, engineer and producer of my last three releases, again because I trust him completely not only with my music but with my words,” said Loveless. “There was a lot to say this time around and I wanted to return to that sort of playground and (sometimes literally) throw things at the wall. Whereas our previous records could be described as blunt or raw, this one I wanted to be known as honest, as true, as real (rimshot).”
Of the album Loveless says, “Because I feel like I spent my formative years flopping around like a fish, masking pain with substance abuse and somewhat ashamed of who I was—a hayseed, a phony, I felt—it was absolutely necessary for me to become a stronger, more confident human, or I was going to die. Real is my sort of love letter to that realization, that my existence was just as valid as any other.”
Loveless is joined on the album by Todd May (vocals, guitars, keys), Ben Lamb (bass), Jay Gasper (guitars, pedal steel, keys), George Hondroulis (drums, percussion, keys), Andy Harrison (guitar, keys) and Viers (percussion, guitar).
In 2011 Loveless released her second full-length album, Indestructible Machine, about which The Chicago Tribune says, “she conveys toughness, tenderness and humor with off-handed conviction.” Two years after the critical success of her breakout second record, Loveless released Somewhere Else. On Somewhere Else Loveless is less concerned with chasing approval—she scrapped an entire album’s worth of material—and more focused on fighting personal battles of longing, heartbreak and the aesthetic that comes along with them.
TRACK LIST1. Same To You2. Longer3. More Than Ever4. Heaven5. Out On Love6. Midwestern Guys7. Bilbao8. European9. Clumps10. Real
LYDIA LOVELESS LIVEJuly 9 —Chicago, IL —Square Roots FestivalSeptember 8—Columbus, OH —Ace Of CupsSeptember 9—Indianapolis, IN—The HiFiSeptember 10—Madison, WI—The FrequencySeptember 11—Milwaukee, WI—Colectivo on ProspectSeptember 15—St. Louis, MO––The Duck Room at Blueberry HillSeptember 16––Louisville, KY––ZanzabarSeptember 17––Cleveland, OH––Grog ShopSeptember 24–Minneapolis, MN–First Avenue*September 25–Sioux Falls, SD–The District*September 28––Missoula, MT––The Wilma*September 29––Seattle, WA––The Showbox*September 30––Portland, OR––Wonder Ballroom*October 1––Portland, OR––Wonder Ballroom*October 2––Vancouver, BC––Rickshaw*October 5––Sacramento, CA––Ace of Spades*October 6––San Francisco, CA––The Fillmore*October 7––San Francisco, CA––The Fillmore*October 8––Stateline, NV––Montbleu Rescort Casino*October 11––Los Angeles, CA––Teragram Ballroom*October 12––Los Angeles, CA––Teragram Ballroom*October 13––Solana Beach, CA––Belly Up*October 14––San Luis Obispo, CA––The Fremont Theater*October 15––Scottsdale, AZ––Live Wire*October 18––Austin, TX––Antone’sOctober 19––Houston, TX––Continental ClubOctober 21––Birmingham, AL––The SaturnOctober 22––Atlanta, GA––Terminal West
*with Drive-By Truckers
― dow, Wednesday, 6 July 2016 20:22 (seven years ago) link
Interview on WGN Radio posted here:http://wgnradio.com/2016/07/09/getting-to-know-the-real-lydia-loveless/
The amazing singer-songwriter Lydia Loveless joins Justin to talk about her career, growing up in Ohio, being surrounded by music when she was younger, her new record, “Real,” opening up to experimentation, writing about pain and depression and putting it into music, how her voice has evolved, where she finds inspiration, working with Bloodshot Records and headlining tomorrow night at the Square Roots Festival. Lydia also sings a couple of songs including “Real” and “Somewhere Else.” Great!
― dow, Saturday, 9 July 2016 21:40 (seven years ago) link
I love the single.
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 9 July 2016 23:05 (seven years ago) link
New album streaming now:
http://www.npr.org/2016/08/11/488660920/first-listen-lydia-loveless-real
― righteousmaelstrom, Thursday, 11 August 2016 15:40 (seven years ago) link
this day keeps getting better
― dc, Thursday, 11 August 2016 15:50 (seven years ago) link
Plenty of tumult in several, as written and sung, also nobody's slacking, but aren't shredding and headbanging sideways into the walls of the barn, cos no barn, for one thing: we're somewhere, several wheres, relatively smoother and more spacious, also it just isn't 'llowed : "On these January nights, when I hate my life, and try to start a fight, you're not falling for that one any more." So there's circling each other, plenty tension, building too, some sparks and pullme-pushyou, but relatively civil fuckyou, and meltdowns are (relatively) more implosive or one-to-one than previous, though no mumblecore; she can still project.First couple tracks are gonna have to grow on me, with vocal lines smoothly extended, guitars tumbling and tunneling around her, but with a space between her and them--kind of like Petty and Heartbreakers with a better Petty. "More Than Ever" is where she laughs a little and then starts to let it blurt---"If you want self-control I'd have to break my fingers"---but doesn't let it rip past a certain dramatically timed point. "Heaven" has slightly shuddering bassheart core, with very spare electronics occasionally flickering, checking in, whole thing pulling me in through the silence around it (in space no one can you scream)."Out On Love" seems like she's been listening to (good) Patti Smith, with the well-paced drama again, "Bilbao" starts kinda like that, but suddenly she turns around, "Marry me, there's no place I'd rather be," kinda dreamily, but then again, "Even when the waves are ten feet tall, you don't look up", and when she comes back to the chorus, it might be "Bury me," working the Ohio country accent in a sneaky way, but just as sweet (maybe relating to how she wants a boy to come along and tell her not to jump off the roof--"There he is now, man!"---in "Real" which is not headbanging, but headjangling, and maybe she's been listening to Big Star too, yadda-yadda this is different but she's got me into most of it so far.
― dow, Wednesday, 17 August 2016 01:38 (seven years ago) link
"Heaven" is my initial favorite, but it's probably the most atypical song on the album. Sorta in love with the whole thing, though.
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Wednesday, 17 August 2016 02:31 (seven years ago) link
"heaven" an early fave of mine, too
― dc, Wednesday, 17 August 2016 02:40 (seven years ago) link
Publicist update:
Real, the highly anticipated new album from Lydia Loveless is out now via Bloodshot Records. Additionally, Loveless will perform on CBS This Morning Saturday on August 20 while the official music video for her track “Clumps” premieres on Vice’s Noisey. Of the video Noisey says, “It’s simple and gorgeous.” Watch the video here: http://bit.ly/2bzv44x
or oisey.vice.com/blog/lydia-loveless/
In support of the release, Loveless confirms additional dates this fall extending her ongoing North American tour with stops in New York, Boston, Philadelphia, Washington, Chicago and more. See below for complete tour dates.
https://mail.google.com/mail/?ui=2&ik=b057aec5cb&view=fimg&th=156a3f88173b67da&attid=0.4&disp=emb&attbid=ANGjdJ_KXg0nne_rLAbpr8NX8ZoufJrBVd0W6AmQbd9-0rk66deAxDs6_ZViKBxvTVOK_OdCs5YqrF1-vFm7AWpnnril0vGbee7sGywsE74LzixZ6SbExwwBAwPyIdE&sz=w500-h750&ats=1471637347542&rm=156a3f88173b67da&zw&atsh=1
Real was recorded at Sonic Lounge Studios in her home state of Ohio and was engineered and produced by Joe Viers (Dr. John, Twenty One Pilots). “I chose to work with Joe Viers, engineer and producer of my last three releases, again because I trust him completely not only with my music but with my words,” said Loveless. “There was a lot to say this time around and I wanted to return to that sort of playground and (sometimes literally) throw things at the wall. Whereas our previous records could be described as blunt or raw, this one I wanted to be known as honest, as true, as real (rimshot).” Of the album Loveless says, “Because I feel like I spent my formative years flopping around like a fish, masking pain with substance abuse and somewhat ashamed of who I was—a hayseed, a phony, I felt—it was absolutely necessary for me to become a stronger, more confident human, or I was going to die. Real is my sort of love letter to that realization, that my existence was just as valid as any other."
LYDIA LOVELESS LIVEAugust 20—Cincinnati, OH—Northside Yacht Club (solo)#September 8—Columbus, OH —Ace Of CupsSeptember 9—Indianapolis, IN—The HiFiSeptember 10—Madison, WI—The FrequencySeptember 11—Milwaukee, WI—Colectivo on ProspectSeptember 14—Champaign, IL—The AccordSeptember 15—St. Louis, MO––The Duck Room at Blueberry HillSeptember 16––Louisville, KY––ZanzabarSeptember 17––Cleveland, OH––Grog ShopSeptember 20––25––Nashville, TN––AmercianaFestSeptember 24–Minneapolis, MN–First Avenue*September 25–Sioux Falls, SD–The District*September 28––Missoula, MT––The Wilma*September 29––Seattle, WA––The Showbox*September 30––Portland, OR––Wonder Ballroom*October 1––Portland, OR––Wonder Ballroom*October 2––Vancouver, BC––Rickshaw*October 5––Sacramento, CA––Ace of Spades*October 6––San Francisco, CA––The Fillmore*October 7––San Francisco, CA––The Fillmore*October 8––Stateline, NV––Montbleu Rescort Casino*October 11––Los Angeles, CA––Teragram Ballroom*October 12––Los Angeles, CA––Teragram Ballroom*October 13––Solana Beach, CA––Belly Up*October 14––San Luis Obispo, CA––The Fremont Theater*October 15––Scottsdale, AZ––Live Wire*October 18––Austin, TX––Antone’sOctober 19––Houston, TX––Continental ClubOctober 21––Birmingham, AL––The SaturnOctober 22––Atlanta, GA––Terminal WestNovember 4––Pontiac, MI––Pike RoomNovember 5––Toronto, ON––Adelaide HallNovember 6––Ithaca, NY––The DockNovember 7––Burlington, VT––Higher GroundNovember 9––Portsmouth, NH––The Music Hall LoftNovember 10––Allston, MA––Great ScottNovember 11––Philadelphia, PA––MilkBoyNovember 12––Charlottesville, VA––The SouthernNovember 13––Washington, DC––Rock & Roll HotelNovember 15––Pittsburgh, PA––Club CafeNovember 16––New York, NY––Bowery BallroomNovember 19––Chicago, IL––Metro #with Tommy Stinson *with Drive-By Truckers
― dow, Friday, 19 August 2016 20:22 (seven years ago) link
Dunno why I now have to right-click to view image, but worth it.
― dow, Friday, 19 August 2016 20:24 (seven years ago) link
revising my fave to "out on love"
― dc, Friday, 19 August 2016 20:35 (seven years ago) link
also lydia + tommy would prob make my heart explode regardless of the actual quality of the show
― dc, Friday, 19 August 2016 20:43 (seven years ago) link
I like "Heaven" too but I'm not feeling the back half yet.
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 19 August 2016 20:46 (seven years ago) link
Haven't really explored the latter part of the album yet though 'Midwestern Guys' sounds like a pretty brutal take down. I get the like for 'Heaven' (sounds like Aztec Camera to me - weird, I know) but loving 'More Than Ever'. Just a sucker for jangly twelve-strings.
― righteousmaelstrom, Friday, 19 August 2016 21:16 (seven years ago) link
I get the like for 'Heaven' (sounds like Aztec Camera to me - weird, I know)
Not weird. otm if you ask me.
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Friday, 19 August 2016 22:49 (seven years ago) link
I'm glad I'm not the only one who thinks that. Was really impressed with the Echo and The Bunnymen cover last year on the AV Club so I don't see this song as a big reach.
― righteousmaelstrom, Saturday, 20 August 2016 00:12 (seven years ago) link
sorry i'm late, this year's album is pretty nice yes?
― Rock Wokeman (Noodle Vague), Sunday, 18 December 2016 09:32 (seven years ago) link
Hell yeah, it adds some different (jangle, dance etc.-associated, but still chunky) sounds, didn't grab me like the previous sets did, yknow from the first second (I'm spoiled), but it keeps building, and it's always her and no other: that voice, those words, sometimes almost spinning out of control, willfully and compulsively I reckon.
― dow, Sunday, 18 December 2016 20:25 (seven years ago) link
i like "longer" but the arrangements on the new album feel really... off?
― who is extremely unqualified to review this pop album (BradNelson), Sunday, 18 December 2016 23:04 (seven years ago) link
I love 'heaven' , I can't resist to the mixture between fleetwood mac and hole's celebrity skin.
― Nourry, Monday, 19 December 2016 00:37 (seven years ago) link
Real is a great album.....esp "Midwestern Guys", "Heaven" and "Clumps"
― blonde redheads have more fun (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 25 April 2017 20:03 (seven years ago) link
Listened to this headbangle country soul extension right before/after watching an "In The Americas" ep about fireworks as folk culture in Mexico, fit perfectly:
https://www.bloodshotrecords.com/sites/default/files/styles/product_large/public/album-art/lydia_cover.jpg?itok=UfVc0sOI
Boy Crazy and Single(s)Lydia Loveless
DELUXE LP ON TRANSPARENT BEER YELLOW VINYL (FIRST PRESSING), includes digital downloadCollection of Lydia Loveless’s summery 5-song EP Boy Crazy, on vinyl LP for the first time, plus six non-album singles and B-sides spanning her career. Also on CD and digital.
Out October 13
Track list and more info here:https://www.bloodshotrecords.com/album/boy-crazy-singles
― dow, Friday, 8 September 2017 01:47 (six years ago) link
^^this is greatmy admiration for her songwriting has really grown
― The Desus & Mero Chain (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 26 April 2018 19:16 (six years ago) link
Lydia Loveless on her issues at Bloodshot Records (maybe inspired to post this by the Ryan Adams news, idk)
https://www.instagram.com/p/Bt9YalTgNMp/?utm_source=ig_share_sheet&igshid=1qh5gdadu46a
― omar little, Saturday, 16 February 2019 23:12 (five years ago) link
Not really at all surprising that a label who allowed a man to grope, paw at and mentally disturb me for over five years still touts Ryan Adams as a fucking genius— Lydia Loveless (@lydia_loveless) February 15, 2019
― omar little, Saturday, 16 February 2019 23:14 (five years ago) link
Fuckin yikes!
― Johnny Fever, Saturday, 16 February 2019 23:42 (five years ago) link
Super righteous takedown, moreso since she's still on Bloodshot, as far as i know. And i guess at this point she's their most high-profile artist? At present on tour opening for Mtn Gts.
― omar little, Sunday, 17 February 2019 00:47 (five years ago) link
my guess is she felt motivated to post by Bloodshot's Ryan-related tweets yesterday ... just couldn't hold it in after seeing those. again, this is a guess.
Lydia fucking rules.
― alpine static, Monday, 18 February 2019 01:05 (five years ago) link
Rob Miller, the other cofounder/coowner of Bloodshot, responds.
https://www.facebook.com/BloodshotRecords/posts/10156149241193193
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 18 February 2019 05:30 (five years ago) link
I thought Rob's response was pretty good.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 18 February 2019 14:10 (five years ago) link
Nan's response...
https://www.facebook.com/BloodshotRecords/posts/10156149628338193
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 18 February 2019 17:31 (five years ago) link
It’s so weird that she’s acknowledging the truth of the matter but standing by her man nonetheless.
I wonder if Lydia Loveless was one of their minor artists how this would have been addressed. Obviously LL was stewing over this bc they didn’t do anything and she had the clout now.
― omar little, Monday, 18 February 2019 17:45 (five years ago) link
yeah the Rob one is good, the Nan one is o_O
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 18 February 2019 17:52 (five years ago) link
― ebro the letter (Whiney G. Weingarten), Monday, 18 February 2019 17:52 (five years ago) link
dang mind blown
― omar little, Monday, 18 February 2019 17:59 (five years ago) link
To her credit, Nan didn't heart his tweet
http://i.imgur.com/nZ0Kyee.png
― mick signals, Monday, 18 February 2019 18:09 (five years ago) link