Those two are the funniest.
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 20 July 2019 17:45 (four years ago) link
Looking forward to this
Great interviewing @TheMekons (alongside @DougHenwood & @lfeatherz) last night about punk antifascism in the 70s, musicians’ role supporting the epochal mineral strike, how to turn 300 years of English working class history into a pop song, the radical roots of country and more! pic.twitter.com/dJJMl1qLeZ— ☭🕷️🐬The Antifada🐬🕷️☭ (@the_antifada) July 20, 2019
― JoeStork, Saturday, 20 July 2019 23:05 (four years ago) link
whoa
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 20 July 2019 23:21 (four years ago) link
Shot these last night — playing in someone's backyard on the hottest day of the year. Swamp Stomp 12https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-en9id8EZJ8https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kOLJEeAkjQQhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mTeL5EgCiJk
― Jazzbo, Sunday, 21 July 2019 12:45 (four years ago) link
That's awesome. I wish I got to see them this time around, though they do seem to have settled on a pretty consistent "hits" set. But what "hits"!
How many people were in the backyard?
― Josh in Chicago, Sunday, 21 July 2019 14:26 (four years ago) link
They sold 200 tickets, I believe.
― Jazzbo, Sunday, 21 July 2019 17:55 (four years ago) link
New album has been growing on me— Lawrence of California sounded great live.
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 23 July 2019 16:18 (four years ago) link
Saw them last night in LA, great show (tbh I thought the Rhode Island performances linked above were a little low energy).
― nickn, Tuesday, 23 July 2019 18:06 (four years ago) link
prob cuz it was over 100 degrees
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 23 July 2019 18:16 (four years ago) link
That's what I guessed, tho the LA show was pretty warm by the end. The A/C was overwhelmed.
― nickn, Tuesday, 23 July 2019 18:19 (four years ago) link
https://twangville.com/artist-q-and-a/sally-timms-explains-how-the-mekons-dont-function-like-a-normal-band/
Sally Timms interview from May
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 23 July 2019 22:19 (four years ago) link
My phone didn't capture the sound very well. Also, true on the second point. They were also getting eaten by bugs.
― Jazzbo, Wednesday, 24 July 2019 12:13 (four years ago) link
yo Seattle ilxors, I will be at the Tractor Tavern tomorrow night wearing a black Dog Faced Hermans t-shirt, say hi!
― bookmarkflaglink (sleeve), Thursday, 25 July 2019 00:27 (four years ago) link
Oh rad, will do! A couple weeks ago a coworker in a different office recognized my Jon Langford shirt during a meeting, turned out he'd seen them 6 times before.
― JoeStork, Thursday, 25 July 2019 01:37 (four years ago) link
I spotted you for a brief moment, I’m wearing a paisley shirt over a green Hollow Earth Radio t shirt
― JoeStork, Friday, 26 July 2019 05:12 (four years ago) link
sorry I missed ya! holy shit that show was great
https://www.setlist.fm/setlist/the-mekons/2019/tractor-tavern-seattle-wa-239e14e3.html
― bookmarkflaglink (sleeve), Saturday, 27 July 2019 18:31 (four years ago) link
how did I miss Little Sparta?!?!?
https://littlesparta.bandcamp.com/
― sleeve, Monday, 20 July 2020 23:36 (three years ago) link
Huh. Very little info about them elsewhere, thanks for the tip!
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Monday, 20 July 2020 23:55 (three years ago) link
(Sally, Susie, and two other guys)
― sleeve, Tuesday, 21 July 2020 00:05 (three years ago) link
Why is it described as "LITTLE SPARTA are a London based three piece featuring Alan D. Boyd, Susie Honeyman and Scott Skinner," when it's a four piece, with Sally on vox?
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 21 July 2020 00:34 (three years ago) link
Sally's not on all their releases, at least one has another vocalist and another is instrumental.
― sleeve, Tuesday, 21 July 2020 04:21 (three years ago) link
RIP Dr. Morbius
― curmudgeon, Friday, 23 October 2020 04:34 (three years ago) link
Just listened to 2020 Mekons album exquisite for first time. It’s on bandcamp and not on Spotify. More dub and experimental but some rock tunes. They recorded this one from their own locales and shipped songs around electronically, rather than trying to travel and record together during Covid
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 22 December 2020 19:42 (three years ago) link
I really love 'Buried Treasure' and there's some other great songs too
― howls of non-specificity (sleeve), Tuesday, 22 December 2020 20:43 (three years ago) link
looks like it just got released again on vinyl and is now sold out on vinyl
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 16 February 2022 06:05 (two years ago) link
Exquisiteby Mekons that is
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 16 February 2022 06:06 (two years ago) link