― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Wednesday, 6 October 2004 22:07 (nineteen years ago) link
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Wednesday, 6 October 2004 22:08 (nineteen years ago) link
I'm totally not looking forward to the album hype for No Cities Left redux. Its a great album, but seriously. Something new please.
― Xii (Xii), Wednesday, 6 October 2004 22:36 (nineteen years ago) link
― Bruce S. Urquhart (BanjoMania), Wednesday, 6 October 2004 22:44 (nineteen years ago) link
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Wednesday, 6 October 2004 22:55 (nineteen years ago) link
― derrick (derrick), Wednesday, 6 October 2004 22:55 (nineteen years ago) link
― derrick (derrick), Wednesday, 6 October 2004 22:56 (nineteen years ago) link
― Gregory T (tubesocks), Thursday, 7 October 2004 12:20 (nineteen years ago) link
― s1ocki (slutsky), Thursday, 7 October 2004 14:05 (nineteen years ago) link
Canadian publications absolutely wetted themselves over this album last year, and other Canadian artists have trumpeted The Dears as the second coming, but while the hype was ridiculous at times, it's a nice cd.
The band have a live album up here right now. Haven't heard it.
― a. begrand (a begrand), Saturday, 16 October 2004 04:28 (nineteen years ago) link
Shorter form:If I want a Smiths-addled North American band, I'll take My Favorite.
― Ken L (Ken L), Thursday, 18 November 2004 14:21 (nineteen years ago) link
― Rufus 3000 (Mr Noodles), Tuesday, 3 May 2005 14:33 (nineteen years ago) link
Now, I know what you're thinking. "Just because there's two girls playing keyboards side by side, you jump to Stereolab comparisons" well heck I'm no critic so scuse me.
Just thought it was quite good.
― mark grout (mark grout), Tuesday, 3 May 2005 14:56 (nineteen years ago) link
I was watching it with my mum, trying to explain to her why it's so good.
― jellybean (jellybean), Tuesday, 3 May 2005 14:58 (nineteen years ago) link
― Hari A$hur$t (Toaster), Tuesday, 3 May 2005 15:00 (nineteen years ago) link
― mark grout (mark grout), Tuesday, 3 May 2005 15:14 (nineteen years ago) link
― scott seward (scott seward), Tuesday, 3 May 2005 15:18 (nineteen years ago) link
― scott seward (scott seward), Tuesday, 3 May 2005 15:19 (nineteen years ago) link
― Zack Richardson (teenagequiet), Tuesday, 3 May 2005 15:27 (nineteen years ago) link
― Jay Watts III (jaywatts), Tuesday, 3 May 2005 16:55 (nineteen years ago) link
― daavid (daavid), Tuesday, 3 May 2005 17:57 (nineteen years ago) link
― shine headlights on me (electricsound), Tuesday, 3 May 2005 22:27 (nineteen years ago) link
― Nedpoleon (NedBeauman), Monday, 31 July 2006 17:51 (seventeen years ago) link
Saw them last night as they were the openers for Secret Machines. HUGE crowd for them, people screaming, singing along, cheering when Lightbourne changed guitars (or a keytar), etc. I thought they were mostly harmless in a Remy Zero sort of way, but all the posturing and guitar solo histrionics put me off.
― Chris Barrus (Elvis Telecom), Saturday, 1 November 2008 01:04 (fifteen years ago) link
Bottom line: what's the big deal?
I've always heard them as dread-drenched wannabe operatic Smiths fanboys.
― what i got is HOOS for the capitalism (BIG HOOS aka the steendriver), Saturday, 1 November 2008 01:22 (fifteen years ago) link
Except not so fun.
― staggerlee, Sunday, 2 November 2008 17:19 (fifteen years ago) link
They've switched their lineup pretty substantially over the years. I was blown away by them in 2002, not as much in later incarnations. No Cities Left seemed like a transitional record, didn't deliver on the potential of the EPs leading up to it, and then it slowly got picked up by U.S./European labels, which meant that they toured behind it for a few years instead of moving on.
If you want to give them a chance, "Heathrow or Death Row" on Orchestral Pop Noir Romantique is a good place to go, as is this this radio session on KEXP.
― Eazy, Sunday, 2 November 2008 19:16 (fifteen years ago) link
(particularly "We Can Have It" from that radio session)
― Eazy, Sunday, 2 November 2008 19:17 (fifteen years ago) link
"Heathrow or Death Row":
― Eazy, Sunday, 2 November 2008 19:23 (fifteen years ago) link
http://popstache.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/the-dears-degeneration-street-300x300.jpg
It’s been three years since Montreal’s The Dears released their somewhat lackluster album Missiles. On February 15th the band returns with the fifth proper full length, Degeneration Street. Will it mark a return to form?
The album marks the return of several band members who were absent from the band's previous album, including Patrick Krief, Rob Benvie and Roberto Arquila.
Track listing:
1. "Omega Dog" - 5:012. "5 Chords" - 3:343. "Blood" - 4:094. "Thrones" - 4:335. "Lamentation" - 4:206. "Torches" - 1:367. "Galactic Ties" - 4:388. "Yesteryear" - 3:519. "Stick With Me Kid" - 3:2810. "Tiny Man" - 5:0411. "Easy Suffering" - 4:3312. "Unsung" - 4:1513. "1854" - 5:2314. "Degeneration Street" - 4:57
― World Series champion San Francisco Giants (Bee OK), Thursday, 27 January 2011 06:14 (thirteen years ago) link
http://www.wwe.com/content/media/touts/feature/29062/12497022
― blank, Thursday, 27 January 2011 09:10 (thirteen years ago) link
http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/15109-degeneration-street/
the lyrics and music might be somewhat overwrought, but lightburn's delivery just sounds so good. i liked missiles because it forced them out of their comfort zone, but i thought that record was more of a misstep than this one is.
― borntohula, Tuesday, 15 February 2011 22:16 (thirteen years ago) link
Listening tonight to this KEXP version of We Can Have It, which I like a lot. Haven't heard their last few records, but the first ones never quite caught what was amazing about their live shows.
― Four Shouters Shouting (Eazy), Tuesday, 19 April 2011 05:06 (thirteen years ago) link
Off my radar for a while but I'm catching up with an advance of their latest, Times Infinity Volume Two (yes there is a vol. 1 as well), and it's quite nice so far.
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 26 June 2017 13:29 (six years ago) link
also off my radar until my friend told me they were one of her favorite bands and I went back and am listening to the catalog (I think I'd heard No Cities and that was it) and it's so good. band deserves a much higher profile.
― akm, Wednesday, 13 December 2017 13:09 (six years ago) link
Incredibly nice band. End of a Hollywood bedtime story was my jam growing up
― In a slipshod style (Ross), Wednesday, 13 December 2017 15:55 (six years ago) link