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I refuse to let this thread die:D.
Low played a free show at Painter Park, Senate District 60 in Minneapolis, MN on June 11. A recording is available here: http://mplsfieldrecordingco.tumblr.c...te-district-60 There are a few pictures in this facemook album, too: http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?s...39586.13939745 They have another free show scheduled. This one in Chicago, at Millenium Park on Monday, June 27. Will anyone have a chance to attend? |
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Low on World Cafe Posted on June 27th,2011  Low will be on the radio this week on NPR’s World Cafe with David Dye this Wednesday June 29th. World Cafe can be heard in these places:
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Link to stream Low's performance at NPR's World Cafe earlier today:
http://www.npr.org/2011/06/29/137497...?sc=tw&cc=twmp Set-list consisted of "Nightingale", "Especially Me", and "Murderer". |
A new recording has been seeded to dime:
Low 2011-05-25 Bataclan, Paris, France [lowtorrent] Uploaded by _tunic_ _tunic_ is also torrenting his recording of Low's performance at Catharina Church on May 24 previously linked here, to dimeadozen at the moment: http://www.dimeadozen.org/torrents-d....php?id=363725 |
Tune in this Sunday night at 8pm CST on 93.1 WXRT in Chicago to listen to Low's recent concert at Millennium Park. If you don't live in Chicago you can stream it online at wxrt.radio.com.
http://wxrt.radio.com/2011/07/06/hea...night-concert/ |
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Yes, i have it in MP3 format, downloaded from some tracker; and also have the 7'' single but i'm unable to transfer it to .flac at the moment. Thinking about getting a better turntable in the near future. That cover of Pink Floyd's "Fearless" is also included in the third disc of Low's collection of odds and sods, "A Lifetime Of Temporary Relief: 10 Years Of B-Sides & Rarities". One of my favorite box-sets, ever. The text below is taken from the liner notes: -fearless -Pink Floyd cover. Recorded during the "Trust" sessions, mixed at Third Ear with Tim Herbers. We tried hard to duplicate the sounds of the original, but you could play this song on a kazoo and it would still be good. This website offers some priceless information, which provides some context about a great chunk of Low's discography from "I Could Live In Hope" to their "In The Fishtank" collaboration with The Dirty Three (No info about "Trust" and all the other records that followed, nor about a great deal of their output of B-Sides, but it's still an interesting read if you'd care to check it out): http://www.trustlow.com/backgrounds/all.php I'd really recommend the box-set. I certainly think it'd be money well-spent. About 4 hours of music that documents roughly in chronological order their evolution as a band, right from their first ever demo tape (which contained an awesome version of "Lullaby") up until the time they recorded "Trust", apparently the span of time in which Low reached the peak of their greatness and then subsequently started to fall, according to certain opinions expressed by some demography of their listeners (though i don't agree one bit with that). Not only worthy in terms of tracks released as B-Sides: "Tomorrow One" and "Walk You Out", for instance, are really great in their own right. I'm glad they got released. The DVD contains three documentaries: One about Alan and Mimi's life in Duluth and Low as a touring entity, one about the recording sessions for "Trust", and the other about the humble origins of Low and The Dirty Three's record for Konkurrent's "In The Fishtank" series; as well as a large collection of their official video-clips, including a memorable alternate version of "Canada" that would lead you to believe with conviction (if you already didn't) that the repetitive nature of some of their songs is a really good thing and that if they would somehow indulge in trying to keep on playing it forever, that would be nifty. In terms of covers, Pink Floyd is not the only sacred beast they dare to touch. Here are covers of Spacemen 3's "Lord, Can You Hear Me?", Bob Dylan's "Blowin' In The Wind", The Smiths' "Last Night I Dreamt That Somebody Loved Me", Tom T. Hall's "...I Love", and Wire's "Heartbeat", for instance, as well as a swell one of The Bee Gees' "I Started A Joke" -my love for Mimi Parker's voice is immense. They are great even in moments when they're ripping somebody off (unintentionally, of course), the guitar riff on "Turning Over" sounds a lot like Metallica's "One", and the result is far from atrocious, despite the fact that Alan Sparhawk's opinion implies that appropriating that riff didn't do Low any good. |
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They indeed went through some harsh situations. Who could forget Alan showing his own state of mind publicly via a post on their message board? I thought it was a shame those kinds of problems were a contributing factor in leading Zak Sally to leave the band. Fortunately they are a tight unit now and things in general doesn't seem to be so grim anymore. From my point of view, "C'Mon" is lots better than "Drums And Guns", which at the time i didn't like too much especially because of the production; judging by the live recordings i got to hear the songs sounded much more up to my alley when performed live. I've come to appreciate "Drums And Guns" more than i initially did. If you get the box-set, i think you'll be able to appreciate the musical interests they've had through the different stages of their career. In this sense, i heard comments and read reviews that would dismiss their incursion in electronic sound (refer for instance to the demo of "I Remember" and the alternate version of "Immune" with vocals by Mimi Parker; Alan would consider accurate to define this one as an Hospital People song with Mimi as guest vocalist), and if i were to agree that these types of tunes were somehow inferior to their other work, i still would rescue the value they have in providing some context to put things in perspective and end up realizing that "Drums And Guns", for instance, was simply the culmination of their own desires to explore the kind of sounds which are very present in that album. Just a reiteration of my idea that there is no material worthy of getting rid of in this collection as some other people has claimed. Also, have in mind that there are some easter eggs hidden both in the DVDs and on one of the CDs as well. Anyway, Low have been added to the line-up of the All Tomorrow's Parties festival curated by Jeff Mangum:   http://www.atpfestival.com/events/jeffmangum.php |
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Big fat bump.
Low's performance at La Route du Rock will be streaming live on arte live web. Webcast starts in about a minute(!): http://liveweb.arte.tv/fr/video/Low_Route_du_Rock/ EDIT: Great show despite the rain. Set-list: "Nothing But Heart", "Nightingale", "You See Everything", "Monkey", "Silver Rider", "Especially Me", "Sunflower", "Try To Sleep", "Canada", "Violent Past", "Last Snowstorm Of The Year", and "Murderer". The video can still be streamed from the same address. |
A little interview with Alan & Mimi after the Route du Rock show:
http://www.grandcrew.com/en/videos/o...e-du-rock-2011 |
Low has a new video for "Especially Me", directed by Phil Harder, check it out here: http://chairkickers.com/especially-me-video/
 Don't forget, C'mon Tour comes to the West Coast in September, and returns to NYC with Iron and Wine in October: Saturday September 3rd - Masonic Temple - Winona, MN - Tickets Thursday September 15th - The Rio Theatre - Vancouver, BC - Tickets Friday September 16th - Neumos - Seattle, WA - Tickets Saturday September 17th - Aladdin Theater - Portland, OR - Tickets Monday September 19th - Great American Music Hall - San Francisco, CA - Tickets Tuseday September 20th - El Rey Theatre - Los Angeles, CA - Tickets Friday September 23rd - Velour Live Music Gallery - Provo, UT - Tickets Saturday September 24th - Bluebird Theater, Denver, CO - Tickets Sunday September 25th - Armstrong Hall - Colorado Springs, CO - Tickets Onsale Saturday 8/23 Wednesday October 12th - Terminal 5 - New York, NY, supporting Iron & Wine - Tickets Low will be returning to Europe in November and December, including playing the Jeff Magnum curated ATP Festival in Minehead on December 3rd: Nov 24 - Autumn Falls Festival @ Cirque Royal - Brussels, Belgium - Tickets Nov 25 - Le Guess Who Festival @ Tivoli - Utrecht, Holland - Tickets Nov 26 - Sinkkasten - Frankfurt, Germany - Tickets Monday November 28 - Magazzini Generali - Milan, Italy - Tickets Tuesday November 29 - Palace - St. Gallen, Switzerland - Tickets Wednesday November 30 - Fri-Son - Fribourg, Switzerland - Tickets Thursday December 1 - L’Epicerie Moderne - Lyon, France - Tickets Friday December 2 - La Gaité Lyrique - Paris, France - Tickets Saturday December 3 - ATP Festival - Minehead, UK - Tickets -Low HQ |
oh, Low .. glad to see they're still around.
This band has been very important to me about 10 years ago or so. are the recent albums any good? Compared to, say, Secret Name or Things we Lost in the Fire (which is, I guess, the last record of theirs that I own ... then I lost interest) by the way ... hipster bebop ... I saw you mention you'd like that Lifetime of temporary relief 3CD box? I have it home and can give it away to you if you want. I have got it for free and barely listen to it anymore so if you want, i can send it to you just for postage and shipping costs. the only problem is, i left the cover out on balcony once and a nasty downpour hit it so the package is damaged by water pretty badly. but the CDs are okay. pm me if yr interested, as i don't come here as often as i used to anymore. |
Somebody ripped the Route du Rock show and posted it to dime. I snatched it and thought i'd pass it along.
LOW Festival La Route Du Rock Saint Malo, France August 13, 2011
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=1WJ27V5L |
Here's the rest of the dates:
Wednesday October 12th - Terminal 5 - New York, NY, supporting Iron & Wine - Tickets Friday October 14th - Marshall High School - Duluth, MN, Benefit for Life House Then Low will be back in Europe in November and December, including a set at the Jeff Magnum curated ATP Festival in Minehead on December 3rd: Nov 24 - Autumn Falls Festival @ Cirque Royal - Brussels, Belgium - Tickets Nov 25 - Le Guess Who Festival @ Tivoli - Utrecht, Holland - Tickets Nov 26 - Sinkkasten - Frankfurt, Germany - Tickets Monday November 28 - Magazzini Generali - Milan, Italy - Tickets Tuesday November 29 - Palace - St. Gallen, Switzerland - Tickets Wednesday November 30 - Fri-Son - Fribourg, Switzerland - Tickets Thursday December 1 - L’Epicerie Moderne - Lyon, France - Tickets Friday December 2 - La Gaité Lyrique - Paris, France - Tickets Saturday December 3 - ATP Festival - Minehead, UK - Tickets If you missed it last month, Low has a new video for "Especially Me", directed by Phil Harder, check it out here: -Low HQ © Low In addition to playing at Neumos in Seattle this Friday, Low will be doing a radio session at KEXP Studios at 3:00 PM PT: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=213520125356530 |
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Low's performance at KEXP Studios in Seattle will start streaming in a few minutes: http://kexp.org/audio/kexp-uncomp.asx A pic from the soundcheck:  |
obh2o's capture of the KEXP session is now available at dimeadozen:
Low - Live In-Studio On KEXP - 2011-09-16 - Seattle, WA - with samples This is a really nice treat, in the sense that they played a really great version of "Hand So Small", which is included in their "Bombscare EP" split with Spring Heel Jack but I don't think there is any other live recording that includes a performance of this song. The rest is pretty nifty as well, including the interview. |
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Nice, thanks. There's also a Low session from 2007 at daytrotter. The most awesome things start to appear the moment i become torrent impaired, and there is a recording of Low's recent session at KCRW's Morning Becomes Eclectic, captured by Nibbler, currently available at dimeadozen, and also a DVD of their show at Primavera Festival in Spain a few months back. Two more new recordings have been uploaded to live music archive, too.
"A Song Of Praise" with participation by Alan Sparhawk will be premiered online in November. Here is a link to the teaser: http://www.vimeo.com/29149507 Jeroen van der Poel, the filmmaker, also has plans to do "something special" with Low when they visit The Netherlands in November. Konkurrent would be involved, but it all is only tentative at the moment since he doesn't have an official reply from the band yet. I wish i'd knew how to actually contact someone (or help him to) who might have the means to get things moving... |
Thom Yorke recently played a selection of some of his favorite tracks on BBC 6 Music, and he included Low's "Monkey":
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0162gs5 |
KEXP has uploaded videos of Low's recent session to Youtube:
http://blog.kexp.org/blog/2011/10/19/live-video-low/ The whole session in a single vid: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BrxVoey1HUc |
Alan Sparhawk & Gaelynn Lea will be performing a live score for bizarre silent film, "The Penalty", on October 28th and 29th. Details here:
http://www.zinema2.com/index.php/Zin...alan_sparhawk/ The whole film is available to download or watch on archive.org: http://www.archive.org/details/ThePenalty |
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Can somebody please record this off the empty-v? Catch Low on 120 Minutes with Matt Pinfield tonight on MTV2, the program airs at 3am EST/12am PST. |
Jeroen van der Poel's short film, "A Song Of Praise", with a soundtrack by Alan Sparhawk & Mimi Parker of Low has been premiered and it's available to stream here:
http://www.stockholmfilmfestival.se/...ong_of_praise/ |
never seen this thread until just now. Thanks for keeping it so active hipster! It's almost more informative than the chairkickers mailing list ;-)
Have to read it more carefully, I may haver something to add to it, but you do have posted some links I've never seen before. Will be seeing them in a few weeks again, in Utrecht and Brussels. You might have already guessed, I love Low. But I must admit that at the moment I like Retribution Gospel Choir better, always amazes me that RGC draws such small crowds. On their first Europe tour I saw them play for not more than 25 people in Düsseldorf. But live Low is still awesome. in fact, they are the reason I started taping, didn't really like the production of D&G, and preferred the live versions of those songs much more. Just regret that I never saw them when Zak Sally was still playing the bass. I do like the new album a lot, but I do tend to skip the first track whenever I listen to it. edit: that Song Of Praise movie has it's own site: http://asongofpraise.nl/?l=en The trailer posted there features words by Alan. So I guess it's longer than the movie posted on the Stockholm festival site. |
_tunic_, I'm glad there's actually something of interest for you in this thread. At some point, I thought I should stop posting since there didn't seem to be much interest in this record around here, but fortunately, I didn't. I'm thinking it would be a good idea to go join the chairkickers list as well, which is the best place for Low-related content, apparently (I'm on a Low group on facemuff, but it's mostly dead these days).
It's awesome that you're seeing them again, and I'll be looking forward to your recordings. I'm taking this chance to thank you so much for all the recordings of Low and Retribution Gospel Choir shows you've made through the years. Also, it is very much appreciated that you put so much effort in capturing the opening acts as well, I've discovered some great bands lately because of your posts (Dark Dark Dark being one of them, for instance). By the way, there's some info about Low on this page about their participation at the Le Guess Who? Festival, but my Google Chrome crashes when trying to translate: http://leguesswho.vpro.nl/2011/item/...94CC44755.html Regarding Low & Retribution Gospel Choir: I agree with you. I love both bands as well, and Retribution Gospel Choir is the one that has excited me the most in the last few years. I'm also interested in Black Eyed Snakes, and every other project they put their hands on, even if their participation might be very brief, as in these two records: "The Floating World", by Darling; Alan Sparhawk and Mimi Parker on a couple tracks: http://sethknappen.bandcamp.com/albu...floating-world "Old Things", by Jessica Bailiff; a compilation of odds and sods, with Alan Sparhawk playing guitar on one song, "Crush": http://morctapes.bandcamp.com/album/old-things I also keep an eye on Zak Sally's projects, and i'm generally baffled at how small responses some of Low-related material actually gets from people. You already mentioned that very few people were at that specific Retribution Gospel Choir show in Düsseldorf, and it just crossed my mind that Zak put the original artwork for "The Great Destroyer" up for auction on E-bay a while ago, and then there was a Kickstarter campaign recently; both in order to finance his projects on La Mano. To me, even Low is somewhat marginal, and maybe that's a huge reason why they haven't ever tried to cross the border and play at least one show in Mexico, I suspect it maybe wouldn't pay the bills. Really sad. Anyway, I hope i get to see them at some point somewhere. In current news, they apparently will be releasing an EP sometime next year, I hope it will consist of new material as they used to do on the pre-Sub P(o)op years. Alan also mentions in this interview that they are likely to appear on Late Night With Jools Holland soon (just when I thought Jools had gone to shit forever, they made a decent program recently and now there's a Low performance to look forward to): http://stereosubversion.com/interviews/low |
Bytor Peltor, thanks for your words. A new Low EP is awesome news to me as well. I was happy to read that interview with Alan and found mention of that. What it didn't materialize apparently was Low's performance at Later With Jools Holland. I would guess they would much rather showcase some damn high flying birds and chili peppers. Lame. Hopefully they'll be able to fix that sometime soon, though. More pro-shot DVDs of Low and related projects are necessary.
In a sort of recent interview that I read a while ago (I'll try to find the link when I have more time to provide a reference), Mimi actually mentioned that there have been talks and interest from some parts to release a solo album by hers, but she said she was fully dedicated to her kids when she wasn't in Low, or something to that extent, but she didn't deny it might be possible. I like a lot of the songs she has made in her kitchen, not only those on the Christmas EP. "Kindly Blessed" and "When You Walked Out" have similarity in regards to their humble origins, and when I listen to them i feel a lot of bliss that it's really rare for me to find in any other record. "Lullaby" , written by Mimi is one of my favorite songs by Low, and i still love "Embrace", "Weight Of Water", "In Metal", etc... despite the fact that they are kind of old and I've heard them possibly a million times. And then, her craft hasn't ever lost any luster, and she still makes great stuff and I'm sure it will continue to be like this. I am in agreement with your idea. By the way, since you mention Mimi's sister, Wanda, the song "Don't Drop The Baby" was dedicated to her... Anyway, here's awesome pictures of Low's show in Brussels, Belgium on November 24: http://wannabes.be/2011/11/24/low "Murderer" from the same show on Youboob: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2f54giUPRsE "Breaker": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EHVxw...eature=related "In The Drugs": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wdknk...eature=related Low played a short session for 3VOOR12TV in The Netherlands on November 25, consisting of "Violent Past", "Nightingale", and "Murderer". Video is available here: http://leguesswho.vpro.nl/2011/concerten.html#lgw11 |
Pictures of Low's performance at Magazzini Generali, in Milan, Italy, on November 28:
http://diariodibordopalco.com/  Another album here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/rodolfo...7628210220057/ Low currently takes song requests via their facemuff page, so if you are likely to see them soon on your town and would like to hear them performing your favorite one of theirs, maybe it would be a good idea to ask them and you might be lucky: http://www.facebook.com/lowmusic |
Pictures of Low's performance at Gayté Lyrique, in Paris, France, on December 2:
http://www.photosconcerts.com/low-pa...011-12-02-5622 Charlie Parr will be releasing a new album sometime in January, in CD and LP format, titled "Keep Your Hands On The Plow", which includes participation by Alan Sparhawk & Mimi Parker.  |
Big fat bump.
It seems like PRO-SHOT video of Low (and The Bad Plus) will be broadcast by MN Original this next Sunday. Info stolen from the channel's facemuff: MN Original We can't hold out any longer! Remember those not-so-subtle hints involving Low and The Bad Plus? Those clues point to an hour-long special featuring half an hour of live performance footage from each band, airing in the regular MNO slot on tpt2: Sunday night at 6:00 p.m. So watch this performance from Bad Plus as a taste of what's to come, and tune in this Sunday evening for an hour of Minnesota born-and-bred music allstars on MN Original! The Bad Plus, “Never Stop” | MN Original www.mnoriginal.org |
Music Special: The Bad Plus + Low
The Bad Plus -David King, Reid Anderson and Ethan Iverson – breakdown jazz convention to pioneer their own avant-garde sound, which can range from deconstructed pop to acoustic jazz. Duluth indie band Low – Mimi Parker and Alan Sparhawk – release their album C’Mon, to a sold out crowd at First Avenue. http://www.mnoriginal.org/art/?p=9876 Currently ripping the video, I'll post a download link later. In other news, Low will be playing The Current's 7th Birthday Party on January 27th at First Avenue: http://minnesota.publicradio.org/col...ay_party.shtml |
Alan Sparhawk has a new side project called The Murder Of Crows, with Gaelynn Lea, and there are currently three shows scheduled for this month, all of them in Minnesota.
Info stolen from facemuff: Gaelynn Lea Updates! Snöbarn is taking a one-month hiatus for Ariane's travels to Africa, but I'm playing 3 shows with Alan Sparhawk in January. We've named the band "The Murder of Crows"... Here are the dates: Saturday, January 7th @ Beaner's Central Inc, 8pm Saturday, January 14th @ Amazing Grace Bakery and Cafe, 8pm Friday, January 20th @ Tycoon's for the Homegrown Winter Fiasco, 11pm Hope to see you at a show! :)   |
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Hi Folks, Happy New Year. Low returns to the UK and Spain for a few big shows this Spring including three shows just announced in Barcelona, Madrid and Toledo. Tickets on sale for all now. March 9 – ATP Festival (curated by Jeff Magnum) – Minehead, UK – buy tix HERE March 26 – Teatro Central – Seville, ES – buy tix HERE March 27 – Apolo – Barcelona, ES – buy tix HERE March 28 – Teatro Kapital – Madrid, ES – buy tix HERE March 29 – Sala Capitol – Santiago de Compostela, ES – buy tix HERE March 30 – Kursaal – San Sebastian, ES – buy tix HERE March 31 – Circulo de Bella Artes – Toledo, ES – buy tix HERE April 2 – Glee Club – Birmingham, UK – buy tix HERE April 3 – Royal Festival Hall – London, UK – buy tix HERE In the meantime, check out Low's KEXP session, including YouTube videos of Hand So Small, Witches, Nightingale and Try To Sleep. --LOW HQ  |
"Bottomless", by Bernie Larsen & Alan Sparhawk (featuring DJ Burt Blakarach):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MG0yq...ature=youtu.be Seems like an EP will be available soon. In the meantime a digital release in .MP3 format is available to purchase on cdbaby: http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/bernielarsenandalansparh2#  |
Retribution Gospel Choir's latest newsletter:
Hi Folks, Happy New Year. Retribution Gospel Choir returns for their first show of 2012 at Turf Club in St. Paul on Saturday February 18th. The show features special guests Cavalier Crooks as well as RGC’s Eric Pollard’s new project Actual Wolf. Become a fan on Facebook to hear the latest updates and stay tuned for new music from RGC coming soon in 2012. -RGC HQ |
More tour dates have been announced for the US, as supporting act for (ugh)Death Cab For Cutie:
http://www.subpop.com/channel/blog/l..._cab_for_cutie |
"The Score", by The Murder Of Crows, performed live at The Beaner's Central in Duluth, MN, on November 4th, 2011:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i1Hrw...ature=youtu.be "Cry Like A Woman" from the same show: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1rsxX...ature=youtu.be |
really like those Murder of Crows songs, thanks for the links :-)
about those tour dates: it could be worse, I saw them opening for Mercury Rev.... I don't know DCFC though, just listened to one song, and it wasn't that bad |
Here's another Murder Of Crows song: "Your Battle":
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JAhaP...ature=youtu.be Regarding the tour with Death Cab For Cutie: I don't really see Low as a band with similarities of any kind to Death Cab For Cutie, therefore I'm inclined to strongly wish that being exposed to a different kind of audience wouldn't work against Low. Plus, I've never liked the idea of them opening for other lesser (to me) acts like Iron & Wine and even Mercury Rev, pretty much in the same sense that I disliked the fact that Sonic Youth was opening for Pearl Jam at some point in recent years. For the most part, it just works to the advantage of the headliners. Low seem to be related with a thriving independent scene, which they get to support when they are working outside of the margins apparently imposed by their current label. In my mind, a tour as headliners with an opening act such as Jessica Bailiff, Gaelynn Lea, Rivulets, Charlie Parr, or Actual Wolf (Eric Pollard's project, which has a record in the works), for instance, would sound like a much better deal than this tour with Death Cab For Cutie. Still, I think I would consider it somehow better news if there was a possibility of a date in my country, but alas that's not the case. At least I hope and I'm kind of sure that it won't be a situation in any way closer or even remotely similar to that one time they toured as the opening act for Radiohead. EDIT: By the way, _tunic_, are you planning to attend Body/Head's performance in Amsterdam on February 27th? I know it doesn't have a thing to do with this thread, so please forgive me but I'd like to know if there are any chances that you'd tape. |
The full set of The Murder Of Crows at The Beaner's Central in Duluth, MN, on November 4th, 2011, has just been uploaded to youtube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5xeyp...1&feature=plcp |
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