_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