Spiritualized

There's lots on social media that's designed to lift people at the moment & I really like a lot of the community spirit shown in places like Italy & Spain. Anyway, thought I'd start a thread on gigs & such like. Which I'll kick off obviously... Here goes... First gig you saw: Devo, Hamme...

We're the last company left in our office building. Odd for 4 people rattling about when normally over 100 are there. Leeds is surreal as it's so quiet. Not much traffic, everything moving slowly... I know people who've lost jobs, mainly in the hospitality industry which is on it's knees. My step da...

That's an excellent article. I have so much respect for Nathan and what he's achieved with that place. He's a sweet guy too. Still my favourite venue on the planet.

sunray wrote: ↑Thu Feb 27, 2020 10:06 pm New Rose City Band lp arriving in May: http://thrilljockey.com/products/summerlong

Ordered. That's exciting news. Love that debut album!

I did wonder if anyone else might also be having issues (hence low post counts) however I do think it's just the way of the world unfortunately. It was Nightwash who found the problem which was a compatability issue with the captcha thing that prevented a log in after a few failed attempts. Welcome...

That's shocking news, so sad. Only 61 too. His guitar work will live on, one of the finest players of his generation. We've lost a major talent. RIP.

runcible wrote: ↑Mon Feb 17, 2020 7:36 am Andrew Weatherall - A Pox On Your Pioneers

Can't believe the timing of this...

A friend just told me that Andy Weatherall has died. The guy was just 56. Words fail me to some extent. So damn sad. Whilst people may point to Screamadelica as his finest moment that's a serious overlook of his other work. One Dove's 'Morning Dove White' is another great album with many similaritie...

The Cadillac Three - Country Fuzz
Pictish Trail - Thumb World
Andrew Weatherall - A Pox On Your Pioneers

Mighty Baby - At A Point Between Fate And Destiny box set
Rose City Band
Young Flowers - Blomsterpistolen & No. 2
And lots of Michael Head inevitably...

I'm pretty sure Runcible sat in on one of their rehearsals, if so, I suspect this is the one. Perhaps Mark will come on here and clarify. It must've been something else to witness that sonic onslaught in such a small space. Indeed I was, and it was extremely intense in that tiny room. I went to a c...

Nice one, and well done! Ordered one of those...

Sat on a train with Mrs Runcible on our way back from Edinburgh having seen 2 shows in a week from the ever wonderful Michael Head and the Red Elastic Band... Leeds Brudenell last Friday, Edinburgh Summerhall last night. Both were inevitably superb. He's got a solid line up in the band now, a 5 piec...

Indeed... Belated greetings to everyone. All the best for tomorrow, New Year and beyond...

My 2 cents... A few nuggets this year. Steve Mason, Deerhunter and Steve Gunn all releasing albums on the same day was an interesting twist. Album of the year for me is: Steve Gunn – Unseen Inbetween It delivered everything I wanted from it. And the show I saw to support it's release was the best of...

Agree with all that. But Mr Richard Smoker?! I love that song! Got the live in Toronto too. And the Chicago DVD. Cucharacha took a while to grow on me but it did. There's also a terrifying amount of outtakes & the like on Browntracker. Spinola vol 1 1/2 & vol 2 etc. Love that band... Great a...

As I was one of the 5 mentioned in spzretent's post I can echo all of the above... Cracking atmosphere in the place with the dickheads who ruined the previous Belgrave Steve Mason show completely absent thank goodness. Curiously the normally reliable Brudenell sound was a mess for opener Inner Meet ...

A very enjoyable & interesting read. Nice one James!

Moon Duo’s glorious show at the Brudenell on Saturday. So consistently reliable these guys, and Saturday’s show was probably the best I’ve seen them. What a set. An infectious & enveloping series of driving rhythms made by Ripley’s wonderful guitar peels and Sanae’s synth and keyboard sounds, al...

I just read the shocking news that Chris Robinson Brotherhood's guitarist Neal Casal has died, aged just 50.

This is pretty awful to hear anyway as he was so young, but a really nice guy by all accounts, a very good photographer and one hell of a guitar player too.

So sad.

Yo La Tengo at the Brudenell. I have to say I was rather disappointed. There was quite a bit of really nice music but the issue for me was the ‘question and answer’ sessions which just didn’t work unless you were very close to the front. Almost all the actual questions asked by the audience were ina...

Aquarian-Time wrote: ↑Tue Aug 13, 2019 11:23 am YLT at Brudenell tomorrow

I’m going to that Yo La Tengo show at the Brudenell tonight too. Be good to say hello!

I’ll most likely be in a blue Ween shirt but we met at Holmfirth at that Spz show anyways. A few of us going this evening anyway…

Hmmm. I have known this band since forever and know the singer Robbie too but, as much as he's a talented musician, they just don't do it for me. I find them really derivative and "safe" and it just doesn't do anything for me. Its like "psych-lite" to me or "psych-by-number...

More a 'what are you watching now'. There's a great Kundalini Genie live set on YouTube at the moment. Great for those who are into these hazed-out Scottish dudes. Although that's probably just myself and Laz69. Recommended for everyone though. Wish they'd come to Leeds... https://www.youtube.com/wa...

I'd read quite a bit abiut them. That tune is all I've heard.

BTW anyone into psychedelic music in general could do worse than keep checking into blood meridian's YouTube channel. I've discovered so much good music through that guy.

That's great James, thank you! Very grateful...

I obviously saw the band name but could find no song title that matched it.

He's pretty cagey! I used to be in touch with him but he stopped responding to messages, enquiries etc. Quite a bit of discussion as to who he actually is, but I suspect he's in a band or at least in the music industry. His music library is endless it seems.

There arent that many poor venues here Ian & the Stylus is hardly small. I've listed them in my review. Plus we have what many consider the best venue in the UK in the form of the Brudenell.

If you want really poor venues a trip to Manchester is all you need. Or even London. Loads there.

This guy's style is to post a YouTube clip and include a link. The link is to his latest mix of all kinds of obscure psych. He makes a couple a week, always interesting. I've subscribed to his YouTube channel for ages. Discovered lots of great stuff. But that link is usually not part of the tune he'...

We saw Stereolab at Leeds Stylus last Friday. This should have been amazing, and a lot of the music sounded really good. Sadly the venue largely ruined it. Way too full so that even me at 6 ft 2 could see almost nothing. I can't even tell you who was in the band or how many people were on stage as t...

I listen to a lot of music this blood meridian guy posts on You Tube. Endless cool stuff that's unknown to me. He's the one who did that Spiritualized mix I posted a few months ago. I came across this and wondered if anyone can tell me what it is? Shazam can't find it. It says it's Master Musicians ...

Saw 999 at Leeds Wharf Chambers. Despite having been a fan of these guys for over 40 years I’d never seen them live before. ¾ of the original line up make up the band these days so it’s still largely the same guys making the music. It’s really their first 2 albums I love – 999 and Separates – and, t...

The world has lost one of psychedelia's greatest artists. What sad news to wake up to.

RIP Roky. As the man said.. 'You're Gonna Miss Me'...

I saw Endless Boogie too, but in the Community Room at the Brudenell Social Club in Leeds. I really enjoyed it. To the untrained ear it seemed like they played just 3 tracks in all, and that includes the encore. Mind you the first was 20 minutes, the second was over 40 and the encore another 25. Eac...

Gerald will argue royalties are being paid correctly. Even if so the poor sound on the majority of the records is reason enough to let Pete or Jason remaster them. Which can't happen.

I just find it sad that the people who made the music have no control over it.

Adasam, Third Stone, Space Age. All part of the same group.

A seriously defensive stance from Adasam, Gerald Palmer's company - regarding this release on Facebook's Spacemen 3 Appreciation Society. They may own the legal rights to these recordings but the morals of reissuing an artist's material totally against their will appears to be irrelevant. I may be a...

Saw Steve Gunn at the Brudenell last night… First time seeing Steve with a full band - he played an acoustic show almost exactly 2 years previously in Trinity Church Leeds. This was totally different. It was very enjoyable last time but with a full band his music was on a whole new level. He played ...

I remember bass player James now - had a chat with him at the Brudenell...

Who is on 3rd guitar here?

Doggen & Kev were there & I recognised the bass player too. I didn't know who the other guitarist was though...

Pics here:
https://www.facebook.com/paradiso/posts ... 9155348338

The size of the venue - which I'd been to once before, took me by surprise as when the missus and I took a break 2/3 of the way through the walk back to the rear took forever as the place was very full. I know I'm getting older but I thought it was pretty uncomfortable in there in terms of how crowd...

Steve Mason at Leeds Belgrave Music Hall... Musically this was excellent. A great band performing great songs, mostly from the last 2 albums. Fantastic renditions of Rocket, Spanish Brigade, Planet Sizes, Hardly Go Through, Come To Me and more. The issues were poor organisation in the venue, which w...

If you read many tweets from Hookworms they don't hesitate to lay into bands where vaguely similar accusations have been made. They constantly said 'Always Believe Survivors', so it's hardly surprising how volatile the reaction has been to these allegations.

Alanna McArdle's statement is pretty worrying if you read it all.

I'm not sure how if anyone else has read about the somewhat unsavoury end to Hookworms.

Easier to post the link than explain it all. Not good reading.

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2018/ ... nds-singer

There's a download option on that Soundcloud page, under 'more'...

If anyone is interested there's a really excellent Spiritualized mix done by a talented guy called Blood Meridian. He's been posting fantastic mixes for years now but this one was a curveball. It's not quite what you might have expected. It's called 'Smile' and is here (the icon kind of gives it awa...

Thank you so much for this! This was an incredible thing to watch. It was my first Spiritualized gig, the first official London Spiritualized show and it took me right back. Must have been filmed from near where I sat on the balcony but I don't recall anyone actually filming it. Curiously on film it...

I’m a tad late to the listening party but… After such a gap I was a little hesitant about this record, but I’ve found it to be probably Jason’s finest work since Let It Come Down. There’s less noise than on many previous albums but the more laid-back tunes work really well. A Perfect Miracle is obvi...

The Warmth hooked me up (cheers dude!) with The Glands years and years ago and I still play that album regularly. It's really enjoyable from start to finish so I'm curious as to what all the other material sounds like. No one ever mentions them yet there are so many great songs on the album I have. ...

What a nice spot to see here. It's so good to have the opportunity to welcome Spiritualized fans who are new to the band or who might not have been aware of this community, a place that has been quietly thriving for well over 15 years. You'll find lots of very friendly and highly knowledgeable folks...

I saw Thee Hypnotics in Leeds a couple of weeks ago.. I must be honest & say I wasn't convinced. I loved them almost 30 years ago but... despite them looking even scuzzier than they did back then - which actually helps with a band like that - I found they didn't quite gel. Playing Soul Trader as...

Cool Santana tale there. I didn't know that.. I have so much Ween on my mp3 player I've had to create different playlists for the outtakes. Still lots out there. As for headphones.... I treasure my work commute time on the bus in Leeds. Headphones on, book open & zone out for 45 minutes. So I've...

I'm still getting to grips with the new format so I'm exploring. Tricky when you're on the bus on a phone! I suspect this will be updated at some point. Thanks for the kind words. It's been a frustrating time & has taught me a lot about large web hosting companies who don't care one iota about t...

Welcome back folks after a thoroughly unwanted period of down time here. To cut a long story short the company who hosted this forum - Strato - pulled the plug on us, claiming bills hadn't been paid and adding that they warned us about the potential cut-off. As all correspondence comes to me persona...

I love the country album. Some of my favourite Ween songs are on that - Japanese Cowboy, Pretty Girl, Mister Richard Smoker, You Were The Fool are all superb. I get why Ween fans hesitated though... And Kim Smotlz is absolutely fantastic, but so are loads of outtakes and b-sides I've heard. Songs li...

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Nice one! Yes indeed - this tune is very Floydy as you say! White Pepper is also still my favourite. They do some Beatles pastiche on that too. It's more consistent I find, but I've discovered so much more by revisiting their other albums. I don't really 'get' La Cucaracha but I think I need to list...

I don't really know where to start with these guys. I always knew about them but the snippets I heard years ago weren't terribly memorable. In fact on first listen Ween kind of don't come across as anything that remarkable. Our own Bza mentioned he came across a copy of their White Pepper album &...

davedecay wrote:Thanks for the great Carlton Melton reviews. Europe gets them, but not the East coast of the USA.

Or me, because of the damn snow!

I missed the Carlton Melton gig in Leeds last night as all buses into town were cancelled. Boo!

is wrote:I miss twentysixdollars.

Me too. So many exchanges would have benefited for his input. I stayed in touch for a bit but haven't heard from him for years. Shame.

Well the album is there to stream... Jump to Ullswater if you want to see what I mean. It's superb.

Played the rest of the album & I much prefer the slightly more conventional singing style than all the screeching he used to do. They've toned that echo down too which is a blessing.

have to agree. new Hookworms stuff is doing nowt for me so giving them a miss. I've seen them umpteen times already anyway. it seems like they must have a new PR man or something as there's a big article in the new Q magazine.. and 5 star review in the guardian! This is interesting... Last night I ...

Couple of shows in the last week. I took all my children to see The Damned at Leeds O2 Academy last week. That was a thrill in itself but they all loved it, but how could they not? The Damned are as irresistible as ever. A lot of the set focused on The Black Album and Strawberries, partly because of...

Well in the UK we ripped off on everything like that so there is no way of finding that Pioneer machine for anything even near £200... So far it's been tricky. Getting the music on started off OK with iTunes but I've abandoned iTunes now as every time you went to update the musical content it starte...

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