Spiritualized

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A report from a baking hot Catania. It was the same set as Glastonbury and so, presumably, all the other festivals they are playing this year. I liked it. Maybe it was the new experience of seeing Spiritualized in a different country for the first time and, just as at the Big Chill a few years back,...

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Not seen this before - republished by Mojo ahead of Spiritualized's summer festival appearances. It's one of the most open interviews I've read with JP. He talks about a lot of things I'd only previously heard from other witnesses. http://www.uncut.co.uk/blog/the-view-from-here/an-interview-with-spi...

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that's pretty awesome.

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Another day, another festival announces they have Spiritualized in the line-up. Today, it's the Moseley Folk Festival (Birmingham) in September. How many festivals are Spritualized playing this year? I quite fancy the one in Sicily http://zannefestival.net in July with Hookworms and Godspeed, but I ...

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Three hundred quid.
Four hundred and fifty US dollars.

from Indonesia.

that is all

► http://www.defunkd.com/product/TH142650 ... ritualized

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Good review in the Quietus http://thequietus.com/articles/13915-loop-live-review

Got my ticket for Bristol today. Can't wait.

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So many, many great songs.
If I had to pick one, right now, it's going to be Street Hassle.
RIP Lou

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whenever Facebook fan pages are used instead of proper websites, it just looks cheap.

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Blimey, didn't see this advertised anywhere.... http://www.facebook.com/events/397422133674055/ Moseley Folk Festival presents: Thurston Moore and Michael Chapman 7th February 2013 at The Glee Club, Arcadian Centre, Birmingham Thurston Moore (Sonic Youth) and Michael Chapman will be playing a full s...

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myself wrote: a hit for modern young over-produced pop star.

.. or the Beach Boys

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It's easy (for me) to imagine this song being a hit for modern young over-produced pop star. I things the lyrics are great, but everytime I hear it in my head (and it was an earworm for a day after the Cov gig) I keep veering into Borrowed Your Gun: "My mind is a mess And I've changed my addres...

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good work on the live recordings fellas. Not just good souvenirs but great quality too.
If you can download yourself a pat on the back, do that.

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that's a great clip, Pontiac - got that volume surge which nearly knocked me off my feet nicely!
I was at the Coventry show, so would love to hear the rest.

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incidentally, there is a Loveless tribute album being released in January by Japanese bands, including Shonen Knife. The following has been Google Translated from http://natalie.mu/music/news/79437 Tribute album "yellow loveless" of MY BLOODY VALENTINE by domestic artists will be released ...

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Spiritualized are playing at the Union Chapel, London, on December 14th, as part of the Save The Children Christmas Tree Sessions. Details, from the charity's Facebook page, here: â€¢ BIG NEWS for music fans: Spiritualized, Band of Skulls and Summer Camp have confirmed they will be performing live a...

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Here's a cut-n-pasted article from the Birmingham Evening Mail, August 2000. NB: Kings Heath, in Birmingham, is where Spacemen 3 recorded their first album, where Toyal Willcox was born, where UB40 played their first gig and where Cluedo was invented. It's a creative hotbed, obviously... MOVIE maker...

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Did something happen to my ears or did Take Your Time suddently explode with a surge of volume half way through? That was fantastic. The last half hour was really brilliant. Two new songs, the first one a bar blues jam but droney enough to make it special, and a softer one which seemed to have a bit...

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Frankly, it's about time they did a cover of Norman Greenbaum's "Spirit In The Sky"

It could be such a good gospel number. Lots of hand-claps and a pentecostal choir. Lovely.

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went to see Efterklang with the Northern Sinfonia at the Warwick Arts Centre last night. John Grant (Tsars) was in support. Pretty good all round - Spiritualized play the same venue next Sunday - and the set up reminded me of Spiritualized in their full orchestra ensemble mode. Venue is great for so...

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I love the fact that the Dirty Three are playing a comedy venue in Birmingham called The Glee Club. There are still tickets left, apparently, for the Nov 20 performance. â†’ http://www.glee.co.uk/news/music-at-glee-birmingham-dirty-three-feat-warren-ellis-nick-cave-open-uk-tour-on-tue-20-nov-4-9-201...

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Hookworms. Managed to miss them at the Supersonic Festival, even though they were playing in my back yard, practically. Curiosity led me to a YouTube clip, and I haven't felt so uplifted and excited by a new (to me) band in ages. Mainly because they sound like a combination of Loop, Spacemen, a bit...

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had to mention this.... the legendary Dave Hill Out Of Slade will lead a charity world record attempt in Coventry for the most guitars playing one chord at the same time. Hundreds of guitarists just playing one chord. It'll be like a giant Spacemen 3 homage. It takes place on Sunday at the Ricoh Are...

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I have an album of Suicide covers which was released a few years ago.. "An Invitation To Suicide". It contains Sonic Boom doing Rock & Roll Is Killing My Life, although I think it's the same version as on the first Spectrum album. Other artists include The Darkside, Mudhoney, Flaming L...

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(repost, as maybe didn't put it in the most appropriate board last time...) Some iconic (for me) record stores in just the trailer. Last Shop Standing, new movie documentary on the rise and fall of independent record shops http://lastshopstanding.com/ Last Shop Standing inspired by the book of the s...

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Last Shop Standing, new movie documentary on the rise and fall of independent record shops http://lastshopstanding.com/ Last Shop Standing inspired by the book of the same name by Graham Jones takes you behind the counter to discover why nearly 2000 record shops have already disappeared across the U...

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yep, it's gone. oh well.

Must have taken ages to upload. One click to remove.

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John Peel's Radio 1 shows from 1967 - 2004 are available on Soundcloud. There are 457 shows in all, but obviously that is not all of them. And, sadly, nothing from 1984-86, which means the show in which he faded out Rollercoaster three times to play other records is not there. Maybe it will turn up ...

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That looks great, Rob, hope it's a success. Did the idea for a blue plaque at Ozzy's old house ever see the light of day? It's a shame his Walk Of Stars, er, star is all the way over in Broad Street http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4032/4232623243_8a13cbaf5e.jpg Kings Heath has got its own rock'n'roll...

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Released September 1987. (Sorry, I felt old when I realised that and had to share my pain.) Last year I attempted (half-arsed, admittedly) to get some kind of 25th anniversary event for Sound Of Confusion - maybe something at the Hare & Hounds in Kings Heath, Birmingham, near to the studio where...

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you can order your own TMTTOS t-shirt by

a] searching for it on Google images
b] saving the largest res image - 1000x 1000
c] uploading it to one of those online DIY t-shirt stores.

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...actually Lemmy Out Of Motorhead is a Stokey.

As is Slash (out of Guns N' Roses)

â†’ For further enjoyment, I recommend the Home Of Metal website. They had an exhibition in Brum last year at the museum which was ace.

http://www.homeofmetal.com

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spzretent wrote:Probably 40 years ago on was on a trip to Toronto with my family. I got in the elevator and I was surrounded by these 4 funny looking guys who I couldn't understand. .

Haha, your first (and possibly only ) experience of the Black Country accent!

See also Ozzy Osbourne, he's from Birmingham.

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Dammit. Too far away, at such short notice. Wed. Aug. 29, 2012 LADIES AND GENTLEMEN WE ARE FLOATING IN SPACE: HOT BURRITO TO-GO FAMILY VACATION FUNDRAISER PARTY!! A tribute to all that is related to Spacemen 3 (Spiritualized, Spectrum, and Sonic Boom) featuring members of: Holy Wave, Hidden Ritual, ...

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I was riding my bike around the Birmingham canals when they were rehearsing.
It was a bit like Apocalypse Now, but in the West Midlands.

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I can sometimes hear this from my flat with a prevailing wind. I may actually turn up this year. Carlton Melton are a definite attraction. http://www.supersonicfestival.com/info Digbeth is a pretty cool place to hang out if any out-of-towners are coming to Birmingham for a day or two at the festival...

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oh lordy, I can't believe I didn't mention Mudhoney. They were fantastic. For me, the pick of the first wave of Sub Pop bands and it was probably for the best they flew below the radar while the masses were wetting themselves over Nirvana and Soundgarden. (And Pearl Jam) Mark Arm has an incredible v...

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I asked Will about this and, as runcible says, he was tripping at Glastonbury when he heard it and then told the others about it.
But Will says he heard a bootleg of the set some time later and there was sign of it, so it was probably the hallucinogens playing tricks! They do that....

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Lance Lockarm has done some great mash-ups
Favourite has to be the one with M's Pop Muzik and Beastie Boys/Public Enemy

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yeah, I went on the Saturday. Would have loved to have seen Afghan Whigs, but Saturday was the stronger line-up. Beautiful day up at Ally Pally, great view of that London. Great venue if it does rain, but there was no chance of that happening. I caught glimpses of Chavez and Harvey Milk and wished I...

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Jason Spacemen interviewed in self-titled magazine on the early days and his childhood.
http://issuu.com/selftitled/docs/st_15_issuu-v4/26

Interesting sign-off quote.

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The Guardian and Sun interviews are a bit "Used To Be In Evil Gazebo" aren't they?

(Half Man Half Biscuit fans will know what I mean. That's both of us)

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which infamous t-shirt locked-thread at the weekend?

I missed that.

(Possibly because I haven't visited the forum for a couple of weeks)

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http://www.flickr.com/photos/26412141@N05/3129421728

and is Kate wearing an engagement ring?

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Just spent a great hour watching the Spiritualized live in Reykjavik set on YouTube. An outdoor acoustic mainlines set in front of a small, freezing but happy crowd. Lovely stuff. JP does a lot of smiling too. http://youtu.be/l0mqZgV3KEc It's also broken up into individual songs, if you want to pick...

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on a more important matter... do you think he sleeps in that t-shirt?

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you have to expect what you get. it wasn't the choice of opening with all new material that bothered me about the show, it was the fact that a fair proportion of that material was *to my ears* very uninspiring, the sound was dreadful in both places I stood and the staging was low-rent to say the le...

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Very interesting - and telling, I think - to see opinion divided among the faithful. Unsurprisingly, for a hardcore fence-sitter such as myself, I find myself somewhere in the middle. Having read the Edinburgh feedback I was expecting a raft of new stuff and so that didn't particularly throw me. I w...

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had to laugh at this. I got a mate of mine into Spiritualized a couple of years back with a compilation of their earlier mellow stuff (LGM, LAG, Pure Phase etc) and so he was quite excited at seeing them at Leamington. Got this text from him last night: "Load of shite. Left early, should have l...

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http://fatpossum.com/news/142 Currently at work on their soon-to-be-completed 7th album, Spiritualized have signed to Fat Possum Records for North America. The new album will be released in the Fall. The band have also announced plans for a show at London's famed Royal Albert Hall on October 11th, 2...

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Chris Sharrock is one of the best drummers I ever saw, during his time with the Icicle Works. He must be in the wrong half of his 40s now, so it's a shame to see him forced to have a Loaded generation haircut just to fit in with the Oasis image. He also played on Spiritualized's Pure Phase, as well ...

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you should now be able to find out which seats you got in the stalls by tracking your order
http://www.seetickets.com/CustomerService

I got seats in Block G, row 6. Can't work out if this is good or neck-crickingly bad.

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See Tickets now has Stalls as well on sale. Gone for that instead (as well) Luckily I accidentally chose the 'cancellation protection' when I got the arena pit tickets. I was a bit miffed at first, to see the total price hit Â£80 for 2, but it's turned out ok in the end. BTW, don't panic if you have...

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Got my tix. Arena standing only at SeeTickets.
Maybe the other outlets will have more options.

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*excited*

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Yes, if some of you (like me) didn't feel old enough already, this year marks the 25th anniversary of the recording of and release of Sound Of Confusion. Does anyone know the actual dates it was recorded in Birmingham? (Bob Lamb's studio is practically in my neighbourhood, so I suppose I could ask t...

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A terrible loss.

Trish was much-loved, admired and respected, and was a hugely-influential person on the Birmingham music scene.

Condolences to her family and friends. She will be missed by so many.

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I have to share this... A few years ago I did a Spiritualized compilation tape (that's "cassette") for a mate who happens to be a sports reporter. He wanted a tape so he could play it in the car. He loved it. Very recently he said something along the lines of "You know, I bet that Lor...

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I visit this forum so infrequently these days, I never know if I'm bringing some really old news to the table. But occasionally I'll stumble upon something which needs to be shared. This is from http://spacemen-3.com and is a video of Sonic and 'Randall Nieman' performing Transparent Radiation in a ...

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Oh noes! There's a sticker on the outside of the shrinkwrap explaining how special the Special Edition is... what do I do? Do I peel it off and risk devaluing the product? Should I frame the sticker in a separate display? Maybe I can restick it onto the CD case? What happens if I rip the sticker dur...

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Ads wrote:So, whats everyone having printed on their personalised prescription thingy? You don't realise how much will power this is taking for me not to buy this. Its fucking unbearable.

Did anyone opt for "Kate Radley"? Now that would be a collectible.

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I realise this isn't very helpful, but Half Man Half Biscuit's "Look Dad No Tunes" might be the only song that mentions a theremin. It's a great song, too.

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125 quid!!!!! :shock: I like the "if you don't want to damage the package, it comes with a special download code for the original album" spin. I mean is there anyone buying the collector's edition that doesn't already have the album? Incidentally, does anyone know what the original 12CD b...

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personally, I'm beyond the must-have-everything days of my youth (although I'm keeping the stuff I already have!), so really all I want are the tracks I've not heard before - I don't care what format. Sixteen years ago the 12-pill set was out of my price range and very hard to find (no internet in t...

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zavvi.co.uk has it (the 3CD) on pre-order for Â£32.95

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Supermodel, designer and face of Maybelline, Erin Wasson, claims she has been listening to Spacemen 3 lately. WTF? http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sabine-heller/supermodel-designer-erin_b_284380.html I hope the Spacemen aren't about to have one of those retrospective ultra-trendy spells of fashionable...

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Hope this comes to the UK...
http://syncretist.org/2009/08/27/spacem ... l-a-101009

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