https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q9U8jseaqxU
great, creepy song, video nsfw
― ToddBonzalez (BradNelson), Wednesday, 26 April 2017 19:25 (seven years ago) link
like extremely nsfw
since i am at w can you tell me why it's nsfw? just curious.
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Wednesday, 26 April 2017 19:28 (seven years ago) link
every time i flipped back to it in my tabs there were breasts
― ToddBonzalez (BradNelson), Wednesday, 26 April 2017 19:30 (seven years ago) link
Disappointing :(
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Wednesday, 26 April 2017 19:51 (seven years ago) link
(I say that as a Whigs fan with breasts)
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Wednesday, 26 April 2017 19:52 (seven years ago) link
i mean as far as i can tell it's an argento-y occult lesbian thing, which i'm here for
― ToddBonzalez (BradNelson), Wednesday, 26 April 2017 20:09 (seven years ago) link
I mean it's fine, I've got no prob w boobs being exposed Go for it I guess
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Wednesday, 26 April 2017 20:11 (seven years ago) link
http://www.stereogum.com/1938212/stream-the-afghan-whigs-in-spades/music/album-stream/
def dulli's weirdest opening track ever
― ToddBonzalez (BradNelson), Tuesday, 2 May 2017 14:42 (seven years ago) link
i'm definitely enjoying this a lot more than the last one overall, even if nothing's quite as good as Lost in the Woods
― ufo, Tuesday, 2 May 2017 14:58 (seven years ago) link
yeah i think it's way more consistent than do to the beast (which imo falls apart during side two)
― ToddBonzalez (BradNelson), Tuesday, 2 May 2017 15:00 (seven years ago) link
"light as a feather" is fucking amazing
― ToddBonzalez (BradNelson), Tuesday, 2 May 2017 15:07 (seven years ago) link
yup this is really good, nice tidy runtime too
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Tuesday, 2 May 2017 15:09 (seven years ago) link
prob his best album since blackberry belle, i'm calling it
― ToddBonzalez (BradNelson), Tuesday, 2 May 2017 15:10 (seven years ago) link
yeah, light as a feather feels straight out of black love. i wish that the classic dulli soaring bit in the middle was actually the chorus and showed up more than once like it feels like it should though
― ufo, Tuesday, 2 May 2017 15:14 (seven years ago) link
tbh a lot of these songs have parts that could work as traditional choruses but dulli just kinda lets them happen once and then the song is over. interesting approach
― ToddBonzalez (BradNelson), Tuesday, 2 May 2017 15:30 (seven years ago) link
the only thing that's really lacking in terms of Classic Dulli Flavor is that the lyrics haven't really been jumping out at me at all
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Tuesday, 2 May 2017 15:33 (seven years ago) link
"so far inside you now / i am your silhouette" from "demon in profile" is one of my fav dulli lyrics of all time at the moment
― ToddBonzalez (BradNelson), Tuesday, 2 May 2017 15:34 (seven years ago) link
Listening again, I think "Light as a Feather" must be one of the clear highlights I referenced a few weeks back.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 2 May 2017 15:39 (seven years ago) link
"copernicus" has an amazing chorus/bridge/outro whatever it is
― ToddBonzalez (BradNelson), Tuesday, 2 May 2017 16:13 (seven years ago) link
Glad to hear he's still blasting full perv in his lyrics
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Tuesday, 2 May 2017 17:13 (seven years ago) link
Kind of? Sometimes it's embarrassing.
i'll love it forever
― ToddBonzalez (BradNelson), Tuesday, 2 May 2017 17:19 (seven years ago) link
goddamn this really is great, every song (except for the opener which is wonderful in its own way) is so densely packed with incident
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Friday, 5 May 2017 13:58 (seven years ago) link
Via FB:
It is with great sadness that we say goodbye to our friend, brother and inspiration.Dave Rosser passed away peacefully last evening surrounded by love. Thank you to all who kept him in their hearts. He is forever in ours.
Dave Rosser passed away peacefully last evening surrounded by love. Thank you to all who kept him in their hearts. He is forever in ours.
More details here:
http://pitchfork.com/news/the-afghan-whigs-dave-rosser-dead-at-50/
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 28 June 2017 16:22 (seven years ago) link
Damn that's awful. The guitarwork on both the recent albums is splendid. And the new one has only grown on me, to the extent that it's a Top 10 contender
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Wednesday, 28 June 2017 19:54 (seven years ago) link
"Light as a Feather" / "I Got Lost" / "Into the Floor" is the best closing run of any album this year imho
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Wednesday, 11 October 2017 17:46 (six years ago) link
it was def the best part of seeing them play the whole album live a few weeks ago
― ToddBonzalez (BradNelson), Wednesday, 11 October 2017 17:55 (six years ago) link
"i got lost" is so crushing
arggh I'm so jealous
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Wednesday, 11 October 2017 17:56 (six years ago) link
I totally forgot that Afghan Whigs released an album this year!
― ArchCarrier, Thursday, 12 October 2017 07:01 (six years ago) link
Going to do something about that right now.
Last night may have been the first time I saw them since they released both of their reunion records (and the first since the death of Dave Rosser. which apparently almost scuttled the whole tour). They were strong if not really exceptional last night, and I missed the horns and singers, who added a lot. They did, however, bring out Marcy Mays for a rare performance of "My Curse!"Other highlight might have been the moody slow version of "Going to Town" with Dulli on keys that featured him goofing on "50 Ways to Leave Your Lover," which lead him to admit that you can sing any song over his moody chords, after which he sang a bit of "Tom Sawyer."
As I also expected, Built to Spill was such a weird pairing. I guess the bands have been swapping the headlining spot, but for the life of me I can't imagine BtS following the Whigs.
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 13 April 2018 12:21 (six years ago) link
I think that's what I'm getting when I see them. :/
― Simon H., Friday, 13 April 2018 12:29 (six years ago) link
I honestly sometimes think Built to Spill is being boring on purpose. Tune guitar in silence, play song, stop song just when it is building up steam, tune guitar. Current drummer and bassist really passionless and dull and methodical to the point of intent. Sometimes a guitar solo. Last night they started "Broken Chairs" and then stopped, because Doug was out of tune. While he was tuning someone requested "Carry the Zero," so he says they could do that one instead, "we don't care."
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 13 April 2018 13:01 (six years ago) link
after which he sang a bit of "Tom Sawyer."lol/sob bc i missed it :(i work thurs nights and there was no way i was cancelling my class for this
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Friday, 13 April 2018 14:34 (six years ago) link
haha
― mookieproof, Friday, 13 April 2018 15:46 (six years ago) link
the first time I saw them since they released both of their reunion records (and the first since the death of Dave Rosser. this would mean that you last saw them before Rosser joined the band which apparently almost scuttled the whole tour).they toured for three months after his death last year (and two months before it, without him), with his amp onstage and illuminated in tribute. did he have a special connection with Built To Spill?(I'm not going this time due to disinterest in both Ed Harcourt and BtS)
― ҉ (sic), Friday, 13 April 2018 16:21 (six years ago) link
I can't remember if Rick was in the band both shows I saw. I guess he was? Anyway, Dulli last night said they almost didn't make it out on the road again, and implied is was due largely to the loss of Rosser. And at the end he said something like "have a good summer, maybe we'll see you next year," which implies some time off.
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 13 April 2018 17:04 (six years ago) link
Regardless, I just meant it's the first time I've seen them minus Rosser, not that I ever saw them with him. I could be misremembering, but they seemed to make a bigger deal about his death than about Rick leaving, and there were a few references to Rosser from the stage.
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 13 April 2018 17:07 (six years ago) link
Inasmuch as the nu-Whigs.2 is just The Greg Dulli Experience, Rosser has been a much bigger part of his 21st century life and music than McCollum. and he & Curley seemed firmly relieved to move forward without Rick.
― ҉ (sic), Friday, 13 April 2018 17:30 (six years ago) link
caught the Whigs/BTS in Toronto last night, first time seeing either. The Whigs set was sadly short - only 12 songs, only 2 of them pre-reunion ("John the Baptist" and "Going to Town," with a "These Eyes" interpolation). Dulli acknowledged the attack that had taken place earlier in the day which was nice. It is truly remarkable that his pipes have not aged a day. I can't imagine how awesome they must be with additional players cause they sounded massive with just guitars and keys.
as for BTS, I have to echo Josh's complaints upthread. The three-piece setup as very dull to watch. If you had told me in advance I'd be bored by this setlist I'd never have believed you.
https://www.setlist.fm/setlist/built-to-spill/2018/danforth-music-hall-toronto-on-canada-23ec1cff.html
― Simon H., Tuesday, 24 April 2018 13:37 (six years ago) link
the one surprise of the Whigs set was "The Killer" which I gather got its first/only airing of the tour and was as grand as you'd expect
― Simon H., Tuesday, 24 April 2018 14:00 (six years ago) link
the whigs were the best i’ve ever seen them* at the brooklyn date. they covered david gilmour’s “there’s no way out of here” and it was one of the least whigs-ified covers i’ve ever seen them do, they played it so straight. would like to echo simon’s comments about dulli being in incredibly good voice rn
i was actually enjoying bts (nb: i was high) but the crowd demographic shifted so significantly from the relatively diverse whigs crowd to a thick wave of jam band bros. as someone who normally spends most of any given concert freaking out, the guy in front of me was freaking out at every guitar solo way too hard (i think what annoyed me was that he only seemed to care about his experience of the music without being remotely conscious of how distracting, irritating, and disrespectful of other people’s space he was being. also i was high). i left early
* without rick
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Tuesday, 24 April 2018 14:04 (six years ago) link
I'm extremely jealous you got "Omerta"!!!
― Simon H., Tuesday, 24 April 2018 14:06 (six years ago) link
oh i also finally fucking saw “omerta” live. only og whigs tracks we got were “debonair,” the slow “going to town,” “john the baptist,” “somethin hot,” and “omerta,” but honestly the new stuff sounded so amazing and they were playing so hard that i didn’t mind at all
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Tuesday, 24 April 2018 14:07 (six years ago) link
xp lol
i was at that brooklyn show too, sorry for freaking out at all the guitar solos brad :(
― 808s & Deep States (voodoo chili), Tuesday, 24 April 2018 14:09 (six years ago) link
just kidding, that thankfully was not me
honestly if BTS had gotten stopped at the border and the Whigs got to play the whole night I would have died of ecstasy
― Simon H., Tuesday, 24 April 2018 14:10 (six years ago) link