down for a poll
― Western® with Bacon Flavor, Thursday, 24 March 2022 06:16 (two years ago) link
idk how the pollz system works around here but since these new re-re/releases have come out i'd hope some delay is given.
― Western® with Bacon Flavor, Thursday, 24 March 2022 06:37 (two years ago) link
Here is a perfect live performance that was recorded for CBC Radio during the HaHa Sound Tour. They were so special. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GzNnGDzrciw
― everything, Thursday, 24 March 2022 09:20 (two years ago) link
I like anticipating whether 'Unchanging Window' will be allowed to morph into 'Chord Simple' at length. It's seemingly the dominant live arrangement.
Thanks for the feedback re poll. Sounds like it might be viable after all!
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Thursday, 24 March 2022 14:20 (two years ago) link
everyone otm on Maida Vale - so great and the Lights Out just stopped me dead.
I've liked Broadcast for what, 20, 25 years now & it's always been a drifting in-and-out thing for me - always approving, occasionally loving tracks. But in the last few weeks they've become all I want to listen to - the soundworld I suddenly need - like I'm hearing just how good they were for the first time & wondering why I wasn't paying better attention even while having their albums on & just feeling that death should fuck off.
Anyway, I'd vote
― woof, Thursday, 24 March 2022 15:59 (two years ago) link
I really caught the bug between Haha Sound and Tender Buttons, had thought of them as a kind of alt Stereolab but then realised what a magical thread they were pursuing. Blown sideways by Trish's death and there has been a hole missing from me ever since.
― assert (matttkkkk), Thursday, 24 March 2022 22:12 (two years ago) link
Maida Vail feels a bit like a best-of from the early years, lovely stuff.
Dug out the Children of Alice LP recently and really liked it. Was that just a one-off thing?
― Position Position, Friday, 25 March 2022 21:07 (two years ago) link
For those who expressed interest, I proposed holding a Broadcast poll after the current Daft Punk one. So commencing in late-ish April perhaps. No one has vetoed it so far.
May as well open it up to the various side projects as well. I'm also tempted to allow fairly un-cramped ballots (maybe a maximum of 40 selections), so squiggly instrumentals need not be crowded out by poptastic choices. Their output doesn't feel tiny at all once I contemplate a ballot and remember that, actually, "A Man for Atlantis" or "Microtronics 04" (or whatever) was their secret peak.
Aside from a handful of late live tracks (eg. the ones posted upthread a year ago) and posthumously released demos (eg. these: https://soundcloud.com/james-broadcast ), I'm thinking a pool of eligible tracks could look a bit like this, though I may still have missed stuff: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4HSZmkHJvR6JHrDiki9M6E
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Saturday, 9 April 2022 02:54 (two years ago) link
Excellent! Looking forward to it.
― kitchen person, Saturday, 9 April 2022 03:01 (two years ago) link
Brilliant!
― piscesx, Saturday, 9 April 2022 12:45 (two years ago) link
love the idea of a poll. i'd participate. came here to praise the "Sixty Forty" on the Maida Vale Sessions. lovely lovely cover of a song I didn't know before this.
― gman59, Thursday, 14 April 2022 20:37 (two years ago) link
Poll thread now over here:
Come On Let's POLL - ILM Artist Poll #114 - BROADCAST (Polling and Lobbying Thread)
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Sunday, 24 April 2022 12:42 (two years ago) link
I'm loving these new Warp vinyl issues. But sadly, Maida Vale Sessions has pretty bad sibilance, especially on the A side, particularly on 'World Backwards'. It's a great pressing apart from that. Hopefully future pressings sort out the issue..
― The Ghost Club, Saturday, 23 July 2022 03:22 (one year ago) link
All parts of Maida Vale that have Peel’s intros have been sourced from mp3s of radio broadcasts, I’d say. Considering that, the sound is amazing, but it seems original tapes for 2 sessions have been lost.
― Xgau Murder Spa (nikola), Saturday, 23 July 2022 03:37 (one year ago) link
Digital tracks don't have the sibilance though. It's a pressing issue.
― The Ghost Club, Saturday, 23 July 2022 03:39 (one year ago) link
This year's Trish Keenan birthday track post from James Cargill, beautiful version of a song from Haha Sound https://t.co/L8fV1ct7AI— Disciples (@Discipl36278031) September 28, 2022
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 28 September 2022 15:18 (one year ago) link
That was wonderful, thanks Ned!
― The Ghost Club, Wednesday, 28 September 2022 20:32 (one year ago) link
Aww that was nice. She was the best.
― grandavis, Wednesday, 28 September 2022 21:02 (one year ago) link
This is not your sawtooth wave
― Muad'Doob (Moodles), Saturday, 6 May 2023 04:22 (one year ago) link
"Dead The Long Year" came on shuffle and I thought it was some mid-90s RZA track until it got a bit weird.
― citation needed (Steve Shasta), Friday, 30 June 2023 23:32 (eleven months ago) link
still tripping out to “… investigate with cults of the radio age” over here
― the late great, Saturday, 1 July 2023 00:51 (eleven months ago) link
greatest band of the late 90's/00's
― fpsa, Saturday, 1 July 2023 01:21 (eleven months ago) link
New album of demos coming out in early 2024 - been waiting so long for something like this, total holy grail release
― meat and two vdgg (emsworth), Thursday, 28 September 2023 09:24 (eight months ago) link
Since Trish's untimely passing in 2011, James has continued to remember her by sharing unreleased Broadcast demos each year on her birthday, September 28th.
In the spirit of those birthday demos Broadcast present “Spell Blanket - Collected Demos 2006-2009"
The collection comprises songs and sketches drawn from Trish's extensive archive of 4-track tapes and minidiscs. The recordings lay the groundwork for what would have been Broadcast’s fifth album, offering an intimate window into the creative process of Trish and James during this period post Tender buttons.
'Spell Blanket - Collected Demos 2006-2009' will be released via Warp Records in early 2024.
― meat and two vdgg (emsworth), Thursday, 28 September 2023 10:24 (eight months ago) link
I’m both sad and thrilled
― assert (matttkkkk), Thursday, 28 September 2023 10:51 (eight months ago) link
Yes, that.
― djh, Thursday, 28 September 2023 22:03 (eight months ago) link
Was inspired to listen to The Noise Made By People in between listening to Gwenno’s solo albums which are somewhat similar on another thread and it’s sounding so great right now.
― Shifty Henry’s Swing Club (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 3 December 2023 00:29 (six months ago) link
Some days it feels like Until Then is the last song ever written.
― vmajestic, Sunday, 3 December 2023 04:01 (six months ago) link
https://broadcast.warp.net/?fbclid=IwAR3A5VKqAN5RVkWj1LajxcfAZiaA0rmkN7eRBHFR-mTpFK8N3JcYIJrN7IY
Can't wait for these!
― kitchen person, Thursday, 21 March 2024 14:43 (two months ago) link
hard same
― citation needed (Steve Shasta), Thursday, 21 March 2024 14:45 (two months ago) link
Damn straight.
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 21 March 2024 14:56 (two months ago) link
C'mon don't put a 36 song release on streaming with ONE song available and we have to wait till May?
Cruel.
One sample song is beautiful of course and one can only wonder what could've been.
― dan selzer, Thursday, 21 March 2024 15:10 (two months ago) link
Holy cow!
― Maresn3st, Thursday, 21 March 2024 15:44 (two months ago) link
woah new song sounds great, all in on this
― ( X '____' )/ (zappi), Thursday, 21 March 2024 15:45 (two months ago) link
yeah new song great but "Tears In The Typing Pool" (demo) also amazing... seemingly effortless to have a melody and structure like that already fleshed out from the start.
― citation needed (Steve Shasta), Thursday, 21 March 2024 16:01 (two months ago) link
that new song is stunning, amazing how hypnotic and compelling and complete it sounds with just three (?) elements - it makes me think of how tender buttons was an unfinished recording that was actually perfect, similar (much sadder) vibes here
― Kraal Disorientation Chamber (emsworth), Friday, 22 March 2024 20:18 (two months ago) link
it’s going to kill me, I expect. it must be very hard for James to put these out. I love the cover art as well.
― assert (matttkkkk), Friday, 22 March 2024 21:23 (two months ago) link
Gee, it really is two discs. September (!) for the 2000-2006 volume lol. Wasn't sure how to interpret the cover images on a certain Context-Free Streaming Platform. Only got as far as digging that photocopier aesthetic.
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Friday, 22 March 2024 21:46 (two months ago) link
Both are coming out in May, a couple of weeks apart. Unless you mean vinyl?
― Xgau Murder Spa (nikola), Saturday, 23 March 2024 18:17 (two months ago) link
Never mind I didn’t read the small type properly. Dammit, seriously, September?!
― Xgau Murder Spa (nikola), Saturday, 23 March 2024 18:18 (two months ago) link
Duh. Distant Call is coming out on Trish’s birthday — what a beautiful way to wrap up this tradition, and the whole story.
― Xgau Murder Spa (nikola), Sunday, 24 March 2024 02:29 (two months ago) link
There's something very final (obviously) but probably healthy about "This will be the last music from Broadcast".
― djh, Sunday, 24 March 2024 22:23 (two months ago) link
had a look at the Spell Blanket track listing and nothing seemed to be obviously ‘Eyes Open’ or ‘Dulcimer Jam’… but i guess time will tell
― Kraal Disorientation Chamber (emsworth), Sunday, 24 March 2024 22:54 (two months ago) link
Spell Blanket now streaming (and my physical copy just arrived)
― woof, Friday, 3 May 2024 10:33 (one month ago) link
Joy and unbearable ache in equal measures
― Xgau Murder Spa (nikola), Saturday, 4 May 2024 02:11 (one month ago) link
spell blanket is well titled. some absolutely beautiful songs, all of it is mesmerizing. almost like the acapella sketches more than the finished ones.
― the defenestration of prog (voodoo chili), Wednesday, 15 May 2024 15:25 (one month ago) link
"i run in dreams" is an instant pantheon one for me: https://broadcast.bandcamp.com/track/i-run-in-dreams
― the defenestration of prog (voodoo chili), Wednesday, 15 May 2024 15:26 (one month ago) link
Mondrian child let loose with the pen <3
― J. Sam, Wednesday, 15 May 2024 15:35 (one month ago) link
this is great
― I painted my teeth (sleeve), Wednesday, 15 May 2024 16:27 (one month ago) link
yeah, this is really fantastic. not that I expected them to be barrel scrapings or something, but still found myself frequently amazed at how gorgeous some of these are!
― Maxmillion D. Boosted (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 15 May 2024 22:25 (one month ago) link