david kilgour's best, poppiest songs

also, still the only song that I can really remember from that album ... but it's totally stuck with me for about 15 years now so I guess that says something.. it's that wonderful "oooh la la la" chorus.

I realise that I should justify this with some wordy references or something, but I can't

Good Tune and I know there are more . Thanks for reminding me to dig back in to my dusty Clean vaults

Good lord, people, how can you overlook his Great Unwashed brilliance of "Neck Of The Woods" and "Can't Find Water"??

how indeed

'yesterday was' is my fave GU moment

i really like "uplift" which was on the "12 hours fast" compilation. a bath in shimmering psychedelic pop. the title does not deceive. and the aforementioned "you forget", a pop gem which is on that new zealand comp as well.

Here come the Cars was one of my favorite albums in high school and It's still Classic. Also 'This Chord' from the Killing Capitalism with Kindness is beautiful.

I think "Can't Find Water" was actually written/sung by peter gutteridge. Still awesome though.

He seems to have moved away from producing really poppy songs in the last decade or so. Late 80s-Early 90s DK put out brilliant pop song after brilliant pop song though. And he still has some great ones scattered throughout, like "Today is Gonna be Mine."

Has anybody Heard this "Falling Debris" album?

I haven't listened to him in years, are his recent albums on Merge records worth finding?

no. he's mucked everything up. it seemed as if with here come the cars, sugar mouth, modern rock, he was evolving into this stately pop songwriter but then he took a turn into murkiness where the songs sound terrible and are mostly dull and uninteresting. the upcoming clean album is an absolute chore to listen to.

Um, disagree. For me, "Here Come The Cars" and "Sugarmouth" are a mixed bag whereas "David Kilgour And The Heavy Eights" is 10/10 fantastic, not the least because of Barbara Manning's guest appearance, heavy indeed for overall tone with some drawn-out jams that really draw me in. "A Feather In The Engine" & "Frozen Orange" are admittedly growers but they've sprouted nicely over the years. "The Far Now" is great pop start to finish, nothing less.

I also disagree. "The Far Now" and "A Feather in the Engine" are both great, just a lot more laid back and subtle than some of his earlier stuff. Never got into "Frozen Orange" for some reason. Also, his live was mind-blowing when I saw him a couple years ago.

I will admit that what I've heard of the new Clean album hasn't exactly floored me.

yeah, he is awesome awesome awesome live. Kilgour might be my favorite guitarist ever.

Ok, I finally picked up "Here Come The Cars" and "Sugarmouth" and I don't know what I was thinking - these are brilliant.

Which is annoying because it brings into question any negative judgement I've ever had. If all it takes is time to like something does that mean we'll like everything eventually? A different thread.

http://kexp.org/live/liveperformance.aspx?rId=33620

http://www.brooklynvegan.com/archives/2011/07/richard_buckner_3.html

Anyone see the acoustic tour double-billed with Richard Buckner?

not coming anywhere near me, which is a bummer. love both of these guys, though i haven't heard all of buckner's new one. kilgour's newest is fabulous.

thanks to Hurricane/Tropical Storm Irene their show here last night was canceled. i was excited, and am now sad.

Left by Soft is a pretty fantastic album. Been listening to it all summer long.

after all these years, i just got here come the cars and holy crap is it good!

UPLIFT is my #1 so far for the enthusiastic singing and fuzzed out guitar and general vibe

i like richard buckner too, wtf how could i have missed that show?!?!?!?!?! i'm just going to pretend i was out of town.

Here Come The Cars is my go to Kilgour. Even over The Clean, most of the time.

People, you really need to listen to "Diamond Mine" from Left by Soft over and over again.

Here I will make it easy:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JvAo41SXFJg

So there is now an official video for "Diamond Mine", almost two years after it came out. But it's really trippy and good!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xx3_XKFZb7o

this is great btw. my favorite song off Left by Soft

he has a new song up for DL btw, i thought i posted abt it? maybe on another thread. <3 this dude

where's this new tune?

http://archhillrecordings.bandcamp.com/track/christopher-columbus

thx!

this is super nice. is there a new heavy eights LP on the way or is it just a one-off?

no idea, but i hope so

Being recorded as we speak.

sweeeeet

Really great show last night - five-ish songs with ... Tony de Raad from the Heavy Eights, I think, then the rest of the set backed by Christchurch band Salad Boys, who're firmly that 80s Nun drone/jangle tradition. Really great mix of new & old solo/band material - "Christopher Columbus", "Diamond Mine", "A Break In The Weather", "In The Dreamlife You Need A Rubber Soul" & one of his songs w/Sam Hunt, as well as "Draw(in)g To A (W)hole", "Anything Could Happen", "Getting Older", etc.
Surprised/delighted to hear the Great Unwashed's "What U Should Be Now":
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D0tyNAhsWcw

And we have full new song/video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a3WpVgSixm4

itunes tells me i have listened to "Christopher Columbus" over 100 times in the last month and a half or so.

it's an awesome song. Left by Soft struck me as very Byrds-ian, and CC is Byrds-ian too, but in an almost entirely different way. Like I feel like the song kind of captures the sort of mood of pastoral folk-rock but I feel like Kilgour is deftly avoiding the usual folk-rock vocabulary. To these ears, he's doing something quite different here.

New DK video! And new album on the way in August!

http://youtu.be/k8WXo_CzaAE

got the promo yesterday - sounds great on first listen. (but this guy can pretty much do no wrong imo). would be great if he could tour the states with the 8s.

Jealous of your promo action!

DK+H8's will be playing the Merge 25 thing in late July, so maybe they'll tour after that?

that would be great. haven't seen him in ... seven years now? eesh.

Tyler, how does it rank in with his solo albums? The lead song from the vid sounds great.

oooh a tour!! would totally go!!

he is the best.
xp need to have it sink in a bit, but it sounds of a piece with the last few records. some nice 12-string electric action happening.

Been pretty hooked on "Waveboarder" lately. "Push it on! Little fool!"

David Kilgour & the Heavy Eights - 2014 Tour Dates
Jul 25 Carrboro, NC -- Cat's Cradle (Merge 25)
Jul 30 Portland, OR -- Bunk Bar
Aug 1 San Francisco, CA -- Rickshaw Stop
Aug 2 Los Angeles, CA -- Los Globos

The Clean - 2014 Tour Dates
Aug 18 Chicago, IL -- Schubas
Aug 19 Detroit, MI -- Trinosophes
Aug 22 Brooklyn NY -- Glasslands
Aug 23 Baltimore, MD -- Metro Gallery
Aug 25 Carrboro, NC -- Cat's Cradle - Back Room
Aug 26 Atlanta, GA -- The Earl
Aug 27 Birmingham, AL -- The Bottletree Cafe
Aug 28 Memphis, TN -- Hi-Tone Cafe
Aug 29 Nashville, TN -- The Stone Fox
Aug 30 Asheville, NC -- Harvest Records Transfigurations II

saw the announcement yesterday, so excited about this!!! who are the boogarins?

Brazilian psych/tropicalia band. I caught them at Psych Fest. Not super into it, if I'm being honest.

oh :-/
well whatever
the clean will be playing!

so jeal

blurgh. hoping that maybe there'll be some more heavy 8s shows filled in there?

Me too.

Texas is between LA and Chicago, someone tell David Kilgour

I'd really rather see the Heavy 8s than the Clean, but I ain't complaining.

looks like i'm going to portland.

new one is really, really good. really, my only complaint is that it should be longer!

Tix to Memphis gotten!

...and the perfect excuse to quit putting off getting the new one.

come to london

pls

My god, how have I not listened to this guy until now? I've been really into flying nun for a couple years now, but never really liked The Clean too much so I didn't bother to check out Kilgour's solo stuff. It's way more summery and psychedelic than anything else from that label. Sugar Mouth and Here Come the Cars are easily the coolest records I've heard from the early 90s.

Damn right. So looking forward to seeing him Saturday.

Here Come the Cars is an alltime album f'sure

new album's up! http://www.wonderingsound.com/news/album-premiere-david-kilgour-heavy-eights-end-times-undone/

what a surprise this is awesome

really is great. just heard hamish's new one too -- equally good.

Oh really? Does Hamish sing? Is it like a variation on The Clean?

yeah, this is his first "solo" recrod, but he's been doing his own stuff as Mad Scene for a while now. Worth checking out!
Here's a track from his new one: https://soundcloud.com/badabingrecords/hamish-kilgour-crazy-radiance/s-Tu4e3

yeah, this is really nice.

i've never listened to kilgour/the clean either, i dunno what it was, something about NZ music has always seemed kinda indistinct when i've checked it out in general, never sussed out a way in.

Man, the Christopher Columbus-Crow-Dropper sequence is a damn fine stretch of rock and roll, damn fine.

Not sure if it's been mentioned elsewhere, but Hamish Kilgour's put out his first solo album on Ba Da Bing.

Yeah I need to check that out. I was reading an article about him just recently

Not sure if it's been mentioned elsewhere, but Hamish Kilgour's put out his first solo album on Ba Da Bing.

― etc

Oops, had been mentioned by tylerw a few posts above me; shouldn't post when I'm that sleep-deprived.

Video: http://www.undertheradar.co.nz/news/8788/Video-Hamish-Kilgour---Strength-Of-An-Eye-UTR-Premiere.utr

David has a new album out, another collaboration with Sam Hunt:
http://flyingout.co.nz/products/sam-hunt-w-david-kilgour-the-heavy-8s-the-9th-cd

The previous one, "Falling Debris", is really nice. Listening now, I had forgotten this gem.