It is no secret that for some time my favourite band, on this planet or any other, has been Low. The musical reasons for this are too great and many to mention, however there are also incidental reasons. Like how they don't ever seem to mind, and in fact encourage, show-goers to record sets and upload them to Internet Archiving sites.
Like this: http://www.archive.org/details/low2007-08-08.akg391.flac16.
When I was travelling through Europe last year, I sat in a small, poorly-ventilated Internet café in Prague, Czech Republic, and discovered that Low would be touring Scandinavia in three weeks' time. I immediately jettisoned all of my plans and began catching trains through Germany so that I could arrive in Malmö, Sweden, to catch them. I kept a travel blog at the time, and was still so captured by adrenaline that upon returning to the foyer of my hotel, I jumped straight on to the computer and wrote this.
Listen to Over The Ocean now you can actually hear Alan Sparhawk's amazing assessment of Mitt Romney. You can also hear me scream for Sunflower (among a crowd of people screaming for other songs), and then yell, 'I think it's your choice.' They proceeded to play my request. Oh, I was so proud.
Also, the Retribution Gospel Choir (the band which on record features every single member of Low, just with a skin-pounding 'real' drummer) is about to release its debut album. And the debut single? The original kick-arse, dirty-punk version of Low's Breaker.
Or for the Low version, please see one of the greatest filmclips ever made.
6 people have said things. Say things?:
"A must-see for Adelaide."!??
awww shucks, I'm all like embarassed now :)
but to get back on topic, that vid of that dude eating the cake.. is (a) exactly the sorta stupid thing that youtube was invented for (b) all too compelling because of it (c) a reasonably tripped out song
hmmmmmm..
and yes that means I liked it.
Yes, you are a must-see for Adelaide. I'd written that before you even linked to us!
And have you heard the Retribution Gospel Choir version? I linked to it on the post, but it's here: http://www.caldoverderecords.com/song3.html. It's amazing.
you can't underestimate the power of a good handclap..
I assume you've heard BAT FOR LASHES.. got that demented shizz all over it (she's also entirely too creepy to listen to on headphones at 5AM.. as I've recently discovered)
Well, I feel very lucky as I get to see Low play for the first time next weekend while I'm here in Helsinki!
Pippa: Hopefully someone will be there with a cheap mp3 player and a microphone, so you can listen back to it - and anything you shout out at them - whenever you want in the comfort of your own Australian home.
(That is frightening, though. Listening back to a concert I thought was but a fleeting moment, evaporated before I had even left the room.)
They are amazing. Let me know what you think when you've seen them.
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