It's funny you mention Broadcast, since they share with Stereolab the same fate of a tragic and untimely loss of a female member.Originally Posted by Udi Koomran
I always liked Broadcast. I saw them live in London in 2001, supporting the great Yo La Tengo. Those were the days for me.
I’ll put my hat in the ring...
I think Broadcast are my favourite 21st Century band.
I don’t think they have made a single song that wasn’t, at the very least, excellent.
I love Stereolab too, of course.
Yeah I like Broadcast too, although I do prefer mid-period Stereolab (Cobra & Phases, Dots & Loops, Sound-Dust) which I really love. But early Stereolab not so much.
I liked what I heard but I really got into 'Lab more. But I can always hear more.
If it isn't Krautrock, it's krap.
"And it's only the giving
That makes you what you are" - Ian Anderson
I could say the same for Strerolab
Haha Sound
Tender Buttons
Investigate Witch Cults of the Radio Age
come well recommended
but the Berberian Sound Studio score is also fine
Haha Sound is indeed pretty fabulous. I haven't given this band enough air/ear time.
If it isn't Krautrock, it's krap.
"And it's only the giving
That makes you what you are" - Ian Anderson
They are really worth it
Another big cheer for Broadcast, they've become one of my favourite bands over the last few years. The album they did with The Focus Group is a wonderful glimpse of where they might have gone. It was heatbreaking what happened to Trish.
Love Stereolab too, especially early droney krauty 'lab
They are coming again in 2022, YAY!
https://stereolab.co.uk/live
Looks like tickets go on sale 3/4
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-- Aristotle
Nostalgia, you know, ain't what it used to be. Furthermore, they tells me, it never was.
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^ Wow that's great news.
Got my ticket for October...geeze.
"It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it."
-- Aristotle
Nostalgia, you know, ain't what it used to be. Furthermore, they tells me, it never was.
“A Man Who Does Not Read Has No Appreciable Advantage Over the Man Who Cannot Read” - Mark Twain
Ditto
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Was not aware that this band still existed in any form. Might be worth a road trip.
I saw Lætitia Sadier at Big Ears in 2017 and then again with her Lætitia Sadier Source ensemble later that year, bliss.
And then Stereolab reformed for a tour in 2019 so I scalped a ticket for that one. Pretty freaking awesome show.
I missed Stereolab in prior years because the I hated the venue they played at due to smoking. Once the city changed to non smoking they had stopped touring.
Glad to have this chance again.
"It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it."
-- Aristotle
Nostalgia, you know, ain't what it used to be. Furthermore, they tells me, it never was.
“A Man Who Does Not Read Has No Appreciable Advantage Over the Man Who Cannot Read” - Mark Twain
We would love to sneak down for the Asheville show.
Love Broadcast too. Never got that into them until hearing a track on WFMU late last year. A top notch band. I saw where Warp Records (I think) is releasing a compilation later this year.
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The Noise Made By People is one of the quintessential independent releases of the 2000s. That atmosphere; there's simply nothing even remotely reminiscent of it, no matter the stylistic likeness of the music to stuff like Fifty Foot Hose and the United States of America from the 60s. What renders Broadcast so standalone is precisely the fact that they were a product of the 2000s; that obsessive coldness couldn't be reproduced in any other day and age.
I also knew a woman who was acquainted with Trish Keenan through her brother and told me that she was a complete delight in terms of human standing, basically loved by most folks she came into contact with. According to Kirsti (my friend), James Cargill never really recovered from the loss of Keenan.
"Improvisation is not an excuse for musical laziness" - Fred Frith
"[...] things that we never dreamed of doing in Crimson or in any band that I've been in," - Tony Levin speaking of SGM
I love the Noise Made By People from the moment it was released - watched them live during the tour. Superb band - and I may add the highly experimental Investigate Witch Cults to the list of its great achievements. You just don't find bands like this in our days, sorry to say.
I have (and like) Witch Cults. And I especially love their soundtrack for 'Berbarian Sound Studio' even if it's a bit different from their "typical" sound.
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I just got my paper ticket in the mail. 10pm doors open. OMFG, what is this, the 80's.
Gonna be a late night, no metro for me.
"It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it."
-- Aristotle
Nostalgia, you know, ain't what it used to be. Furthermore, they tells me, it never was.
“A Man Who Does Not Read Has No Appreciable Advantage Over the Man Who Cannot Read” - Mark Twain
That's so great. Enjoy! When's the show?
What's everyone's top 5 (or so) fav Stereolab albums?
Assuming Mark is doing the same show as me so: Saturday Oct 8th at Ye Olde 9:30
1. Margarine Eclipse
2. Electrically Possessed (Switched On Volume Four)
3. Dots and Loops
4. Emperor Tomato Ketchup
5. Mars Audiac Quintet
5+. Cobra and Phases
WANTED: Sig-worthy quote.
Nice. How do you feel about 'Transient' and 'Sound-Dust'?
What exactly is Electrically Possessed?
My faves are, in approximate order:
1. Dots and Loops
2. Sound Dust
3. Cobra and Phases
4. The first of the Microbe Hunters
5. Emperor Tomato Ketchup
6. Margerine Eclipse
The singles in Aluminum Tunes and Oscillons from the Anti-Sun are also great.
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