New to me. Many thanks!

Sure. Happy to see some activity going on in this thread. By the way, Bytor Peltor, you might be interested in this, which I think I didn't post a link to before: It is a great professionally filmed PAL DVD of Low at Primavera Sound Festival on March 27, 2011; of course the Megaupload links are useless now but it still can be downloaded from Rapidshare:
http://kigonjiro.com/2012/01/12/low-...ra-sound-2011/






Low will be performing tomorrow at First Avenue in Minneapolis, as part of the line-up celebrating 89.3 FM-The Current's 7th Anniversary. It's not clear yet if they will stream or archive a recording of the show, but I do hope they will.

There is another new recording of a Low show over at archive.org, also recorded by Emmanuel:

Low at La Gaîté Lyrique, Paris, France, on December 2, 2011:
http://www.archive.org/details/low2011-12-02

The Playlist, weekly TV show from Minnesota, on public channel WDSE WRPT, will be broadcasting a Low special next Thursday, February 2nd at 9:00 and 11:00 PM.

Trailer on youtube:
http://youtu.be/auG8iyhLORk

The first installment of a music project featuring the Duluth-based, indie-rock band Low. Recorded during a live performance for Life House in October, this episode highlights songwriters and performers Alan Sparhawk and Mimi Parker.

Hey hipster bebop, respond to my pm why dontcha? :)

I like C'mon and The Great Destroyer and Drums and Guns, but am otherwise ignorant of the band. Those are great albums though.

Why didn't C'mon get more press in '11?

^^ you need to hear their 90s albums. Brilliant, although I like pretty much all of their albums.

Pictures of Low at The Current's 7th birthday party:
http://blog.thecurrent.org/slideshow...birthday-party

Streaming audio of a very short interview by John Munson with Alan Sparhawk for the Current's "John Interviews" program in regards to songs that move him:
http://minnesota.publicradio.org/col...views_12.shtml

Hopefully The Current will have some material of Low's show at their anniversary party, although there is nothing there at the moment that would suggest that.



E. Noisefield, I hadn't realized I had a private message from you. Will reply to it soon, I lack the time for that now but I concur with GravitySlips' post above in the sense that there are plenty of treasures for you to discover in their past albums. However, I'd recommend you to not focus solely on the material released in the 90s. "Things We Lost In The Fire" was released in 2001, and is considered by many as their best work. If you enjoyed the last few records, I don't see how it'd be possible that you'd dislike what came before.

Thanks! I appreciate it!

Retribution Gospel Choir will be releasing a new EP in March:

New 7" Dropping in late March on SubPop!!! 4 finely crafted numbers that are sure to rock your socks off!

@retgospelchoir retgospelchoir
Hard at Work in the basement! pic.twitter.com/bP6K65po

 

https://twitter.com/retgospelchoir

"Monkey", by Low, as shown on The Playlist:
http://youtu.be/q4c5zyuSdTk

This is actually from Low's old site (see the wayback machine at archive.org). They redesigned the site a few years ago or actually moved on to a new designer, or however you want to put it. And these sections were taken out of the site. The previous webmistress created a new site for it, as it's a waste to throw all that info in the trashcan.


Is there any new news on this maybe? Checked on his facebook, but didn't see anything related.

So I was at his show, and recorded it. But I've been really screwing up lately, so it turned out with very soft volume. Don't think I'll ever share it as it needs to get a big amplification which introduces way too much hiss). But I might change opinion when I relisten to it in a couple months.


But what I meant to ask was:
have you checked out Eric's solo project yet?
http://www.youtube.com/user/ActualWolf01/videos
http://twitter.com/#!/ActualWolf
Alan and Steve are helping him recording his solo album, check the twit pics (dated Feb 1)

I hope you don't mind that I'm copying some of your news flashes directly to Low's mailing list, adding the tag "sponsored by Sonic Youth Gossip" :-D
(insert some of those :notworthy: smilies here)

here's a short clip of Low joining the stage with Tapes 'n Tapes, playing Purple Rain:
http://blog.thecurrent.org/post/2012...-birthday-bash
don't think there's any other audio or video posted on their blog, unless I missed it

Thanks for that clip, _tunic_. I would love if a recording of that show would surface. In addition to that cover of "Purple Rain", Low was also joined by members of Tramped By Turtles and Dead Man Winter on a performance of "When I Go Deaf", according to that review. I imagine it must have been pretty epic.

More pictures of that night here:
https://sites.google.com/a/koolaydiu...ert-images/low

http://www.flickr.com/photos/monkeym...19362971/show/

Yeah, It was a bugger that all this info disappeared when the official website changed in 2005 (I think). I was really happy to see that Catherine Lewis brought back all of that valuable information not too long ago, and by the look of things, she might have the intention of adding even more stuff sometime in the future.

I know Jeroen had some problems to get in touch with the band: His e-mails he sent to Alan in regards to his intentions about that show in Utrecht had not gotten a reply just a few days prior to Low's visit to The Netherlands in November. The band was on tour at the time, so maybe that's the reason why. I never knew for sure what happened, but I sort of came to the conclusion that it wouldn't materialize (probably due to the fact that I am a hopeless pessimist most of the time), and never asked Jeroen about it, until just now after seeing your post (I have sent him a message on facebook, hopefully he'll reply).

No matter if you actually torrent that one or not (although I'd be interested in it despite whatever flaws it might have), my gratefulness to you for all your efforts in regards to document through taping and distributing live recordings of Low and Retribution Gospel Choir especially, doesn't have any boundaries. I'd love to see them one day, but meanwhile, I do appreciate every live recording I can get my paws on, even if they are possibly just a vague representation of the live awesomeness (I certainly wish there were more in circulation).

Yeah, I am aware of Actual Wolf and look forward to the record. I've been checking out his youtube channel constantly. Twitter not so much, as I don't have an account. I also keep track of his posts on facemook. Actual Wolf is going to be on The Playlist next week in case you are unaware (though it seems both of us aren't lucky to have a chance to watch this due to our respective locations in the planet), here's info stolen from his facebook, posted just yesterday:

Heading up to La Casa Del Sparhawk to record two new tunes for the Actual Wolf Band EP. "Turning 25" and "Cry, Cry, Cry"... Also, excited to start rehearsing that group next week in Minneapolis. YEAH!!!! Just a few reminders... I'll be playing on The Playlist Thursday February 9th @ 9pm. Then I'll be playing the Thirsty Pagan Solo on Friday February !0th. I'll be posting it in events this week. Can't wait to play with The Cavalier Crooks on Saturday at The Beat Coffeehouse in Uptown. It's an All Ages Show and it starts at 7:00pm. Proceeds from the show will help The Crooks to help fund their new recording. Please come out and support live local music.

The Cavalier Crooks, the band mentioned by him in that post, has an EP available on bandcamp:
http://thecavaliercrooks.bandcamp.com/

Both The Cavalier Crooks and Actual Wolf are booked to open for Retribution Gospel Choir at Turf Club in St. Paul, MN, on February 18th (I would hope that were the first of many shows with the three acts on the bill, that'd be awesome):
http://www.songkick.com/concerts/115...medium=partner

Actual Wolf covering Neil Diamond's "Cherry, Cherry":
http://soundcloud.com/clubhousestudi...-cherry-cherry


By the way, I would be crazy if I'd mind that you copy from here and then paste some of my posts over there. It actually makes me very happy that the information gets to reach more people that might find it relevant. And in any case, I'm not the source anyway. :)

You're actually very close here, it was Noel Galagher. They might get a second chance, rumor said this spring.

Listening to the Christmas EP now. It's minus 15 Celcius and covered in snow here. But even in summer times, this is one of my favourite Low albums.

Those Cavalier Crooks are quite good, sounds even more like Cream than RGC does.

_tunic_, I do hope it's true that Low will be on Jools Holland when they go back to the UK in the spring. I've seen some dull acts lately, that should change. Lana Del Rey has performed there, but not Low.

Yeah, "Christmas" is a great record no matter the context. Hope you are enjoying the winter. I've been watching European football today and sort of feel sorry that those guys have to play under those conditions. Brrrr.... It's kind of hot here in Mexico, but maybe I'll give "Christmas" a spin today as well.

I also found The Cavalier Crooks very enjoyable. Also, I think I read somewhere that Eric Pollard was recording something with another band from Duluth called Manheat, but I just can't find a link to prove it.

Anyway, a video of The Murder Of Crows' encore at The Amazing Grace last night, recorded with an iPhone is now up on youtube:
http://youtu.be/x_iKrD57Xp8

Chris Lawrence taped Low's show in Vancouver on September 15th, 2011. His recording is here:
http://www.dimeadozen.org/torrents-d....php?id=393133

Or here (thanks to _tunic_):
http://www.archive.org/details/low20...ncouver.flac16

The Playlist's special episode on Low is now available for streaming at:
http://www.wdse.org/shows/playlist/w...n-3-episode-18

Low benefit concert for Life House on The PlayList.
The band includes lead vocalist, songwriter and guitar front-man, Alan Sparhawk; Mimi Parker lends her talents on drums and vocals; and Steve Garrington adds rhythmic bass guitar and keyboard. Low’s music is often referred to as “slowcore,” a subgroup of the more widely known rock music genre. While the group isn’t a fan of that label, they were one of the first bands to adopt and popularize this music style. Discover the band’s roots, minimalistic approach to music and the personal stories of these talented musicians in this special episode of The PlayList.

This past fall, Low and Charlie Parr joined forces to raise funds, and awareness for homeless youth of the Duluth area. These two powerful forces offered a night of music in support of Life House, a local program that assists youth in escaping poverty, homelessness, and abuse. All proceeds from the concert directly benefited the lives of at risk/homeless youth through Life House’s “Adopt-A-Kid” Program.






Last night's episode was about Eric Pollard's Actual Wolf, should be up in about a week, I suppose.

Low's John Peel Session, recorded in May of 1999, is available for streaming at BBC 6 Music's website (only for residents of the UK, apparently):
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00p2fl0

Please, if someone can rip the .mp3s and share them through Wetransfer or whatever, I would appreciate it greatly. The first song, "Liar" (not "Lair" as listed on the website), was formerly thought to be lost, according to Alan Sparhawk.

EDIT:
Actually, I just went to take a look to trustlow.com and I'm now certain it wasn't "Liar" the one song that got lost from this session. According to Alan, they played also a version of "Last Breath" on that session, but it got erased by accident. In any case, "Liar" remains such a treat as it is still a rarity, I don't think there's evidence of Low doing many more performances of this song.

here it is... http://www.sendspace.com/file/c2j9h2

btw I didn't read this post before I tagged the tracks so you will have to change the name of the first to Liar (I tagged it as Lair)

Thanks a lot Stu!
I listened to it here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01bqthg
The next track played after Liars is a fine cover of Death Valley '69 (not by Low, but some other band).

Thank you so much, Stuart; you are the absolute best!

2002 Peel Session: http://www.sendspace.com/file/1eq9h0

2003 Peel Session: http://www.sendspace.com/file/waja4e

both mp3 any upgrade would be good....

I didn't see that, I'll have to check it out!

I'll upload Low 2000-11-08 John Peel Session to archive.org (I've got .flac files). I've wanted to hear these sessions for years. Thank you so much, Stu!

I'm now torrenting this:

LOW - John Peel Session, Maida Vale Studio 4, London, UK, November 8th, 2000 (FLAC) [lowtorrent]

Also uploading it to archive.org, will post the link to that as soon as it is ready.

Okay. I think the upload to archive.org was successful. Anyone who downloads from there, please let me know how it goes. First time I've ever done this, and would do my best to fix things if something got flawed:
http://www.archive.org/details/Low20...1-08.fm.flac16

When you can play the streaming audio, all went well. And I'm hearing it now ;)
You could change the keywords if you want, by adding semicolons ( ; ) in between them.
As long as there's no spaces in the filenames, uploading to LMA works quite fluently. But with spaces in the filenames, they get removed, and then the md5 checksum fails because the files have been renamed ... Which is what just happened to me (I'm uploading a couple of Vic Chesnutts). So you did better than me :-)

Thanks, man. I didn't realize I messed it up with the keywords, but I'm gonna try to fix it. I'm uploading rappard's recording of Evangelista now (which I seeded to dime a few weeks ago) and then I plan to upload some installments of the Avantgarde Project that I have in my collection, and which aren't on archive at the moment. :)

Not really my cup of tea this, I hate rap. But it's a nice mix of songs.

http://itsintuition.com/album/i-ruin...-songs-for-you

<<
1. Amy Winehouse - "He Can Only Hold Her" feat. Intuition 04:11
2. Mayer Hawthorne - "Make Her Mine" feat. Intuition 03:06
3. Rapheal Saadiq - "100 Yard Dash" feat. Intuition 02:43
4. D'Angelo - "Brown Sugar" feat. Intuition 04:47
5. Lee Fields - "Love Comes and Goes" feat. Intuition 03:52
6. Ms. Dynamite - "Dy-Na-Mi-Tee" feat. Intuition 03:28
7. Portishead - "Humming" feat. Intuition 04:24
8. Atlas Sound - "Walkabout" feat. Intuition 04:33
9. Low - "Breaker" feat. Intuition 02:51
10. The Black Keys - "Psychotic Girl" feat. Intuition 04:22
11. Grizzly Bear - "Two Weeks" feat. Intuition 04:48


about
Remember when you used to make actual tapes for your friends, or a girl you liked? You'd spend hours trying to come up with the right songs in the
right order, trying to appease your friend's preferences but show your tastes as well. This side project uses that exact idea, but takes it
one step farther. I took a collection of 11 songs that I love (no rap music), songs that I think fans of any type of music would love, and I
added a verse to each. I didn't chop the songs up and flip the samples for brownie points. I didn't try to make something new out of these
songs. I just tried to leave the original songs alone as much as I could, and added one verse over each song to make it seem as if I was
invited into the studio with the band to collaborate. All of these collaborations are, of course, unauthorized, but I tried to make each
verse as relevant to the songs' original lyrics as I possibly could. The genres range from classic soul to modern indie rock, with a little
bit of everything sprinkled in between. Some of the songs might be very familiar to you, and others may not, but I feel that I've added a nice
little compliment to each of them (you might think I ruined them though). Enjoy.

released 23 March 2010

>>

Oh, I will listen. Thanks.

By the way, _tunic_, I forgot to mention this before (sorry): I've been told by Jeroen van der Poel that the project he and Konkurrent intended to do back when Low visited The Netherlands in November of last year, actually didn't materialize. A shame, truly. The bright side of his message, though, is that he also said his film, "A Song Of Praise", is coming out in a special dedicated website in two months.

Here's another nice little bandcamp treat: Retribution Gospel Choir's Stack Session for KWUR 90.3 FM in St. Louis, Missouri, on September 27, 2010. Downloadable for free, in a variety of digital formats, including .FLAC. Very cool performance consisting of "Electric Guitar", "Your Bird", and "Workin' Hard":

http://kwur.bandcamp.com/album/retri...-stack-session

Oh, man. All the updates Catherine has posted in the last few days to trustlow.com have made it one of the most awesome websites on the interneck for Low addicts:

http://www.trustlow.com/archive/

Bump.


"The Revolution EP", by Retribution Gospel Choir is available for streaming and download over at their (new) official website:
http://retributiongospelchoir.com/

Upcoming awesome treat on PBS North's "The Playlist": Charlie Parr & Low performing live. The program is currently in the editing process, the final result will be broadcast on Thursday, March 15th, at 8:30 P.M. Not to be missed if you have the chance to watch it. Youtube trailer below:
http://youtu.be/3BU9y3M3dbw

Bump.

AUDIO-FILES is a new 30-minute television show that goes backstage with some of the world's top musicians.

The show is a visual mix-tape of authentic stories, original ideas, and eclectic people - with each track devoted to the same love: music. Sold out shows, personal interviews, intimate acoustic recordings, and exposure to new music, all make this show a complete sensory experience. Watch for AUDIO-FILES this Spring.

Audio-files promo:
http://youtu.be/TUMsviSBcuM

Low (Mimi Parker on piano and vocals, and Alan Sparhawk on guitar and vocals) performing "Point Of Disgust" at Sacred Heart Music Center in Duluth, MN; for Audio-Files:
http://youtu.be/LvaqUYqrghk

Looking forward to the whole thing, hopefully soon.

http://pitchfork.com/news/45729-swan...ily-for-album/

Swans Recruit Karen O, Low, Akron/Family for Album

By Evan Minsker on March 13, 2012 at 01:05 p.m.




Photo by Will Deitz

Back in July, we reported that post-punk/noise legends Swans were working on a lengthy new album. At the time, they were playing two-and-a-half hour-long live shows ("and the album may be a comparable length," we said) with new songs that were as long as 30 minutes. Now, according to SPIN's interview with Swans frontman Michael Gira, that material is going to be on a new LP titled The Seer, due out this summer via Gira's Young God Records.

The album will indeed feature around two hours of music on a double CD and triple vinyl. Gira also confirmed that some of the tracks would clock in at 30 minutes. Gira told Spin, "To me it’s the complete synthesis of everything I’ve done and Swans has done."

He also teased guest spots on the album from Yeah Yeah Yeahs' Karen O, Alan Sparhawk and Mimi Parker of Low, and "Beach Boys-style harmonies" from Akron/Family.
Gira is about to start a world tour performing solo in support of his recent compilation The Milk of M. Gira: Collected Solo Home Recordings 2001 - 2010.

Michael Gira:

03-15 San Francisco, CA - Great American Music Hall *
03-16 Los Angeles, CA - Echo *
03-22 Seattle, WA - Triple Door *
03-23 Portland, OR - Mississippi Studios *
03-24 Denver, CO - Oriental Theater #
04-04 Dublin, Ireland - Button Factory
04-05 Belfast, Ireland - Black Box
04-06 Glasgow, Scotland - St Andrew's Church in the Square
04-07 London, England - Cafe Otto
04-09 Paris, France - Le Point Ephémère
04-10 Amsterdam, Netherlands - Paradiso Upstairs
04-11 Kortrijk, Belgium - De Kreun
04-12 Tilburg, Netherlands - Roadburn Festival
04-14 Copenhagen, Denmark - Loppen
04-15 Aalborg, Denmark - Studenterhuset
04-17 Oslo, Norway - John Dee Club inside Rockafeller
04-18 Stravanger, Norway - Cementen
04-19 Stockholm, Sweden - Debaser Slussen
04-21 Helsinki, Finland - Korjaamo Culture Factory
04-22 Berlin, Germany - Roter Saloon inside Volksbuhne
04-23 Vienna, Austria - Chelsea Club
04-25 Lausanne, Switzerland - Le Bourg
04-26 Düdingen, Switzerland - Café Bad Bonn
04-27 Ravenna, Italy - Bronson Club
04-28 Florence, Italy - Sala Vanni
04-29 Rome, Italy - Chiesa evangelica metodista
05-01 Zurich, Switzerland - Exil
05-03 Sofia, Bulgaria - Mixtape 5
05-04 Istanbul, Turkey - Garaj Istanbul
06-02 Barcelona, Spain - Primavera Sound

* with Sir Richard Bishop
# with Wovenhand

I don't even know Swans, but it looks like a nice project.

The Current will be streaming a live in-studio session by Retribution Gospel Choir today at 7:30 PM Central Standard Time.

Because Sub Pop is out of the loop. Haha. Yeah, I just received their e-mail and thought, "All of this is old news". In any case, Retribution Gospel Choir's "The Revolution EP" is gonna be officially released next week. I'll be buying it. I'm aware a lot of fans do hate it, though.