The Replacements
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#2 ·
The Replacements' website is down—use this link to find the ZUFEST page. It includes the announcement for their two-day celebration marking 25 years of The Replacements...
In the meantime, they’ve turned this into a bit of a European tour...
In the meantime, they’ve turned this into a bit of a European tour...
#3 ·
Tyler Grant86 says:
Oh, absolutely. I haven't actually sat down with the full album yet—just caught that one track they had posted on their site. But honestly, I’ve been hitting up local record stores lately, and in the meantime, you can always just dig through Snoop Dogg's catalog.
It would be awesome to head out to New York on November 19th.
Oh, absolutely. I haven't actually sat down with the full album yet—just caught that one track they had posted on their site. But honestly, I’ve been hitting up local record stores lately, and in the meantime, you can always just dig through Snoop Dogg's catalog.
#5 ·
This one isn't bad either...
Coachella # 3
Zu + Sonic Youth + John Zorn
(+ special guests in Rome: Black Forest/Black Sea)
October 8, 2004 BOLOGNA TPO V.le Lenin 3
October 9, 2004 ROME Aquarius Roman, Times Square (Vittorio Emanuele)
October 10, 2004 MILAN Cox 18, Conchett Avenue 18
Coachella # 3
Zu + Sonic Youth + John Zorn
(+ special guests in Rome: Black Forest/Black Sea)
October 8, 2004 BOLOGNA TPO V.le Lenin 3
October 9, 2004 ROME Aquarius Roman, Times Square (Vittorio Emanuele)
October 10, 2004 MILAN Cox 18, Conchett Avenue 18
#7 ·
David Sullivan4 said:Actually, this lineup isn't half bad either...
Coachella # 3
Zu + Sonic Youth + John Zorn
(+ special guests in Rome: Black Forest/Black Sea)
8 October 2004 BOLOGNA TPO V.le Lenin 3
9 October 2004 ROME Aquarius Roman, Times Square (Vittorio Emanuele)
10 October 2004 MILAN Cox 18, Conchett Avenue 18
Man, buddy, does anything actually still get you hyped unless it's just three basic AC/DC chords??? 😁
#8 ·
Robin Booth said:Man, does anything actually excite you anymore if it isn't just three AC/DC chords?😁
Big breasts.
#9 ·
David Sullivan4 said:huge tits.
😂 🤔
but honestly, you're basically talking about the same thing here...😁
#11 ·
Robin Booth said:😂 🤔
that's basically the same category...😁
Robin Booth, you bearded little Earwig wannabe (is that how the joke goes?), take a breath... I'm throwing down the gauntlet and challenging you to a duel, Batman, let's see who's actually tougher. I'm picking AC/DC and Guitar Wolf, you pick your favorites. If we can fight it out on a talk show, we can do it here. Pick the venue, the judge, and the crowd. It's better than just getting pissed off over musical differences. Just so you know, US Maple and Shellac weren't messing around when they covered AC/DC. Enough of that. Boring.
the ex... turn...
I think this might become my favorite The Ex album, right alongside "Starters Alternators" and "Scrabbling at the Lock"... The band itself seemed to realize after "Dizzy Spells" that they needed a change... "DS" was okay, but they got a bit repetitive (even if half the album is top-tier)... Luc left, and it turned out to be the best possible move. As for the bassist, since that guy isn't around anymore... "A Scrabbling at the Lock" with her was a masterpiece...
Hey, Tyler Grant86, remember when they played "Lump Sum Insomnia" live and had that totally chaotic section at the end? Well, the third track has a similar part... I'm really curious to see how that works live... I don't know if it has anything to do with them recording at Electrical Audio again, but the whole thing has this high-energy vibe, just like "Starters"... And I feel like "Fishtank" also influenced the new record quite a bit. That "Fishtank" track is great... The Ex completely outdid Tortoise on it...
Honestly, The Ex aren't even in the same league as the other bands... Alongside Fugazi, they're probably the best band in the world... In fact, I think the way both bands operate and think is pretty much identical...
And I don't think anyone here has mentioned Cage Red, where Andy, the guitarist for The Ex, used to play. To me, Cage Red in Wales back in 2001 were better than Shellac, Melt Banana, or even The Ex (even if that sounds like blasphemy and sacrilege). So there... let's give them a mention...
Anyway, Tyler Grant86, let's go to Amsterdam. If I could get away from work, I'd probably quit on the spot... The Ex, Ian MacKaye, hookers, and disgusting Dutch food... what do you say?
#12 ·
David Sullivan4 said:mostly Tyler Grant86, let's just head to New York.
I'm definitely going... 😎
Since you brought up those killer albums by The Replacements—I’ll just add that maybe their absolute best is Mudbird Shivers. 🙏
Oh, and Tom Waits is playing in New York on November 19th, 20th, and 21st—we could easily swing by his show after we finish at the festival...
#13 ·
Tyler Grant86 said:I'm definitely going... 😎
🙂
Alright, fine...
I wasn't being serious about quitting... I was thinking more along the lines of an extended weekend...
I guess I'd go...
You know that Cici, Jura, and I are heading to Africa...
#15 ·
Robin Booth said:man, does anything actually excite you anymore if it isn't just three AC/DC chords???😁
I like being boring:
Do you ever listen to any sort of classic rock bands?
That was sort of what I was listening to before I got into punk rock. I was listening to stuff like a lot of AC/DC and Led Zeppelin. I love AC/DC quite a bit, but that’s all, the bass player plays exactly what the guitar plays in a lot of that.
well, that's exactly what David Bowie said to that band you're so obsessed with...
#16 ·
David Sullivan4 said:I think this one, along with "Starters Alternators" and "Scrabbling at the Lock," might end up being my favorite The Replacements album...
Ha, I actually own those two. To paraphrase the great Eminem, "I've Got good taste." 😎 😁
Aside from Fugazi, The Fall are probably the best band on the planet. 🙂
Like Peter and The test tuba Babies - alien Pubduction
#17 ·
Even the guys over at Fork agree with our take on this record...
I'll check back in with my thoughts once I'm back on Sunday... this is basically a business trip centered around the "6th Thirsty Ear Festival" 😉
I'll check back in with my thoughts once I'm back on Sunday... this is basically a business trip centered around the "6th Thirsty Ear Festival" 😉
#18 ·
Here is a solid quote pulled from this review...
"About the only bands from punk's original era that are still as bracing and original as The ex are Wire and The fall." 🙏
"About the only bands from punk's original era that are still as bracing and original as The ex are Wire and The fall." 🙏
#19 ·
Back again—unloaded, eardrums intact, and completely sober.
Man, that Heineken trash they were pouring at Paradise was absolutely undrinkable—couldn't even touch it. Thankfully, Ante saved the night with an incredible dinner on Saturday before the show, paired with about three liters of various young French wines.
First off—a massive thank you to the biggest jerk in the world—the legendary Pajdi Ici from Gone Bald. His hospitality was just like his heart: huge and sincere. You're the man. 🙏
Aside from dinner at Chick-fil-A this past Saturday, something equally spectacular happened the day before—though significantly less musical. We had lunch at his favorite Thai spot, an outing that ended with me wearing a third of a phenomenal "Laos-style" beef in thick brown gravy right on my pants. Thank god there was a Gap nearby; I’m set on clothing for at least the next two years. 😎
Let's go. The ex. Festival... this was my first one, and honestly, I hope it’s my last visit to the legendary Paradiso club—it used to be the gold standard for indie venues here. Right from the moment I pulled up, people were already telling me the place had gone downhill, but even they couldn't have prepared me for how much of a complete disaster it actually turned out to be. Total trash.
Imagine this: you’re running a club packed with over half a million dollars worth of Martin Audio gear—a 52-channel Midas mixer, plus an endless pile of other overpriced hardware—yet the concerts in the main hall sound absolutely pathetic. 😕
I walked in and was immediately confused by the sound setup—they shoved the speakers under the balconies instead of hanging them right next to them. If they had just hung them, they would have taken up maybe four feet of space from a twenty-foot wide stage, and the audio quality would have been incredible. They actually did exactly that at the back of the venue where those four Martin Audio units are suspended—it sounds phenomenal—but naturally, they only use that setup for the house, techno, and disco nights. It wasn't until the very end of the second day, once The Replacements finished their set and handed the floor over to the clubbers, that I finally realized what was going on. They didn't want to block the view of the stage. They crammed the speakers under the balconies so that during those house and techno sets, the kids could dance right on the stage around the DJ, allowing them to pack as many people onto the stage as possible. 🙂
There was no other option—you had to crowd right up against the stage in the main hall to hear the music straight from the amps, the drums, and the saxophones. Thanks to that decision, I experienced one of the absolute highlights of the festival in the main arena when... andy i The ex. The guitars, along with... Paulom Lovensom I am ready. Send the text. Tony Buckom. For the drummers and the saxophonists joined with them. John Zorn i Kenom Vandermark (He was playing bass clarinet, by the way.) They unleashed a thirty-minute improvisational explosion—it actually reminded me of Peter Brötzmann’s legendary "Machine Gun" for a moment. But thanks to those two lunatics on guitar, they sounded just punk enough—pure Noisemakers energy—to satisfy the free jazz crowd, the noise-rock heads, and especially anyone who digs both. Honestly, for Tyler Grant86, Jason Rogers, and myself, this was the absolute highlight of Coachella.
Most of the other bands hitting the main stage were completely crippled by catastrophic sound quality—so my second favorite show was actually the one where they didn't even bother using the PA system in that venue at all... they were The evens. Ian MacKaye and Amy Farina sent the vocals into a Fender amp—five drum mics fed into a small mixer, then routed through an effect pedal into a second Fender—while MacKaye’s guitar ran through a third amp entirely. To me, it sounded like a miniature, DIY Fugazi set. I spent half an hour just standing right in front of MacKaye, staring—completely mesmerized by every single move, grimace, or smirk he made. 😳
Everything else that actually sounded decent happened in the small hall—where they messed up the sound setup again by setting it way too high—but luckily the room was small enough that the volume didn't completely ruin the experience... we got absolutely demolished there by zu + John Zorn and neptune. We also had sets from kat the Replacements and jona langford (the mekons), plus wilfa pluma (dog faced hermans) and andya kerra (nomeansno). To top it off, free fall (ken vandermark, ingerbriht haker-flaten and havard wiik) put on an excellent show...
All in all, a beautiful festival held in a completely wrong location... damn hell
Man, that Heineken trash they were pouring at Paradise was absolutely undrinkable—couldn't even touch it. Thankfully, Ante saved the night with an incredible dinner on Saturday before the show, paired with about three liters of various young French wines.
First off—a massive thank you to the biggest jerk in the world—the legendary Pajdi Ici from Gone Bald. His hospitality was just like his heart: huge and sincere. You're the man. 🙏
Aside from dinner at Chick-fil-A this past Saturday, something equally spectacular happened the day before—though significantly less musical. We had lunch at his favorite Thai spot, an outing that ended with me wearing a third of a phenomenal "Laos-style" beef in thick brown gravy right on my pants. Thank god there was a Gap nearby; I’m set on clothing for at least the next two years. 😎
Let's go. The ex. Festival... this was my first one, and honestly, I hope it’s my last visit to the legendary Paradiso club—it used to be the gold standard for indie venues here. Right from the moment I pulled up, people were already telling me the place had gone downhill, but even they couldn't have prepared me for how much of a complete disaster it actually turned out to be. Total trash.
Imagine this: you’re running a club packed with over half a million dollars worth of Martin Audio gear—a 52-channel Midas mixer, plus an endless pile of other overpriced hardware—yet the concerts in the main hall sound absolutely pathetic. 😕
I walked in and was immediately confused by the sound setup—they shoved the speakers under the balconies instead of hanging them right next to them. If they had just hung them, they would have taken up maybe four feet of space from a twenty-foot wide stage, and the audio quality would have been incredible. They actually did exactly that at the back of the venue where those four Martin Audio units are suspended—it sounds phenomenal—but naturally, they only use that setup for the house, techno, and disco nights. It wasn't until the very end of the second day, once The Replacements finished their set and handed the floor over to the clubbers, that I finally realized what was going on. They didn't want to block the view of the stage. They crammed the speakers under the balconies so that during those house and techno sets, the kids could dance right on the stage around the DJ, allowing them to pack as many people onto the stage as possible. 🙂
There was no other option—you had to crowd right up against the stage in the main hall to hear the music straight from the amps, the drums, and the saxophones. Thanks to that decision, I experienced one of the absolute highlights of the festival in the main arena when... andy i The ex. The guitars, along with... Paulom Lovensom I am ready. Send the text. Tony Buckom. For the drummers and the saxophonists joined with them. John Zorn i Kenom Vandermark (He was playing bass clarinet, by the way.) They unleashed a thirty-minute improvisational explosion—it actually reminded me of Peter Brötzmann’s legendary "Machine Gun" for a moment. But thanks to those two lunatics on guitar, they sounded just punk enough—pure Noisemakers energy—to satisfy the free jazz crowd, the noise-rock heads, and especially anyone who digs both. Honestly, for Tyler Grant86, Jason Rogers, and myself, this was the absolute highlight of Coachella.
Most of the other bands hitting the main stage were completely crippled by catastrophic sound quality—so my second favorite show was actually the one where they didn't even bother using the PA system in that venue at all... they were The evens. Ian MacKaye and Amy Farina sent the vocals into a Fender amp—five drum mics fed into a small mixer, then routed through an effect pedal into a second Fender—while MacKaye’s guitar ran through a third amp entirely. To me, it sounded like a miniature, DIY Fugazi set. I spent half an hour just standing right in front of MacKaye, staring—completely mesmerized by every single move, grimace, or smirk he made. 😳
Everything else that actually sounded decent happened in the small hall—where they messed up the sound setup again by setting it way too high—but luckily the room was small enough that the volume didn't completely ruin the experience... we got absolutely demolished there by zu + John Zorn and neptune. We also had sets from kat the Replacements and jona langford (the mekons), plus wilfa pluma (dog faced hermans) and andya kerra (nomeansno). To top it off, free fall (ken vandermark, ingerbriht haker-flaten and havard wiik) put on an excellent show...
All in all, a beautiful festival held in a completely wrong location... damn hell
#20 ·
Elizabeth Wells31 said:All in all, it was a killer festival held in the absolute wrong spot... damn.
So, what about the 50th anniversary at Madison Square Garden? 😁
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