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Their festival sets, although disappointing that you don't get the full show, are usually condensed stormers.
Gutted I'll be missing this.
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39 minutes ago, Little Andy said:
I've listened to it loads 🙂 Don't get my wrong tho, I do like it 🙂 In fact I dont feel ready to yty High Violet quite yet, I still yearn more Boxer 🙂
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18 hours ago, Little Andy said:
In response to all who replied to my above message, I've been listening to Boxer. I like it (not super love it, but like it). My favourite songs are Slow Show and Ada.
I'll listen to High Violet soon. 🙂You're not supposed to love it at first 😄 but the more you put it, the more you get out!
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On 2/23/2024 at 9:36 AM, Hugh Jass II said:
For me Frankenstein is an album of 9’s and 5’s - the highs (Eucalyptus, New Order, Tropic Morning News, Grease…) are fantastic but there are a few duds.
Laugh Track is mostly 7’s at least with a few 9’s - Smoke Detector, Space Invader, Tour Manager…)
Poolside
Eucalyptus
New Order
Tropic Morning News
Alien
Alphabet City
Weird Goodbyes
Space Invader
Tour Manager
Smoke DetectorMonkey about with the running order and you’ve got one of their best ever.
First Two Pages Of Laugh Track (preserving the track number and choosing one or t'other):
- Once Upon A Poolside (feat. Sufjan Stevens)
- Deep End (Paul’s in Pieces)
- New Order T-Shirt
- Turn Off the House
- Tropic Morning News
- Laugh Track
- Space Invader
- Grease In Your Hair
- Coat on a Hook
- Tour Manager
- Send For Me
- Smoke Detector
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On 2/5/2024 at 3:15 PM, JayDiesel said:
It's pretty wild looking back at it now. Brand New are one of my favourite ever bands, and they were on tour with a (by that time) fairly pedestrian mainstream rock band. Could have made the argument the following year that BN were the bigger band.
I miss them 😞
Brand New supported Incubus way back as well, saw them at the NEC, great gig.
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30 minutes ago, NorthernSoul52 said:
Lose The Archer, Fearless, Champagne Problems, Delicate, August and Bejeweled, and you can still get four or five news one in there.
We can't lose any of them!
Better off losing Paramore and adding one more to each act.
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new Bleachers is a banger
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On 10/30/2023 at 5:55 PM, homesick said:
Listened to the Taylor's version of 1989 now, and the differences are (unsurprisingly) minimal compared to the original
And as for the vault songs, they are largely absolute trash sadly
Wow, the vault songs on 1989 (after an already stunning album) are up there with her best work. Is It Over Now? one of her greatest songs of all.
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45 minutes ago, EavisAintDead said:
They're currently in the top 5 F&C shops in the country - https://fishfriersreview.co.uk/headline_story/here-is-the-top-5-shortlist-for-restaurant-of-the-year-2024/#:~:text=Eric's Fish and Chips in,Restaurant of the Year gong.
They might even win the number 1 spot
You can't be number 1 without serving battered chips! But at least my feelings were correct
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I thought Knight's Fish & Chips was great, curry sauce by the bucket load and they have a small garden area out back. But then I'm starved of such culinary delights outside the UK, so my standards may have dropped.
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7 minutes ago, parkerpenguin said:
The National have already announced their show there on Friday 5th July
Yeah that's just me hoping for a 2-night show. But that would require the Friday selling out first.
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On 12/6/2023 at 11:27 AM, finn_with_1_n said:
The National again or someone else in for a 6th July show then. Death Cab / Postal Service?
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I used the hack in 2013 and if I'd known about the hack this year I would've used it as well, especially after about half an hour of nothing - heck I'm mainly on here during that time for exactly things like that.
As it was I didn't get tickets, probably won't be trying in the resale.
Now the hack shouldn't be possible at all, but if it is I'm disappointed that I didn't know about it not that others used it.
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Also anecdotally one of our groups got in straight away and hasn't got any more yet, so yeah...anecdotal evidence only
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2 minutes ago, al_coholic said:
Once you get to the Add reg page, close everything else down, it may crash but stick with it. Once you get a session token looks like you are in, just have to refresh and get through each stage
Tabs aff?
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Where are we expecting double dates that’s the main question?
Big gap to fill between London and Edinburgh so I’m guessing 2 in london again unless that’s a “festival” thing like Castlefield? Same goes for Edinburgh?
Maybe they’ll just stick 2 nights in the Piece Hall in the middle, or is that weekends and later in the year?
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After the Phoenix vs Elton fiasco last year as well
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On 10/21/2023 at 5:27 PM, Ryan1984 said:
Not been following the threads for a while. Are we thinking Madge is likely now? Hopefully The National would be on an alternate day!
Either up against Madonna or Dua Lipa, certainly not going to be against Coldplay (if the rumours are true). Rather they didn’t headline a stage at all in that case, bloody pointless.
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Anyone want one or two tickets for Funeral for a Friend supported by Dashboard Confessional at The Roundhouse tomorrow (Sunday)?
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14 hours ago, Neil said:
if you want to buy some slavery go for one of the glamping or pre-pitched options.
That's not usually how slavery works
7 hours ago, parsonjack said:If however you're just looking for some lackey to schlep on site and grab you a prime spot in Row Mead while you finish your artisan sourdough and warm up the chopper then you're on your own sunshine.
That's clearly what they want
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It’s fans night at the ally pally, holy sh*t. These guys.
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Missing a lot of key tracks for the people who just go tonight if they do a totally unique set and the encore regulars would be down to Terrible Love and About Today, but they could change up 15-20 tracks without anyone batting an eyelid.
Shows just how much depth they have now (not that they didn't already since, say, TWFM). Will they do it? Wouldn't put it past them, but this is a one-off gig for most of the attendees and not pre-announced like at Homecoming.
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14 hours ago, UEF said:
Reading this thread and wondering if it was just me that didn't expect to be taken to gigs as a kid
Went to a few Beautiful South gigs with my parents but that was their taste and we (the kids) did/do absolutely love them (the band, and our parents) then/now because of that, but we certainly didn't expect/ask to go., just like that's what we're doing, cool.
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Fantastic album. Smoke detector is an absolute riot, can't wait to hear it live.
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Do you like Matt Berninger? I've been a big The National fan ever since the release of their 2005 album, Alligator. Before that, I really didn't understand any of their work. Too artsy, too intellectual. It was on Alligator where Matt Berninger’s presence became more apparent. I think Boxer was the group's undisputed masterpiece. It's an epic meditation on intangibility. At the same time, it deepens and enriches the meaning of the preceding three albums. Listen to the brilliant ensemble playing of the Dessners, Berninger and the Devendorfs. You can practically hear every nuance of every instrument. In terms of lyrical craftsmanship, the sheer songwriting, this album hits a new peak of professionalism. Take the lyrics to Fake Empire. In this song, Matt Berninger addresses the problems of abusive political authority. Slow Show is the most moving pop song of the 2000s, about monogamy and commitment. The song is extremely uplifting. Their lyrics are as positive and affirmative as anything I've heard in rock. Matt Berninger’s solo career seems to be more commercial and therefore more satisfying, in a narrower way. Especially songs like Loved So Little and Oh Drearie. But I also think Matt Berninger works best within the confines of the group, than as a solo artist, and I stress the word artist. This is Return To The Moon, a great, great song, a personal favorite.