The War on Drugs

[Comfy Bean]

Got these coming up this week. Had the album on today for the first time in a wee while. Excellent stuff. Plus Saturday night gig in Glasgow

[Wooderson]

So this spat has taken another amusing turn - Sun Kil Moon has now released a recording of himself laughingly reading out TWOD's quote about the affair over a blues lick, 'Adam Granofsky Blues':

http://sunkilmoon.com/agblues/

He's got major issues. Granofsky shouldnt have taken the bait like Nels Cline.

[Mardy]

I like a good rock star meltdown. Not enough of them these days. Fair play to the fella Kozolek

[Wooderson]

I like a good rock star meltdown. Not enough of them these days. Fair play to the fella Kozolek

The tune about the girls he boned in high school. No thanks Mark mate. GTF.

[Winslow Leach]

The tune about the girls he boned in high school. No thanks Mark mate. GTF.

That one made me feel slightly uncomfortable even before he made it obvious he was a petty, puerile tosser.

[mr flow]

Seeing The War on Drugs in Iceland on Sunday. They're warming up for The Flaming Lips so should be a cracker!

[russycarps]

Seeing The War on Drugs in Iceland on Sunday. They're warming up for The Flaming Lips so should be a cracker!

holy shit that is some trip!

Iceland is one place I am desperate to go to, and that will be an incredible gig. The current flaming lips show is better than anything they've done in the last 10 years. Please give us a full review after

[Brave Sir Robin]

The current flaming lips show is better than anything they've done in the last 10 years.

Why, what are they doing?

[russycarps]

Why, what are they doing?

opening with abandoned hospital ship, random pre-soft bulletin songs, but best of all Steven on drums for certain songs. And the greatest version of feeling yourself disintegrate I've ever seen.

[Winslow Leach]

Seeing The War on Drugs in Iceland on Sunday. They're warming up for The Flaming Lips so should be a cracker!

Bloody hell that sounds perfect. I mean that would be a great gig anywhere, but in Iceland it sound potentially incredible. I've been to Iceland very briefly but I'm desperate to go back there.

[mr flow]

Iceland's an amazing country. Everyone is extremely cool and trendy but not in a w*nky stuck up Shoreditch/East London kind of way. I'd highly recommend it.

It's Iceland Airwave festival that I'm going to for the second time. Line up's always a bit obscure but they always have a few great acts and the Icelandic acts are either incredible or absolutely bonkers! It's kind of like Great Escape as it's based in 20/30 venues around Reykjavik that climaxes with a big gig on the last night. Last year was Kraftwerk, this year is the Lips and TWOD.

Will report back after!

[russycarps]

Iceland's an amazing country. Everyone is extremely cool and trendy but not in a w*nky stuck up Shoreditch/East London kind of way. I'd highly recommend it.

It's Iceland Airwave festival that I'm going to for the second time. Line up's always a bit obscure but they always have a few great acts and the Icelandic acts are either incredible or absolutely bonkers! It's kind of like Great Escape as it's based in 20/30 venues around Reykjavik that climaxes with a big gig on the last night. Last year was Kraftwerk, this year is the Lips and TWOD.

Will report back after!

didnt portishead play that the other year? or it might have been ATP. Whatever it was, I was very tempted to go.

You lucky sod!

[Brave Sir Robin]

opening with abandoned hospital ship, random pre-soft bulletin songs, but best of all Steven on drums for certain songs. And the greatest version of feeling yourself disintegrate I've ever seen.

Wow, that does sound pretty bloomin' great.

It's Iceland Airwave festival that I'm going to for the second time. Line up's always a bit obscure but they always have a few great acts and the Icelandic acts are either incredible or absolutely bonkers! It's kind of like Great Escape as it's based in 20/30 venues around Reykjavik that climaxes with a big gig on the last night. Last year was Kraftwerk, this year is the Lips and TWOD.

As does that!

[mr flow]

didnt portishead play that the other year? or it might have been ATP. Whatever it was, I was very tempted to go.

You lucky sod!

No that was the ATP event. I've just realised they added Neil Young to that line up too, so I'm quite annoyed I missed that!

[Winslow Leach]

Ashamed to say I've still never seen The Flaming Lips live. That really has to be rectified asap.

[The Nal]

Ashamed to say I've still never seen The Flaming Lips live. That really has to be rectified asap.

One of my all time favourite gigs in a small enough venue in Dublin in 06. He gave a laser pen to everyone before the show

And then there was this

War on Drugs played the same venue earlier this year and were great. Sounded much better at Glasto though. They were loud on the Pyramid!

Edited November 3, 2014 by The Nal

[Mardy]

I was all ready to see a couple of Flaming Lips songs at EOTR then chip off to see John Grant. In the end I stayed for the entire set. Fucking marvellous.

[The Nal]

I was all ready to see a couple of Flaming Lips songs at EOTR then chip off to see John Grant. In the end I stayed for the entire set. Fucking marvellous.

Very tempted by EOTR next year......

[Mardy]

Very tempted by EOTR next year......

Do it. 10th anniversary I think. We'll be there, for sure. My highlight of the summer. Lovely little festival.

[Winslow Leach]

War on Drugs played the same venue earlier this year and were great. Sounded much better at Glasto though. They were loud on the Pyramid!

Yeah, their sound was excellent. Gutted I missed the first half of their set though, i wasn't expecting that huge Blondie crush that got in the way.

[bocumaroy]

Really wish I’d seen them, Blondie were really underwhelming. Burning is one of my favourite songs in a long time.

Edited November 3, 2014 by bocumaroy

[russycarps]

War on Drugs played the same venue earlier this year and were great. Sounded much better at Glasto though. They were loud on the Pyramid!

Gah I was hoping for similar levels of loudness this wednesday when I see them.

They really were great at glastonbury.

oh and EOTR is ace!

[The Nal]

Gah I was hoping for similar levels of loudness this wednesday when I see them.

They really were great at glastonbury.

oh and EOTR is ace!

He made some comment to the sound guy in Dublin at the end. They removed/added some effect or something and he shouted "finally". Sound was good. Just wasn't panoramic sparsely populated guitar solos shaking the fillings in your teeth Pyramid field good.

[Winslow Leach]

I'm not sure I heard sound that good anywhere else outside of the Glade all weekend to be honest.

[The Nal]

I'm not sure I heard sound that good anywhere else outside of the Glade all weekend to be honest.

They've really sorted out the sound on the Pyramid. Was way to "friendly" for years. I always preferred the Other Stage sound. But these guys and Metallica sounded the biz.

As did Dollys sax solo. An ear bleeder.

Edited November 3, 2014 by The Nal