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| TRANSMARINE |
Posted - 02/13/2006 : 08:04:35
Anyone hear of this band? I picked up their EP over the weekend after hearing a song on the radio (I liked it that much), and the EP is from a year ago. I can't find any info on these people. Just wondering.
Hank the 8th was a duplicated man
-bRIAN |
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| Homers_pet_monkey |
Posted - 02/28/2006 : 09:12:37
Check your mail.
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| bumblebeeboy2 |
Posted - 02/28/2006 : 07:41:52
quote:
Originally posted by Homers_pet_monkey
I am avoiding you due to the upsetting comments your friends made last time.
I'd walk her everyday, into a shady place
Eh? What friends? I don't have any!?
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| Homers_pet_monkey |
Posted - 02/28/2006 : 07:06:34
I am avoiding you due to the upsetting comments your friends made last time.
I'd walk her everyday, into a shady place
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| bumblebeeboy2 |
Posted - 02/27/2006 : 15:47:52
quote:
Originally posted by Homers_pet_monkey
Yes it was the Academy.
Erm, I don't know what to say.....I am sorry for you, that you have wasted your youth?
I'd walk her everyday, into a shady place
I was including you in that too. Why are you never at Smile? I'm always there and you're never there...
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| Homers_pet_monkey |
Posted - 02/27/2006 : 13:38:51
Yes it was the Academy.
Erm, I don't know what to say.....I am sorry for you, that you have wasted your youth?
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| bumblebeeboy2 |
Posted - 02/27/2006 : 12:52:18
quote:
Originally posted by Homers_pet_monkey
Eh?
I'd walk her everyday, into a shady place
did you see them at the academy? i thought i saw they were playing there as i passed on saturday. the last comment was in reference to wasted youth. 
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| Homers_pet_monkey |
Posted - 02/27/2006 : 11:21:07
quote:
Originally posted by TRANSMARINE
Unsatisfied (with 'Lost House' b-side)
Hank the 8th was a duplicated man
-bRIAN
I know that one is a favourite of Kathryn.
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| TRANSMARINE |
Posted - 02/27/2006 : 06:17:51
The album comes out here in the States tomorrow! Can't friggin' wait!!! I also happened along a couple more singles:
Just Friends (with 'I Can't Lose' b-side)
and
Unsatisfied (with 'Lost House' b-side)
While Just Friends is good, Unsatisfied may be my favorite song next to Over The Ocean. yay!
Hank the 8th was a duplicated man
-bRIAN |
| Homers_pet_monkey |
Posted - 02/26/2006 : 13:50:17
Eh?
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| bumblebeeboy2 |
Posted - 02/26/2006 : 09:22:01
quote:
Originally posted by Homers_pet_monkey
Going to see them tonight, supported by two other Manchetser bands, The Longcut and Polytechnic. Can't wait.
I'd walk her everyday, into a shady place
at the academy? we passed it on way to smile, we were upset. what've we done with our lives!!!!!
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| Homers_pet_monkey |
Posted - 02/25/2006 : 07:46:50
Going to see them tonight, supported by two other Manchetser bands, The Longcut and Polytechnic. Can't wait.
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| bumblebeeboy2 |
Posted - 02/24/2006 : 04:31:03
quote:
Originally posted by Homers_pet_monkey
I am going to see them again in two weeks, supported by two other Manchester bands, The Longcut, and my mate's band Polytechnic (who also supported The Breeders in London).
Their album is out soon in the US, plus a tour in March and April.
Mel, they often go to Smile, the club where Simon and I took you to. They seem like nice guys. Simon knows/stalks the guitarist.
Anything you wanna know about them, just ask.
I'd walk her everyday, into a shady place
oi! you're the stalker boy! he used to live near me so we shared taxi's.
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| Doog |
Posted - 02/15/2006 : 17:19:13
quote:
Originally posted by misleadtheworld
quote:
Originally posted by Doog
Nimrod's Son: Tribute To the Pixies - The Venue, New Cross (London) - Fri 3rd March
I must've missed this. I'll come along too. I foolishly missed the last one, all that time ago.
What other forum members are going to this? I'll probably be resembling a former member of Pulp, unfortunately.
Hold those NHS specs high! Unless you mean someone who isn't Jarvis Cocker, in which case I don't know what support to offer.
I would offer a guestlist pass, but it's pretty much full up now- sorry! It's only £7 to get in anyways, that's admission for the whole complex- the top floor "Star Bar" has a decent indie/rock DJ spinning the choo-oons so it's aaaaaaaall good.
Nimrod's Son: Tribute To the Pixies - The Venue, New Cross (London) - Fri 3rd March
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| Homers_pet_monkey |
Posted - 02/15/2006 : 15:27:44
quote:
Originally posted by TRANSMARINE
This is going to be the American tracking order.
1. Get Your Guns
2. Cosmopolitan
3. Not Everyone
4. Unsatisfied
5. Headlights
6. Behind Your Eyes
7. Ironside
8. Shot Down
9. Just Friends
10. Everybody Is
11. Intermission
12. Southern Cross
Is Over The Ocean only a b-side over there across the ocean? I think it is superior to Cosmopolitan.
Hank the 8th was a duplicated man
-bRIAN
Yes it is. Shame it didn't make the album. Thought perhaps it would make your version.
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| misleadtheworld |
Posted - 02/15/2006 : 13:06:02
quote:
Originally posted by Doog
Nimrod's Son: Tribute To the Pixies - The Venue, New Cross (London) - Fri 3rd March
I must've missed this. I'll come along too. I foolishly missed the last one, all that time ago.
What other forum members are going to this? I'll probably be resembling a former member of Pulp, unfortunately.
? |
| TRANSMARINE |
Posted - 02/15/2006 : 13:02:25
This is going to be the American tracking order.
1. Get Your Guns
2. Cosmopolitan
3. Not Everyone
4. Unsatisfied
5. Headlights
6. Behind Your Eyes
7. Ironside
8. Shot Down
9. Just Friends
10. Everybody Is
11. Intermission
12. Southern Cross
Is Over The Ocean only a b-side over there across the ocean? I think it is superior to Cosmopolitan.
Hank the 8th was a duplicated man
-bRIAN |
| Homers_pet_monkey |
Posted - 02/15/2006 : 12:33:57
I wonder if your track listing will differ.
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| TRANSMARINE |
Posted - 02/15/2006 : 11:13:06
Official U.S. release date of EVERYTHING IS: 2/28/06
CaNnOt WaIt!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hank the 8th was a duplicated man
-bRIAN |
| Doog |
Posted - 02/14/2006 : 14:34:41
quote:
Originally posted by PixieSteve
hey doog, i am almost definitely coming down for that, possibly bringing two mates with me, nik and oli. i asked to be on the guest list in that thread you made earlier but can't find it now.. can they be popped on?
Yeah man, just hit me with the full names of you and your guests and I'll do my best. Be sure to include any middle names, so I can laugh at them.
cease_to_resist (at) hotmail.com
Nimrod's Son: Tribute To the Pixies - The Venue, New Cross (London) - Fri 3rd March
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| Homers_pet_monkey |
Posted - 02/14/2006 : 14:22:40
quote:
Originally posted by Doog
quote:
Originally posted by Homers_pet_monkey
I reckon if you sent them a CD, they would let you support them Doog. I reckon' they would dig your stuff.
Perhaps that could be the way to get you a gig up here.
I'd walk her everyday, into a shady place
Haha, I don't have a band for the 'Doog' stuff but thanks for the thought. I did have a band for about a month but I got bored of it, if it doesn't sound like it does in my head, I lose interest pretty quick.. Maybe I could whore my other bands EP once we've finished it..
Incidently, what part of the UK is "up here"?
Nimrod's Son: Tribute To the Pixies - The Venue, New Cross (London) - Fri 3rd March
Manchester. You DO know that.
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| PixieSteve |
Posted - 02/14/2006 : 13:57:36
hey doog, i am almost definitely coming down for that, possibly bringing two mates with me, nik and oli. i asked to be on the guest list in that thread you made earlier but can't find it now.. can they be popped on?
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| Doog |
Posted - 02/14/2006 : 13:53:38
quote:
Originally posted by Homers_pet_monkey
I reckon if you sent them a CD, they would let you support them Doog. I reckon' they would dig your stuff.
Perhaps that could be the way to get you a gig up here.
I'd walk her everyday, into a shady place
Haha, I don't have a band for the 'Doog' stuff but thanks for the thought. I did have a band for about a month but I got bored of it, if it doesn't sound like it does in my head, I lose interest pretty quick.. Maybe I could whore my other bands EP once we've finished it..
Incidently, what part of the UK is "up here"?
Nimrod's Son: Tribute To the Pixies - The Venue, New Cross (London) - Fri 3rd March
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| Carl |
Posted - 02/14/2006 : 13:04:21
Ten Black Alps are better. They're one louder. When they go up to Eleven, they'll really rock.
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| TRANSMARINE |
Posted - 02/14/2006 : 11:09:42
quote:
Originally posted by Homers_pet_monkey
Cool, I am glad you like them. I would ignore what K-ROQ said though. That all sounds a little too NME for my liking.
They are very good but rock doesn't need saving. It's just fine the way it is.
I'd walk her everyday, into a shady place
Believe me...I wouldn't take shit in any form from the radio...but I must admit, as a radio hater, I must put aside my differences for a second and thank KROQ I happened to tune in to catch NBA. I guess sometimes radio can throw a sublime wrench into it's own cogs.
Hank the 8th was a duplicated man
-bRIAN |
| Homers_pet_monkey |
Posted - 02/14/2006 : 10:26:12
Cool, I am glad you like them. I would ignore what K-ROQ said though. That all sounds a little too NME for my liking.
They are very good but rock doesn't need saving. It's just fine the way it is.
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| TRANSMARINE |
Posted - 02/14/2006 : 08:10:05
Yes. No wonder I was having a hard time trying to find stuff by NINE BLACK OAKS. Everything kept redirecting me to The Alp Ridge Boys.
But on a side note, yesterday on the "world famous K-ROQ" here in Los Angeles, they were playing Cosmopolitan again, and basically hyping NBA as the next best saviors of rock! It's so weird that suddenly this band appears out of nowhere here (to me, at least), they're actually good, no one I know (even the 'in' friends I have) has ever heard of them, and BOOM.
It's very exciting to be excited by new music. Sometimes I worry it will never happen again, then suddenly along comes a surprise.
Hank the 8th was a duplicated man
-bRIAN |
| Homers_pet_monkey |
Posted - 02/14/2006 : 06:17:57
I reckon if you sent them a CD, they would let you support them Doog. I reckon' they would dig your stuff.
Perhaps that could be the way to get you a gig up here.
I'd walk her everyday, into a shady place
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| Doog |
Posted - 02/13/2006 : 16:57:46
I've 'Everything Is' and it's real cool.
"Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, morecambe and wise"
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| Homers_pet_monkey |
Posted - 02/13/2006 : 14:36:30
Cool.
Haha, TRANSMARINE, I see you edited the title at last. Teehee.
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| GypsyDeath |
Posted - 02/13/2006 : 14:23:51
ohhh, there is a sister bar? Thats cool. Hmm, definately need to be making my way up north this summer.
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| Homers_pet_monkey |
Posted - 02/13/2006 : 14:20:14
Yeah Over The Ocean is great for a b-side to Cosmopolitan. That was a vinyl only limited edition debut release - 1,000 copies only. I managed to find a copy in the Rough Trade shop in Portobello in London when I was down there. I now have all the rest of their vinyl signed which is quite cool.
They had execs from loads of record labels pulling up in limos outside this really small bar in Manchester called Big Hands where they were playing only their fourth or fifth gig (Mel, it's the sister bar of The Temple). The singer Sam said he had the boss from a label in LA calling him at 3 in the morning promising to make them the biggest band in the world. Freaked him out a bit I think.
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| TRANSMARINE |
Posted - 02/13/2006 : 14:02:01
I did check out their site already...really cool.
Frankly, I like the polished sound of their craziness. I'm sure live they are fantastic. It was COSMOPOLITAN that I heard on the radio...I caught it half-way through and was like "who the fuck is this?!!". Luckily, the DJ mentioned their name...which usually they don't on radio these days. I happened to find the EP at BEST BUY (of all places! Nowhere else has it!) I think my favorite track is Over The Ocean...Shot Down is quite snazzy, too!
I'm sure to you guys overseas this is all yesterday's news...but hot damn! I hope they catch on here! I gotta see them play!
Hank the 8th was a duplicated man
-bRIAN |
| Homers_pet_monkey |
Posted - 02/13/2006 : 13:52:05
http://search.ebay.co.uk/search/search.dll?cgiurl=http%3A%2F%2Fcgi.ebay.co.uk%2Fws%2F&fkr=1&from=R8&satitle=nine+black+alps&category0=
http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/search-handle-form/026-8449592-4935627
If you don't mind importing.
They are probably better live. One thing their album was criticised for was being too polished. Some said that after the rawness of their limited edition debut single, and their live shows, the album was over produced (they flew to LA to have it done by the Foo's producer I think).
Have a look around here too.
http://www.nineblackalps.net/
They have only been going for around two years. They started a band to get into gigs for free, and they played a house party with The Longcut that I was lucky enough to be at.
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| GypsyDeath |
Posted - 02/13/2006 : 13:45:32
I was standing behind you for part of it. actually. I seem to remember you were more than a little worse for wear that night, anyway. so my memory will be better than yours.
I didnt know I needed your permission to come to manchester!
Michael - King of the thriving northern industrial city - Manchester.
well on that note, You are most welcome to return to London. lol ;)
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| TRANSMARINE |
Posted - 02/13/2006 : 13:43:35
Do they sound good live like their recorded material? I cant find anything on ebay, amazon, or tower! I swore I saw some stuff on ebay just earlier today...nothing comes up anywhere! How long have they been around in UK? I'm becoming obsessed with them!
Hank the 8th was a duplicated man
-bRIAN |
