[hipster_bebop_junkie]

‘C’mon’ is out today, purchase on Amazon mp3 for $3.99

Posted on April 12th,2011
C’mon is out today. It’s Amazon’s "Deal of The Day", you can purchase it on Amazon mp3 for $3.99.


For those who purchase the CD or LP this week at one of these participating stores, you’ll receive a bonus 5-song C’mon Acoustic EP, made up of stripped-down versions of the album tracks “Try to Sleep,” Witches,” “Done,” “$20,” and “Nightingale”. For those of you who pre-ordered from Sub Pop you’ll also be receiving a digital version of the EP via email later today as thanks.
The EPs will be available for free at stores with purchase of C’mon from the release date of the album (April 12, 2011) through Record Store Day (April 16, 2011), for as long as supplies last, they’ll also be available in these shops:
UK - Rough Trade, Jumbo Records, Rise, Norman Records, Resident


Your local indies in these territories should have the EP as well -Italy, Spain, Benelux, France, Canada, Australia, and Norway. We will post more links as we get them.






Info taken from:
http://chairkickers.com/

[hipster_bebop_junkie]

More tour dates have been announced:

Low will be bringing C'mon to select Midwest and East Coast cities in the US, and Canada in April, May and the West Coast in September. Tickets for the West Coast dates will be onsale the weekends of April 16th and April 23rd, stay tuned for more info on that very soon:
Thursday April 14th - Harbor City School Theater - Duluth, MN - Tickets available @ Harbor City School or Electric Fetus
Saturday April 16th @ 4pm - Electric Fetus Instore - Minneapolis, MN - Record Store Day celebration
Saturday April 16th - First Avenue - Minneapolis, MN - Tickets
Wednesday April 20th - Majestic Theatre - Madison, WI - Tickets
Thursday April 21st - Lincoln Hall - Chicago, IL - Tickets
Friday April 22nd - Headliners Music Hall - Louisville, KY - Tickets
Saturday April 23rd - Andy Warhol Museum - Pittsburgh, PA (8pm & 10pm show) - Tickets
Monday April 25th - First Unitarian Church - Philadelphia, PA - Tickets
Tuesday April 26th - Black Cat - Washington, DC - Tickets
Friday April 29th - Paramount Center - Boston, MA - Tickets
Saturday April 30th - Daniel Street - Milford, CT - Tickets
Monday May 2nd - Mod Club - Toronto, CAN - Tickets
Tuesday May 3rd - Blind Pig - Ann Arbor, MI - Tickets
Saturday September 10th - The Aquarium - Fargo, ND *
Thursday September 15th - The Rio Theatre - Vancouver, BC *
Friday September 16th - Neumos - Seattle, WA *
Saturday September 17th - Aladdin Theater - Portland, OR *
Monday September 19th - Great American Music Hall - San Francisco, CA *
Tuseday September 20th - El Rey Theatre - Los Angeles, CA *
Friday September 23rd - Velour Live Music Gallery - Provo, UT *
Saturday September 24th - Bluebird Theater, Denver, CO - onsale Sat. April 23
* onsale tba
-Low HQ

[hipster_bebop_junkie]

Yet another update.


Low premiere new video 'Try to Sleep' starring ... John Stamos? Yes!
http://music-mix.ew.com/2011/04/12/l...-try-to-sleep/

[Torn Curtain]

Pitchfork's review:
http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/15253-cmon/

[hipster_bebop_junkie]

Here's a streaming of Low's session on KUMD 103.3 FM in Duluth, Minnesota, on April 14, 2011:
http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/kumd/arts.artsmain?action=viewArticle&sid=14&id=1788264 &pid=392

Set-list consisted of: "Try To Sleep", "Nightningale", "Witches", and "Especially Me", plus an interview with Alan and Mimi.

Longer and better than the WNYC session. Another great interview, interesting to hear Alan talking a bit about the reference to Al Green on "Witches", and most especially about Nels Cline...

Can someone please give advice on how to download the streaming audio? DownloadHelper didn't work to do the task.

On theduluthscene.org there are videos of this session, but the interview bits are not on them. They're pretty amazing, regardless:
http://theduluthscene.org/category/low/#video-8185

EDIT:
Here's a video of the performance of "Witches" by Los Besos, that Alan mentioned in the interview on the KUMD session:
http://vimeo.com/3922652

[hipster_bebop_junkie]

Another live session, this one took place at The Current Studio for Minnesota Public Radio (89.3 FM). Set-list consisted of "Try To Sleep", "You See Everything", and "Witches". Another interview, too. Audio of the whole session and video of "Try To Sleep" streaming here:
http://minnesota.publicradio.org/dis...urrent-studio/

[hipster_bebop_junkie]

This one's pretty nifty:

Low, live at the Electric Fetus record store in Duluth, Minessota, on Record Store Day (April 16, 2011):
http://soundcloud.com/darin_k/low-20...electric-fetus
Set-list: "Try To Sleep", "You See Everything", "Sunflower", "Something's Turning Over", and "Canada".

[hipster_bebop_junkie]

Review and pictures of Low's performance at The Bowery Ballroom last night:
http://fuckingnostalgic.blogspot.com....html?spref=fb

According to a post on his twitter page, acidjack attended. If he taped, i hope he'll post his recording to nyctaper or dimeadozen soon.

[hipster_bebop_junkie]

More pics from Low's show at The Bowery Ballroom:
http://www.aheartisaspade.com/2011/0...gh/#more-20629


Also, acidjack has posted this to his twatter page:

 

acidjacknyc acidjack
@mattheartspade Matt, can I use some of those Low photos for my post @nyctaper of my recording (with credits, of course)?
7 hours ago


I'm expecting his recording to be posted in the next few hours.

 

[hipster_bebop_junkie]

Bumper.

After posting so many links, i'll be kinda feeling like a spambot .

• Here's the history behind the album's cover:
  http://www.facebook.com/note.php?not...28719&comments
  
  
• Alan Sparhawk performing solo at Sans Pile Session. Set-list consisted of "Try To Sleep", "Nightingale", "Witches", "Cool Rasta (The Heptones cover)", and "Nothing But Heart":
  http://www.magicrpm.com/videos/sans%...20session/low/
  
  
• Alan performing "Witches" and "Something's Turning Over" for muzu.tv:
  http://www.muzu.tv/thefly/low-low-wi...c-video/939301
  
  
• Belgian documentary on Low by cobra.be, including bits of "Dinosaur Act", Mimi's wonderful cover of The Bee Gee's "I Started A Joke", and "Dragonfly". I have the impression that i've seen that footage before, probably on the "Murderer", or "Live In Europe" DVDs. Also includes an interview with Alan, he talks about family, faith, and artistic motivation behind "C'mon". Then he performs an amazing acoustic version of "Try To Sleep". Again, if someone can give me a clue on how to download this, i'd be forever grateful:
  http://www.cobra.be/cm/cobra/cobra-m...uziek/1.995476
  
  
• Live session at the Alternate Side. Youtube videos embedded, and an interview with Alan and Mimi, whom the reporter refers to as Molly, for a long part of the interview. What the fuck?
  http://thealternateside.org/110502/tas_session_low
  
  
• Another Alan Sparhawk solo session, performing "Try To Sleep", "Witches", and "Nightingale":
  http://www.stubru.be/programmas/intomusic/lowakoestisch
  
  
• Review and pictures of Low's show at The Paramount Theatre, in Boston on April 29, 2011:
  http://www.melophobe.com/concert-rev...tre-boston-ma/
  
  
• And finally, acidjack's recording of Low's performance at The Bowery Ballroom in New York City on April 27, 2011 is now available for download both in MP3 and FLAC format at nyctaper.com:
  http://www.nyctaper.com/

I wonder if i'll get saturated with this album.

[narlus]

here's another review/photos link of the Boston show:
http://www.bigtakeover.com/concerts/...-april-28-2011

[hipster_bebop_junkie]

Beautiful photos, narlus (as always). Thanks for posting.

Low are now touring in Europe. Before leaving the US (?), they stopped by A.V. Club's to perform a cover of Toto's "Africa" for their undercover series. Quite a killer version, in my opinion.

I hope some recordings of the european tour will surface. Kind of a disappointment that acidjack's tape of the Bowery Ballroom performance is the only one available in lossless format from the US tour. Good thing his recording is awesome, though. I guess it is possible that many tapers have also given up on this band (but maybe i'm just not having as much patience as i should), i'm glad _tunic_ is not one of those, and i would bet my eyes he'll hook us up with as many great tapes of Low as he possibly can.

Anyway, according to the info on Low's latest newsletter, a few more dates have been added to their schedule. Specifically, they'll be playing in Denmark, Poland, and Finland in October, and it seems that more dates will be announced shortly. Also, Low will make an appearance at France 3's "Ce Soir Ou Jamais" TV show, and their performance will be broadcast on May 26. Perhaps some of the french boardies (Torn Curtain and who else?) can record it and share it, or if that's not possible, at least i can recommend you guys to check it out if you have the chance.

The first tiny piece of aural bliss from Low's tour in Europe is a short session, including an interview, they did at the BBC for Marc Riley's show. It consisted of "Try To Sleep", "Nightingale", and "Something's Turning Over". The whole program can be streamed here:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01174pd

If the world doesn't end today, US citizens will have a chance to listen to a Low live performance and interview with Greg Kot and Jim DeRogatis that will be broadcast by a variety of radio stations across the country:
http://www.soundopinions.org/stationlist.html
Again, it's highly likely that an mp3 version of that session and interview will eventually end on the sound opinion's archive, but if someone is able to record the broadcast straight from the radio, please do so, and then torrent the hell out of it. Thanks.

[hipster_bebop_junkie]

Low 2011-05-21 Orangerie @Botanique, Brussel, Belgium [lowtorrent]
Uploaded by _tunic_

[Torn Curtain]

Originally Posted by hipster_bebop_junkie

Also, Low will make an appearance at France 3's "Ce Soir Ou Jamais" TV show, and their performance will be broadcast on May 26. Perhaps some of the french boardies (Torn Curtain and who else?) can record it and share it, or if that's not possible, at least i can recommend you guys to check it out if you have the chance.

As far as I'm concerned I won't be able to record it , but a video of the performance should at least be viewable in streaming on the programme's website

[hipster_bebop_junkie]

Originally Posted by Torn Curtain

As far as I'm concerned I won't be able to record it , but a video of the performance should at least be viewable in streaming on the programme's website

Good news all the same. I appreciate your reply. Thanks.

MP3s, and links to pictures of Low's performance and interview with Greg Kot and Jim DeRogatis for the sound opinions show are now available here:
http://www.soundopinions.org/archive....html#guestlow
Hopefully they'll add videos soon. Set-list: "Nightingale", "Try To Sleep", "Witches", and "You See Everything". I was thinking that there was a possibility that some of those radio stations would stream the audio in lossless format, but i wasn't able to actually go find out.


EDIT:
Video of the sound opinions session is now up, too:
http://www.wbez.org/story/video-low-...opinions-86799

[hipster_bebop_junkie]

Low: Tiny Desk Concert on NPR.
Alan Sparhawk & Mimi Parker performing acoustic versions of "Try To Sleep", "Nightingale", and "Something's Turning Over".

[hipster_bebop_junkie]

Just a reminder: Low will be on Ce Soir Ou Jamais tonight on France's public television Channel 3. Performance about midnight, according to an announcement by Low on facemook.


Yolafilmo, who filmed some of the footage still available at Primavera Sound Festival's website here, have announced that they'll be filming Low's performance at this year's festival. Doesn't seem like they'll webcast this one on San Miguel Primavera Sound Festival's dailymotion page, though; or at least it's not in the schedule yet. I'll try to catch PJ Harvey and Einstürzende Neubauten's performances, even if there is a chance that the webcast will take place at the same time as the UEFA Champions League final, right? If Low's show doesn't show up there, at least there is a chance that it will appear somewhere else (perhaps on yolafilmo's vimeo channel). Fingers crossed.

[hipster_bebop_junkie]

Bump.

Torn Curtain, you were right: Low's performance at Ce Soir Ou Jamais can be streamed now at the show's website. They played "Especially Me":
http://ce-soir-ou-jamais.france3.fr/...d_article=2897

[hipster_bebop_junkie]

_tunic_ has uploaded his recording of Low's performance in Eindhoven on May 24th, to archive.org:
http://www.archive.org/details/low20...ndhoven.flac16

[hipster_bebop_junkie]

Some more tour dates have been officially announced:
http://chairkickers.com/shows/

A new song has just recently surfaced, It's tentatively called "Your Shadow", and Alan played it at lecargo.org's Session Acoustique:
http://lecargo.org/spip/low/session-...ticle7396.html