Andy Mulhern Posted August 18, 2008 Report Share Posted August 18, 2008 Vocoustics Presents:Tall Firs + Greater The Shadow + Alastair BrownWednesday 1st OctoberThe Tunnels (Carnegies Brae, Aberdeen AB10 1BF.) Phone 01224 2111215 from 8pmTALL FIRSTall Firs are a 3-piece folk indie rock band from Brooklyn, NY. They feature Sonic Youth's sound engineer and At the Drive-Ins former drummer. They have been around for 18 years and deliver dark, slow, sparse electric folk.They are back for their second trip to the UK, after touring Europe with Shellac and a brief UK tour, with an appearance at ATP, in 2007. They are back in support of their excellent new album "Too Old to Die Young" which is their second release on Thurston Moore Imprint Ecstatic Peace. The Wire reports TOTDY "shifts gear with an easy grace from intertwining guitar drifts to more gnarled, backwoods riffage that nods to Crazy Horse and CCR." Uncut lauds this guitar "rumble and flicker" atop the "Keith Moon-style perpetual drum solo."More Press:[E]lements of Too Old to Die Younghavebeen used before byNew York bands from Patti Smith to Television to Talking Heads, but the way Tall Firs blend them results in something lusher than any of the others could muster" - NME"If your idea of staying warm on a winter night is a bottle of bourbon and a bleak memory, Tall Firs will make excellent company." Rolling Stone"a muscularity that recalls Neil Young in one of his more ornery moods, or a beefed-up Galaxie 500." The Guardian (Live Review)"Tall Firs are brimming with an earnest beauty...most notably on the sublime 'Go Whiskey' where the guitar sounds as though it was recorded in another, more stately century. A tiny treat." Q Tall FirsMySpace.com - Tall Firs - BROOKLYN, New York - www.myspace.com/tallfirs Greater The ShadowMySpace.com - Greater The Shadow (new music up, for yr ears) - aberdeen(shire), UK - Rock / Ambient / Other - www.myspace.com/greatertheshadowmakemusicALASTAIR BROWNMySpace.com - Alastair Brown - London, UK - Acoustic / Folk / Americana - www.myspace.com/alastairbrownwww.vocoustics.comwww.myspace.com/ vocoustics Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graeme Posted August 18, 2008 Report Share Posted August 18, 2008 Mulhern get his finger out shock! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Mulhern Posted August 19, 2008 Author Report Share Posted August 19, 2008 Mulhern get his finger out shock!*yawn* ... have you nothing better to do? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Mulhern Posted September 2, 2008 Author Report Share Posted September 2, 2008 sadly Haho cant make it (gigging in London they are)so another support coming soon...Help: How do I edit my original post? ?( ?( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
framheim Posted September 3, 2008 Report Share Posted September 3, 2008 the guy on the left of that picture looks like neil five from no pasaran. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Mulhern Posted September 15, 2008 Author Report Share Posted September 15, 2008 Greater the Shadow will replace Copy HahoMySpace.com - Greater The Shadow (new music up, for yr ears) - aberdeen(shire), UK - Rock / Ambient / Other - www.myspace.com/greatertheshadowmakemusic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 15, 2008 Report Share Posted September 15, 2008 I was going to go purely for Copy Haho. Then on hearing them cancel their plans, I followed suit, only to change my mind once more because I think Greater the Shadow are pretty good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RF Scott Posted September 15, 2008 Report Share Posted September 15, 2008 Sorry that we had to cancel! Well gutted that I won't be able to see Tall Firs. If anyone was wanting to see us play, we're playing with Hot Club de Paris at Cafe Drummond on October...20th? I think.Hope the show goes wellll!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Mulhern Posted September 15, 2008 Author Report Share Posted September 15, 2008 I was going to go purely for Copy Haho. Then on hearing them cancel their plans, I followed suit, only to change my mind once more because I think Greater the Shadow are pretty good.Tall Firs are reason enough for coming down 'Hairdo' and 'So messed up' are great songs.Sorry that we had to cancel! Well gutted that I won't be able to see Tall Firs. If anyone was wanting to see us play, we're playing with Hot Club de Paris at Cafe Drummond on October...20th? I think.Hope the show goes wellll!!!!!Thanks, I should be down on 20th....... altho Oct/Nov is looking mental for some great gigs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest idol_wild Posted September 16, 2008 Report Share Posted September 16, 2008 Tall Firs are fucking immense. I shall be there for absolute certain. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Posted September 16, 2008 Report Share Posted September 16, 2008 Liking the stuff on their myspace. Looking forward to this now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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qzdiablo Posted September 18, 2008 Report Share Posted September 18, 2008 320248238924380963758248276965829147217167 ?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest idol_wild Posted September 19, 2008 Report Share Posted September 19, 2008 Hairdo by Tall Firs totally reminds me of Murray Street era Sonic Youth.Which is why I am going to jizz at this gig.Sorry, folks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TR!ΔNGL€ T€€TH Posted September 19, 2008 Report Share Posted September 19, 2008 Its in the diary.I'm hoping to attend, despite the possibility of Phil yop being on display. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qzdiablo Posted September 23, 2008 Report Share Posted September 23, 2008 for anyone who is interested: due to the absence of a band member, this gig will feature a special "stripped down" performance from greater the shadow, reworking and reinterpereting their material with more emphasis on the quieter, ambient sections.this gig will also feature a set from tall firs!!, which should be enough reason in itself for anyone to attend, because they are a fantastic band. i don't believe have played up here before and i wouldn't have expected to see in scotland outside the central belt.i'm excited! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim BENCH Posted September 23, 2008 Report Share Posted September 23, 2008 crap I have a gig this night!fuckfuckfuckfuckfuckfuckfuckfuckfuckfuckfuckfuckfuckfuckfuckfuckfuckfuckfuckfuckfuckfuckfuckfuckfuckfuckfuckfuckfuckfuckfuckfuck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Mulhern Posted September 29, 2008 Author Report Share Posted September 29, 2008 bump for wed nightsome words on the live set from TF's blog for the tour.....Tall Firs have pioneered 'checked-baggage rock' and it is amazing to see a whole band lash guitar cases together and expertly repack their gear at the airport to avoid baggage fees. It's an apt analogy for the Tall Firs live experience: Three fellas up there with miniature amplifiers and a distinctive lack of guitar pedals, playing your mom's kit if it's already onstage and no hassle.Yet the Firs rule a living room or a 2000 seat theatre, college-campus shed or dive bar. Tall Firs are the canned expanding foam of rock bands: Once you pop that bitch open, they precisely fill any given space with a lather of creamy dual savant guitar and lead drumming, plus the trademark world-weary vocal stylings and wiseacre goofing. You are invited aboard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Mulhern Posted September 30, 2008 Author Report Share Posted September 30, 2008 this has also been chosen as the main live music gig on a new Aberdeen listings webshite "The Kiosque" The Kiosque, Arts, Music, Film, Aberdeenreally nice site also Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richie Posted September 30, 2008 Report Share Posted September 30, 2008 Superb - I plan to go along. I take it we'll be able to pay at the door? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Mulhern Posted September 30, 2008 Author Report Share Posted September 30, 2008 Superb - I plan to go along. I take it we'll be able to pay at the door?aye. (8characters) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jarvis Posted October 1, 2008 Report Share Posted October 1, 2008 I'm really, really looking forward to Alastair tonight. I'm going to sit back with a pint and just plain absorb his tunes. Delighted. Highly recommended to anyone and everyone! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest idol_wild Posted October 1, 2008 Report Share Posted October 1, 2008 Aye min. I was intending to attend the first quarter of the Lost & Found night at The Music Club and maybe skip Alastair Brown, but I think I have changed my mind.Looking forward to seeing a slightly less noisy Greater the Shadow too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alkaline Posted October 1, 2008 Report Share Posted October 1, 2008 Bums, balls and cock-sacks! I plumb forgot about this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Watson Posted October 1, 2008 Report Share Posted October 1, 2008 Really looking forward to hearing Alastair and Tall Firs tonight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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