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SPIRITUALIZED – 30 Maart 2015 – Paradiso Club, Amsterdam
Mastermind Jason Pierce at the far right of the stage in trance
Nobody in the middle
And the next song is, eh,…
Psychedelic gospel
This was not a gig, it was a spiritual experience
Here’s an idea of Spiritualized hypnotic live dynamics.
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Song by Song
(photo byTurn Up The Volume – Antwerp, 6 June 2022)
1. ‘Come Back’ by SHARON VAN ETTEN
Album: We’ve Been Going About This All Wrong
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(Photo By Turn Up The Volume – Amsterdam, 15 October 2022)
2. ‘All The Good Times’ by ANGEL OLSEN (St. Louis, Missouri)
Album: Big Time
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3.’Change’ by BIG THIEF (Brooklyn, New York)
Album: Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe You
4. ‘The Epidemiologist’ by PETER DOHERTY & FREDERIC LO (UK/France)
Album: The Fantasy Life Of Poetry & Crime
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5. ‘Gospel At The Night Club’ by ASHLEY McBRYDE
Album: Ashley McBride Presents: Lindeville
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6. ‘Stay’ by KAT KOAN (Berlin)
Album: Cocoon
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7. ‘Train Comes Through’ by EZRA FURMAN (Chicago, US)
Album: All Of Us Flames
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8. ‘Story To Tell’ by RYAN THOMAS SMELLE (Canada)
Album: In The Homestretch
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9. ‘Spitting Off The Edge Of The World’ by YEAH YEAH YEAHS (New York City)
Album: Cool It Down
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10. ‘Firmament’ by DIM GRAY (Oslo, Norway)
Album: Firmament
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11. ‘I Wish That I Could Sing It For You’ by NICOLAS ROWE (Columbus, Ohio)
Album: The Circle Remains Unbroken
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Album: The Other Side Of Make-Believe
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13. ‘Arkansas’ by THE TRUSTED (Southend-on-Sea, UK)
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14.’Save Me’ by WAITING FOR SMITH (UK)
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15. ‘Life And Lies’ by LEE ROGERS (Northern Ireland)
Album: Gameblood
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16. ‘I Love You’ by FONTAINES D.C. (Dublin, Ireland)
Album: Skinty Fia
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17. ‘Amber’ by SERJ TANKIAN (from Systems Of A Dawn) and SEVAK AMROYAN
Sung in Armenian
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18. ‘Christmas In October’ by MIKE & THE NERVE (Gainesville, FL)
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19. ‘Wasting’ by FERNA (US)
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20. ‘Always Together With You’ by SPIRITUALIZED (UK)
Jason Pierce‘s orchestra
Album: Everything Was Beautiful
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He’s not the first to say that writing pop-ular songs is easy.
Spiritualized‘s mastermind Jason Pierce about rock ‘n’ roll…
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Way to go, Jason
Brand new album…
23 April 2022
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Band: SPIRITUALIZED
Who: The space/soul/psych band of former
Spacemen 3 member Jason Pierce
Active: Since 1990 / 9 studio LPs
New album: EVERYTHING WAS BEAUTIFUL
Released: 21 April 2022
Order info: here
Pitchfork says: “J Spaceman’s latest opus is gloriously satisfying and self-referential, refining his orchestral space rock with alchemical power… You could take issue with Spiritualized for sticking so closely to the blueprint they inaugurated more than 30 years ago. But the band always felt built for repetition and refinement, a cosmic home for Jason Pierce to grow comfortably old, away from an ever-changing musical world. And if Everything Was Beautiful calls back to Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space, it does so in a way that suggests that the fires are still burning, only slightly dimmed by the passing of time. Everything Was Beautiful is like meeting an old friend and finding new shared memories, the nostalgia not yet worn thin. It’s another glorious argument in favor of getting high on your own supply.” Full review here Score: 7.8/10.
Turn Up The Volume: Jason Pierce operates in his same sonic cocoon for years now, making and recording (9) albums, from good to awesome (Lazer Guided Melodies / Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space). This new one falls somewhere in the middle. Familiar (Let It Bleed / Always Together With You / Crazy) and hypnotizing (Best Thing You Never Had / The A Song)
Singles/clips: Always Together With You / The mainline Song – The Lockdown Song
– ALWAYS TOGETHER WITH YOU –
A gospel-like epic symphony.
-THE MAINLINE SONG / THE LOCKDOWN SONG –
Psych-Kraut-pop at its Pierce best.
Stream full LP here on Spotify…
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Daily electricity to load your batteries
8 March 2022
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Band: SPIRITUALIZED
Who: The space/soul/psych band of former
Spacemen 3 member Jason Pierce
Active: Since 1990 / 9 studio LPs
New album: EVERYTHING WAS BEAUTIFUL
Out: 25 February 2022
Order info: here
New single: The Mainline Song / The Lockdown Song
Partly inspired by the protests happening in the US
towards the end of the first Lockdown in 2020.
An evocative jam. Psych-Kraut-pop at its Jason Pierce best.
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Great concert posters of the past
RADIOHEAD
SPIRITUALIZED
Bayou Place, Houston
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15 December 2021
1. ‘Henry’s Dream’ by NICK CAVE & THE BAD SEEDS
Released: 27 April 1992 – 7th LP
Charts: #29 in the UK / #41 in Australia
Rolling Stone said: At times Cave veers into melodrama, but his songs
of suffering and sin are still convincing. With the Bad Seeds serving as the
exorcists for Cave’s demons, Henry’s Dream stands as provocative – albeit
harrowing – music.” Score: 4.5
TUTV: One of my all-time favorite
Bad Nick Cave Seed works
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2. ‘Dry’ by PJ HARVEY
Released: 30 March 1992 – her debut LP
Charts: #11 in the UK
Pitchfork wrote: “On her debut, Polly Jean Harvey matched
Patti Smith’s incandescence with Bessie Smith’s lasciviousness,
outplayed everyone on the British indie circuit, and became
an instant star.” Score: 4.5/5.
TUTV: A masterpiece. Still.
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3. ‘Automatic For The People’ by R.E.M.
Released: 5 October 1992 – 8th LP
Charts: #1 in the UK and New Zealand, #2 in the US
AllMusic: “A haunting, melancholy masterpiece… R.E.M. have
never been as emotionally direct as they are here, nor have they
ever created music quite as rich and timeless, and while the record
is not an easy listen, it is the most rewarding record in their oeuvre.”
Score: 5/5.
TUTV: They put a magnum opus
on the moon with this one.
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4. ‘Bone Machine’ by TOM WAITS
Released: 8 September 1992 – his 11th LP
Entertainment Weekly wrote: “Bone Machine finds Waits veering
along the midway barking his favorite themes — decadence and death,
purgatory and pain — but beneath his hellacious bellows and grotesque
arrangements lurks a caring, humanist heart.” Score: 5/5.
TUTV: I wonder if Waits still doesn’t want to grow up.
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5. ‘Lazer Guided Melodies’ by SPIRITUALIZED
Released: 20 March 1992 – debut LP
Charts: #27 in the UK
NME said: “There’s awesome, cool dignity here, a depth and
scope far beyond rock’s normal parameters, and an abiding
faith in the redemptive power of music which can embrace
both consoling murmurs and euphoric surges.” Score: 5/5.
TUTV: The start of a soul-searching
symphonic gospel adventure, still in motion.
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6. ‘Rage Against The Machine‘ by RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE
7. Slanted & Enchanted by PAVEMENT
8. It’s A Shame About Ray by THE LEMONHEADS
9. Code:Selfish by THE FALL
10. ‘The Southern Harmony And Musical Companion‘ by THE BLACK CROWES
13 December 2021
Back to 1997…
Band: RADIOHEAD (UK)
Album: OK COMPUTER
Released: 21 May 1997 – their 3rd LP
Score: No 1 in the UK, Scotland
and Belgium, #21 in the USA
Pitchfork said: “The record is brimming with genuine emotion,
beautiful and complex imagery and music, and lyrics that are
at once passive and fire-breathing. OK Computer is like tossing
David Bowie, old U2, Spacehog and lots of Pink Floyd into a
blender and pushing the ‘kill’ button.” Score: 5/5.
Stream here…
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Band: THE VERVE (UK)
Album: URBAN HYMNS
Released: 29 September 1997 – 3rd LP
Score: #1 in the UK, Ireland, New-Zealand
and Ireland, #23 in the USA
NME wrote: “Its sheer magnificence and spirit is such that
the danger of it overwhelming anything that follows it is obvious.
This, after all, is the musical signature of the year.” Score: 4/5.
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Band: SPIRITUALIZED (UK)
Album: LADIES AND GENTLEMEN WE ARE FLOATING IN SPACE
Released: 16 June 1997 – 3rd LP
Score: #4 in the UK
Pitchfork: “Masterpiece. The music is timeless.” Score: 5/5.
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Band: PRIMAL SCREAM (Scotland/UK)
Album: VANISHING POINT
Released: 7 July 1997
Score: No 2 in the UK and Scotland
AllMusic said: “The group is still capable of creating exotic,
thoroughly entrancing sounds, which is what makes Vanishing
Point a remarkable comeback.” Score: 4.5/5.
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Band: GRANDADDY (US)
Album: UNDER THE WESTERN FREEWAY – debut LP
AllMusic said: “A fairly brilliant album, combining a warm, earnest,
and rustic feel with sometimes goofy experimentation.” Score: 4/5.
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6. The Boatman’s Call by NICK CAVE & THE BAD SEEDS
7. Evergreen by ECHO & THE BUNNYMEN
8. Time Out Of Mind by BOB DYLAN
9. ‘Stupid Stupid Stupid’ by BLACK GRAPE
10. ‘Dig Your Own Hole’ by THE CHEMICAL BRORTHERS