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Bat For Lashes: New EP, more covers

Michael — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 21:19:18 +0000

Bummed I missed the Bat For Lashes show at the Great American Music Hall the other night. You just can’t get to ‘em all unfortunately. And judging by the snippets of live tracks she’s streaming on her myspace page it was a magical night. I say snippets because the full versions are on the Pearl’s Dream EP available on iTune’s UK store (no word on whether or not the US store will have it). Here’s the tracklist:

- Pearl’s Dream (album version)
- Pearl’s Dream (Cenzo Townshend Radio Edit)
- Sleep Alone (909′s In DarkTimes Mix)
- Siren Song (Live At Shepherd’s Bush Empire)
- Good Love (Live At Shepherd’s Bush Empire)

909 is apparently the pseudonym of David Sitek (TV on the Radio & Telepathe). Since we haven’t gotten our own copy here at NHT we’ll just have to share what BFL tracks are kicking around the old hard drive already (covers of course):

I’m On Fire WAY more convincing than the Boss, from the beeb’s Dermot O’Leary Show in 2007

Sweet Dreams The Eurythmics’ classic from Jo Whiley’s Live Lounge (also on the BBC) in 2008

Use Somebody A Kings Of Leon cover also from Jo Whiley’s Live Lounge, this time back on April 9th of this year

THere’s a video for Pearl’s Dream up on BFL’s website but it’s not nearly as cool as the video for What’s a Girl To Do from her 2006 debut Fur And Gold so I’ll post that instead!

Kings Of Leon’s Friday Warfield setlist

Michael — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 20:52:40 +0000

Whoever took the fantastic photos posted at Hippies Are Dead must have been standing right in front of me. Whether or not they were using an iPhone I’ll probably never know but Friday’s show brought out about a dozen of the hippest hand accessary there is within a couple of yards of where I was standing, re-inspiring my planned photo essay of rock fans holding aloft their picture/video capturing electronics. I can see it now: posts with pictures of people taking pictures. Of course I’d have to remember to take notes unless the angle provides a view of the band as well (not likely, right).

Anyway, thanks to HAD for the shots, a real nice review and for knowing the name of every song KOL played Friday:

Crawl
My Party
Taper Jean Girl
King Of The Rodeo
Sex On Fire
Fans
Revelry
Milk
Razz
Molly’s Chambers
The Bucket
Somebody Like You
On Call
Closer
Cold Desert
Charmer
Slow Night, So Long
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Knocked Up
Manhattan
Four Kicks

Five of these songs are also in the live set I posted last week and they played my favorite (“King Of The Rodeo”)!

Kings Of Leon Live in ’04

Michael — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 19:27:06 +0000

Getting ready to see the Kings Of Leon at the Warfield in San Francisco tonight. Listening to this fine show broadcast on German radio back in 2004 has gotten me so excited I had to share the joy.

Kings Of Leon live @ The Kleiner Sendesaal, Koeln, Germany 11/17/04

Intro

Happy Alone

Red Morning Light

Wasted Time

Taper Jean Girl

Pistol Of Fire

Holy Roller Novocaine

The Bucket

Soft

Molly’s Chamber

Razz

Four Kicks

Joe’s Hand

California Waiting

Slow Night So Long

Spiral Staircase

Here’s the whole thing in a zip file (with artwork!):Kings Of Leon live zip

The only thing missing is my fave tune “King Of The Rodeo”. Hope they pull that one out tonight but the new material from Only By The Night is so strong that’ll do for sure