Free Gutter Twins Show in Chicago
From Spin.com via Scott Ford Radio
“After the mighty Radiohead plays their final notes on Friday night at this coming weekend’s Lollapalooza festival at Chicago’s Grant Park, the party will have just begun. On Aug. 1, Spin and Dell Lounge are teaming up to throw an afterparty to remember, featuring performances from dark duo the Gutter Twins (comprised of ex-Screaming Tree/Queen of the Stone Age Mark Lanegan and ex-Afghan Whig/current Twilight Singer Greg Dulli) and British electro-punks Does it Offend You, Yeah?”
While the show is free, you do have to get on the list. Click here for more info.
Gentlemen Book Available for Preorder
Amazon.com: Afghan Whigs’ Gentlemen (33 1/3 Series) by Bob Gendron
Update - August 15 is listed as the release date.
Book Description from Amazon.com
“In the absence of love, there is loneliness, sorrow and desperation. And that’s where I come in.” –Greg Dulli, introducing “When We Two Parted” onstage in San Francisco
Like no record before or since, Gentlemen is fraught with the psychological warfare, bedroom drama, Catholic guilt, reprehensible deception and uncleansable shame that coincide with relationships gone seriously wrong. This story explores what happens when intellectual sophistication is star-crossed with outspoken braggadocio, a charismatic mixture that managed to alienate the mainstream horde and arms-folded indie scenesters while, for good measure, incited outsider jealousy and condescending rumors advanced by the Fat Greg Dulli ‘zine. In addition to dissecting the record’s organization, arrangements and lyrics, as well as examining old articles, reviews and interviews, this book delves into the memories, experiences and influences of the Afghan Whigs, most notably those that drive Dulli, a polarizing frontman whose fierce pretentiousness, GQ appearance and gloves-off boisterousness concealed deep-rooted mental depression and chemical dependency.
New Gutter Twins Dates
The Gutter Twins have announced their final US dates of 2008.
10/24 Voodoo Festival New Orleans LA
11/05 Theater of Living Arts Philadelphia PA
11/06 Warsaw Brooklyn NY
11/07 Black Cat Washington DC
11/09 Paradise Boston MA
New Gutter Twins track “Belles”
Via The Gutter Twins MySpace Blog
Belles is a cover of the Vetiver song from the forthcoming iTunes release, Adorata. It will feature covers and outtakes recorded during the various Saturnalia sessions and will be available by the
new moon. Enjoy.
You can stream “Belles” at the band’s Myspace page.
Upcoming Moon Maan Dates
Moon Maan has two upcoming dates which will mark their debut as a three-piece.
8/22- Stasius, Minneapolis
9/12 - First Avenue, Minneapolis w/ They Might Be Giants
The new lineup is Rick McCollum, Erik Mathison and introducing Casey O’Brien on bass.
Dulli in Kerrang
There’s a short Q & A with Greg Dulli in the current issue of Kerrang! UK. Transcript below:
Greg Dulli
The Gutter TwinsMy Favourite Film
“It’s still gotta be Jaws, man. More recently, I loved The Diving Bell And The Butterfly. It’s remarkable on many levels: it showed a new way of making a movie, the story was compelling and it transported me. If you’re in any way a self-pitying person, you should watch that film and realise how hard another person had it.”My Favourite City
“New Orleans. I have a lifelong, adoring relationship with it. I live there part of the year and bought a bar down there last year, too. I’ve been all over the world and there’s no place like it. Visit it for the architecture, the music, the food and the people.”My Favourite Drug
“Adrenaline. I focus on pure adrenaline these days, but approximations were made in the past, shall we say…”My Favourite Female Icon
“Nina Simone. I respect her because she was devoted to her own beliefs. She was raised in the racist South and overcame that to make some of the greatest music I’ve ever heard, through sheer determination.”My Favourite Relative
“My mother, for obvious reasons. She came to a show and watched from the balcony recently and smiled at me five or six times, which is good enough for me.”My Favourite Rumour About Myself
“Well, I’ve been dead a couple of times. (laughs) I was murdered and in a car wreck, apparently. Not stabbed by a jealous lover, no, but that’s gonna happen anyway…”My Favourite Way To Relax
“I watch baseball, either on TV or by going to a game. I support the Cincinnati Reds, who are terrible at the moment-they have one of the worst teams I’ve ever seen in my life! But when they’re your team, you’re with them for the good times and you’re with them for the bad times.”
thx to Lee for the notice & transcription
Billboard.com: Sup Pop’s Essential 20
From Billboard.com’s Music Milestones
Afghan Whigs - “Up In It” (1990)
Like a Midwestern Houellebecq on a whiskey bender, Greg Dulli isn’t afraid to skewer his own desires while chasing skirts. While not as strong as their later efforts, “Up In It,” is an excellent portrait of a band finding their identity as chroniclers of dark desires in the relatively emasculated nineties. Dulli’s soulful, blues-influenced voice also sets the band apart from the howling masses of the time, and even to this day, the album stands out as strong and sexy. — Cortney Harding
thx lestro
Gutter Twins in LVRJ.com’s 2008 Best of (So Far)
SOUNDING OFF: This year proving good for your ears
With the year half over, it’s time to take stock of the best of albums of ‘08 thus far.
Here are my current favorites:
The Gutter Twins, “Saturnalia”: A mix of bourbon and, well, lots more bourbon, this pairing of the dead-voiced Mark Lanegan and the whiskeyed come-ons of Greg Dulli is like a pox on sobriety. Two of rock’s best, most distinctive vocalists hiss and moan at one another over a bed of serpentine electronics and ominous beats, resulting in the best album of the year to play after midnight, when the skies are as dark as these dudes’ dispositions.
Ed Harcourt to Score Darko Sequel
Ed Harcourt Merges Glass, Drone For Darko Sequel | Listening Post from Wired.com
“Greg Dulli recently turned me on to The Disintegration Loops I-IV of William Basinski, so thats a big influence right now,” he adds. The two swapped ideas and influences when Harcourt toured earlier this year with Dullis band The Gutter Twins
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Thank You Los Angeles
Scott Ford posted the setlist from last night’s Gutter Twins show in Los Angeles. Looks like a fantastic set.
Idle Hands
Bonnie Brae
Seven Stories
Live With Me
God’s Children
Hit The City
The Stations
Bete Noir
Flow Like A River
Down The Line
St. James
Spanish Doors
Each to Each
Front Street
Papillon
No Easy Action
King Only
Methamphetamine Blues
Number Nine
Gentlemen The new book on the classic Afghan Whigs album written by Bob Gendron on the 33 1/3 imprint
Order Book at Amazon.com
The Gutter Twins: Saturnalia The long awaited debut from Greg Dulli and Mark Lanegan
Order CD at Amazon.com
