Songs from Bands we've seen together.
We have seen a few shows together.
We’ve mentioned before that our friendship began in the college radio station broadcast booth. We didn’t just host shows in adjacent time slots — we eventually hosted them together. What started as a shared frequency became a lifelong friendship. This playlist is a chronicle of the bands we experienced side by side.
Our first show, as best we can reconstruct, was Xmal Deutschland at Staches in Columbus, Ohio, likely in 1984. For context, their tour consisted of exactly three stops: Danceteria in New York, Music Machine in Los Angeles, and then — inexplicably — tiny Staches, to an almost nonexistent crowd. We recall they played three songs, wept, and departed the stage.
Our 1985 Cocteau Twins show drew local news attention for its sheer improbability. A band of their stature routing a tour through New York, L.A., and Columbus felt as wonderfully strange then as it does now. The footage features a handful of Columbus underground fixtures and the reason these Euro bands came here. Tim.
Cocteau Twins - (WBNS video)
In retrospect, the 10,000 Maniacs show hasn’t aged particularly well for us. But a single regret across a lifetime of concerts together seems a remarkable ratio, however embarrassing the memory.
Our last shared show was M83 on July 18, 2009, at the Wex — a backstage performance we’ll let this fan video capture in our stead.
M83 (fan video)
Since we live in different towns now it may be hard to see shows together again but we can always dream.
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The Songs
Qual – Xmal Deutschland, Fetisch (1983-04-11)
Breathe – Télépopmusik; Angela McCluskey, Genetic World (2001-01-01)
Clear Day – Ulrich Schnauss, A Strangely Isolated Place (2003-06-09)
Wrong – Everything But The Girl, Walking Wounded (Deluxe Edition) (1996-05-06)
Cleopatra Jones – Mark Eitzel, 60 Watt Silver Lining (Remastered) (1996-01-01)
American Woman – Butthole Surfers, Rembrandt Pussyhorse (1986-01-01)
Love My Way – The Psychedelic Furs, Forever Now (1982)
Twenty Four Hour Party People – Happy Mondays, Squirrel And G-Man Twenty Four Hour Party People Plastic Face Carnt Smile (White Out) (1987-01-01)
This Is Not a Love Song – Public Image Ltd., This is What You Want... This Is What You Get (1984)
Bottom Drawer – The Wolfgang Press, Bird Wood Cage (1988-11-07)
Counting Backwards – Throwing Muses, The Real Ramona (1991-03-08)
Sand – Einstürzende Neubauten, Halber Mensch (2011-02-17)
Outro – M83, Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming (2011)
The Glamorous Life – Sheila E., The Glamorous Life (1984)
Ghosts – Ladytron, Velocifero (2008-06-03)
Don’t Shoot (I’m a Man) – DEVO, Something For Everybody (2010-06-11)
Trap Doors – Broken Bells; Danger Mouse; James Mercer, Broken Bells (2010-03-01)
Hold Me Now – Thompson Twins, Into the Gap (Deluxe Edition) (1984-01-01)
In The Gold Dust Rush – Cocteau Twins, Head Over Heels (1983-10-31)
Mirror in the Bathroom – The English Beat, I Just Can’t Stop It (2012 Remaster) (1980-05-23)
O Superman – Laurie Anderson, Big Science (1982)
Ball of Confusion – Love and Rockets, Seventh Dream of Teenage Heaven (1985-10-11)
Commando Mix – Front 242, No Comment (Remastered) (2016-12-02)
My Mother the War – 10,000 Maniacs, The Wishing Chair (1985-09-11)
Icebreaker – Skinny Puppy, Bites (1985-06-05)
Ready For The Floor – Hot Chip, Made In The Dark (2008-01-21)
Stumble and Fall – Clan of Xymox, Clan Of Xymox (1985-07-01)
Genres: gothic rock, deathrock, post-punk, darkwave, cold wave, new wave, neue deutsche welle, trip hop, downtempo, idm, ambient, shoegaze, slowcore, singer-songwriter, alt country, noise rock, madchester, britpop, alternative dance, dream pop, industrial, industrial rock, industrial metal, experimental, ebm, avant-garde, krautrock, neofolk, musique concrète, riot grrrl, electroclash, synthpop, new rave, indie dance, ska, art pop, art rock, spoken word, jangle pop
Labels: 4AD, Universal Music Division Virgin Records Distribution Deal, Scripted Realities, Chrysalis Records, Rhino/Warner Records, Matador, Columbia, London Music Stream, Rhino/Elektra, Round Hill Records LLC, Some Bizzare, Mute, Nettwerk Music Group, Warner Records, BMG Rights Management (UK) Ltd., Rhino, Nonesuch, Beggars Banquet, Alfa Matrix, Elektra Records, Domino Recording Co