New songs @ Edinburgh Bongo

Thanks for Burns on the Idlewild forum for finding this link to three unreleased songs played live at the Bongo Club, Edinburgh on 15th June 2008:

http://www.divshare.com/download/5591898-463

These songs have the working/joke titles:
"The Big Gay Waltz" or "Waltz"
"Partick Spunkies"
"Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles"

Another link with unedited versions of the same songs (banter etc):
http://www.divshare.com/download/4931741-ef4
^Thanks to Ally on the Mew forum.

Keep Yourself Warm - youtube

Two videos of James doing vocals on "Keep Yourself Warm", from Frightened Rabbit's 30/7/08 gig at the Captains Rest, Glasgow. This was being recorded for their "Liver! Lung! FR!" album.

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=r-ciuO0UbNA
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=MLTcqm4jMvI

Also, if you haven't seen it, here's James doing vocals on FR's "Be Less Rude" at the Connect Festival, 2007:
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=giQ-C9e-Xqc

Finally, apparently TS covered Joy Division's "Candidate" at the Scottish Mental Health Arts & Film Festival gig at the ABC in Glasgow on 9/10/08. It also sounds like they collaborated on Jack Lee/Blondie's "Hanging on the Telephone". If anyone has audio/video please post the links!

Here' s what the mhfestival.com website said before the event:

"We've invited, over two consecutive evenings, some of Scotland's best known and loved musicians to play together. Performing both individually and together, they are sure to create two very special and unique nights. Eager to explore personal and emotional relationships between music, mental health, creativity and recovery all the artists involved are committed to generously contributing to the festival and its aims.

Vitamin A (Thurs 9): Guitarist Rod Jones (Idlewild) has invited fellow musicians Norman Blake (Teenage Fanclub), Sons and Daughters and The Twilight Sad to perform individual sets and collaborate as part of a not to be missed and perhaps never to be seen again 'supergroup' with special guests. Weaving in themes from our film events, expect Joy Division or Johnny Cash numbers as part of the mix."

Frightened Rabbit live album

James Graham appears on Frightened Rabbit's forthcoming live album, "Liver! Lung! FR!"

More here and here.

New songs on youtube

Youtube videos of two new songs, both as-yet-untitled, have been posted by maxhunt29. Both live from Cargo, London, 17th June 2008

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JzrLHq4Xjt8 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ltpmkGRAK6s

The Weath-er Is Bad (from Brilliant Noise soundtrack)

Just discovered this, a track taken from the soundtrack of "Brilliant Noise", a film featured on Semiconductor's "Worlds In Flux" DVD (2006)

The Twilight Sad - The Weath-er Is Bad.mp3 (direct link to mp3 at FatCat site)

More info here.

Twilight Sad FatCat Records Podcast

A podcast put together by Andy can be downloaded here - sorry, link dead - (you need iTunes installed)

Tracklisting:

Carl Orff - Gassenhauer nach Hans Neusiedler (1536)
Deluxx Folk Implosion - Daddy Never Understood
Deerhoof - Come See The Duck
Shellac - My Black Ass
Scott Walker - Girls From The Street
Boris - Blackout
Pavement - Shoot The Singer
Wire - The 15th
Joe Meek and The Blue Men - I Hear a New World
Aidan John Moffat - 4Sex Message 1
Brian Eno - Here Come The Warm Jets
Can - Mushroom
Sonic Youth - Mildred Pierce
Jean-Claude Vannier - Je M'Appelle Geraldine (Mid-Tempo)
Leonard Cohen - The Partisan
Pixies - Ana
Teenage Fanclub - Every Picture I Paint
Aerial Pink - Among Dreams
Dinosaur Jr. - Little Fury Things
Liars - Hold Hands and It Will Happen Anyway
Nancy Sinatra and Lee Hazlewood - Some Velvet Morning

Apparently part 2 will be available soon :)

Insound bonus tracks (USA only)

To quote TS's myspace: "Insound are offering exclusive digital bonus tracks when you buy the [Fourteen Autumns...] album download; these are an unreleased version of the epic "Three Seconds Of Dead Air" (the original appeared on 2006's self-titled EP) and a lovely, hushed untitled instrumental."

Unfortunately these are available to the USA only. If anyone can help me get hold of the two tracks I'd love to hear from you!

Untitled (demo of That Summer, At Home...)

The demo version of "That Summer, At Home I Had Become The Invisible Boy" taken from 2006's FatCat Records - Free Promotional Sampler CD.

The Twilight Sad - Untitled.mp3 (rapidshare)

Orzelda - The Wee Shop Is Filled With Delights

Craig Orzel's side project Orzelda have released an album, and it's free from here!

Here It Never Snowed. Afterwards It Did

The mini-album is out on June 9th on 12" and download only - more details here, where you can also stream the whole thing. Edit: now out on CD too.

Tracklisting:

1. And She Would Darken The Memory
2. Cold Days From The Birdhouse
3. Here, It Never Snowed. Afterwards It Did
4. Mapped By What Surrounded Them
5. Walking For Two Hours
6. Some Things Last A Long Time

Climbing Up The Walls

Thought it might be an idea to post this, as it seems the mp3 can't be downloaded at the original source anymore.

The Twilight Sad's cover of Radiohead's "Climbing Up The Walls", from "Stereogum Presents... OKX: A Tribute To OK Computer" (2007).

The Twilight Sad - Climbing Up The Walls.mp3 (rapidshare)

Untitled 4 (demo)

Found this FatCat demo here while googling the other day:

The Twilight Sad - Untitled 4.mp3 (rapidshare)

If anyone has any of the other demos, please post in the comments...

Here It Never Snowed. Afterwards It Did

From Teletext's Planet Sound today:

"The Twilight Sad release new mini-album Here, It Never Snowed. Afterwards It Did on June 9.

It features stripped back versions of four songs from 14 Autumns 15 Winters, which was PS' Album Of 2007 - Memory, Birdhouse, Surrounded and Two Hours.

There are also two new songs - a cover of Daniel Johnston's Some Things Last A Long Time and the title track, which was originally recorded for 14A15W."

Link

New Twilight Sad tracks

Two new songs played live at the Bodega Social on 25th March (see last post for full gig).... Both I believe are from the forthcoming EP.

Edit: only the first track is from the new mini-album/EP. It was apparently played in Nottingham with the working title "jimmy dee".

jimmy dee (aka "here, it never snowed. afterwards it did") - Rapidshare
password: theprimrosegarden.blogspot.com

[new song #2] - Rapidshare
password: theprimrosegarden.blogspot.com

The Twilight Sad - Bodega Social, Nottingham, 25/3/08

Full recording from Tuesday's excellent gig in Nottingham. Not great audio quality, as I used my mp3 player with its cheap mic so expect distortion!

Tracklisting:

1. intro
2. walking for two hours
3. that summer, at home i had become the invisible boy
4. jimmy dee (here, it never snowed. afterwards it did)
5. talking with fireworks / here, it never snowed
6. [new song]
7. and she would darken the memory
8. i'm taking the train home*
9. cold days from the birdhouse

*with some lyrics from frightened rabbit's "keep yourself warm"

Here as a zipfile with tracks as separate mp3s:
Download (rapidshare)
size: 63MB
password: theprimrosegarden.blogspot.com

Or as a zipped single mp3 with a .cue file, so you can burn as a gapless CD:
Download (rapidshare)
size: 68MB
password: theprimrosegarden.blogspot.com

Edit: I've added the working title apparently used at the gig for "here, it never snowed..."

Edit 2: DiS review here.