Updates

The Twilight Sad now have their own website and forum.

As you'll all know "The Twilight Sad Killed My Parents And Hit The Road" was given a full release back in December. Buy it here.

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 :)