Comments on: Ezra Furman & the Harpoons – Banging Down the Doors http://songbytoad.com/2008/01/ezra-furman-the-harpoons-banging-down-the-doors/ Independent music from Edinburgh, Scotland - with added gin and swearing. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 12:28:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Drunk Country http://songbytoad.com/2008/01/ezra-furman-the-harpoons-banging-down-the-doors/#comment-2521 Drunk Country Thu, 31 Jan 2008 16:13:19 +0000 http://songbytoad.com/2008/01/16/ezra-furman-the-harpoons-banging-down-the-doors/#comment-2521 Panpipes? You're confusing us with Gloucester. It's the roughhouse tearing of sheep hymen & the accompanying ruminating bovid screams for mercy that you want to be listening out for as you pay your £6 to cross the Severn. Panpipes? You’re confusing us with Gloucester.

It’s the roughhouse tearing of sheep hymen & the accompanying ruminating bovid screams for mercy that you want to be listening out for as you pay your £6 to cross the Severn.

]]> By: Dylan http://songbytoad.com/2008/01/ezra-furman-the-harpoons-banging-down-the-doors/#comment-2514 Dylan Fri, 18 Jan 2008 11:09:57 +0000 http://songbytoad.com/2008/01/16/ezra-furman-the-harpoons-banging-down-the-doors/#comment-2514 Cardiff? Far end of the Chiswick flyover, follow the sound of panpipes and you'll find it. Cardiff?

Far end of the Chiswick flyover, follow the sound of panpipes and you’ll find it.

]]> By: Drunk Country http://songbytoad.com/2008/01/ezra-furman-the-harpoons-banging-down-the-doors/#comment-2515 Drunk Country Thu, 17 Jan 2008 23:51:13 +0000 http://songbytoad.com/2008/01/16/ezra-furman-the-harpoons-banging-down-the-doors/#comment-2515 Ezra + Co <i>do</i> have a good thing going, but I think the clattery electric bluez thing has been sewn up by the likes of Two Gallants. Be interesting to see if Ezra gets a 2nd LP out &, if so, where they'll go with it. Ezra + Co do have a good thing going, but I think the clattery electric bluez thing has been sewn up by the likes of Two Gallants. Be interesting to see if Ezra gets a 2nd LP out &, if so, where they’ll go with it.

]]> By: Campfires & Battlefields http://songbytoad.com/2008/01/ezra-furman-the-harpoons-banging-down-the-doors/#comment-2516 Campfires & Battlefields Thu, 17 Jan 2008 21:19:47 +0000 http://songbytoad.com/2008/01/16/ezra-furman-the-harpoons-banging-down-the-doors/#comment-2516 Well, perhaps I've been unfair to poor Ezra. I'll go back and listen to them side by side. Well, perhaps I’ve been unfair to poor Ezra. I’ll go back and listen to them side by side.

]]> By: Matthew http://songbytoad.com/2008/01/ezra-furman-the-harpoons-banging-down-the-doors/#comment-2517 Matthew Thu, 17 Jan 2008 20:46:42 +0000 http://songbytoad.com/2008/01/16/ezra-furman-the-harpoons-banging-down-the-doors/#comment-2517 Oh go easy. I think Ezra is pretty good. I've just availed myself of Two Gallants' latest from last year though, and am going to start on it over the weekend. New toys! Oh go easy. I think Ezra is pretty good. I’ve just availed myself of Two Gallants’ latest from last year though, and am going to start on it over the weekend. New toys!

]]> By: Campfires & Battlefields http://songbytoad.com/2008/01/ezra-furman-the-harpoons-banging-down-the-doors/#comment-2518 Campfires & Battlefields Thu, 17 Jan 2008 19:36:33 +0000 http://songbytoad.com/2008/01/16/ezra-furman-the-harpoons-banging-down-the-doors/#comment-2518 So I'm listening to The Throes for the second time now. Dead good. Thanks DC and Matthew's "ageing, slightly hippy" Mini-obsessed colleague for that. Beats Ezra Furman all to shit. So I’m listening to The Throes for the second time now. Dead good. Thanks DC and Matthew’s “ageing, slightly hippy” Mini-obsessed colleague for that. Beats Ezra Furman all to shit.

]]> By: Matthew http://songbytoad.com/2008/01/ezra-furman-the-harpoons-banging-down-the-doors/#comment-2519 Matthew Thu, 17 Jan 2008 16:29:18 +0000 http://songbytoad.com/2008/01/16/ezra-furman-the-harpoons-banging-down-the-doors/#comment-2519 Where's Cardiff? Where’s Cardiff?

]]> By: Drunk Country http://songbytoad.com/2008/01/ezra-furman-the-harpoons-banging-down-the-doors/#comment-2520 Drunk Country Thu, 17 Jan 2008 16:24:43 +0000 http://songbytoad.com/2008/01/16/ezra-furman-the-harpoons-banging-down-the-doors/#comment-2520 Aye, </i>THAT<i> gig. I have *ahem* some friends @ <i>Shelter</i> & they got me free tickets (all Oxford-based <i>Shelter</i> staff were allocated a handful of tix each, as well as a meet & greet with the band a few days prior). We arrived at SP slightly worse for wear (*sniff <i>sniff</i>*, *gargle gargle*) as Sigor Ross were crankihng up their angellic set. A more glorious, rain-soaked event I've not ever before or since enjoyed. Here's the cynical bit in me, though: I collected about 50 each of the different sized cardboard Radiohead Beer Cups at the end of the gig & stuck them in a cupboard for 2 years. Sold them on Ebay (complete with beer stickiness & grass stains etc), individually, for a fucking fortune most;ly to Americans & Germans. Not sure what that says at all. But, my, <i>WHAT</i> a gig. That aside, Mr. T, this music coninsidence game is getting to mad heights. Next you'll be telling me you were at the <b>Spiritualized</b> pre-release <i>Lazer Guided Melodies</i> 1989 Square Club Gig in Cardiff? DC Aye, THAT gig.

I have *ahem* some friends @ Shelter & they got me free tickets (all Oxford-based Shelter staff were allocated a handful of tix each, as well as a meet & greet with the band a few days prior).

We arrived at SP slightly worse for wear (*sniff sniff*, *gargle gargle*) as Sigor Ross were crankihng up their angellic set. A more glorious, rain-soaked event I’ve not ever before or since enjoyed.

Here’s the cynical bit in me, though: I collected about 50 each of the different sized cardboard Radiohead Beer Cups at the end of the gig & stuck them in a cupboard for 2 years. Sold them on Ebay (complete with beer stickiness & grass stains etc), individually, for a fucking fortune most;ly to Americans & Germans. Not sure what that says at all.

But, my, WHAT a gig.

That aside, Mr. T, this music coninsidence game is getting to mad heights. Next you’ll be telling me you were at the Spiritualized pre-release Lazer Guided Melodies 1989 Square Club Gig in Cardiff?

DC

]]> By: Matthew http://songbytoad.com/2008/01/ezra-furman-the-harpoons-banging-down-the-doors/#comment-2499 Matthew Thu, 17 Jan 2008 14:38:52 +0000 http://songbytoad.com/2008/01/16/ezra-furman-the-harpoons-banging-down-the-doors/#comment-2499 The South Park gig? You mean the one where they played Creep last and the skies opened? I was at that - phenomenal gig, phenomenal downpour! The South Park gig? You mean the one where they played Creep last and the skies opened? I was at that – phenomenal gig, phenomenal downpour!

]]> By: Matthew http://songbytoad.com/2008/01/ezra-furman-the-harpoons-banging-down-the-doors/#comment-2501 Matthew Thu, 17 Jan 2008 13:12:52 +0000 http://songbytoad.com/2008/01/16/ezra-furman-the-harpoons-banging-down-the-doors/#comment-2501 Pauline Croze was the one - I never thought to put a 'z' in her name. Muppet. I saw Meursault last night actually - they were dead good. Although you're right about there being a dirge quality to it at times. I said something a bit like that in my original post. Pauline Croze was the one – I never thought to put a ‘z’ in her name. Muppet.

I saw Meursault last night actually – they were dead good. Although you’re right about there being a dirge quality to it at times. I said something a bit like that in my original post.

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