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I'll take this one, because they are friends of mine. They are basically a folk/indie rock band. They have electric fiddle solos instead of guitar solos. Influences: The Pixies, Grant-Lee Buffalo, and Glen's 'holy trinity': Dylan, Cohen, and I forget the third one. An amazing live band. Glen doesn't tell as many stories as he used to (he could go on a bit), although he's an extremely charismatic and passionate frontman and guitar player. Colm is an amazing fiddle player, too, which is just as well, as he's integral to the band's sound. Rob, the guitar player, used to work as an engineer in Stevve Albini's Electrical Audio studio in Chicago (Rob's a Yank), and Glen offered him a job when The Frames recorded 'For The Birds' there. You'll find Rob's name (Rob Botchnik) on the credits as an engineer on the Zwan album. Their most popular studio LP is 'For The Birds', although it's not my personal favourite (the honour goes to 'Dance the Devil' and 'Fitzcarraldo').

The songs are all different: anthemic, quiet, loud, sometimes all in the same song. And the lads are great craic. Bob Dylan's personally invited them to support him on the forthcoming Oz tour, so they're going. Glen was also in the Commitments movie, all them years ago, and is now starring in 'Once'.

That's about as much as I can cram in here in a reasonable amount of time. I'm missing so much. Check them out here:
http://www.theframes.ie

They sound nothing like Damien Rice. Thanks be to fuck.

This is a public service announcement.

Author:	corduroy_blazer [ Sat Feb 03, 2007 8:12 pm ]
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i believe they're coming to nyc soon. i don't have any of their material.

Author:	solace [ Sat Feb 03, 2007 8:13 pm ]
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get Dance The Devil or Setlist (live record) or just go see them, cuz that's where their biggest strength lies

Author:	corduroy_blazer [ Wed Feb 07, 2007 6:36 am ]
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good thread.

Author:	walls [ Wed Feb 07, 2007 5:44 pm ]
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burn the maps rocks, but i never see much love for it in discussions about this band.

Author:	solace [ Wed Feb 07, 2007 7:31 pm ]
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wallsofsound wrote: burn the maps rocks, but i never see much love for it in discussions about this band. it is really great, but i'd put it a good ways down in their catalog

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Author:	62strat [ Wed Feb 07, 2007 7:47 pm ]
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solace wrote: wallsofsound wrote: burn the maps rocks, but i never see much love for it in discussions about this band. it is really great, but i'd put it a good ways down in their catalog ill second that dance the devil and setlist. both great great records. However, in my opinion, the others streuggle to reach said greatness. Seeing them live, the songs take on a new form and they are excellent.

Author:	solace [ Wed Feb 07, 2007 8:18 pm ]
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i'd go: Dance the Devil Fitzcarraldo For The Birds The Cost Burn The Maps Another Love Song (they sound like the band Live on this record, but it IS from '92, lol) but you're right, they are SO much better live than on record, as good as their records are. kinda bummed their upcoming Mpls show was moved from the Cedar to First Ave, but either will be awesome. i just hope they're able to fill FA for the most part.

Author:	vacatetheword [ Wed May 23, 2007 11:10 pm ]
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could someone give me a brief description of this band's "sound" please?

Author:	lefty [ Thu May 24, 2007 12:35 am ]
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vacatetheword wrote: could someone give me a brief description of this band's "sound" please? I'm not sure how to describe them, but I would sort of go with atmospheric and anthematic if that makes sense. I haven't listened to all of their albums, but it seems to me their songs tend to be a little ballad-like but with a little more umph to them. I mostly listen to The Cost, which I enjoy quite a bit.

Author:	randallanddarcy [ Thu May 24, 2007 2:44 am ]
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I'll take this one, because they are friends of mine. They are basically a folk/indie rock band. They have electric fiddle solos instead of guitar solos. Influences: The Pixies, Grant-Lee Buffalo, and Glen's 'holy trinity': Dylan, Cohen, and I forget the third one. An amazing live band. Glen doesn't tell as many stories as he used to (he could go on a bit), although he's an extremely charismatic and passionate frontman and guitar player. Colm is an amazing fiddle player, too, which is just as well, as he's integral to the band's sound. Rob, the guitar player, used to work as an engineer in Stevve Albini's Electrical Audio studio in Chicago (Rob's a Yank), and Glen offered him a job when The Frames recorded 'For The Birds' there. You'll find Rob's name (Rob Botchnik) on the credits as an engineer on the Zwan album. Their most popular studio LP is 'For The Birds', although it's not my personal favourite (the honour goes to 'Dance the Devil' and 'Fitzcarraldo'). The songs are all different: anthemic, quiet, loud, sometimes all in the same song. And the lads are great craic. Bob Dylan's personally invited them to support him on the forthcoming Oz tour, so they're going. Glen was also in the Commitments movie, all them years ago, and is now starring in 'Once'. That's about as much as I can cram in here in a reasonable amount of time. I'm missing so much. Check them out here: http://www.theframes.ie They sound nothing like Damien Rice. Thanks be to fuck. This is a public service announcement.

Author:	vacatetheword [ Thu May 24, 2007 3:00 am ]
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randallanddarcy wrote: I'll take this one, because they are friends of mine. They are basically a folk/indie rock band. They have electric fiddle solos instead of guitar solos. Influences: The Pixies, Grant-Lee Buffalo, and Glen's 'holy trinity': Dylan, Cohen, and I forget the third one. An amazing live band. Glen doesn't tell as many stories as he used to (he could go on a bit), although he's an extremely charismatic and passionate frontman and guitar player. Colm is an amazing fiddle player, too, which is just as well, as he's integral to the band's sound. Rob, the guitar player, used to work as an engineer in Stevve Albini's Electrical Audio studio in Chicago (Rob's a Yank), and Glen offered him a job when The Frames recorded 'For The Birds' there. You'll find Rob's name (Rob Botchnik) on the credits as an engineer on the Zwan album. Their most popular studio LP is 'For The Birds', although it's not my personal favourite (the honour goes to 'Dance the Devil' and 'Fitzcarraldo'). The songs are all different: anthemic, quiet, loud, sometimes all in the same song. And the lads are great craic. Bob Dylan's personally invited them to support him on the forthcoming Oz tour, so they're going. Glen was also in the Commitments movie, all them years ago, and is now starring in 'Once'. That's about as much as I can cram in here in a reasonable amount of time. I'm missing so much. Check them out here: http://www.theframes.ie They sound nothing like Damien Rice. Thanks be to fuck. This is a public service announcement. thanks, i'll investigate a bit further. this helps a lot. especially the holy trinity. that's 2/3 of MY holy trinity... if the other one is neil young then that's just about perfect so, you're friends with them... when would it be appropriate for me to hit you up for a backstage pass to the dylan show in melb?

Author:	randallanddarcy [ Thu May 24, 2007 3:05 am ]
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If I remember correctly, when my mate Paddy supported Dylan in Galway, the supports don't get near the fucker!

Author:	zeb [ Thu May 24, 2007 9:06 am ]
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I love For The Birds.

Author:	solace [ Thu May 24, 2007 2:15 pm ]
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randallanddarcy wrote: If I remember correctly, when my mate Paddy supported Dylan in Galway, the supports don't get near the fucker! this isn't the first time The Frames have opened for Dylan either, they opened for him 5 nights in London a number of years ago (90's i'm pretty sure). glen talked about it here: http://minnesota.publicradio.org/collec ... 02&popup=1

Author:	vacatetheword [ Sat May 26, 2007 4:04 am ]
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downloaded dance the devil. sounds promising enough.. i've heard some of this before. star star is familiar for some reason, was it in a movie or something?

Author:	randallanddarcy [ Sat May 26, 2007 5:51 am ]
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Not sure. Go and ask 'em on the Frames board at theframes.ie. For the record, 'Star fucking Star' is the only Frames song I fuckin' loathe. Of course, they play it at (nearly) every gig.

Author:	randallanddarcy [ Mon Jun 04, 2007 2:59 pm ]
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Just saw the boys last week in Vicar St, Dublin. First time I saw a gig o' theirs since The Point show in November 2005. T'was a great show. No 'Fitzcarraldo' , but also no 'Star Star' . Not too many new tunes for some reason, but a nice long set, including a lot of 'Dance the Devil' tunes. I had a great time, and the aftershow was mayhem as well. Rob Botchnik is also selling a solo album at the gigs. They've also little round metal 'Eighball' badges for 1 Euro a pop, which did great as cuff links for my shirt for my mate's wedding in Cork last Friday

Author:	62strat [ Mon Jun 04, 2007 3:12 pm ]
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randallanddarcy wrote: Not sure. Go and ask 'em on the Frames board at theframes.ie. For the record, 'Star fucking Star' is the only Frames song I fuckin' loathe. Of course, they play it at (nearly) every gig. i love star star, especially live. go fuck yourself with a smiley:) The cost is a great album, much better than burn the maps i think.

Author:	62strat [ Thu May 24, 2007 3:20 pm ]
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solace wrote: randallanddarcy wrote: If I remember correctly, when my mate Paddy supported Dylan in Galway, the supports don't get near the fucker! this isn't the first time The Frames have opened for Dylan either, they opened for him 5 nights in London a number of years ago (90's i'm pretty sure). glen talked about it here: http://minnesota.publicradio.org/collec ... 02&popup=1 wow, thats a fucking story. Very cool.

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