Low

[Leo Gilbert]

For me, Low get better and better. The new album is excellent, and I 
thought their F50 entries outshone their neighbours no end. I saw them 
at the Chapel in Islington prior to the release of Trust, but they did 
play quite a few songs from it - and they were magical live. I'd go 
again.

As for the F50, this year for the first time I appreciated why Peel 
finds the whole thing so dull. Usually I listen in hoping to hear some 
great songs that I've missed during the year. This time, all I heard was 
safe-sounding popular choices. Peel's programme retains its freshness 
precisely because he plays what he wants, not what any committee or 
fanbase requests. Not that I love everything he plays, by any means, but 
I do love that he plays it.

Leo

On Monday, December 30, 2002, at 01:55 PM, Stuart McHugh wrote:

>
> >  > surely the only reason for that particular Saloon track being no. 
> one is
> >>  the title..
> >
> >Yeah - that, and the fact that Saloon's email to their
> >mailing list suggested that if people were going to vote they
> >should vote for that track in particular so as to avoid
> >splitting the vote. It wasn't rigged but it *was* well
> >organised :-)
>
> it's very common for bands to do this around any sort of poll so as
> Rob says, it's not actually rigging it (plus, everyone else does it!)
> Apologies for all the bah humbuggery, I was just surprised that a
> 'wee' band like Saloon, with their correspondingly small fanbase,
> could overhaul larger acts like Cinerama, especially the more
> Peel-endorsed ones like the Delgados (and ones who are in both
> categories like the White Stripes.)
> It probably was an unusual year with no activity from traditionally
> large acts like The Fall, and no big thing coming through like The
> Strokes, say.
> I also felt that Low's F50 tracks - whose album I've not got -
> sounded really weak. (Of course I preferred the earlier stuff). I was
> planning on going to see them on tour but will I be disappointed - is
> the album anywhere as good as the material up to 'Dinosaur Act'?
>
> S
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