New Ryan Adams

stickyfiddle

Will have to get this based on the itunes preview of track 1 alone

I love Gold and Heartbreaker, R&R is excellent despite it being cool to slag it off, and Love is Hell is fantastic if you're in the right mood. 

Everything since has been a bit meh. I've always thought if he'd released one album every 3 years instead of 1 a year picking the best third of his material he'd be one of the best regarded artists around.

not_the_dj

Getting into this now after giving it a fair chance. I always thought Demolition had some great tracks and worked well as an album, even though IIRC it was a collection of unreleased stuff.

Haven't seen it yet but he was on Jools last night (and again on Friday). 

lustycourtier

Going to see him on Wed. my 10th RA gig. Cant wait as he seems happy with the new band.

Deadman

I thought I was listening to Sheryl Crow's 'My favourite mistake' when the first track came on. Having said that, I do like his sound. Princeton Reverb. Want one!

EricTheWeary

Seen the Later performances ( complete with Princetons). His hair annoyed me a lot but otherwise very enjoyable ( and certainly the hi light of this week's episodes).

duotone

After a miserable shopping trip today I went into HMV to cheer myself up and bought the new album on cd. Will stick it in the car for a few weeks and report back. On another note I haven't been into Oxford Street HMV for months and was surprised by the large amount of vinyl that they had in stock, blurs parklife, beatles all reissued in mono, royal bloods first album, arctic monkeys latest release.

benmurray85

one of my absolute heroes. i wanna catch the manchester gig but i refuse to pay 30-odd quid a ticket for anyone

BloodEagle

Music notwithstanding, which i find really dull regardless, the guy is a fucking pratt

stickyfiddle

Lovely JM with Mastery bridge on the Jools clip. Excellent

dafuzz

 I've heard it a couple of times now and it's pretty good. A couple of my mates are massive fans. I was disappointed this wasn't on it though:

mudslide73

I finally watched Jools on the iplayer last night. Ryan was great imo - I agree about how focussed he seems. Lovely guitar sounds from those Fenders. I wish I was going to see him now .

not_the_dj

Caught up with Jools last night as well

Was anyone else screening "he nicked the idea from Neil Young" when Jools asked Ryan about the big amp set?

guitari

Yeah, total rip off from Neil Young's stage set.

RA sounding good though.

not_the_dj

Started watching the iTunes gig last night (you can stream it for a limited time apparently).

I'm about halfway through and there's plenty from the new album, plus a great slightly slower version of "Let it Ride" from the Cold Roses album. 

Really liking the band he's got with him now.

lustycourtier

benmurray85 said:

one of my absolute heroes. i wanna catch the manchester gig but i refuse to pay 30-odd quid a ticket for anyone

£120 currently on 'sites'. Thankfiully I wangled guest list as it sold out in about 10 minutes. Tiny new venue, and the manics are doing the holy bible there in Dec!

lustycourtier

Was a great gig. Within first few songs he clearly wasnt happy with set, chucked it away and just threw in loads of very rarely played tracks, that even the band didnt know too well. Lost a lot of the 'casual' ticket buyers but a real treat for fans of earlier LPs. Not overly won over by that venue. Old Church, Very quiet overall, Way too many people IMO, you literally couldnt get into the auditorium after popping out from the front for a bog break. Im re thinking even wanting to go and see the manics do the Holy Bible there.

guitari

Setlist looks good @lustycourier glad you enjoyed it, shame the venue wasn't up to scratch.

The Glasgow show tonight is the the Royal Concert Hall, which in itself is a great venue, but not sure it'll be suited for RA with a full electric band..