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Low cancels a show; Retribution Gospel Choir tour; “Hide It Away” video; Low ballet at the Walker

Greg — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 03:14:51 +0000

1.) Low’s “Quiet Please” theater-in-the-round concert at the Varsity Theater in Minneapolis tomorrow night has been canceled due to illness. Too bad, but oh well. I was boycotting the show because the Varsity can suck it.

2.) In case you missed it, Retribution Gospel Choir has a pretty big tour scheduled for the next few months around the U.S. and Europe. They play the Triple Rock in Minneapolis in February. I will be out-of-town, which is unfortunate because the Triple Rock, unlike the Varsity, is a great place to see a show.

3.) Is that the shores of Lake Superior where Retribution Gospel Choir is burying their treasure in the video for “Hide It Away,” the first single off the upcoming album “2″? (Album is released Jan. 20)

4.) The Walker Art Center in Minneapolis will present a ballet based on the music of Low in March. I will be in town for this, and we already have tickets, because, well… because.

“Heaven explores the various manifestations of ecstasy—emotional, physical, and communal—present both in religious practices and in the ritualistic nature of dance in performance. Low’s Alan Sparhawk and Mimi Parker will perform the music and vocal orchestration they wrote for the work.”

Miramar Theatre, Milwaukee, WI (March 27, 1999)

Greg — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 19:43:36 +0000

Very high recording quality of an excellent Low show from 1999, when they were still very much a band that played extremely quiet, slow music and their song titles were just one word.

Track listing:

I Remember
Starfire
Don’t Understand
Weight Of Water
Violence
Shame
Fear
Lust
Immune
Lion/Lamb
Soon
Home
No Need
Cut
Missouri

Go to the show’s page on archive.org to download mp3s, etc.

Video of Low at the Knitting Factory in 1996

Greg — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 14:46:54 +0000

“Back in 1996, I was working as a producer, director, cameraman and lighting designer for Knit Media, creating live online content for the web. When one of my favorite bands Low booked an appearance, I jumped at the chance to produce and direct a live multicamera video of their performance.”

Lust:

Below & Above:

Cut:

(Amazingly, a vintage YouTube video that seems to have been posted by its original creator.)