The Clean - Live in 2010 + 2011 (webstream recordings)

Primavera Sound Festival 

Parc del Forum

Barcelona, Spain

May 29, 2010

WFMU webstream capture (sound quality: VG++)

00 DJ intro

01 Fish

New Zealand's The Clean, in-store appearance in 2015

02 I Wait Around

03 Drawing to a Hole

04 Wipe Me, I’m Lucky

05 David tunes, Hamish talks 

06 Anything Could Happen

07 (unknown song)

08 Whatever I Do It’s Right

09 Outside the Cage

10 In the Dreamlife U Need 

     a Rubber Soul

11 Oddity

12 Point That Thing 

     Somewhere Else

13 band interview

The Kings Arms

Auckland, N.Z.

Nov. 24, 2011

Radio NZ webstream capture 

    (sound quality: VG++)

01 At the Bottom

02 Two Fat Ladies

03 Wipe Me, I'm Lucky

04 Flowers

The Clean, Kings Arms, Auckland
(above 2 photos by petra jane)

05 In the Dreamlife U Need a Rubber Soul

06 Getting Older 

07 Tally Ho

08 Fish*

09 Point That Thing Somewhere Else*

*bonus tracks: San Francisco Bath House, 

Wellington, N.Z. 2007-03-16 (RNZ webstream)

ROB SEZ: Last week, I featured The Clean's founder & primary songwriter David Kilgour in solo mode. This week, you get The Clean live in 2010 and 2011, courtesy of Radio New Zealand. Please enjoy.

FLAC lossless capture, lossy source

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The Clean - Hoboken, N.J. 2007 (matrix)

Maxwell's 

Hoboken, N.J.

Dec. 5, 2007

(Hanukkah show, opening for Yo La Tengo)

soundoard-audience matrix (sound quality: Ex-)

01 Hold On to the Rail

02 Side On

03 Factory Man

04 Getting Older

05 Secret Place

06 Too Much Violence

07 Someone

08 Point That Thing Somewhere Else 

09 Tally Ho

10 Beatnik

11 Stars

12 Safe In the Rain

From Ira Kaplan's 2007 Hanukkah diary:

If the holidays are a time for getting together with loved ones, then I can’t think of a better way to start night two of our little shindig than with the Clean. I have a vivid memory of riding toward the Lincoln Tunnel — this is something like 20 years ago — listening for the first time to a pre-recorded cassette of Compilation that a friend thought I’d like, and flipping my lid. Speaking of lids, the Clean’s were topped with black wigs, and had lots to say between songs, much of it profane. They opened strong with “Hold On to the Rail,” “Side On” and a world premiere “Factory Man,” and ended even stronger, with a triple play of classics — “Point That Thing Somewhere Else,” “Tally Ho,” and their Jewish number “Beatnik” — before closing with a gorgeous “Safe in the Rain.”

ROB SEZ: Gotta be up front about my profound love of The Clean, comprised of David & Hamish Kilgour and Robert Scott. If you force me to say which N.Z. band I love the most, I will readily cop to The Clean.  Something about David K's way with words, melodies, and the just-right guitar lines: feels like a complete package. HUGE THANKS to YLTfan for recording this one and to neil d for doing the rest. My apologies for being so slow to get this series going: just too much going on re: the rest of my life in the past 6 weeks. I'm now setting aside some early a.m. hours every week now, so look for weekly posts from here on.

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Great Unwashed - N.Z. Indie Supergroup Demos + Live 1983-1984

The Great Unwashed
Demo recordings
Colombo Street
Christchurch, N.Z.
1983-xx-xx

soundboard recordings (audio quality: OK)

01 Zombies at the Door
02 Instrumental
03 Instrumental
04 The Way You Should Be Now
05 Instrumental
06 (2nd take of 2nd piece)

ROB SEZ: This post kicks off a new series focusing on New Zealand ROIOs from the 1980s and 1990s. I thought the Great Unwashed would be a great way to start, since it includes members of The Clean, The Bats, and The Chills. HUGE THANKS to H.T. and Happytrader for sharing their treasures with folks like me. Watch for lots more in the coming weeks...

     

The Gluepot
Auckland, N.Z.
Aug. 9, 1984

audience recording (sound quality: very good)

Hamish Kilgour (left) & Pete Gutteridge (RIP), 1984

01 Toadstool Blues

02 Neck of the Woods 
03 Small Girl
04 Green Skin
05 ?
06 ?
07 ?
08 ?
09 Born In the Wrong Time
10 Middle Sized Mind
11 Feel Too Much
12 Boat With No Ocean
13 It's a Day
14 Duane Eddy
15 Can't Find Water
16 Sense of Balance

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