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AC Acoustics - Understanding Music
Jul 15, 2010, 02:08
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I stopped listening to "pop" music sometime in the 90s when brit pop became too noxious for me to handle and all my fave bands had either broke up,killed themselves or sold out (weatherall remixes etc). I descended into the mad happy world of obscure u.s. folk, cuban guitar, african stuff etc - i left brixton, moved to rural essex and took up the claw hammer banjo. I crawled out of this music world about 10 yrs later determined to reconnect with my poprock youth before i totally disapeared up my own ass. Anyway, to get to the point,I occasionally discover a band that everyone else seems to have heard of but mean nothing to me due to my time off the pop radar. One of these bands is the AC Acoustics who have had their second album Understanding Music re-released for some reason. I havent done too much research (same label as spacemen 3 ? - i was a loop fan and sm3 where pseuds!). Its one of the most beautiful albums i've heard in a while and seems to hit the right places in me without triggering a "oh they're just trying to sound like 'that band'!" reaction, tho they are derivative in places (the usual suspects - djnr,mbv,tfc,jamc etc) but also really unique in others, and an overall sound that I've found quite affecting for some reason. I've listened to their earlier and later stuff but nothing matches this album in my opinion. I think they broke up around '03 ish. Are there any old fans out there that could enlighten me a bit about them ? How where they considered at the time, what were they like live etc ? why did they stop ? cheers.
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bauheed
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Re: AC Acoustics - Understanding Music
Jul 15, 2010, 08:36
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Hi....I used to quite like AC Acoustics. I have a few of their singles and might have an album on vinyl (will have to check when I get home - I'm at work right now). Not listened to them for ages. I will have to dig them out and give them a spin.
They were part of the music scene in Glasgow around the time I was at Uni in the mid 90s. According to wikpedia they split up in 2003 - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AC_Acoustics
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zerkalo
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Re: AC Acoustics - Understanding Music
Jul 15, 2010, 08:51
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Was it them who supported Pavement at Glasgow Uni in 1994 by any chance? I was there and haven't for the life of us been able to remember who the support act was that night, seeing this rung a bell though.
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bauheed
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Re: AC Acoustics - Understanding Music
Jul 15, 2010, 09:25
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wasnt at that gig, so not sure. sorry!
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zerkalo
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Re: AC Acoustics - Understanding Music
Jul 15, 2010, 10:38
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bauheed wrote: wasnt at that gig, so not sure. sorry!
bit of a long shot question but cheers anyhoo!
with a bit of digging I've found that around the time of that gig, Pram were playing gigs with Pavement and AC Acoustics popped up at one or two so the possibility of just a Pavement/AC Acoustics billing seems quite likely.
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bauheed
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Re: AC Acoustics - Understanding Music
Jul 15, 2010, 11:08
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no probs...I think I found the same link.
My digging resulted in reminding me of their tune "I Messiah Am Jailer". I remember that one - good tune. Definitely going to dig that out when I get homw
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mingtp
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Re: AC Acoustics - Understanding Music
Jul 15, 2010, 14:34
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Yup, they were a good band, used to get plays on Peel a fair bit on and off. I've got a few singles somewhere, and I remember "I Messiah, Am Jailer" from 97 very fondly.
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texlahoma
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Re: AC Acoustics - Understanding Music
Jul 15, 2010, 21:00
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The records were great i thought, still have them somewhere in the loft. Only saw them live once and they were just ok. Snowpony were supporting, it wasn't the best gig i sw around that time but i still remember it so hey!
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mingtp
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Re: AC Acoustics - Understanding Music
Jul 16, 2010, 02:13
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texlahoma wrote: Snowpony were supporting
Snowpony had one single, Easy Way Down, that I loved. Never saw them live though.
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