David Kilgour @ Mercury Lounge | pics

Insound‘s weekly newsletter had the following to say yesterday:

‘Still recovering. Still celebrating. 168 hours. It’s gotta be like a record or something. CMJ starts on Wednesday a week ago at the Merge showcase. Got there early to see David Kilgour backed by Yo La Tengo. It was historic. And nobody was there. And that depressed me. So I had a drink. The rest is sort of a blur.’

Actually Insound, I was also there. I even have some pictures to prove it. (13 October 2004)

David Kilgour

David Kilgour

David Kilgour first started playing guitar as a teenager in the late 70’s. When he and his brother Hamish decided to form a band, they called themselves The Clean. The rest, as they say, is rock n’ roll history.

David Kilgour

The Clean went on to become one of the most popular and most respected bands in New Zealand, and their legend as one of the founders of one of underground music’s most influential “scenes” quickly spread to all corners of the globe. David proceeded to form and play with other bands such as Stephen and the Great Unwashed, as The Clean drifted in and out of activity over the next 20 years.

David Kilgour

In 1992, Kilgour struck out on his own and recorded his first solo CD, Here Come The Cars, which received much critical acclaim. Two more solo LPs followed, Sugar Mouth in 1994 and David Kilgour and The Heavy Eights in 1997. In late 2000, after one of their many hiatuses, The Clean reformed to record their triumphant new album Getaway. All along the way, over the course of two decades, David has come to be known as one of the most respected and admired songwriters of his generation.

David Kilgour

Frozen Orange is David Kilgour’s second record for Merge, and it is every bit as wonderful as A Feather in the Engine and stacks up well against his best work with the Clean. Kilgour has been making smart, melodic, and interesting indie for more years than anyone would care to add up, and unlike many indie rockers who seem to be merely shuffling along because the music is now their career, Kilgour is creating some of his best music yet. (-All Music Guide)

David Kilgour

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