Doves

what bit of GUP is Jimi on?? and i totally agree with Jonny here... AGAIN!!

I've never heard of them, i must look them up at some point. In fact, I might just do that now:)

I just listened to a couple of songs, and I must say, i'm not entirely convinced by them, they're good, but not by any means the best:P

Give it time mate, give it time....Some top tunes that got me into them was Here it comes, Catch the sun, and Pounding from their 2nd album. If you like more mellow tunes I'd recommend Far From Grace, Ambition and The Man Who Told Everything maybe....In my mind I rank them a bit higher than Elbow actually, sorry!! but you can prob tell that from my avatar

Yeah i'd guessed that How dare you!? Nah, in my mind, it's whatever floats your boat

I too like Doves, and think Some Cities is a very good album. I particularly like the piano driven rush of Black & White Town, a great rock song. and there's some good stuff on other albums too.

I can see why they are often grouped with Elbow, (guitar based indie/rock, from around Manchester etc) but to my mind are a quite different animal, more of an immediate hit whereas Elbow songs tend to take time to appreciate, and to grow on you.

They support God's own football team as well...

Doves support Everton?

Hahaha i thought he was talking about Celtic myself

For anyone interested I found this link on the Doves board here the other day. Four new tracks which they performed at the Festival Hall. Enjoy!! I know I did http://www.megaupload.com/?d=96IFKGMP

Thanks to the user cado_rocha for making them available

Robeman

Thanks for those - good quality and Doves are sounding good and very jolly I have to say.
Looking at the filenames it seems as if the rest of the gig may be available. That would be good.

Thanks again.

Cool that they have done a song called "Winter Hill".

I haven't been up there for ages.

Mr_K wrote:

Looking at the filenames it seems as if the rest of the gig may be available. That would be good.

Yeah, I thought so meself but it wasn't me who uploaded them...Someone posted a request for the rest of the gig on the board, so let's see what happens...

MagicalTrevor wrote:

Cool that they have done a song called "Winter Hill".

I haven't been up there for ages.

Sorry for asking, but what/where's Winter Hill?

It's in Rivington, Bolton. It's the location of the TV and Radio transmitter for the North West of England.

yeah ok..cool

Having trouble logging on to the Doves board. Anyone else having the same problem? Unable to find the server or something..

http://www.nme.com/news/doves/42324

Gonna be a big year for Doves, methinks.

BRILLIANT!

I SO cannot wait for that to come out. Might go see them actually

takemeanywhere wrote:

http://www.nme.com/news/doves/42324

Gonna be a big year for Doves, methinks.

As much as I like Doves, I'm not sure a big year starts at Warrington Parr Hall...

But then, what do I know?

MagicalTrevor wrote:

takemeanywhere wrote:

http://www.nme.com/news/doves/42324

Gonna be a big year for Doves, methinks.

As much as I like Doves, I'm not sure a big year starts at Warrington Parr Hall...

But then, what do I know?

Lol, everyone know the "make or break" crudentials of Warrington Parr Hall! God!

1st track off the new album is available for free download from the Doves website http://www.doves.net/

its called Jetstream, and its biblically good

i heard Kingdom of Rust and I can't get enough of it

I agree with takemeanywhere. This will be a big year for Doves
New single is strong and I hear great things about the forthcoming album
Mercury & Brit for Doves in 2009 or does lightning not strike twice?

Looking forward to seeing them at Delamere Forest

Friday night. Middlesbrough Empire. Awesome.

Seem em loads of times, live.......have heard Jetstream and Kingdom of Rust, and the latter especially, are great. City fans and top lads by all accounts. Lost Souls is one of my favourite LP's ever. Jimi's got one of those mournful and yearning voices, they can lift and elevate you, yet also leave you feeling reflective.........just like Bury's finest. April 26 can't come quick enough.

Lee Spoons wrote:

I bought 'Lost Souls' in a Woollies remainder bin mainly because of the Elbow comparisons, but was a bit disappointed (in fact, it's on my list of CDs to bung on Ebay).

They're not bad (and as a rockier band than Elbow they're certainly better than the likes of Snow Patrol) but nothing I've heard of theirs really seems to stand out that much. Perhaps I need to give them a few more listens.

pleased to say, almost a year on, I'm eating my words. Absolutely love Kingdom of Rust.