Part 3 of Tom's Instagram live collection, and this time it's All the Kings. I like this consistency he's showing by letting us hear old compositions in novel ways. With All the Kings, he's taken a song with a very clearly defined identity and presented it in a new language. It lives and breathes deep inside the electronics that surround it on the In Dream album, using those components to gradually build towards an almost operatic conclusion. The minimalist nature of this new recording by Tom means that all that is pulled away to remind you of the simple idea that birthed the dramatics. However, as much as I love this new interpretation, I do miss that beautiful instrumental coda at the end of the track that also made it into the Rahi Rezvani video. So good. How long this relaxed, extended solo concert Tom's putting together on Instagram will last is anybody's guess, but he does have a rather extensive collection of source materials from which to draw inspiration from so... Hope there's more to come. Enjoy the music ;) MP3 of the track available at the Archive:- https://lemmingarchive.blogspot.com/2021/03/all-kings-acoustic-live-on-instagram.html For more Editors stuff, drop by the Archive https://lemmingarchive.blogspot.com/2017/03/the-archive-index.html brought to you with lots and lots of lemming-love ) x ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CsjiTopSf_k

*New Version* This the complete and uncut audio broadcast featuring the full set played by Editors at Alcatraz, Milan 11th Feb 2020. Many thanks to Hannah for filling in the blanks and providing the missing two songs. It's appreciated ;) As with everything in life, nothing is for nothing. There were idents and DJ chatter at strategic points all the way through the gig, enough to interrupt the flow and obscure the intros of some tracks, but that's the cost of free entertainment I suppose. I've left them in because to remove them would be a further act of butchery towards the music. The Black Gold party rolled into Italy yesterday, and tonight the band played a show at Alcatraz in Milan. Big shout out to the I.P.K. who I know would have been in attendance. Hope you all had fun. This is the first professional recording we have of the material on offer, and it's almost like they recognised the significance because they changed things up. We've all been waiting to see what would fall away from the current running order to be replaced by something from the back catalogue, and it's now apparent that the substitution of songs has begun. Out goes ERM=BD, in comes Life is a Fear. Even on the radio, you could really get a sense of the energy in the room tonight, and everyone's playing sounded really punchy and forceful. The mix here meant that you could isolate and appreciate everything. Right at the centre of it all, Mr Smith energetically acting as the ringmaster to the dark circus of reminiscence. The drums and electronics at the start of Upside Down, Russell's bass on Violence and Sugar, Justin's guitar which was consistently ragged as hell, something which I have difficulty finding an issue with. For all those instances of pop etiquette, the vocal harmonies and the sweeping synths, there was also room for some downright filthy, feedback-covered riffs. Another piece of evidence to add to a dossier that's already pretty bullet-proof, making the case that Editors are very much a rock and roll band at heart, in spite of the criticisms that they had left that part of their personality behind them in recent years. Did you spot the reference to Dead or Alive's You Spin Me Right Round (Like a Record) in Papillon? It's still a very trippy thing to hear, because it took me back to when Tom would sing the "red rain is coming down" refrain during Spiders and "You are like a hurricane" when they played Like Treasure. I'm listening to this show now as I'm putting the words together for the post. I love that the experience I have when I hear songs like Escape the Nest is going to be a totally different one felt by those of you who discovered the band more recently. This may be your first time getting to hear them live, but as someone who heard it back in the day I have to say that they're as good now as they were then. They've managed to present it in a fresh way while retaining the utmost respect for their source material. This is not a band going through the motions to grab a paycheck, and cash in on their historical achievements. Enjoy the tunes ;) The Setlist An End Has a Start (with intro) 0:00 Bullets 4:40 Bones 8:00 Escape the Nest 12:20 Magazine 16:53 Sugar 20:55 Upside Down 26:15 Violence 31:26 Frankenstein 37:30 Papillon 43:13 Ocean of Night 48:22 The Weight of the World 53:39 Spiders 57:07 A Ton of Love 1:00:54 Formaldehyde 1:05:05 Life is a Fear 1:09:01 Blood 1:13:57 Fingers in the Factories 1:17:39 Walk the Fleet Road 1:22:06 You Are Fading 1:26:50 Distance 1:31:58 The Racing Rats 1:36:43 Munich 1:41:00 Smokers Outside the Hospital Doors 1:45:20 For more Editors stuff, drop by the Archive https://lemmingarchive.blogspot.com/2017/03/the-archive-index.html brought to you with lots and lots of lemming-love ) x ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZH27tRhHgM

Recorded during one of the most restricted times in all of our lives, here's Tom and Andy playing Parliament Hill live. There was a small fragment released yesterday but this is the full performance. It appears that it was filmed by S&B themselves, thus disproving the original theory I had about it being the footage that Edith was involved in shooting. If I'm right, and this isn't it, then that other film is still out there somewhere just waiting to be found. Exciting. Enjoy the music ;) For more Editors stuff, drop by the Archive https://lemmingarchive.blogspot.com/2017/03/the-archive-index.html brought to you with lots and lots of lemming-love ) x ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cRE-Zhw7IUM

Got some spare time? Why not spend 9 minutes in the company of everyone's favourite sticksman, Mr Ed Lay. I always like listening to Ed in interviews, he's an interesting guy. This chat covers a range of topics including the origins of the band, his time in a shoe shop, musical influences and the reaction of the band to NME's description of Editors as "The gloomiest band in the world". Check it out ;) For more Editors stuff, drop by the Archive https://lemmingarchive.blogspot.com/2017/03/the-archive-index.html brought to you with lots and lots of lemming-love ) x ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NLk6eh39VSQ