Blonde Redhead – Bipolar
Redlight Cafe
Atlanta, GA
2/23/97
Last night I dreamt that I was interviewing Blonde Redhead. I was asking them a bunch of obscure questions like “How did a New York band end up putting out your first record on a Minneapolis record label?” and “It’s surprising that such a relatively new band ended up touring touring Europe in the mid-90s. That was unheard of at the time. Tell me how that happened?” I think my restless night was based on guilt from not having purchased their new album “Penny Sparkle” which came out over two months ago. My project for the weekend is to track it down on vinyl so I can go back to enjoying guilt free nights of sleep.
This video was recorded on their tour supporting “Fake Can Be Just As Good.”
Download: Blonde Redhead: Bipolar (Live Video)
At the beginning of the year, I mentioned that I was hoping to have a few guests contributing to the site. I’ve asked a few people and finally one has come through. Here is the first post from my NY operative, Avalanche.
Beggars Banquet released what I’m assuming will be the first single off of the new Blonde Redhead record. The first thing I thought when I heard it is that it sounded like Blonde Redhead meets My Bloody Valentine. A quick search shows that Alan Moulder, the producer of both Glider and Tremolo, also worked on “23.” The record is going to be released on April 10th on 4AD but advanced copies have already found their way on eBay and file sharing networks.
I found the Big Song seven inch along with their second and third seven inches at some thrift/consignment shop in Minneapolis for $2 each. Someone had traded in a fantastic music collection and I was the very lucky beneficiary. This is one of the songs off of their very hard to find first 7″.
