Dirty Three – “Sue’s Last Ride” from Horse Stories (1996)
I listened to this on the walk to work the other day and didn’t know whether to fall to the grass weeping or jump up in the air and raise my skinny fists like antennas to heaven. Thanks to the estimable Phil J. for turning me on to the Dirty Three.
Adam B. will be interested in Dirty Three’s collaboration with Chan “Cat Power” Marshall.
Posted by Glenn
3 Comments
October 4, 2008 at 10:17 am
My favorite part is when it devolves into noise at the end and then they bring back the melody from earlier except it’s 2.5x faster. This band is so goddamn great.
Adam B should also be interested in this Dirty Three/Chan Marshall collaboration.
October 6, 2008 at 6:20 am
I am interested in “Moon Pix.” In fact I just picked it up a few weeks ago. Good stuff.
October 30, 2008 at 9:20 am
[...] band is a severn-piece ensemble, featuring (among others), Warren Ellis, who is also 1/3 of the Dirty Three. I single out Mr. Ellis because, aside from Mr. Cave himself, Mr. Ellis was the most interesting [...]