Also, Beautiful Beat.
From a YouTube playlist of 10.
Thanks to Carlos for the recent video links.
From the session on April 15, 2014, solo acoustic versions of 'Waiting For You' and 'Bette Davis Eyes'
"Minor Alps" sans Juliana != Minor Alps. Hmmph. Still great though.
Also, from the same session see Always Love.
Cherubs.
See also I Don't Know What To Do With My Hands.
Not sure I'm ever going to understand why anyone chooses not to live in the moment by filming an entire show, particularly with a camera in the face of a performer, but hey. You can see more videos from Friday's Shacklewell Arms show on the YouTube.
There are a couple of online reviews from the London shows:
Ben Walsh, with a lukewarm response for The Independent:
The alt-rock fortysomething duo major in mellow (perhaps too mellow) melodies and their soft (sometimes twee) sound recalls She & Him, George Harrison and Teenage Fanclub. The American pair keep their lyrics and sentiments simple and habitually sing in unison. Mostly their delicate vocals work nimbly in harmony but sometimes you'd wish one of them would wrestle control.
A more enthusiastic article on Sunday's show at The Islington by Joe Hoffman for The Upcoming:
Minor Alps, a duo consisting of Juliana Hatfield and Matthew Caws, perform music reminiscent of Bob Dylan, Simon and Garfunkel, and even Neil Young, with a twist of country and rock. The band had great chemistry while performing onstage at The Islington, with wonderful vocal harmonies and acoustic guitar, in front of a small, peaceful crowd. Throw in a little bit of Korg synth and you get some Bon Iver-esque influence that shows a more creative and artistic side to Minor Alps.
Just when we thought the Minor Alps promotional period was over, this appears out of the blue.
The video stars French actors Julie Gayet and Philippe Rebbot.
It might get some attention outside of the julianadasurf fanbase, particularly in France, where Julie Gayet has been in the news a bit recently.
Gorgeous video.
UPDATE: DIY says Minor Alps are "set to play their first European shows this spring". So there's that too.
Recorded on November 22 last year, this WFUV session with Minor Alps is being broadcast tonight at 9PM Eastern.
You can listen to the audio including between-song interviews with Matthew and Juliana at wfuv.org.
The photoset is at Flickr.
The first public performance of Minor Alps, from November 8 last year in Seattle.
Outstanding.
If you missed them earlier, make sure you also catch the photos from the session.
Because one video interview for Radio.com is not enough.
New York's Q104.3 has a Minor Alps interview and performance available to view or download.
A roundup of remaining links for the last few shows of the recent US Minor Alps tour:
Black Cat, Washington DC, November 19:
The Vinyl District (Review)
Bowery Ballroom, New York City, November 20:
Impose Magazine (Photos)
World Café Live, Philadelphia, November 22:
iradiophilly (Review)
The Swollen Fox (Review)
The Swollen Fox @ Flickr (Photos)
Phawker (Review)
The Sinclair, Cambridge, MA, November 23:
Johnny Anguish @ Flickr (Photos)
Fruit Fly (YouTube as above)
I Don't Know What To Do With My Hands (YouTube)
BDCWire (Photos)
Watch @minoralps cover The Everly Brothers at the kitchen table!
https://t.co/MCvASg8WIm
— MINOR ALPS (@minoralps) November 26, 2013
Eleventy thousand smartphone owners have attended the Minor Alps tour this month. Some of them used these devices to watch large portions of the shows through a screen with their arms held up.
So many in fact that it's been hard to keep up.
A roundup is therefore required commencing with more from the Los Angeles shows. See earlier posts here for links for the first few gigs.
Thanks to everyone who has submitted or shared these links here or elsewhere on the internet. In particular thanks to liveontomorrow reader Carlos for submitting dozens of recent links that appear here, and also to Andrew who has been keeping us all up to date with news for many years chiefly via the This Is The Sound group. If you're a member there, these links have already been posted on that group too. It is really appreciated guys.
Thanks too to the uploaders, obvs.
With one exception, these are single camera YouTube efforts.
Echoplex, Los Angeles, November 12:
I Don't Know What To Do With My Hands
Soda Bar, San Diego, November 14:
If I Wanted Trouble (clip on NBC San Diego)
Schubas, Chicago, November 15
Rockwood Music Hall, New York City, November 21:
Main Street Music In Store show, Manayunk, November 22:
World Café Live, Philadelphia, November 22:
Last night's acoustic show for Radio.com at Rockwood Music Hall in NYC is also covered in a feature and photo gallery.