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Join my team - The Young Idealists

Sat, 04 Feb 2012 00:15:05 -0500

Exactly how ahead of my time my thinking can be is illustrated by the following - I was talking to my agent recently about maybe enlisting fans to help sell CDs at my concerts and generally help promote my show... more >

Posted by: Lloyd

Latest Comment: 2012 dates

Awesome,u need an idealist for Cardiff ? As I live there? Did Exeter for u last time round Martin.Cheers Stu

Posted by: Stu27 - 04/02/2012

Cover Art

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 23:40:39 -0500

Q - Listening to "Love Ruins Everything" on Pandora, I happened to glance up and see the album cover photo, the one I call "hotel room after hurricane." As the day went on I realized most of... more >

Posted by: maryalexandria

Latest Comment: Part 2

I don't know if I did. I had forgotten writing this... maybe if I have a spare couple of hours. That isn't going to happen soon.

Posted by: Lloyd - 03/02/2012

Solo acoustic tour March 2012

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 19:32:47 -0500

Solo acoustic shows in UK, Germany, Netherlands, and back to ITALY! more >

Posted by: Lloyd

It's Winter Sale time again

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 13:57:06 -0500

I'm home for the holidays, so we can personalise your orders, plus we have hot deals! more >

Posted by: Lloyd

Latest Comment: Lyrics

I did that because they told me the lyrics would be illegible, I thought this repeating pattern would be better, but you can read them...

Posted by: Lloyd - 03/02/2012

Are you ready to be heartbroken? is difficult to play!

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 12:00:27 -0500

Q - Excellent new guitar tabs part of site. I've been trying to work out ayrtbh and stumpted on the C intro chord can you enlighten me?

A - Well, I can tell you that it is the reason that I didn't... more >

Posted by: markforster

Latest Comment: Yes please

I'm also not sure where to send a direct request but I think 'Hey Rusty' may be the sort of thing that would sound good on the Martin with my rather unimpressive voice - I need all the help I can to get a good sound! Sorry if this is the wrong place to request but I'd love to know the chords, Lloyd. Thanks!

Posted by: davidh - 25/02/2009

How to (really?) play Heartbroken (open tuning)?

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 11:18:05 -0500

Q - Hey -- this must seem very rude, but I gather from one of the previous posts that you find Heartbroken different to play in standard tuning. The thing is, I suspect it was written in Open G (though correct ... more >

Posted by: gutterheart

Modular V.2

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 23:30:05 -0500

It keeps on growing! more >

Posted by: Lloyd

Latest Comment: Mod 13

Mod 13 will not be included in the album that I was working on. It was more of an experiment to see if I could make random cv generators play like a soloist. It's not me playing the fake sax, it's the modular. I'm just defining the parameters it operates within... I hope to do more along these lines once I have a better idea of what I'm doing...

Posted by: Lloyd - 02/02/2012

Offhand Reference

Mon, 30 Jan 2012 11:57:35 -0500

From an email sent to me earlier this year by Scott Yarbrough more >

Posted by: Lloyd

From French author Jean-Philippe Blondel

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 20:52:10 -0500

Finally, my publisher ( Buchet-Chastel) has decided to release my next novel "Morro Bay" in September this year more >

Posted by: Lloyd

Latest Comment: Et rester vivant

It occurred to me today to see if the book was out. It is, and with the original title, I will have to get a copy and post a review here. Lots of references in the French blogosphere, many noting LC..

Posted by: heida - 27/01/2012

State Of The Game podcast

Mon, 23 Jan 2012 20:54:23 -0500

My golfing pals Geoff Shackleford, Mike Clayton and John Huggan along with Australian journalist Rod Morri have started a golf podcast. They needed a theme song and came to me. I told them they could use anyth... more >

Posted by: Lloyd

Lloyd Cole - Live At The Bbc Vol. 1

Sat, 14 Jan 2012 18:39:58 -0500

It is indeed gratifying to see that this album has been issued after festering for too long in the vaults of the BBC. It makes you wonder how many more hidden gems are lurking in the archives of that venerable ... more >

Posted by: sigggy

Causing a commotion in class

Mon, 09 Jan 2012 14:08:33 -0500

Pop legend Lloyd Cole meets music students on his return to New Mills School more >

Posted by: sigggy

Latest Comment:

http://youtu.be/FdWjVmI4TUI

Posted by: Henkin - 09/01/2012

Radio FSK Hamburg - Interview with Lloyd Cole

Mon, 09 Jan 2012 03:58:45 -0500

Link to audio interview more >

Posted by: kyleigh

Begining guitar player

Mon, 02 Jan 2012 19:29:36 -0500

Q - Hey Lloyd, I'm just 14 and I'm a big fan of you. I have a beautiful accoustic guitar for two weeks now, so the first things I want to play is Lloyd Cole. I can play Forest Fire a bit now, but I can&... more >

Posted by: Lukaa

Latest Comment:

hey MartijnJas any chance I could get a copy of that songbook?

Posted by: barky60 - 02/01/2012

Don't Get Weird Tour Charts (#1 - Being Boring)

Mon, 02 Jan 2012 13:17:43 -0500

OK, so this isn't a tab sheet, but I thoughts some of you might be interested in this. I recently found the song charts that I made for the DGWOMB tour. They are all A3, therefore too big to scan, so I trie... more >

Posted by: Lloyd

Latest Comment: believe

was this the tour where you covered 'believe' by cher? i think at either the shepherds bush empire or the forum?

Posted by: yannik - 02/01/2012

Maybe I can write a song tour, November UK dates

Wed, 07 Dec 2011 09:59:57 -0500

Update - Glasgow shows SOLD OUT (but Edinburgh is not). more >

Posted by: Lloyd

The Lloyd Cole Pages

Mon, 28 Nov 2011 03:58:19 -0500

Moodswing devotes itself full time to Lloyd Cole more >

Posted by: LCPAGES

Latest Comment: Impressed

I've been learning some more about lyrical references from this site, and finding possible explanations for lyrical references such as Mr Anderton for 'These Days'. He wasn't a brand of Scotch as I first thought.

Posted by: sigggy - 28/11/2011

Artists support Occupy movement with album

Thu, 24 Nov 2011 10:32:22 -0500

David Crosby, Jackson Brown, Devo, Third Eye Blind, Ya Lo Tengo, Lloyd Cole, The Guthrie Family and filmmaker/activist Michael Moore have signed on to the project, the producers said in a press release. more >

Posted by: sigggy

Latest Comment: The album version

The album version.

Posted by: Lloyd - 24/11/2011

Class act by a star pupil

Wed, 23 Nov 2011 16:42:10 -0500

Class act by a star pupil

Eighties pop star Lloyd Cole is to visit his former school.

Lloyd, who became a household name with his band The Commotions, was a pupil at New Mills secondary in th... more >

Posted by: sigggy

Latest Comment: Great version!

Fantastic arrangement, the way the "picking" in the beginning kinda stays in the arrangement when you start strumming, making it almost sound like two guitars.

Posted by: Jean - 23/11/2011

Lloyd Cole at Sage Gateshead, UK

Sat, 19 Nov 2011 23:52:58 -0500

By his own meticulous standards, a slightly unkempt Lloyd Cole strolled onto the Hall 2 stage and with only the merest hint of a smile he started the concert with a haunting version of Past Imperfect. more >

Posted by: kyleigh

Lloyd Cole at The Sage Gateshead

Sat, 19 Nov 2011 18:41:37 -0500

This � he had this coming � contemporary cross between Orson Welles and Bob Carolgees (there�s no way this�ll go up on his website now), has still got a velvet-lined tint to his tonsils. more >

Posted by: sigggy

Latest Comment: way

'there�s no way this�ll go up on his website now' Oh yes it did. Good writing, glowing report, and I don't think he would mind at all. Good end to what reads to have been a very good tour. Lets hope there are many more.

Posted by: sigggy - 19/11/2011

Gig review: LLoyd Cole - Pleasance Theatre, Edinburgh

Fri, 18 Nov 2011 16:52:42 -0500

Gig review: LLoyd Cole - Pleasance Theatre, Edinburgh

By David Pollock
Published on Saturday 12 November 2011 11:00

LLOYD Cole, his audience may or may not have been surprised to hear, often c... more >

Posted by: sigggy

Latest Comment: Career Change

Well if lloyd does get to the stage where he thinks hes past doing concerts, he can always take up stand up comedy, funny guy. But personally do come back to edinburgh again, as i commented to the woman next to me it was the most relaxed i felt for ages, not sure if thats a compliment though?

Posted by: paulakydd - 18/11/2011

Critical Mob Interview

Sun, 13 Nov 2011 20:01:59 -0500

Critical Questions for Lloyd Cole by Stuart Mason, Music Editor and Jim Allen, Music Contributor more >

Posted by: Lloyd

Latest Comment: naturalization

Hi LC: For what it is worth - two terse comments on the naturalization issue: 1) any estate left by a green card holder is a taxable event. So if no desire to become a citizen - one has to "consider" putting everything joint w/ one's better half. 2) if one "accidentally" commit a felony (well, unlikely in your case) -- when a green card holder finishes their spell in Rikers Island -- they are escorted directly to JFK and waved sayonara. btw --- were you able to catch Matthew Girlfriend anniversary tour? There were a bunch of us at the table at City Winery hoping that special guests were going to show up (u and Richard Lloyd and Ivan Julian etc), but no luck. At any rate - great show, with great sound from Matthew's old classic guitar. thx.

Posted by: JOB - 13/11/2011

20 years "Don't get weird on me, babe" - Radio show

Tue, 08 Nov 2011 00:15:34 -0500

Radio show on Lloyd Coles "Don't get weird on me, babe" album! more >

Posted by: geolech

Apparel and Accessories

Mon, 07 Nov 2011 21:12:40 -0500

Here, at last, at our shop - t-shirts and a goofy bag more >

Posted by: Lloyd