The Gaslight Anthem

As we now have an 'other bands' sub-forum, I thought I'd start a Gaslight Anthem thread, not only because of their link with Sharks, but also because the first single off their new album has been streaming since yesterday.

Check "45" it out at

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/song-exclusive-the-gaslight-anthem-45-20120430

Heard it earlier today, so good. I'm going reading this year so I'll see them then!

One of my favourite bands ever. Love the new single. Great lyrics!
I'll be at Reading festival too. My mates and I go every year. It's where I first saw Gaslight play opening up the small Lock Up punk stage in 2008 and was blown away. Like when I first saw Sharks.

Every year there's a secret set slot on the Lock Up Stage (previous year's NOFX or Jimmy Eat World have played the mainstage and then done a further second slot on the punk stage) and this year I think Gaslight will play that slot. So 2 sets in one day.
So the mainstage slot will be their big rock songs to win over new fans and please the current fans and the secret set will be the older / faster Sink Or Swim type songs. I hope I'm right about this

Yeah that would rock. What do you think about the line-up so far?

Pretty decent lineup. At first I was quite disappointed but now the punk stage lineup has been announced I'm pretty happy with the lineup. Looking forward to Social Distortion (shame it overlaps with The Cure), At The Drive In, Gaslight Anthem, Touche Amore, Trash Talk, Coheed, Black Keys, Saves The Day, Polar Bear Club, Ceremony and Pure Love.

I'll probably see you at a few of those sets too!

The preorder of 45 is up on Banquet!

http://www.banquetrecords.com/MER45

[quote]Pretty decent lineup. At first I was quite disappointed but now the punk stage lineup has been announced I'm pretty happy with the lineup. Looking forward to Social Distortion (shame it overlaps with The Cure), At The Drive In, Gaslight Anthem, Touche Amore, Trash Talk, Coheed, Black Keys, Saves The Day, Polar Bear Club, Ceremony and Pure Love.[quote]

Yeah, I'm excited about pretty much the same bands also Bouncing Souls, Turbonegro,Pulled Apart By horses will be cool.
Shame about missing the Cure though, I'm not going to watch any of the mainstage headliners haha

Just watched this livestream from last nights Gaslight stream of their show from the Music Hall of Williamsburg in New York. Awesome show! You can re-watch it online here:

http://new.livestream.com/thegaslightanthem/livefromNYC

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Just watched this livestream from last nights Gaslight stream of their show from the Music Hall of Williamsburg in New York. Awesome show! You can re-watch it online here:

http://new.livestream.com/thegaslightanthem/livefromNYC

Thanks!!

I've really come to love this band more than before after seeing them for the first time live. I've always dug their music, but seeing them up close and personal you can really hear and see their songs shine. I had the very fortunate chance to see them at the Roxy theater in Hollywood Ca which is about a 350 person venue. It was such a great show. The band played great and Brian in particular had such a good time. He had a large excited grin on his face the entire time and the crowd was loving it. During one of the last songs he just let loose. He lept into the crowd and crowd surfed for a moment and then retuned to the stage and fell to the ground with his guitar and played. It's definitely a show I'll always remember, and to top it all off I was able to buy the new 45 for $5 a few days before its release. I now can't wait to see them in a big ol' arena sometime.

Super short documentary about Handwritten https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zVCOhxMA97Q&feature=plcp

The new music video of 45

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=oST77VRHXt0

First post here!!!! I discovered Sharks in the Academy at Manchester via The Gaslight Anthem, then saw them again at The Apollo, buying Sharks CDs both times and being REALLY impressed by the band.

The Gaslight's are the reason I'm here really because I'd never had heard of ther Sharks without them.

Looking forward to the new album, and maybe seeing our guys on the tour again.......

Philip

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First post here!!!! I discovered Sharks in the Academy at Manchester via The Gaslight Anthem, then saw them again at The Apollo, buying Sharks CDs both times and being REALLY impressed by the band.

The Gaslight's are the reason I'm here really because I'd never had heard of ther Sharks without them.

Looking forward to the new album, and maybe seeing our guys on the tour again.......

Philip

Welcome Philip! We hope you will enjoy this forum!

Does anyone know anything about what color and number Handwritten will have?

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Does anyone know anything about what color and number Handwritten will have?

I'm not sure of how many but I believe the first color pressing will be blue.

Handwritten is now streaming!

http://www.npr.org/2012/07/10/156551726/first-listen-the-gaslight-anthem-handwritten


sounds sweet

National Anthem is an absolute gem of a track!!

Handwritten is a great album, and although I am a Gaslight fan before being a Sharks fan, I think musically at least No Gods is a much better album overall

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Handwritten is a great album, and although I am a Gaslight fan before being a Sharks fan, I think musically at least No Gods is a much better album overall

I think exactly this, but that No Gods is just better, not much better!