Big Thief Live from Levon Helm Studios (SHEROES Radio Session & Interview)

A live special Sheroes presentation, of Big Thief Live from Levon Helm Studios in Woodstock, NY - featuring a performance & interview with Carmel Holt.
The band's new album 'Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe In You' is out now: bigthief.ffm.to/dnwmibiy
Find all upcoming tour dates here: bigthief.net/tour/
Filmed & Recorded on location at Levon Helm Studios, Woodstock NY
Sponsored by 4AD & Beggars Group
Produced by Ellena Osis, Carmel Holt & Marisa Gesualdi
Video by Slopehouse
Cinematography by Adam Gundersheimer
Camera Operators: Adam Gundersheimer, V Haddad, Matt Phillips, Dino Davaros
Performances Edited by V Haddad, with additional editing by Adam Gundersheimer
Engineered and Mixed by Alice Wilder
Mastered by Philip Weinrobe
Interview Mixing Engineer and Video Editor: Marisa Gesualdi
Interview Editor: Carmel Holt
Studio Production: Brendan McDonough
Studio Manager: Drew Frankel
Studio Operations: Christy Newman

[@bigman-pm7xy]

That version of dragon new warm mountain is so fucking sick

[@kevinguzman8155]

reminds me a whole lot of Lonesome Crowded West (Modest Mouse)

[@BsideArchive]

Covered me in goosebumps! What an incredible performance

[@aelyons]

Buck looks like he has completed the first Tour de France.

[@ParhelionMedia]

On top of their music being brilliant, I really appreciate how Adrianne and crew are so eloquent and insightful talking about gender and their relationship as a band.

[@ParhelionMedia]

I love that the live footage looks like it was recorded on a VHS camcorder from 1994. Timeless. Also, I just happen to have that same cycling cap that Buck is wearing, cool!

[@nicoledavidson-wert5485]

Would’ve bought 10 year old Adrianne’s album in a heartbeat.

[@Goaterd]

I’ve never met them but they feel like some of my closest friends.

[@Wesley.Deuren]

Yeah that performance of Dragon was utterly gorgeous, because of that tension and discomfort. It was the best part of this show. Pulled my heart and guts right out of my mouth.

[@allyson--]

01:53 Red Moon 12:17 Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe in You ("the louder version") 38:13 Certainty 49:06 Simulation Swarm 55:54 So Little Life (Adrianne's song written over a decade ago)

[@DavidByrne85]

thank you Allyson

[@captainsunshine3d]

@@DavidByrne85omg david byrne!!!

[@kevinjordanespinoza7445]

Sinulation Swarm is really 45:53

[@allyson--]

*timestamps* / *setlist* 1:53 - *Red Moon* 6:26 - interview p1: the birth of DNWMIBIY, recording in various locations; 9:14 Adrianne's difficult time & mindset while writing 12:17 - *Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe in You* ("the louder version") 17:02 - interview p2: recording 4 versions of the title track, dragon version, how they all felt this day while performing live; 20:20 more on the 4 locations (colorado, california, arizona, new york); 24:45 Adrianne's experience as a leading woman in the music world + gender roles in Big Thief; 27:02 Healing the Feminine (Dr. Clarissa Pinkola Estés) & what that looks like to her & fellow band members, learning to trust men & one another; 38:12 - *Certainty* 41:26 - interview p3: going from 43 songs to 20 & sequencing by textures/feel; 45:53 the meanings of simulation swarm 49:06 - *Simulation Swarm* 53:24 - interview p4: recurring themes (thread, owl, bleeding, death, touching, beds) 55:43 - *So Little Life* (Adrianne's song written over a decade ago)

[@screwtapee]

Thanks so much :)

[@allyson--]

18:37 i'm obsessed with this part where Adrianne talks about how she wasn't feeling so great performing 'Dragon New Warm Mountain' & everyone is like "ah I felt alright" & she's like "but could you tell that I felt weird??"

[@forestcochran4196]

Like one of them said, that tension can make for a really cool performance, and an interesting feel.

[@anasalhorani1490]

omg the Dragon New Warm Mountain louder version is impossibly good

[@philliparnott7878]

The spirit of Levon and the Band live on through Big Thief. Love it!

[@mondoseguendo6113]

So true!

[@dominikkurowski3145]

I want them to record grunge album next. This one is so fucking good.

[@apexlegendsofficialreal]

why lmao

[@Goaterd]

I love this version of the title track so much!

[@victoriabennett3789]

Incredible. I was moved to tears at several points during this interview. The love they manufacture and share is absolutely precious.

[@hello50881]

The version of the title track - wow, please release that recording

[@forestcochran4196]

Yeah I want that

[@max_mittler]

the dragon voice plug-in? I was cracking up when they were talking about that, I have to hear it haha

[@Chickenparmm]

KZbin 2 mp3 converter lol

[@cmgordon12345]

The fast version of red moon is exceptional. Reminds me of a good Bertha... The bass tone, and the G/C

[@dmytrom297]

I would love to get my hands on all that didn't make the cut, if I'm being honest. Big Thief keep an untold umount of masterpieces (pardon the pun) all to themselves.

[@magicjoeblack5761]

That was a fabulous privelege to hear such ethereal talent speak such earthy truths. Gobsmackingly amazing. My delight in and appreciation of the wonder that is Big Thief has just increaased exponentially. Love and respect to anyone lucky enough to find this gem. Live loud.

[@TrustyButterknife]

came for the painfully honest performance, etherially nonplussed by the comment 👍🏻

[@nutshell1127]

Very special people and talented to boot

[@jamesonhannon7280]

You know what? These guys are really freaking good. Came because of what they’ve been playing from Big Thief on the radio. This makes me want to see them live

[@user-gu1un7pb7k]

I agree I think they're the most interesting band to come out in years, for me anyway

[@diondredunigan5282]

whoever filmed this did a marvelous job

[@michelalocorotondo784]

Andrienne guitar skills are pretty underrated; in simulation swarn she devoured.

[@jochenwagner2365]

This ist a BAND! Can feel them....

[@alexs.3383]

Adrianne always finds a way to talk about parenting the child within & I'm always like ;_; Have to come into these videos ready to shed a tear from the music & words shared

[@alexs.3383]

26:33 "the three of them have mothered me so much" :,(

[@hello50881]

I cried during each sonf

[@oriana8700]

I feel the same way 🥺

[@thomaszukowski2657]

Gosh, this is just so beautiful. Every track is so locked in yet free. Kudos to the sound engineer - the mix is perfect. Amazing performance.

[@Esther39233]

57:45 "sculpturally it's texturally sculptural.....*wait*.....hehehehe" loved the moment of realisation haha

[@jessesparks7424]

Some crazy Mick Fleetwood vibes on those drums!

[@bjwnashe5589]

That song she wrote as a ten year-old is better than just about anything on the Spotify top 40 right now.

[@Moonface8]

goosebumps the whole time, beautiful.

[@forestcochran4196]

This is one of the best interviews I've ever heard. What a gift. Thanks, 4AD.

[@147mastery9]

They keep amazing me. Goosebumps with the title track.

[@frankieandtheflowers]

This was such a beautiful interview and performance, thank you

[@Slugflesh]

Thank god I have been trying to listen to this version of the title track!! They play it like that live and my fiancé and I loved it!!!

[@ummagumma21]

I feel like they're the spiritual successors to Dylan and The Band, so appropriate they're at Levon's barn

[@SuperBalders]

Big Thief is by far the most interesting and delighting band i've discovered in the last years. and "so little life" sounds amazing, will defenetely watch this interview and the liveperformances again :)

[@davidcolton6201]

Love this band!

[@Epi-mu]

Absolutely fkn marvelous 🙏🏼 thanks from Scotland.,. Amazing Gig Fae Adrianne and the Lads 人¹♡♬ 👏🏼 thanks all ♪～♪♪〜♬〜♫〜♪♪ 〜♪♪~♪~♪ and thanks too 4AD , tremendous treat 🎁 thanks 人

[@suzewho]

Here I am struggling to write lyrics as a soon to be 30 year old musician and 10 year old Adrienne's lyrics blow my mind (so good!). Thank you for this wonderful session and interview

[@mgnklly1313]

This rocks !!

[@HBCrigs]

wow this is so beautiful

[@amn_1ohtrix989]

god i fucking love them

[@adauploaded1905]

Me too bestie

[@richardpage9502]

Masters playing their pieces

[@Vadim_Babanin]

Just wow!

[@seanbyrne4939]

thats such a badass coat!

[@hchuang05]

need this on spotify

[@wyandotlake]

is anyone in the know for how buck gets all those overtones and harmonics? and is he using a volume pedal to get those dynamics? it sounds so organic yet he does it in every recording it sounds haha

[@callummahoney9908]

I’m trying to figure out to. I thought at first he was just using volume swelling from the knob on the guitar, but I don’t know if I see him doing that. Must be some weird pedal.

[@Virex99]

DNWM sounds amazing in this version 👍

[@zachgoldstein4411]

I would pay good money to hear that Sean Everett version of DNWMIBU

[@lorenaf2108]

special humans :')

[@dizzygee87]

Yesssss!!! Wooo hoooo!!!

[@dizzygee87]

This is exactly what i wanted to see/hear today!

[@bbb1018]

groovy... red moon had some serious grateful dead vibes!

[@nolandolaher2817]

true!

[@ajowdycollins]

I love you guys

[@cloud1660]

they don't know but besides my dog, they're my best friends

[@romanspataro1688]

wow

[@onm3rcur7]

For some reason they remind me of blind melon sometimes. This is a good thing.

[@frankieandtheflowers]

That first song so much 🥲❤️

[@kitthearty]

Buck did that session with Bob Dylan I think??

[@RosadeKorte]

anyone know what performance they're on about with the men kneeling round adrianne?

[@melissasol_]

26:32 🥺💓

[@SangnokHigh]

holy shit at that title track performance

[@blackiefitzpatrick6611]

Brilliant!!!

[@lodiwish]

👍👍

[@slow7reaper522]

PLEASE release that version of dragon new warm mountain

[@user-kx2uz6vo9g]

YIPPPPPP

[@powerofthetime]

4ad i love you Please Sign Me.

[@clumsiii]

funny i thought they fell off when adrian adrienne? went solo but cool to see how together they are as a band. solid and wild. good times

[@kevinchristopher1443]

they in fact fell more on than ever before

[@frankieandtheflowers]

She’s like ducking Shakespeare 🤯 “simulation swarm”

[@aarondrew4861]

Awesome vid! Any chance we can get an edit with just the songs for repeat listening?

[@Hello-pl2qe]

James having a Bonham moment! Big Thief!

[@stevechurch4728]

why is buck looking like he's from the forebidden planet?

[@avimbo]

That’s some dress sense.

[@goyovista]

"like, like, like, like.....you know, like, like!" Kidding aside, love this band.

[@DazeyChaineMusic]

oh yeah let’s record it digital but make it look analog oh my gosh you guys do you remember the 90s!!!!! wow we are so totally like we are looking like we are in the 90s you guys omgggggg this is so kewl we look so keeewwwll and as we all know it’s all about how you look and not about the music or message at all

[@iketyke7324]

Anyone else sick of the sycophantic banging on about gender and stuff? You’re incredible musicians, that’s all that anyone cares about.

[@iketyke7324]

Weird he talks about totally forgetting what gender the other person is. That is what normal people are like. We’ve become obsessed with identity and gender and race. It’s not news to standard people that you can forget one’s ‘gender’ or race.

[@reptoidfancy666]

Just saw them perform in Oakland and it was one of the worst shows I've ever been to. No energy. No feeling. Just bratty control.

[@slow7reaper522]

Really? Damn

[@krisissocoollike]

what's bratty control ?

[@reptoidfancy666]

@@krisissocoollike what do you think it means? She's a brat asking the band to scale it back; when I saw them live, it was very apparent. One of the worst shows I've ever been to. No feeling behind the music.

[@krisissocoollike]

@@reptoidfancy666 yikes

[@DazeyChaineMusic]

“everything is sooooo subjective you guys i’m such a deep thinker with my bicycle cap on i def don’t look like a moron you guyssss” 19:32

[@reptoidfancy666]

After seeing them live, I officially hate this band.... sadly. This is a lesbian jam band.

[@user-gu1un7pb7k]

Lesbian jam band hahaha what is that? Never heard it before. I have never seen these guys live but I really like their music especially their new album

[@sodiumlights]

ace music/interview. vhs? oh dear.