Finally properly listening and it's a beaut and a half, long may they thrive.
Separately, a 2017 tape from Simon Scott just got a formal digital release:
https://datworm.bandcamp.com/album/stuk
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 14 September 2023 02:06 (one year ago) link
"kisses" and "sugar for the pill" are both fairly boring as far as slowdive songs go (i would take "chinese sleep chant" over both, sure) but that is the extent that the coldplay comparison makes sense
― ufo, Thursday, 14 September 2023 03:17 (one year ago) link
Love Sugar for the Pill, but I also dug Chinese Sleep Chant during my brief dalliance with taking Coldplay semi-seriously.
― KPH, Thursday, 14 September 2023 18:20 (one year ago) link
it’s not just that they “sound” more like a Coldplay band now… these new songs are more treacly, not enough moody minor chords. also one thing I loved about souvlaki was that it kinda still sounded like an 80s album at times, like zero apologies for turning the chorus pedal way up <3
― brimstead, Tuesday, 26 September 2023 19:18 (one year ago) link
that album is from 30 years ago, imagine comparing Souvlaki to an album released in 1963
― the absence of bikes (f. hazel), Tuesday, 26 September 2023 20:08 (one year ago) link
someone's gotta tell me which coldplay record sounds like this
― tylerw, Tuesday, 26 September 2023 20:17 (one year ago) link
New stuff sounded a bit stilted to me at the Toronto gig, but it was the first night of their tour so. Crowd was SOOO excited, huge age range, and typically diverse for a show here, thankfully not just a bunch of old white dudes like me nursing a beer.
― KPH, Tuesday, 26 September 2023 20:31 (one year ago) link
yeah, i want to know which excellent Coldplay records I've been missing out on!
― Maxmillion D. Boosted (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 26 September 2023 20:45 (one year ago) link
I was also at the Toronto show and was also pleasantly surprised at the diversity of the crowd
― Murgatroid, Tuesday, 26 September 2023 21:28 (one year ago) link
The only Coldplay similarity I’m hearing is that the new also contains arpeggios on the guitar
― PaulTMA, Tuesday, 26 September 2023 23:20 (one year ago) link
*stuff
Friend’s boyfriend forgot he had a one-off show so she offered me a free ticket for the Philly show tomorrow night. Pretty stoked!
― butt dumb tight my boners got boners (the table is the table), Thursday, 28 September 2023 23:56 (one year ago) link
Full Webster Hall show
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pW2XW-sqmVA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rb8pMcAqdss
― Elvis Telecom, Friday, 29 September 2023 02:33 (eleven months ago) link
they were excellent in Philly last night
― butt dumb tight my boners got boners (the table is the table), Saturday, 30 September 2023 15:01 (eleven months ago) link
the new stuff was good, too— “Prayer Remembered” particularly beautiful
― butt dumb tight my boners got boners (the table is the table), Saturday, 30 September 2023 15:02 (eleven months ago) link
folks on twitter still discussing Slowdive appeal on tiktok but also noting they reunited before tikkok love and have long had legacy rock coverage
― curmudgeon, Monday, 2 October 2023 23:30 (eleven months ago) link
Just saw their show tonight at a bowling alley in Cleveland (actually it was Lakewood but never mind). I’m really not much of a concertgoer in my old age but goddamn this band puts on a great show! Sounds amazing, great sounds, perfect acoustics, great tunes… if only I had somewhere to sit! Fuck, they make you stand up the whole time! Hmph!
― Mr. Snrub, Tuesday, 3 October 2023 02:50 (eleven months ago) link
Meantime, want to hear a show I was at in 1993? Of course you do.
https://doomandgloomfromthetomb.tumblr.com/post/730258076121415680/slowdive-the-roxy-los-angeles-california
Can't wait for next week!
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 4 October 2023 17:54 (eleven months ago) link
Ned's the guy talking throughout the whole show 😆
but seriously, very psyched to have weaseled my way into the denver slowdive show this week ... cannot wait.
― tylerw, Wednesday, 4 October 2023 18:27 (eleven months ago) link
Oh wow. I was at that 93 show at the Roxy!
― licorice oratorio (baaderonixx), Wednesday, 4 October 2023 21:25 (eleven months ago) link
Oh wait , that might be a different show as they were not supporting Catherine Wheel when I saw them. Did they play twice at the Roxy behind Souvlaki?!
― licorice oratorio (baaderonixx), Wednesday, 4 October 2023 21:28 (eleven months ago) link
I actually didn't make that Catherine Wheel and Slowdive show because I saw Slowdive the night before. They played a solo show on top of a store front on Hollywood Blvd but could have been Sunset. This wasn't a normal concert hall, it was some restaurant without anything in it. Never saw another show there as the whole things did seem unusual. My girlfriend at the time, Amy, actually had a few moment with Rachael. She just told me afterwards that Rachael was so in love with Neil, lol. Yes Raaderonixx, I saw Slowdive at the Roxy but not sure which tour. I have seem them a lot, along with Mojave 3 and maybe around 20 times give or take. Why I'm so bummed about missing this tour when they come to LA next week. It will be the first time that I will miss a tour. Checked Saturday Night tickets today and they were $250.
I saw Adorable at the Whiskey the night before this Slowdive show. That was probably the best show of 1993, I thought they were going to be massive.
― Bee OK, Thursday, 5 October 2023 03:01 (eleven months ago) link
Found it: https://www.setlist.fm/setlist/slowdive/1993/hollywood-auditorium-los-angeles-ca-73d1dea1.html
Yeah, the venue was only used 12 times.
― Bee OK, Thursday, 5 October 2023 03:18 (eleven months ago) link
Found it baaderonixx, they came back for this tour and played the Roxy April 11, 1994:
https://www.setlist.fm/setlist/slowdive/1994/the-roxy-west-hollywood-ca-7bd1dec4.html
― Bee OK, Thursday, 5 October 2023 03:22 (eleven months ago) link
I was also at that show.
― Bee OK, Thursday, 5 October 2023 03:23 (eleven months ago) link
Yeah that was the 94 tour where they played a separate show at Cal State Fullerton and I went to that instead as it was closer.
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 5 October 2023 03:52 (eleven months ago) link
I saw Adorable at the Whiskey the night before this Slowdive show.
Argh, THAT show I wish I saw because IIRC Underground Lovers opened on the back of Leaves Me Blind. Still wish I had seen them live around then.
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 5 October 2023 03:54 (eleven months ago) link
https://images.kerrangcdn.com/Sick-New-World-2024-poster.jpeg?auto=compress&fit=crop&w=1008
― PaulTMA, Monday, 9 October 2023 21:15 (eleven months ago) link
we see you hiding down there, Drop Nineteens
― the absence of bikes (f. hazel), Monday, 9 October 2023 21:21 (eleven months ago) link
(hmv update: piles of the new lp in store on Saturday, probably because it is in some sort of chart. a pound cheaper than my copy too)
― koogs, Monday, 9 October 2023 21:28 (eleven months ago) link
You've met Count Dracula, but have you met his snarky teenage daughter, Kim Dracula?
― Maxmillion D. Boosted (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Monday, 9 October 2023 21:31 (eleven months ago) link
Is that Sunn O))) on the bottom line? what an absolutely bizarre lineup. Excited to see Slowdive opening for Slipknot.
― assert (matttkkkk), Monday, 9 October 2023 22:29 (eleven months ago) link
I'm guessing that is actually Ultra Sunn, an "EBM" duo from Belgium.
― Maxmillion D. Boosted (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Monday, 9 October 2023 22:31 (eleven months ago) link
my 17y/o was telling me how awesome this will be and reading the band list and got to slowdive and i just sorta "lol you joshing me" and she was 'nah numetal crossover'
― i'd meet u where u are, but that place really sucks (Hunt3r), Tuesday, 10 October 2023 01:42 (eleven months ago) link
Hell black metal crossover more like. Alcest had Neil on that one album for a reason.
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 10 October 2023 01:47 (eleven months ago) link
My mind keeps exploding every time I get to a new line of that poster.
― licorice oratorio (baaderonixx), Tuesday, 10 October 2023 12:49 (eleven months ago) link
Lords of Acid?!?!
― Mr. Snrub, Tuesday, 10 October 2023 13:23 (eleven months ago) link
I wanna see your pussy, show it to me
― butt dumb tight my boners got boners (the table is the table), Tuesday, 10 October 2023 15:11 (eleven months ago) link
Remarkable alternate lyrics to "Catch the Breeze" there.
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 10 October 2023 15:24 (eleven months ago) link
Different setlist last night - pretty sure several people fainted (if metaphorically) during "Avalyn"
― Elvis Telecom, Monday, 16 October 2023 22:18 (eleven months ago) link
good lord… plus “sleep”! “golden hair”!
― brimstead, Monday, 16 October 2023 22:25 (eleven months ago) link
making the second SF show tonight, kind of last minute; had to buy resale tix which were marked "GA" but when delivered say "GA: balcony"; hoping they don't actually care and I can make it onto the floor (then again....I may be praying for a balcony seat 20 minutes into the show).
― I? not I! He! He! HIM! (akm), Monday, 16 October 2023 22:54 (eleven months ago) link
I tried to go to the LA shows at the last moment but failed, now I'm pissed that I did.
― Bee OK, Monday, 16 October 2023 23:02 (eleven months ago) link
"golden hair" in denver was radical
― tylerw, Tuesday, 17 October 2023 01:22 (eleven months ago) link
great show in SF last night, I hadn't realized this was the last one of the tour so we were lucky that they added this on due to demand. Only issue: my god it was loud. I would have turned down the bass and indeed the entire volume by 1/4. Some of this was MBV-level loud. Have all the shows on the tour been like this?
― I? not I! He! He! HIM! (akm), Tuesday, 17 October 2023 13:39 (eleven months ago) link
they weren't any louder than an average act when i saw them a few months ago
― ufo, Tuesday, 17 October 2023 13:41 (eleven months ago) link
maybe it was a Warfield special.
― I? not I! He! He! HIM! (akm), Tuesday, 17 October 2023 13:45 (eleven months ago) link
they definitely were not loud when i saw them in Philly
― butt dumb tight my boners got boners (the table is the table), Tuesday, 17 October 2023 14:06 (eleven months ago) link
Both times (Slowdive and Panda Bear/Sonic Boom) I've been to the Bellwether here in LA, the sound was outstanding. New venue, new sound system... they seem to know what they were doing.
In contrast, I saw The Mars Volta at the Fox Theatre in Pomona the night before and that was screeching frequencies loud (took earplugs for that)
― Elvis Telecom, Tuesday, 17 October 2023 23:10 (eleven months ago) link
Huh. Can't say the show on Thursday was especially loud, wore my usual earplugs, did just fine.
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 18 October 2023 03:02 (eleven months ago) link