Slowdive - Everything Is Alive

Different setlist last night - pretty sure several people fainted (if metaphorically) during "Avalyn"

good lord… plus “sleep”! “golden hair”!

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 tried to go to the LA shows at the last moment but failed, now I'm pissed that I did.

"golden hair" in denver was radical

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?

they weren't any louder than an average act when i saw them a few months ago

maybe it was a Warfield special.

they definitely were not loud when i saw them in Philly

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)

Huh. Can't say the show on Thursday was especially loud, wore my usual earplugs, did just fine.

Okay, new set of American dates for next year:

Thu. Apr. 25 - Ventura, CA @ The Majestic Ventura Theater
Fri. Apr. 26 - Pomona,CA @ The Fox Theater Pomona
Sat. Apr. 27 - Las Vegas, NV @ Sick New World Festival
Sun. Apr. 28 - Phoenix, AZ @ The Van Buren
Tue. Apr. 30 - Albuquerque, NM @ The Historic El Rey Theater
Wed. May 1 - Denver, CO @ Levitt Pavilion Denver
Fri. May 3 - Kansas City, MO @ The Truman
Sat. May 4 - St. Louis, MO @ The Pageant
Sun. May 5 - Indianapolis, IN @ Egyptian Room at Old National Centre
Tue. May 7 - Louisville, KY @ Old Forester's Paristown Hall
Wed. May 8 - Pelham, TN @ The Caverns
Fri. May 10 - Dallas, TX @ Longhorn Ballroom
Sat. May 11 - Houston, TX @ White Oak Music Hall
Sun. May 12 - Austin, TX @ ACL Live at The Moody Theater
Tue. May 14 - New Orleans, LA @ The Civic Theatre
Thu. May 16 - Birmingham, AL @ Avondale Brewing Company
Fri. May 17 - Atlanta, GA @ The Eastern
Sun. May 18 - Asheville, NC @ Rabbit Rabbit

Kinda surprised there haven't been any remixes from the new album yet...

would def welcome that!

The Atlanta venue is pretty intimate. Definitely worth going to.

Gotta figure out whether Atlanta or Asheville work better for me. Would love to see them.

Looks like I'm not going to miss this tour after all. I just got two tickets and this will mean I have seen them on every tour. Saw Majove 3 many times too.

BTW, Spotify presale code for today only is ALIVE

Thanks! Snagged some good seats for the Austin show

Thanks for posting the code. See you in Pomona

^ can't wait, will have to exchange info before show.

Went on site for that Pomona show and they're already sold out. They sold out the day tickets went on sale like Taylor Swift, lol. They're playing too small of venues.

Ventura Theatre date just added: April 25

Ultimately this is step below the self titled album. There are too many instruments overall for my taste, I just love Rachel and Neil vocals on Slowdive's songs. To be fair, the last album is probably their best.

souvlaki > s/t > everything is alive > pygmalion > just for a day

uhhh no

everything is alive > pygmalion

aaaaahhhhh

anyway, spoon & rafter > all of the above. a very good day to you all!

well actually pull pygmalion to the top and I can live with the other rankings

I don't like the new one much tbh. it's fine and maybe it will grow on me but currently it's my least favourite

they were very loud when I saw them recently, probably the loudest gig I've been to this year. regretted not bringing earplugs at times

i only really care about half of pygmalion, and that half is fantastic but the other tracks do nothing for me

I'm with your ranking, UFO, and concur with your feelings about "Pygmalion".

Surprised we haven't mentioned some of their side projects - my favorites are Black Hearted Brother and Minor Victories.

i still love this album, ranks very high for me. but thanks, col. poo, for also noting how fucking loud they are now live

I probably rank Just For a Day higher then most of you and rank Pygmalion lower. Was Just For a Day a bit of a let down after their first three EPs? Sure, but it was no different then The Boo Radleys, Swervedriver, or Catherine Wheel. I don't know, living through that and experiencing everything that came out at time of release was spectacular. Probably the best time of my life. Yeah, just wanted to throw some love to Just For a Day.

It actually has my favorite overall sound of their albums, it's really magical and I always wonder if any other band successfully emulated it. It's one of those albums like Garlands by Cocteau Twins that has this deeply special world I need more of and I wonder if it's just futile trying to create more of that?

Pygmalion is my favorite though.

this is funny, i am pretty firm in my ranking :

just for a day>souvlaki>pygmalion>everything is alive>s/t

but i also only got into them in my senior year of high school (2002) and so don’t really have any memories of feelings upon their release except the new one.

also i was expecting them to be exceptionally loud when i saw them in September— it
wasn’t loud at all?!!

April 26, 2024
Slowdive at Fox Theater Pomona, Pomona, CA

shanty
She Calls
Star Roving
Avalyn
Catch the Breeze
Crazy for You
chained to a cloud
Souvlaki Space Station
kisses
Alison
When the Sun Hits
40 Days
Sugar for the Pill
Dagger
Golden Hair (Syd Barrett cover)

Slowdive were phenomenal last night. Rachel looked like Cruella De Vil as half her hair was white and the other half was black. She also wore something fluffy and white which would not have been out of place in the Disney movie. The place was packed with the crowd being very young. Resale tickets were around $250 each last time I checked. They are a band on top of their game, so happy for their recent success.

Five Souvlaki songs!

Seeing them next month. Psyched about She Calls making the setlist

Updated set list from last night: https://www.setlist.fm/setlist/slowdive/2024/fox-theater-pomona-pomona-ca-6ba8ae4a.html (“Dagger” wasn’t played)

Terrific show - Rachel called a halt to “She Calls” and the band’s crash into the restart was one of the greatest sounds I’ve heard anywhere

Sounds awesome! They’ll be playing at some festivals up here later in the year, hoping for another standalone set.

anything other than Outside Lands? I haven't been there in like 20 years, and there have been plenty of better lineups than this year, but I'm half inclined to go this time just because of them and Grace Jones

Thanks for the correction Elvis Telecom, we should have met up to say hi.

I drove 170 round trip last night, the place that I live is just so huge.

*miles

So I'll be a little nitpicky... the sound at the Fox Theater last night was uncharacteristically moderate? I brought earplugs this time, but didn't use them. I keep thinking of the Bellwether show last year with all the sound coming at you at once - literally on fire burning Teengazers in their tracks like moths to flame. Last night was just amazingly great. As mentioned earlier, they are at performing peak right now and if you're on the fence about going, this is your push.

Thanks for the correction Elvis Telecom, we should have met up to say hi.

BTW, it's complete bullshit that Slowdive isn't playing the Las Vegas Sphere right now. I can't think of anyone more perfect for it. How do we make Spheredive happen?

Anaheim
Moreno Valley
Pomona
Moreno Valley
Anaheim

2 hours 30 minutes
170 Miles