would def welcome that!
― she fell asleep with her hand around my throat (Austin), Wednesday, 6 December 2023 02:07 (nine months ago) link
The Atlanta venue is pretty intimate. Definitely worth going to.
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Wednesday, 6 December 2023 02:37 (nine months ago) link
Gotta figure out whether Atlanta or Asheville work better for me. Would love to see them.
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Wednesday, 6 December 2023 04:52 (nine months ago) link
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.
― Bee OK, Wednesday, 6 December 2023 18:33 (nine months ago) link
BTW, Spotify presale code for today only is ALIVE
Thanks! Snagged some good seats for the Austin show
― the absence of bikes (f. hazel), Wednesday, 6 December 2023 19:55 (nine months ago) link
Thanks for posting the code. See you in Pomona
― Elvis Telecom, Thursday, 7 December 2023 01:17 (nine months ago) link
^ can't wait, will have to exchange info before show.
― Bee OK, Saturday, 9 December 2023 01:49 (nine months ago) link
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.
― Bee OK, Saturday, 9 December 2023 01:54 (nine months ago) link
Ventura Theatre date just added: April 25
― Elvis Telecom, Saturday, 9 December 2023 04:27 (nine months ago) link
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.
― Bee OK, Saturday, 23 December 2023 05:20 (nine months ago) link
souvlaki > s/t > everything is alive > pygmalion > just for a day
― ufo, Saturday, 23 December 2023 13:13 (nine months ago) link
uhhh no
― assert (matttkkkk), Saturday, 23 December 2023 13:17 (nine months ago) link
everything is alive > pygmalion
aaaaahhhhh
anyway, spoon & rafter > all of the above. a very good day to you all!
― imago, Saturday, 23 December 2023 13:18 (nine months ago) link
well actually pull pygmalion to the top and I can live with the other rankings
― assert (matttkkkk), Saturday, 23 December 2023 13:19 (nine months ago) link
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
― Colonel Poo, Saturday, 23 December 2023 13:21 (nine months ago) link
i only really care about half of pygmalion, and that half is fantastic but the other tracks do nothing for me
― ufo, Saturday, 23 December 2023 14:37 (nine months ago) link
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.
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Saturday, 23 December 2023 18:26 (nine months ago) link
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? not I! He! He! HIM! (akm), Saturday, 23 December 2023 21:17 (nine months ago) link
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.
― Bee OK, Sunday, 24 December 2023 00:36 (nine months ago) link
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.
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Sunday, 24 December 2023 00:50 (nine months ago) link
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.
― butt dumb tight my boners got boners (the table is the table), Sunday, 24 December 2023 13:04 (nine months ago) link
also i was expecting them to be exceptionally loud when i saw them in September— itwasn’t loud at all?!!
― butt dumb tight my boners got boners (the table is the table), Sunday, 24 December 2023 13:07 (nine months ago) link
April 26, 2024Slowdive at Fox Theater Pomona, Pomona, CA
shantyShe CallsStar RovingAvalynCatch the BreezeCrazy for Youchained to a cloudSouvlaki Space StationkissesAlisonWhen the Sun Hits40 DaysSugar for the PillDaggerGolden Hair (Syd Barrett cover)
― Bee OK, Saturday, 27 April 2024 18:50 (five months ago) link
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.
― Bee OK, Saturday, 27 April 2024 18:56 (five months ago) link
Five Souvlaki songs!
― Bee OK, Saturday, 27 April 2024 18:57 (five months ago) link
Seeing them next month. Psyched about She Calls making the setlist
― licorice oratorio (baaderonixx), Saturday, 27 April 2024 19:02 (five months ago) link
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
― Elvis Telecom, Saturday, 27 April 2024 21:34 (five months ago) link
Sounds awesome! They’ll be playing at some festivals up here later in the year, hoping for another standalone set.
― Ned Raggett, Saturday, 27 April 2024 22:23 (five months ago) link
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
― I? not I! He! He! HIM! (akm), Saturday, 27 April 2024 23:13 (five months ago) link
Thanks for the correction Elvis Telecom, we should have met up to say hi.
― Bee OK, Sunday, 28 April 2024 00:59 (five months ago) link
I drove 170 round trip last night, the place that I live is just so huge.
― Bee OK, Sunday, 28 April 2024 01:00 (five months ago) link
*miles
― Bee OK, Sunday, 28 April 2024 01:02 (five months ago) link
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.
― Elvis Telecom, Sunday, 28 April 2024 03:21 (five months ago) link
― Elvis Telecom, Sunday, 28 April 2024 03:25 (five months ago) link
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 PomonaMoreno Valley Anaheim
2 hours 30 minutes 170 Miles
― Bee OK, Sunday, 28 April 2024 04:05 (five months ago) link
Not going to Kraftwerk, unfortunately, going to fewer shows these days. Sad, because it's one of the funniest things in life.
― Bee OK, Sunday, 28 April 2024 04:08 (five months ago) link
anything other than Outside Lands?
I know I saw them listed for something else -- and not around the same time either, which was kinda odd but interesting.
― Ned Raggett, Sunday, 28 April 2024 15:02 (five months ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d1MB86_2PyM
― Bee OK, Sunday, 28 April 2024 20:53 (five months ago) link
I'm surprised they're even doing Outside lands; they're in Sweden two nights before and then back to Portugal two nights after. Crazy schedule!
― I? not I! He! He! HIM! (akm), Sunday, 28 April 2024 21:33 (five months ago) link
slowdive more like quickflight
― ivy., Sunday, 28 April 2024 21:42 (five months ago) link
i assume they're renting or borrowing equipment for the SF gig
― I? not I! He! He! HIM! (akm), Sunday, 28 April 2024 22:32 (five months ago) link
(worth the watch)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LmSrHCUBLQ0
― Elvis Telecom, Sunday, 28 April 2024 23:59 (five months ago) link
holy shit the version of "When the Sun Hits" there is IMMENSE
― assert (matttkkkk), Monday, 29 April 2024 04:25 (four months ago) link
I was looking at the members names of 90s shoegaze bands a while ago and it seemed like a lot of them had names like "Scaz, Biv and Smithy". But when I think on it there's a lot of british musicians in the 80s-90s with short names (presumably nicknames): Lol, Loz, Gaz, Bez, Boz... I'm sure there's a lot more.
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Monday, 29 April 2024 21:35 (four months ago) link
There was a drummer for Swervedriver named Jez
― brimstead, Monday, 29 April 2024 21:37 (four months ago) link
Since Morrisey was nicknamed Moz, I like to think Boz Boorer's real first name is Borrisey.
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Monday, 29 April 2024 21:45 (four months ago) link
not many "biff"s in this scene iirc. breaking the three letter format, not welcome.
― interstellar anthropologist+music philosopher, (Austin), Monday, 29 April 2024 21:50 (four months ago) link
Related - here's a recent-ish interview with three-latter named Slowdive drummer Ian McCutcheonhttps://wordsontape.com/remembering-the-view-ian-mccutcheon
― Elvis Telecom, Monday, 29 April 2024 22:39 (four months ago) link