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 (five 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 (five 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 (one month 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 (one month ago) link
Five Souvlaki songs!
― Bee OK, Saturday, 27 April 2024 18:57 (one month ago) link
Seeing them next month. Psyched about She Calls making the setlist
― licorice oratorio (baaderonixx), Saturday, 27 April 2024 19:02 (one month 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 (one month 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 (one month 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 (one month ago) link
Thanks for the correction Elvis Telecom, we should have met up to say hi.
― Bee OK, Sunday, 28 April 2024 00:59 (one month 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 (one month ago) link
*miles
― Bee OK, Sunday, 28 April 2024 01:02 (one month 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 (one month ago) link
― Elvis Telecom, Sunday, 28 April 2024 03:25 (one month 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 (one month 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 (one month 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 (one month ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d1MB86_2PyM
― Bee OK, Sunday, 28 April 2024 20:53 (one month 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 (one month ago) link
slowdive more like quickflight
― ivy., Sunday, 28 April 2024 21:42 (one month 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 (one month ago) link
(worth the watch)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LmSrHCUBLQ0
― Elvis Telecom, Sunday, 28 April 2024 23:59 (one month ago) link
holy shit the version of "When the Sun Hits" there is IMMENSE
― assert (matttkkkk), Monday, 29 April 2024 04:25 (one month 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 (one month ago) link
There was a drummer for Swervedriver named Jez
― brimstead, Monday, 29 April 2024 21:37 (one month 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 (one month 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 (one month 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 (one month ago) link
Saw them on Monday night (sounded great but i was stuck between two tall guys so could hardly see them playing). My ears perked up during the pre-set music, when they played this lovely shoegazy tune that sounded very Slowdive influenced. Shazamed it and it turns out it came out in 1984. For your enjoyment
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eKFI8KS97vk
― licorice oratorio (baaderonixx), Wednesday, 29 May 2024 08:51 (two weeks ago) link
Probably from this: https://www.discogs.com/master/1572284-Various-Fingertracks-Vol-1?
― with hidden noise, Wednesday, 29 May 2024 12:09 (two weeks ago) link