― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 16 May 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― Clarke B., Wednesday, 16 May 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― Patrick, Wednesday, 16 May 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― keith, Wednesday, 16 May 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
y'all should just listen to beast of burden.
― sorry looking bloke with thinning long hair...., Wednesday, 16 May 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
The experience of listening to that song for the first time is one I remember quite fondly: I was sitting in an electronic music studio in an empty mansion, late at night and in the middle of winter, and everything was dead quiet. I had just gotten the tape, and to be honest, wasn't expecting much (actually, what I was expecting turned out to be rather like Slowdive's earlier albums, which I heard soon after and didn't much like). So I was completely caught by surprise by what I heard: beautiful chords, hanging luminously in the air in the way that I thought that only Alan Sparhawk of Low could do. It was rich, understated, and utterly gorgeous. I won't bore you all with a play-by-play of my reaction to each new element in the song, but suffice it to say that I was continually amazed, especially when the shaker entered, about three or four minutes into the song, bringing the whole thing into time in the best possible way.
Whew!
I'm not much for Slowdive's other stuff, as I said, nor am I a big Mojave 3 fan, though Ask Me Tomorrow has a few decent songs. But I really think Pygmalion is a watershed album -- and "Rutti" is one of those moments in music where, in some unexpected synergy of skill and inspiration and who-knows-what, a group creates something of the very highest order.
-- Phil
― Phil, Wednesday, 16 May 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
Hard to pinpoint why I've come to prefer Slowdive. Best I can think of is that their music just sounds prettier.
I'm agnostic about Mojave 3. Haven't heard that much and have liked what I have heard, but not blown away either.
― Tadeusz Suchodolski, Thursday, 17 May 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― Omar, Thursday, 17 May 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― gareth, Thursday, 17 May 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
Have to agree about Pygmalian, an absolute blinder, and just so typical of Alan McGee to drop an act just when they make a masterpiece! Their other albums I can take or leave to be honest, but I find them reasonably pleasant to fall to sleep to (and that's actually a compliment.)
Anyone know what All Natural Lemon and Lime Flavors are up to?
― Chewshabadoo, Thursday, 17 May 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
In terms of shoegazer-inspired groups that I do love of slightly more recent vintage -- Windy and Carl, happily, have established their own reputation beyond that particular label, though they'll happily confirm their out and out love for all the original greats. If you really like Slowdive, I recommend the excellent Bethany Curve. Landing are a newer group with a lot of promise. Other names coming to mind -- Study of the Lifeless, Polar, Mira, Deardarkhead, Flowchart (at least part of the time)...
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 17 May 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― keith, Friday, 18 May 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
x0x0
― Norman Fay, Saturday, 19 May 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― DG, Saturday, 19 May 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― Ned Raggett, Saturday, 19 May 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― martinnoble, Sunday, 20 May 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― JC, Sunday, 20 May 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― gareth, Monday, 21 May 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― Omar, Monday, 21 May 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
2. Someone said that threads went missing. Indeed. What's happened to my 'Stephin Merritt' (Search & Destroy) thread?
3. I like the first Slowdive LP a lot.
― the pinefox, Monday, 21 May 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
Brad Laner is a friendly guy to talk to, and his Electric Company stuff is flat out amazing (as is his production for bands like the astounding Furry Things). But Medicine? No, and no again.
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 21 May 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
Slowdive, f***ing loved 'em. Saw them supporting Ride in early '91, fantastic gig, could hear a word of vocals through their set, just guitars set on 'ethereal stun'. Nobody seems to have mentioned the transitional '5EP' EP, from late '93, when they stopped playing guitars and started to do more ambient/electronica stuff, very nice indeed. It all seemed to match up with what Chapterhouse were trying to do, but the 'House boys got Global Communication in to remix an album (which was great) rather than Reload (the same people) to remix a song (which was still great). I think they toured in late '93 together with Reload / GC as support. Now I'd say '93 was a better year than '94, early Seefeel records, the first Insides album, Spoonfed Hybrid etc....
Anyway, Slowdive - all their albums were great, though "Pygmalion" is the best, all the singles were great too. And to whoever mentioned Eternal, it was only second guitarist Christian who played on the one and only Eternal single on Sarah, but that's a cool semi-shoegazing single too. The first Mojave 3 album was a good late night listen but after the second one tried to hard to be Bob Dylan I gave up, I'm afraid.
Now Moose.... what a band! Their first two EPs and the first Revolver EP were the soundtrack to the best summer of my life. Happy days!
― Rob M, Tuesday, 22 May 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
Good taste you've got there otherwise, though. ;-) Though Revolver? I don't know, they seemed fairly blah. Early Moose is worthy, however.
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 22 May 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― Trevor S, Thursday, 16 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
Aaaaanyway, I've been trying to get everything by this here Slowdive band I can get my hands on. The bloody Pygmalion record's been setting me back around 75 bucks on Ebay! But it's all worth it, 'caue it's fucking ACE!! Strange, though. I find My Bloody Valentine boring as church, so why the hell do I like their much-less-acclaimed knockoff artists so much better? Y'know: Slowdive, Ride, Bark Psychosis, Disco Inferno. Strange, strange musical tastes I got.
BEST SLOWDIVE LP: Sure, Souvlaki is pop first class, but that Pygmalion, man. She's a damn ambient MASTERPIECE. Best "ambient" "chillout" whateveryacallit album EVER! Who's with me??
Somebody do a Slowdive CD80 mix CD!! There's still loads of stuff I haven't heard yet. Morningrise?? The self-titled debut EP?? Holding Our Breath?? I wouldn't know it!!
― Mr. Snrub (Mr. Snrub), Wednesday, 10 December 2003 23:27 (twenty years ago) link
As for why you prefer Slowdive to MBV, my guess is it's more dream pop than shoegazey? That's my reason, anyhow, since in my book Cocteaus trump MBV.
― Leee Iacocca (Leee), Wednesday, 10 December 2003 23:36 (twenty years ago) link
Mojave 3? Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz....................
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Wednesday, 10 December 2003 23:37 (twenty years ago) link
― Stupid (Stupid), Wednesday, 10 December 2003 23:40 (twenty years ago) link
― Sarah Pedal (call mr. lee), Thursday, 11 December 2003 00:03 (twenty years ago) link
How could a person go through life thinking Slowdive's production sounds 'dated'? I mean... this would mean you couldn't appreciate ANYTHING from the 80s! I pity your existance.
― Stupid (Stupid), Thursday, 11 December 2003 00:08 (twenty years ago) link
― Sarah Pedal (call mr. lee), Thursday, 11 December 2003 00:10 (twenty years ago) link
...you're a monster...
― Stupid (Stupid), Thursday, 11 December 2003 00:13 (twenty years ago) link
― Sarah Pedal (call mr. lee), Thursday, 11 December 2003 00:15 (twenty years ago) link
― Leee Iacocca (Leee), Thursday, 11 December 2003 00:18 (twenty years ago) link
Utterly befuddling?
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 11 December 2003 00:20 (twenty years ago) link
― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Thursday, 11 December 2003 00:22 (twenty years ago) link
As far as I'm concerned, music was INVENTED in the 80s (or mor specifially, with Joy Division). Anything before that is just proto-music.
― Stupid (Stupid), Thursday, 11 December 2003 00:22 (twenty years ago) link
― may pang (maypang), Thursday, 11 December 2003 00:22 (twenty years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 11 December 2003 00:25 (twenty years ago) link
― Stupid (Stupid), Thursday, 11 December 2003 00:26 (twenty years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 11 December 2003 00:28 (twenty years ago) link
― Stupid (Stupid), Thursday, 11 December 2003 00:29 (twenty years ago) link
― the surface noise (electricsound), Thursday, 11 December 2003 00:29 (twenty years ago) link
― Sarah Pedal (call mr. lee), Thursday, 11 December 2003 00:31 (twenty years ago) link
Once again I find myself stressing the words JOY DIVISION.
― Stupid (Stupid), Thursday, 11 December 2003 00:33 (twenty years ago) link
― Sarah Pedal (call mr. lee), Thursday, 11 December 2003 00:34 (twenty years ago) link
― charltonlido (gareth), Thursday, 11 December 2003 00:34 (twenty years ago) link
― Leee Iacocca (Leee), Thursday, 11 December 2003 00:35 (twenty years ago) link
Very. Their albums viewed with time and distance simply sound great, period. I stand by my descriptions of the albums at 2 and 7 on this page
https://pitchfork.com/features/lists-and-guides/9966-the-50-best-shoegaze-albums-of-all-time/?page=5
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 10 February 2022 22:39 (two years ago) link
I have extremely fond memories of "Souvlaki." I was never a Slowdive fan - I blame the glut of shoegaze at the time - but I was a huge Eno fan, so of course picked up "Souvlaki" (maybe as an import?) ASAP. And while it never clicked as an album I pulled out all the time, I did used to listen to it as I fell asleep.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 10 February 2022 23:03 (two years ago) link
They were a very pretty band as well.
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Thursday, 10 February 2022 23:07 (two years ago) link
Souvlaki is the real best album of the 90’s - nevermind, loveless and okc move over
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Thursday, 10 February 2022 23:40 (two years ago) link
Souvlaki Space Station with video of deep space from the Hubble Space Telescope.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G0LIO138Z-A
― that's not my post, Friday, 11 February 2022 00:29 (two years ago) link
awesome, now do "blue skied an clear"
― get shrunk by this funk. (Austin), Friday, 11 February 2022 00:43 (two years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZtzoWEjQyI
― groovypanda, Tuesday, 24 May 2022 07:51 (one year ago) link
Mind melt. One of my favorite songs ever
― licorice oratorio (baaderonixx), Tuesday, 24 May 2022 18:04 (one year ago) link
that’s great! would love to hear them do “song 1” or whatever it is…
― brimstead, Tuesday, 24 May 2022 18:27 (one year ago) link
that's completely remarkable, wow. they sound great too! hyped for the album.
― Let's disco dance, Hammurabi! (Austin), Tuesday, 24 May 2022 20:16 (one year ago) link
unbelievable version, wow they still have ALL the magic and power. I’ve only heard that song as an iffy demo, was it ever fully recorded?
― assert (matttkkkk), Tuesday, 24 May 2022 22:57 (one year ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-dDJKODC20g
yeah it was originally by savill's pre-slowdive band eternal
the slowdive version is a souvlaki-era demo covering it, but it got a ton of views on youtube and i guess the band noticed
― ufo, Tuesday, 24 May 2022 23:18 (one year ago) link
the lyrics are different on the slowdive version though, they were obviously reworking it
― ufo, Tuesday, 24 May 2022 23:19 (one year ago) link
it had lyrics?!?
― Jaime Pressly and America (f. hazel), Wednesday, 25 May 2022 00:09 (one year ago) link
So “Sleep” has 10M views on YouTube and looks like their most streamed song on that channel. Kinda bizarre. The live version posted above is great.
― that's not my post, Wednesday, 25 May 2022 02:54 (one year ago) link
yeah it's just one of those quirk of the algorithm things as far as i can tell
― ufo, Wednesday, 25 May 2022 04:47 (one year ago) link
Gorgeous!
― SQUIRREL MEAT!! (Capitaine Jay Vee), Wednesday, 25 May 2022 06:12 (one year ago) link
Only a teaser but
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G9RpHfPyEx8
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 16 June 2023 16:01 (ten months ago) link
Sounds promising! Does this also mean new album? I've been a bit disconnected.
― daavid, Friday, 16 June 2023 20:36 (ten months ago) link
Yeah it's been in the can for a bit so clearly a release is finally near.
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 16 June 2023 20:47 (ten months ago) link
i posted the info this thread: Slowdive - s/t (2017): let's rejoice, shall we? - new album everything is alive is out september 1
― ufo, Friday, 16 June 2023 20:59 (ten months ago) link
https://www.reddit.com/r/Slowdive/comments/149cqcn/information_on_the_upcoming_new_album/
here's the press release that was accidentally put up early
― ufo, Friday, 16 June 2023 21:41 (ten months ago) link
Nice, thanks!
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 16 June 2023 21:48 (ten months ago) link
Sounds absolutely great. The s/t remains hard to top as far as comeback albums go, and sometimes it's the slowdive I want to listen to the most.
― omar little, Friday, 16 June 2023 21:54 (ten months ago) link
Yeah the strength of that as well as the tour makes me very excited about this new one.
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 16 June 2023 21:58 (ten months ago) link
STOKED
― Elvis Telecom, Saturday, 17 June 2023 01:55 (ten months ago) link
In unrelated news I bought a “cloud reverb” pedal and spent the morning blissfully playing “Rutti”, most fun I’ve had on a guitar in a while.
― assert (matttkkkk), Saturday, 17 June 2023 02:09 (ten months ago) link
sometimes it's the slowdive I want to listen to the most.
Also true for me, if only because I've listened to Souvlaki 67,354 times
― Vinnie, Saturday, 17 June 2023 02:17 (ten months ago) link
New Music. Tomorrow. 20/06/2023.#slowdive2023 pic.twitter.com/RxVjah8rF6— Slowdive (@slowdiveband) June 19, 2023
― groovypanda, Monday, 19 June 2023 12:22 (ten months ago) link
new song is fine but nothing to be excited about, but that's also how i felt about the singles from the last album and the rest was much stronger
― ufo, Tuesday, 20 June 2023 08:12 (ten months ago) link
New song is so similar to 2017 album in production and effects that it could have been discarded material from those recording sessions. Not complaining at all, though, and looking very forward to the new LP.
― Melomane, Tuesday, 20 June 2023 08:32 (ten months ago) link
In the last couple of years, I've found myself listening to the self-titled far more than I have the classics. Excited for the tour, I think they sound better now than they ever did then.
― Elvis Telecom, Tuesday, 20 June 2023 10:13 (ten months ago) link
Seconding that. The only other band of their time that has had as equally a monumental second act like this has been Suede.
Tour dates! See you at the Warfield!
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June 24: Exeter, UK – Phoenix [sold out]June 25: Glastonbury Festival, UKJuly 17: Perth, Aus - Astor Theatre [sold out]July 19: Brisbane, Aus - Princess Theatre [sold out]July 21: Sydney, Aus - Enmore TheatreJuly 22: Melbourne, Aus – Forum [sold out]July 23 :Adelaide, Aus – Hindley St Music Hall July 26, Auckland, NZ – Powerstation [sold out]July 29: Fuji Rock Festival, JapanAugust 5: Off Festival, PolandAugust 11: Ypsigrock Festival, SicilyAugust 18: Green Man Festival, WalesSeptember 23: Toronto, ON - Queen Elizabeth Theatre September 25: Boston, MA – Citizens House of Blues BostonSeptember 27: NYC, NY - Webster Hall September 28: NYC, NY - Webster Hall September 29: Philadelphia, PA - Union Transfer September 30: Washington, DC - 930 Club October 2: Cleveland, OH - The Roxy @ Mahall’sOctober 3: Chicago, IL - Riviera TheatreOctober 4: St. Paul, MN - Palace TheatreOctober 6: Denver, CO – Cervantes’ Masterpiece Ballroom October 7: Salt Lake City, UT – The UnionOctober 9: Portland, OR - Crystal Ballroom October 10: Seattle, WA - Showbox SoDo October 12: San Francisco, CA – The WarfieldOctober 14: Los Angeles, CA – The BellwetherOct 30 - Glasgow, UK - QMUOct 31 - Manchester, UK - 02 RitzNov 1 – Bristol, UK - SWXNov 3 – London, UK – The TroxyNov 5 – Belfast, UK – Mandela Hall Nov 6 – Dublin, Eire – National Stadium
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 20 June 2023 14:28 (ten months ago) link
Slowdive summer starts now!
― the absence of bikes (f. hazel), Tuesday, 20 June 2023 15:07 (ten months ago) link
Swervedriver also came back really strong, to name another "shoegaze" act of their time more or less.
― But his face would not turn into hot Kirby (Evan), Tuesday, 20 June 2023 15:12 (ten months ago) link
New album thread, as I feel they are big enough to warrant:
Slowdive - Everything Is Alive
― Bee OK, Tuesday, 20 June 2023 15:44 (ten months ago) link
Glastonbury set
https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p0ftbbgd/glastonbury-slowdive
― koogs, Tuesday, 27 June 2023 21:40 (ten months ago) link
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m001tpns
The Morning After MixSlowdive curate the perfect two-hour mix to bring in the New Year
(10 days left)
tracklisting1 Micheal Rother - Katzenmusik 22 Ash Ra Tempel - Deep Distance3 Gal Costa - Presente Cotidiano4 Selda Bağcan - Yaylalar5 Broadcast - Where youth and laughter go6 Pentangle - Light Flight7 Rino(IO)DJ - Decadance8 Bernthøler - My Suitor9 Cindy - Never let me go10 Neon Indian - Arm Around You11 Beachwood Sparks - By Your Side12 Mike Melvoin & Alessi Brothers - Seabird13 Steve Grey & The Walker Brothers - Nite Flights14 Love - Alone Again Or15 The Rolling Stones - Play With Fire16 John Cale - Andalucia17 Low - Lullaby18 Loma - Who Is Speaking?19 Squirrel Flower - Deluge In The South20 Kate Bush - This Woman's Work21 Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Into My Arms22 Jo Beth Young - Wolf Song23 Nadia Reid - Heart to Ride24 PJ Harvey - Lwonesome Tonight25 Lichen Slow - Hobbies26 Brian Eno - The Big Ship (2004 Digital Remaster)27 Electric Youth - The Seeker28 Lightning Bug - September Song, pt. ii29 Sufjan Stevens - All of Me Wants All of You
― koogs, Friday, 19 January 2024 12:11 (three months ago) link
is it just me or is it a bit ehhh
― assert (matttkkkk), Friday, 19 January 2024 13:01 (three months ago) link
baby it's you
― citation needed (Steve Shasta), Friday, 19 January 2024 17:46 (three months ago) link