Swervedriver: Classic or Dud?

Adam Franklin's new one is definitely worth checking. 100% recommended. Better than his last attempt.

Wish I could type / articulate better

mezcal head is dope

Seeing these guyz live next month. Hoping it'll be good - its been a long time.

(Agree on Mezcal Head's awesomeness)

seeing them tonight!! the setlist from their brisvegas show last night is v heavy on the first two elpees

damn they're in australia at the moment?? sucks being on the other side of the globe in situations like these.

weird show. venue was way undersold (odd, considering that their sat show has been long sold out). 2nd support band had one of the worst mixes i've ever heard. swervies played p well and the setlist was fantastic, though as a result of the tiny crowd we only got one of the three encore songs on the setlist (missed out on sandblasted, drag)

When are they playing Ingerland again?

Checked their website and no sign of a show?

Would love to see them again after my poncy Reading no show ^^^

Another album?

Oh was the espy show LAST night? How weird! I guess I'll report back here on satdee night/sunday and letchers know how the Corner show went.

I think a lot of ppl maybe either didnt know about the 2nd show, or (rightfully) avoided Espy as a shite venue.

their brisvegas show last night

Never heard this term for Brisbane before and my immediate thought was, "those Vegas shows just keep getting more and more ridiculous, don't they".

hahaha

So hey I saw 'em live tonight and it was a pretty decent show! Here is some (apologetically bad) footage of "Last Train to Satansville" I filmed. Unlike my Wire footage last month this one came out crummy, I'm not sure why.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ijoR0rowsBo

Thats OK I'm still enjoying it. Thanks for posting it!

:D

Swervedriver
Echoplex (below the Echo)
Los Angeles, CA
Sun, 06/19/11
07:00 PM

Irving Plaza
New York, NY
Thu, 06/16/11
10:30 PM

bee ok did you go to that show?

Swervedriver 2012 US Tour Dates
The boys are coming back:

Mar 28 Philadelphia, Union Transfer
Mar 29 Boston, Brighton Music Hall
Mar 30 Washington DC, Rock and Roll Hotel
Mar 31 New York City, Bowery Ballroom
Apr 2 Cleveland, Grog Shop
Apr 3 Chicago, Bottom Lounge
Apr 4 Seattle, Neumo's
Apr 5 Portland, Doug Fir Lounge
Apr 6 San Francisco, Slim's
Apr 7 Los Angeles, Key Club

for whatever reason, slim's tickets are listed at $163-164. what the fuckity fuck

Caught them at Taste of Chicago last summer and they were pretty great. Very cool to see people in their late teens/early 20s digging them. Second song was "Out" -- my son (six at the time) said, "Daddy, why are you laughing?" "This isn't a typical venue and they're already playing a B -- uhh, never mind."

bee ok did you go to that show?

no, i didn't make it but April 7th looks good, we will see.

Bummer they aren't coming to Austin this time. Caught them at Emo's a few years ago and tjhey definitely still had it. The crowd was a funny mix of hip looking college age kids looking disdainful and a bunch of old dudes like me re-living the glory days of the 90s.

Saw them tonight. They were great!

Believe it or not this was my first time seeing them too. (did see Adam Franklin solo a couple years back when he opened for The Church)

Also, I think a case can be made for the Foo Fighters ripping off Swervedriver as much as Garbage thieved from Curve.

Utterly baffled you'd not seen them before! (Then again, I have seen them since...god, 1994? Whenever the tour with Medicine was.)

HaveN'T, rather.

Anyone else see em with me at the Trocadero in San Francisco, 1994?

So I guess they were on Jimmy Fallon the other week?!?!

They were, who was drumming for them though?

They were, who was drumming for them though?

Mikey Jones (who plays in Adam Franklin's solo band). Supposedly Graham will be playing on the new album in some capacity (there were some new songs played).

Jez is in law school now, and currently blogs here: http://badearth.wordpress.com/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=66vPbAmYriE

New song:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zzi-n6Injzc

And here's "Duel" from Saturday night

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lUO7K8XRbuM

Kinda bummed that Jez isn't with them anymore, I think this new guy may not be quite so good.

absolutely 100% classic.

so the question is, should i be happy with the original cd issues of the albums, or, should i track down the remasters, as i happen to love the murkiness of the originals but do wonder if i am missing out on a massive layer of 'oooohhhhhh' a la beatles/mbv remasters ....

oh, and less US touring .. us f*ckers in the UK would like a chance to up our levels of tinnitus .. ta.

Mark e - spot on.

One band that I would love to see again, properly, thanks to my Reading fuck up^.

Always touring on another continent....

after years of indecision, i have decided to order the orig edition of the bands debut album on cd as opposed to the remaster so it matches the other albums i have.

also, the remasters are f*ckin' digi-pack, which as me and sick know only too well, are the product of the devil ..

oh, and look :

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Juggernaut-Rides-89-98-Swervedriver/dp/B0007735BC/ref=sr_1_4?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1336941899&sr=1-4

insane.

italics !?

sorry 'bout that ..

i mean where did these guys get their main love ? UK, or US ?

genuine question.

and yes, i am indeed trying to keep this thread above the sodding MBV reissue thread, a la old school creation battle days.

i mean swervedriver vs mbv

no contest for me ..

hmmmm, has such a poll been done ?

The reason the amazon price is like that is because that seller has a program that spikes the price if there aren't other references to compete with it. It adjusts itself automatically if there are other price points. Or the seller is one of those opportunist idiots.

Yo

http://swervedriver.bandcamp.com/album/deep-wound

Kept the old logo, awesome..

Mixed by mark gardener, huh.

very swervedriver-esque.

love it.

and yes, bands that retain a good logo throughout a career = worthy.

this band is really good!

haha kinda surprised you of all ppl hadn't heard 'em - they're p kickass yeah

i remember like some videos on 120 minutes and stuff here and there but never really listened to them

it's funny i always think of all these american bands that try to be british but i forget sometimes there are british bands that seem american

these guys have a total vibe like Hum or shit like that, or even Sugar...i guess my friend saw them play with Poster Children back in the day that makes sense

yeah I mean you're the ilxor I'd be most willing to believe had a doctorate in 90's guitar indie - Hum comparison otm, although I think if anything I prefer Hum, they had a bit more scope and a fuller sound IMO

there aren't many british bands that seem american tbh but swervedriver probably among the best in a decade that also contained (lol) bush and gomez

although my favourite yankee-style brit indie-rock album of that decade was and probably always will be catherine wheel's 'adam and eve'

finished mezcal head

now listening to raise

man i miss going to shows where all 4 bands sounded basically like this

Duress is massive. That solo, dear lord. The wah pedal needs no further justification (not that it ever did.)