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?
― Jessie Fer Ark (Mobbed Up Ping Pong Psychos), Thursday, 17 February 2011 22:16 (thirteen years ago) link
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.
― Trayce, Thursday, 17 February 2011 22:25 (thirteen years ago) link
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".
― rendezvous then i'm through with HOOS (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, 17 February 2011 22:29 (thirteen years ago) link
hahaha
― miss pansy twist (electricsound), Thursday, 17 February 2011 22:31 (thirteen years ago) link
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
― Trayce, Saturday, 19 February 2011 15:38 (thirteen years ago) link
Thats OK I'm still enjoying it. Thanks for posting it!
― Wacky Way Lounge (Evan), Saturday, 19 February 2011 17:14 (thirteen years ago) link
:D
― Trayce, Saturday, 19 February 2011 22:29 (thirteen years ago) link
SwervedriverEchoplex (below the Echo)Los Angeles, CASun, 06/19/1107:00 PM
Irving PlazaNew York, NYThu, 06/16/1110:30 PM
― Bee OK, Saturday, 14 May 2011 05:05 (twelve years ago) link
bee ok did you go to that show?
― large ornery cat (blank), Saturday, 3 March 2012 01:08 (twelve years ago) link
Swervedriver 2012 US Tour DatesThe boys are coming back:
Mar 28 Philadelphia, Union TransferMar 29 Boston, Brighton Music HallMar 30 Washington DC, Rock and Roll HotelMar 31 New York City, Bowery BallroomApr 2 Cleveland, Grog ShopApr 3 Chicago, Bottom LoungeApr 4 Seattle, Neumo'sApr 5 Portland, Doug Fir LoungeApr 6 San Francisco, Slim'sApr 7 Los Angeles, Key Club
― large ornery cat (blank), Saturday, 3 March 2012 01:10 (twelve years ago) link
for whatever reason, slim's tickets are listed at $163-164. what the fuckity fuck
― blank, Saturday, 3 March 2012 01:18 (twelve years ago) link
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."
― Andy K, Saturday, 3 March 2012 01:19 (twelve years ago) link
no, i didn't make it but April 7th looks good, we will see.
― good luck Peeta Mellark (Bee OK), Saturday, 3 March 2012 04:43 (twelve years ago) link
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.
― Moodles, Saturday, 3 March 2012 05:22 (twelve years ago) link
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)
― Reality Check Cashing Services (Elvis Telecom), Sunday, 8 April 2012 11:28 (twelve years ago) link
Also, I think a case can be made for the Foo Fighters ripping off Swervedriver as much as Garbage thieved from Curve.
― Reality Check Cashing Services (Elvis Telecom), Sunday, 8 April 2012 11:30 (twelve years ago) link
Utterly baffled you'd not seen them before! (Then again, I have seen them since...god, 1994? Whenever the tour with Medicine was.)
― Ned Raggett, Sunday, 8 April 2012 15:59 (twelve years ago) link
HaveN'T, rather.
Anyone else see em with me at the Trocadero in San Francisco, 1994?
― broom air, Sunday, 8 April 2012 18:23 (twelve years ago) link
So I guess they were on Jimmy Fallon the other week?!?!
― neutral sequence for flute (blank), Monday, 9 April 2012 00:51 (twelve years ago) link
They were, who was drumming for them though?
― Evan, Monday, 9 April 2012 00:55 (twelve years ago) link
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/
― Reality Check Cashing Services (Elvis Telecom), Monday, 9 April 2012 23:22 (twelve years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=66vPbAmYriE
― Reality Check Cashing Services (Elvis Telecom), Monday, 9 April 2012 23:24 (twelve years ago) link
New song:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zzi-n6Injzc
― Reality Check Cashing Services (Elvis Telecom), Monday, 9 April 2012 23:25 (twelve years ago) link
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.
― Moodles, Tuesday, 10 April 2012 01:53 (twelve years ago) link
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, Sunday, 13 May 2012 20:22 (eleven years ago) link
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....
― Jessie Fer Ark (Mobbed Up Ping Pong Psychos), Sunday, 13 May 2012 20:38 (eleven years ago) link
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.
― mark e, Sunday, 13 May 2012 20:45 (eleven years ago) link
italics !?
sorry 'bout that ..
i mean where did these guys get their main love ? UK, or US ?
genuine question.
― mark e, Sunday, 13 May 2012 21:16 (eleven years ago) link
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 ?
― mark e, Sunday, 13 May 2012 21:18 (eleven years ago) link
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.
― Evan, Monday, 14 May 2012 01:07 (eleven years ago) link
Yo
http://swervedriver.bandcamp.com/album/deep-wound
― Ned Raggett, Saturday, 7 December 2013 18:19 (ten years ago) link
Kept the old logo, awesome..
― ☞ (brimstead), Saturday, 7 December 2013 19:14 (ten years ago) link
Mixed by mark gardener, huh.
― ☞ (brimstead), Saturday, 7 December 2013 19:15 (ten years ago) link
very swervedriver-esque.
love it.
and yes, bands that retain a good logo throughout a career = worthy.
― mark e, Saturday, 7 December 2013 19:59 (ten years ago) link
this band is really good!
― sXe & the banshees (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 5 February 2014 22:57 (ten years ago) link
haha kinda surprised you of all ppl hadn't heard 'em - they're p kickass yeah
― imago, Wednesday, 5 February 2014 23:04 (ten years ago) link
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
― sXe & the banshees (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 5 February 2014 23:06 (ten years ago) link
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'
― imago, Wednesday, 5 February 2014 23:09 (ten years ago) link
finished mezcal head
now listening to raise
man i miss going to shows where all 4 bands sounded basically like this
― sXe & the banshees (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 5 February 2014 23:14 (ten years ago) link
Duress is massive. That solo, dear lord. The wah pedal needs no further justification (not that it ever did.)
― doug watson, Thursday, 6 February 2014 19:49 (ten years ago) link
agree.
MH and ESR = best double bill ever ?
quite possibly.
so much more than your standard shoegaze noise.
question : has anyone heard the remastered editions vs the originals ?
i have the original cds, and avoided the remastered editions upon release.
was i a bad man to do this ?
― mark e, Thursday, 6 February 2014 19:53 (ten years ago) link
Ha, I just checked the Poster Children archive, the show I saw was 22 yrs ago this past Monday.
P-Kids kind of mopped the stage w S-Driver
― chr1sb3singer, Thursday, 6 February 2014 19:54 (ten years ago) link
and yet ... the P-Kids releases i have ( tool of the man, junior citizen) are pretty crap and have not become massive playlist faves ..
― mark e, Thursday, 6 February 2014 19:57 (ten years ago) link
this reformation (and promise of new material) pleases me a lot more than ride.
never got a chance to see this lot back in the day.
seems to be that they have toured the US a lot more than the UK since they started up again.
― mark e, Thursday, 20 November 2014 19:45 (nine years ago) link
Yeah they definitely always had a strong following over here. Good thing too! Of all the original first wave bands they were probably the ones that stuck through the 'tour often enough and something will happen' cycle the best.
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 20 November 2014 20:05 (nine years ago) link
oh, yeah that's a great thing ned ..
~ mumble l*cky b*stard mumble mumble .. ~
― mark e, Thursday, 20 November 2014 20:09 (nine years ago) link