slowdive: classic or dud?

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I like swirls.

― Andy, Wednesday, 16 May 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link

Swirls are very good. It's a question of whether not one likes the sounds, and I do. Who says that because you've got a guitar and an amp that therefore you must always rock out? To hell with that. Variety, variety! Let there be ever more of it!

If you're insistent on the fact, then know that a fair amount of those shoegaze characters did rock out when so inclined. Based on live experience alone, Chapterhouse, Slowdive, Ride, Lush and others could whip things up damn well. But they didn't have to, and things worked just fine regardless -- in fact, they worked spectacularly well. Hurrah!

― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 16 May 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link

Oh, no rocking-out obligation whatsoever, I love variety too. I guess I'm just not moved by the swirl.

― Patrick, Wednesday, 16 May 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link

'souvlaki' - excellent, stretches bounderies of shoegazing more than MBV - chapterhouse's later stuff got better, pale saints rocked live.

i iz shittin' you no ?

― geordie racer, Wednesday, 16 May 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link

To be honest, I never got the appeal of Slowdive when they were releasing albums. Seemed too much like over-emphasis on the sonics, but not enough emphasis on the actual substance underlying it. I recently went back and listened to Pygmalion, and it was rather pleasant. I think the decision to morph into Mojave 3 paid off with much better material, though, especially on the newest.

― Sean Carruthers, Wednesday, 16 May 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link

Mojave 3 are nice without being gripping. They come off better live, admittedly, but the drowsy atmosphere on their first album has turned into my favorite bugaboo, 'classic songwriting.' Just what the world didn't need.

― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 16 May 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link

Sound is definitely important--maybe more important than melody to me (gasp!). Therefore, Slowdive please me MUCH. Patrick, you say it's the "sound of rock and roll" with all the "good stuff" taken out, but is it really even the sound of rock and roll? I mean, what the hell IS that, anyway? ;-) I guess if you don't find drowning slowly in a blissful wash of swirling, suffocating guitar textures to be an exhilarating experience, then Slowdive (and their fellow 'gazers) don't have much to offer you. But just listen to the way the chorus SURGES on "Catch the Breeze" off Just for a Day, and tell me you aren't touched...

― Clarke B., Wednesday, 16 May 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link

Well it sure ain't the sound of polka ! ;) Hey, I'll give Slowdive's "Catch The Breeze" (or almost anything else) a chance if I don't have to buy the record (Napster not being an option).

― Patrick, Wednesday, 16 May 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link

yeah, slowdive were the best of the shoegazers when it came to the sweeping crescendoes. 'pygmalion' is brilliant but then so is 'just for a day' and 'souvlaki' and the early eps. many a moonlit drive was soundtracked by 'just for a day' and 'nowhere'.

― keith, Wednesday, 16 May 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link

piece of shit for sad sorry loser tossers to think that they are really deep.

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

Someone sent me a tape of Pygmalion three years ago, and I really liked it. The whole album is very good, but the first song, "Rutti", is mindbogglingly beautiful and an absolute masterpiece.

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

Definitely classic. Though I acknowledge that MBV was "better" at the sorta thing they and Slowdive did, I find that I prefer listening to Slowdive more these days than MBV. Kinda like while I acknowledge that the Beatles were "better" than the Kinks, I'd still rather listen to the latter.

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

Of course never in the same league as MBV. But still very pleasant. I only have the 'Catch the Breeze' E.P. and that one has an effortless beauty. And well...they had the Queen of Indie singing for them. :) The rest of the shoegazers sucked though.

― Omar, Thursday, 17 May 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link

mbv may have been 'objectively' better, but i don't really care about objective. i like mbv a lot, but i always liked slowdive more. the first 3 eps are fantastic esp catch the breeze. the first 2 albums very good too. pygmalion has its moments. mojave 3 were always disappointing though. didn't slowdive release a single as Eternal, on sarah records before they were slowdive?

― gareth, Thursday, 17 May 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link

I'm so sure we had this question about 6 months ago - but I cannae find it anywhere, do old posts eventually get deleted, or can someone remember where it is? I can remeber me and someone else being the only people to stand up for them when they were being completely slated by everyone else.

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

Bollocks, just looked it up and they have called it a day. Shame as they were the only band which actually did anything interesting with a strict shoegazing sound over the last few years, unless anyone has any tips?

― Chewshabadoo, Thursday, 17 May 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link

I guess it all depends on what you define as strict.

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

Windy and Carl are not what I'd call a strict shoegazing sound, neither would I call, say, Pygmalion - far too minimal seeing as the genre is a bastard offspring of maximal MBV. Thanks for the recommnedations, I'll have a check on the others, although I heard Bethany Curve on Peel a few years ago and wasn't impressed at the time, but I often change my opinions on music after a few listens.

― Chewshabadoo, Thursday, 17 May 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link

isobella are complete slowdive rip-offs. basically anything on claire records is gonna owe a debt to slowdive. blind mr jones did a nice slowdive impression for a short time.

― keith, Friday, 18 May 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link

Slowdive are classic! Thee end ov "Catch the Breeze" sounds like the cocteau twins playing king crimson, or vice versa. It doesn't get much better than that for me. "Souvlaki" is ace too. My friend who deals in used records tells me that shoegazer 12"s are getting expensive! Who'd have thought it?

x0x0

― Norman Fay, Saturday, 19 May 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link

Did shoegazers wear shoes that were really THAT interesting?

― DG, Saturday, 19 May 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link

All depends on the color.

― Ned Raggett, Saturday, 19 May 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link

I think pygmalion is a classic. The only other slovide song i am really fond of is shine. The really ethereal stuff, i havent heard anyone do it like that before. The rest of it, i can see why shoegazing got a bad name.

― martinnoble, Sunday, 20 May 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link

I've never heard Moose...but I want to. Sucks to be getting into shoegaze 12 years too late.

― JC, Sunday, 20 May 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link

hey, what about Medicine?

their first album on creation, Shot Forth Self Living is, ahem, a shoegazer classic. seems to have been written out of the creation history though (not even mentioned in the Cavanagh book i think)

― gareth, Monday, 21 May 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link

Now we're talking! Medicine's first album is a total classic. Very good take on MBV. Ahem...good drug album too, so I've been told. :)

― Omar, Monday, 21 May 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link

1. We do seem to cover everything in the end... I mean, I was thinking of posting this question a few months ago, but thought it would be laughed off the web.

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

Bah, Medicine! Crap, all of it. Had the misfortune to see one of their earliest gigs, hated it, hated them from birth to death. Weak cheese and then some.

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

Shame on you, Ned, and you were going up in my estimation until you blew it by dissing Medicine. "Shot forth..." is a great album, though listening to it with hindsight it sounds more psychedelic than shoegazing. Still...

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

Hey, musically I don't care about anyone's estimation but my own, and if I had worthy experiences with Medicine I'd tell you -- AND I DIDN'T. EAT IT, BOY, EAT IT!

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

two months pass...

Slowdive was brilliant, although it took me a while to get into Pygmalion, and I was initially dissapointed with the first listening.. Mojave 3? well, it's not Slowdive, but the first release has momentary flickers of their former Slowdive-esque sound. I'm suprised nobody mentioned the AMAZING Ride album "Nowhere". Dreams Burn Down is one my my altime fav's.. just a thought. BTW.. to whoever mentioned it earlier.. I like 'Swirls' too.

― Trevor S, Thursday, 16 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link

two years pass...

Revive!! The only Medicine song I really dig is the one where they strum the guitar once and just let it resonate for several minutes. It's the first song on one of their albums - you know the one I mean.

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

I got the OOP Blue Day EP on ebay, do you want to do a CDR trade?

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

Classic if only for "Souvlaki Space Station" alone, which sends me swooning.

Mojave 3? Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz....................

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Wednesday, 10 December 2003 23:37 (twenty years ago) link

Slowdive are excellent. Souvlaki is wonderful, like something between Loveless and Disintegration.

― Stupid (Stupid), Wednesday, 10 December 2003 23:40 (twenty years ago) link

Mojave 3 are lovely. I want to like Slowdive but the production sounds too dated and the overall sound too unicorn-y for me.

― Sarah Pedal (call mr. lee), Thursday, 11 December 2003 00:03 (twenty years ago) link

Dated?

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

Hmm, well, I kinda have a soft spot for Stacey Q.

― Sarah Pedal (call mr. lee), Thursday, 11 December 2003 00:10 (twenty years ago) link

"Hmm, well, I kinda have a soft spot for Stacey Q."

...you're a monster...

― Stupid (Stupid), Thursday, 11 December 2003 00:13 (twenty years ago) link

I'm listening to Just For A Day and it sounds like it should be the soundtrack to Lord of the Rings.

― Sarah Pedal (call mr. lee), Thursday, 11 December 2003 00:15 (twenty years ago) link

Sarah's got a point -- I'm a person who barely listens to any 80s music at all. I sort of hold my breath when I listen to Just for a day, but the other stuff sounds good.

― Leee Iacocca (Leee), Thursday, 11 December 2003 00:18 (twenty years ago) link

I'm listening to Just For A Day and it sounds like it should be the soundtrack to Lord of the Rings.

Utterly befuddling?

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 11 December 2003 00:20 (twenty years ago) link

"Just for a Day" is the only CD I've ever sold back. Not that it was so bad, it was just, disappointing after the excellent EPs. I wrote them off after that and Souvlaki sounds a little too gothy now.

― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Thursday, 11 December 2003 00:22 (twenty years ago) link

I do not understand people who don't listen to music from the 80s.

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

Yeah, I felt the same thing when I went back to listen to them a couple months ago. There's good dated and then there's bad dated, and uh.. some of their stuff would fall into the second category now, I'm afraid.

― may pang (maypang), Thursday, 11 December 2003 00:22 (twenty years ago) link

Well, you're wrong. Uh yeah. Grr!

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 11 December 2003 00:25 (twenty years ago) link

Who's wrong?

― Stupid (Stupid), Thursday, 11 December 2003 00:26 (twenty years ago) link

May is! (Actually I kid. I just know I AM RIGHT.)

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 11 December 2003 00:28 (twenty years ago) link

Ahhh good. I thought you meant I was wrong. I'm not wrong. Music was invented at the start of the 80s and perfected by it's end.

― Stupid (Stupid), Thursday, 11 December 2003 00:29 (twenty years ago) link

there was some pretty darn perfect music in '82

― the surface noise (electricsound), Thursday, 11 December 2003 00:29 (twenty years ago) link

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— Rachel Goswell 💙 (@RachelAGoswell) February 10, 2022

― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 10 February 2022 22:01 (two years ago) link

Nice. Hope they can and will tour again as well. Loved the show I saw from the reunion album tour.

― that's not my post, Thursday, 10 February 2022 22:07 (two years ago) link

nice. saw them pre-lp reunion tour and it was pretty stellar. looking forward to it.

― get shrunk by this funk. (Austin), Thursday, 10 February 2022 22:09 (two years ago) link

Yes, the self-titled was very good certainly but it was the tour for it that convinced me they were truly back and in a better place than ever; absolutely found a way to build on the legacy, do things with their past work differently at many points, and respond so well to the now far, far bigger crowds they're getting, and from younger listeners too, than they did then. Absolutely think this will continue the upward path.

― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 10 February 2022 22:13 (two years ago) link

Someone played "Souvlaki" recently. It sounded really good, better than I remembered.

― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Thursday, 10 February 2022 22:37 (two 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

three months pass...

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

one year passes...

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 (nine 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 (nine 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 (nine 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 (nine 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 (nine 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 (nine 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 (nine 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!

June 24: Exeter, UK – Phoenix [sold out]
June 25: Glastonbury Festival, UK
July 17: Perth, Aus - Astor Theatre [sold out]
July 19: Brisbane, Aus - Princess Theatre [sold out]
July 21: Sydney, Aus - Enmore Theatre
July 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, Japan
August 5: Off Festival, Poland
August 11: Ypsigrock Festival, Sicily
August 18: Green Man Festival, Wales
September 23: Toronto, ON - Queen Elizabeth Theatre
September 25: Boston, MA – Citizens House of Blues Boston
September 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’s
October 3: Chicago, IL - Riviera Theatre
October 4: St. Paul, MN - Palace Theatre
October 6: Denver, CO – Cervantes’ Masterpiece Ballroom
October 7: Salt Lake City, UT – The Union
October 9: Portland, OR - Crystal Ballroom
October 10: Seattle, WA - Showbox SoDo
October 12: San Francisco, CA – The Warfield
October 14: Los Angeles, CA – The Bellwether
Oct 30 - Glasgow, UK - QMU
Oct 31 - Manchester, UK - 02 Ritz
Nov 1 – Bristol, UK - SWX
Nov 3 – London, UK – The Troxy
Nov 5 – Belfast, UK – Mandela Hall
Nov 6 – Dublin, Eire – National Stadium

― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 20 June 2023 14:28 (nine months ago) link

Slowdive summer starts now!

― the absence of bikes (f. hazel), Tuesday, 20 June 2023 15:07 (nine 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 (nine 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 (nine months ago) link

Glastonbury set

https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p0ftbbgd/glastonbury-slowdive

― koogs, Tuesday, 27 June 2023 21:40 (nine months ago) link

six months pass...

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m001tpns

The Morning After Mix
Slowdive curate the perfect two-hour mix to bring in the New Year

(10 days left)

tracklisting

1 Micheal Rother - Katzenmusik 2
2 Ash Ra Tempel - Deep Distance
3 Gal Costa - Presente Cotidiano
4 Selda Bağcan - Yaylalar
5 Broadcast - Where youth and laughter go
6 Pentangle - Light Flight
7 Rino(IO)DJ - Decadance
8 Bernthøler - My Suitor
9 Cindy - Never let me go
10 Neon Indian - Arm Around You
11 Beachwood Sparks - By Your Side
12 Mike Melvoin & Alessi Brothers - Seabird
13 Steve Grey & The Walker Brothers - Nite Flights
14 Love - Alone Again Or
15 The Rolling Stones - Play With Fire
16 John Cale - Andalucia
17 Low - Lullaby
18 Loma - Who Is Speaking?
19 Squirrel Flower - Deluge In The South
20 Kate Bush - This Woman's Work
21 Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Into My Arms
22 Jo Beth Young - Wolf Song
23 Nadia Reid - Heart to Ride
24 PJ Harvey - Lwonesome Tonight
25 Lichen Slow - Hobbies
26 Brian Eno - The Big Ship (2004 Digital Remaster)
27 Electric Youth - The Seeker
28 Lightning Bug - September Song, pt. ii
29 Sufjan Stevens - All of Me Wants All of You

― koogs, Friday, 19 January 2024 12:11 (two months ago) link

is it just me or is it a bit ehhh

― assert (matttkkkk), Friday, 19 January 2024 13:01 (two months ago) link

baby it's you

― citation needed (Steve Shasta), Friday, 19 January 2024 17:46 (two months ago) link

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