Pavement:Classic or Dud

Definitely a highlight

On some days I concur with brimstead on this

Never realized - until now - the debt that the "Half a Canyon" outro owes to Swell Maps' "Full Moon in My Pocket"... particularly the "Full Moon (Reprise)." That is all.

shit baby

Why do these guys tour/play Europe (only)? Are there really more Pavement fans there than the US?

I'm hoping a US tour will follow. To be fair, they haven't toured anywhere since 2010, have they?

Not toured, but I think they've played (or at least scheduled) a few Euro fests. Hopefully a US tour is TBA, yeah.

They toured all over 10 years ago and haven't done any shows since.

My guess is they will do some US dates either next summer or maybe spring/summer 2023.

Remember, those NYC shows 10 years ago were announced first (4 nights I believe) and a bunch of people bought tickets

A few weeks later *then* the US tour was announced

Primavera has been on the books since a little before pre COVID

If I recall correctly, they said when they originally announced Primavera 18+ months ago that further touring was coming in 2021. No question they'll tour America in 2022. This is just a normal first leg announcement.

With that said, I'm tempted to fly over for a London vaca around that four-night stand. Wish I could feel assured of a different set of songs every night, but that seems unlikely given the circumstances. Four nights of 15 of the same songs plus switching in and out another 7 or whatever is less appealing.

£50! is that normal these days & i'm just old? oh well, plumped for the last night of the london shows.

They added another Dublin date such was the demand. Got a ticket for their second show -60 euro

Songkick.com lists a few SF dates in 2022 (Sept. 12, 13, and 14, at the Masonic); but they’re not on the official tour page, and a Mon.–Wed. hometown run sounds unlikely. Maybe a weird glitch?

Interestingly, Primavera Sound Los Angeles (2022) is Fri, 9/16 – Sun, 9/18 (a friend has a “theory” they’ll play that fest). The dates do line up…

That'd be great if Pavement's at PS LA. Makes sense given their first shows back will be at Primavera Sound in Barcelona.

The dates are up: https://pavementband.com/#tour

https://pitchfork.com/news/pavement-announce-slanted-and-enchanted-30th-anniversary-reissue/

Anyone ever hear the two non-LP songs on the cassette – “Pain Smiles” and “Pillowjack”?

(I mean, anyone here)

Maybe they should just wait until the 100th anniversary and include everything. Please and thank you.

Never heard or heard of 'em. Getting time-vertigo considering that twice as much time has elapsed between this and Luxe & Reduxe (which is what introduced me to the band!), than between L&R and the original album.

As with Pixies, I never got these guys. I think I was just a little too old to catch the moment.

xpost, email from Matador's publicist says this:

"This is an early version of the finished album with a different running order and a handful of alternate track titles."

i take that to mean that there are no new songs on the cassette.

Is there a way to hear this podcast without Spotify? (I assume it’ll be everywhere in a week)

i just realized that this year has now brought us the 25th ann'y of Brighten, the TT reissue and the 30th ann'y of Slanted

I assume Pillowjack is Sue Me Jack

Pain Smiles is. . . . ?

Is there a way to hear this podcast without Spotify? (I assume it’ll be everywhere in a week)

There isn't but the podcast is totally great

What podcast?

Never mind, found it on the TT thread

slightly offtopic, but morrisp - do you still have that david's gone file from the burned cd? wondering if i could do something to decode/convert it somehow - no promises though

Sorry, I don’t!

ah well, was worth asking... have been on the hunt for that track and have gotten close to finding it a million times, no luck yet unfortunately

another copy of the tape just sold on ebay today though, so who knows

$399 for a TDK D60? Holy moley…

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— PAVEMENT (@pavement_band) May 12, 2022

We’re seeing them on Monday the 23rd, at the Fonda

How much were your tix?

I think around $120 each (incl. fees)

That’s a lot of greenlander

Wave your credit cards in the air, right?

(we’re also seeing them in September, more than once…)

I listened to crooked rain this morning via shitify and remembered how much better it sounded on my wobbly turntable years ago :p

calstars, this isn't the Kids in the Hall thread.

Whatever that means

Five middle-aged white guys coming back for another reunion!

Mastering on most of those reissues sadly sounds like butt

Five middle-aged white guys coming back for another reunion!

the Atl show this fall sold out immediately (at least for the sat night show) when tix went on sale last year. found out my best friend from jr high/hs and his wife were coming in town for it so my gf and I got some on Vivid Seats and it’s kind of embarrassing what I ended up paying. bless her she’s a music fan w fairly eclectic tastes and genuinely game for whatever. but after the purchase she (grew up in Brazil) was like ok so who’s this band commanding these kinds of prices. I played some her some “hits” and she’s basically “huh. how about that.” Loooool

Someone should compare the ticket prices with the current Smashing Pumpkins tour, and figure out who finally won that war

Dud

lol I'm sure Pavement's point on that song was that they were ultimately going to make more money than Smashing Pumpkins

I was thinking of a good first show to bring my 7.5 year old to; he kinda digs pavement, figured it was far enough out that I could get some sort of not terribly expensive tickets and holy shit the cheapest ones for the closest show are $170 apiece.

i saw them ten years ago and they were fine. "grounded" was dope live

I saw them in 1994 and people were slam dancing. I saw them in '99 and people were standing around nodding their heads.