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Slowdive kicked off the latest/last leg of their North American touring behind Everything Is Alive this past Saturday night here in Toronto, and I think that of the seven (!) times I’ve seen them since they reunited in 2014, it may have been the best overall performance yet. The sound was fantastic, as per usual […]
Slowdive announced the next North American leg of their everything is alive tour this week, which I’d been waiting for since since they were announced as being part of Boston’s Something In The Way festival back in September. The fact that this will be their fourth set of dates in Canada and the US in […]
As I try to recover from a three-nights–of-gigs–in-a-row weekend – no regrets, but I am full-on Danny Glover over here – some low-hanging fruit in the form of Slowdive’s appearance at Spain’s Bilbao BBK Live festival this past July. It’s 70 minutes of professionally-shot, beautiful-sounding footage of the band at the top of their game, […]
A return to North America and English-language content with this one courtesy of Stereogum; Toronto journalist Lesa Hannah has collected a trio of interviews with some of the women who defined the first wave of shoegazer bands – Rachel Goswell of Slowdive, Emma Anderson of Lush, and Deb Googe of My Bloody Valentine – and […]
A couple of Slowdive items to share as the band wrap their Asian tour in support of everything is alive, and take a breather before hitting the road again later next month for US markets they didn’t cover last Fall. First, a live in-studio with audience show the band recorded in Paris last Fall for […]
Maybe this takes the prize for fastest turnaround of a complete live set. Slowdive are currently touring Europe in support of everything is alive, and here’s a recording of last week’s show in Paris at La Cigale. The recording by Unartig is an interesting balance of professional and amateur. There’s multiple cameras going on but […]
As expected, Slowdive’s Fall North American tour has yielded a new in-studio session, this one recorded for Los Angeles’ legendary KCRW. In addition to the five-song set, there’s a print interview with the band about everything is alive and the cross-generational appeal of their music. Your fanbase is on par with the same demographic as […]
Though they’ve been on tour for the better part of the back half of this year, we haven’t seen a lot of recent studio sessions from Slowdive yet – at least not at the pace that we’ve seen from past tours. Hopefully this one from New Zealand’s 95bFM will be the start of at least […]
The return of Slowdive is exciting for many, many reasons, but for guitar nerds like me, one of them is a chance to get a look at what wonderful noisemaking toys the band are using now. History has shown, however, that they’re not necessarily the gear hounds that their fans might think. Comparing their setups […]
Slowdive’s everything is alive tour starts tomorrow night right here in Toronto, marking the first time most of the new songs will be translated on stage (“kisses” has been a fixture of their set lists all Summer). This, of course, means that some of the old favourites will be cycled out of rotation, so let’s […]
