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starsailor is on 1/24 too…

but ryan adams is the same night as the waterboys! say it ain't so!

Originally posted by markie:
Gomez, YAY!!!!!!

Double YAY! I agree that their last show was terrific.

starsailor sucks

Thanks for the constructive criticism

starsailor are great.

Originally posted by Rhett Miller:
When oh when is the 9:30 ever going to have another good show?

Well you just missed B&S so it looks like we'll have to wait till spring/summer for the next one.

Starsailor's new album really sucks.

Their first three albums are nice, but their new stuff doesn't merit a $30 price in my book.

Besides, we had just returned from seeing a bunch of live music in NYC, and there's only so much live music you can take in a month before you need a break.

Originally posted by mankie:

Originally posted by Rhett Miller:
When oh when is the 9:30 ever going to have another good show?

Well you just missed B&S so it looks like we'll have to wait till spring/summer for the next one.

Oh, Gomez on January. Interesting. That one I might check out. :cool:

starsailor's new album is not as good as the first, but it doesn't suck

I thought the 1st one sucked too, but not as much.

It's about time we get some more britpop in town. I was going through britpop withdrawal. Now if the Stereophonics would stop by the club that would be grand. They did have a US tour this fall I wonder if they'll be back for a full tour early next year?

tomorrow night there are plenty of British artistes in town.

Martin Amis at olssons

Badly Drawn boy and Leona Ness at 930

British sea power at blackcat.

I am sure all of them are great.

Leona Naess is American.

Originally posted by Rhett Miller:
Leona Naess is American.

Born and Raised in England

Originally posted by Jaguär:
The Ottobar

Thursday November 13th
Swervedriver
The Roy Owens Jr. (ex Magnapop & Crooked Fingers)
and Equus

Toshack Highway Tour, Split CD with Sianspheric
Toshack still the least-appreciated Sweathog
[Posted Thursday, November 6th, 2003 02:00:00 Pitchfork Central Time]

Chris Rediske reports:
It's a fact: the true shoegazers never die, they just take extended hiatuses from their bands to issue genre-hopping albums under meaningless alter-egos while frequently covering songs from their former band's extensive back catalog. OK, as sayings go, it's not very catchy, but that's the deal with Adam Franklin, formerly of legendary Creation band Swervedriver. Since the non-breakup of Swervedriver nearly four years ago, Franklin has been periodically releasing music under the moniker Toshack Highway, touring the country (first with a band, then as a solo acoustic act) and trying to figure out what to do with a legacy as rich as Swervedriver's. And he moved to America (take that, Britpop snobs!).

According to the inexplicably up-to-date official Swervedriver site, Franklin is gearing up for a brief tour in support of his most recent release, Magnetic Morning / Aspirin Age, a split two CD set with Swervedriver devotees Sianspheric. The tour is being billed, in somewhat unwieldy fashion, as Adam Franklin of Swervedriver /Toshack Highway (at least you know what you're getting, but the marquee guy is gonna get a workout), and they'll be accompanied on all dates by The Roy Owens Jr., a super group of sorts that features members (but not the famous ones) of Crooked Fingers, Magnapop, and the X-Impossibles. However, the Swervedriver site is also quick to allay any fears of acoustic noodling this time around, as it reports that this will be an "electric tour, with a full band, and plenty of Swervedriver classics" (dude, just get the damn band back together already!). The announced dates are as follows, and there may be more to come:

11-07 Atlanta, GA - The Echo Lounge
11-08 Athens, GA - Tasty World
11-09 Charlotte, NC - Fat City Deli
11-10 Raleigh, NC - King's Barcade
11-11 Philadelphia, PA - Khyber Pass
11-12 Washington, D.C. - The Velvet Lounge
11-13 Baltimore, MD - Ottobar
11-14 New York, NY - Knitting Factory
11-15 Boston, MA - The Plan at Great Scott's
11-16 New Haven, CT - BAR

And speaking of the Swervedriver site, it's worth taking a gander at, even four years past their demise. In addition to keeping up with Franklin's latest hijinks, the site hosts a wealth of great quality free live MP3 downloads spanning the band's career, as well as purchasable copies of many of their long out-of-print albums, singles and EP's (including the never-released version of Ejector Seat Reservation with the extra track "It's All Happening Now," previously only available if you happened to be one of the fifteen members of their fan club back when it was released– I was not, but a friend of mine was).

Black Cat

TUES DEC 2- THE RAPTURE $12adv/$14day 8:30

FRI DEC 12- DEAD MEADOW, CONSONANT (ex-Mission of Burma), FRENCH TOAST $8 mainstage 9:30

SAT DEC 27- THE CARLSONICS $7 mainstage 9:30

Originally posted by ggwâ?¢:
FRI DEC 12- DEAD MEADOW, CONSONANT (ex-Mission of Burma), FRENCH TOAST $8 mainstage 9:30

That is not a bad triple bill, just got the new Consonant album, and have seen them before, was an ok show, and has been a little while since the last time I saw Dead Meadow.

Originally posted by pollard:
just got the new Consonant album,

The mighty Pitchfork seems to favor their first album. Would you concur?

Originally posted by ggwâ?¢:
The mighty Pitchfork seems to favor their first album. Would you concur?

I have not heard the first album, just happened to find the second one used, have not listened to it much yet. They were playing the first album material when I saw them a couple of years ago opening for Luna and thought it was good then. The first album is also preferred on GBV's listserv.