Is this going to sell out? Do I need to actually go grab tickets this week pre-show?
Best Canadian band playing these days, can't wait.
Best Canadian band playing these days, can't wait.
Roll Call: SLOAN
Originally posted by Stuart Ransom Miller:Dude, have you not heard the pre-release of Avril's new album?
Best Canadian band playing these days, can't wait.
Not sure if it will be a sellout, but I did not chance it. I was the first person to buy tickets at the club. Woo hoo – can't wait. Tooms saw them in NYC on Friday and said they were on fire. And he's not a huge Sloan fan….
I may have 1 to 2 extra tickets. I'm trying to wrap up the group today…
I may have 1 to 2 extra tickets. I'm trying to wrap up the group today…
kinda considering it. have tenative plans, so i would only attend if said plans fall through. looks like i'm gonna miss q and not u, so this would stop the show shakes.
Probably play it safe and grab tickets tonight on the way home.
Avril is not a band, otherwise I would clearly have been mispoken, dude.
For all you fence sitters, none other than the immortal Jack Johnson said Sloan put on the greatest rock show he'd ever seen. Yep, that's right, surfer dude likes them too.
Avril is not a band, otherwise I would clearly have been mispoken, dude.
For all you fence sitters, none other than the immortal Jack Johnson said Sloan put on the greatest rock show he'd ever seen. Yep, that's right, surfer dude likes them too.
i've seen sloan twice, and they were very good both times, but not amazing enough that i definitely have to see them again no matter what. it's pretty much just really solid power-pop.
as for the best canadian band? not even close. i can name five that are better off the top of my head. now, if you say they are the best canadian power-pop band, i have no problem with that.
there are three shows i'd go see over sloan on thursday (tv on the radio, califone, tone), so i'll be skipping out this time.
as for the best canadian band? not even close. i can name five that are better off the top of my head. now, if you say they are the best canadian power-pop band, i have no problem with that.
there are three shows i'd go see over sloan on thursday (tv on the radio, califone, tone), so i'll be skipping out this time.
I'd love to see TVOTR, but it's in B'more on a school night, and I really love Sloan. I could see them again and again, but I know that's me…
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I have an extra Sloan ticket if anyone's interested…
Sloan are BACK in major way!!! Could quite possibly be the show of the year for me. From the opening AC/DCesque riffs of the first song, everything was solid including the new material. Thankfully the band took it's time with this one instead of following up Pretty Together with another stinker. This band should really be smokin' next time they hit town…
Don't know how much more they could smoke, Kosmo. Having seen them only at their 9:30 Club shows, the Black Cat was a great venue – absolutely energized as we were right there with the band, getting smiles and winks. Who knew Chris Murphy was (a) so incredibly scrumptuous, and (b) such a bear on the drums. I was so happy and pumped by the rippin' closer, "If It Feels Good Do It," I couldn't imagine having to go home and, my god, trying to go to sleep?!?!!
This is rock and roll as it should be, with power and pop and melody and blistering playing and FUN. Bigger Lovers…the bar is high, my friends.
:D
Oh, and how could I forget the inspiring, 70s style neon tube light show, a la Logan's Run. Kicked ass and was just a hoot.
This is rock and roll as it should be, with power and pop and melody and blistering playing and FUN. Bigger Lovers…the bar is high, my friends.
:D
Oh, and how could I forget the inspiring, 70s style neon tube light show, a la Logan's Run. Kicked ass and was just a hoot.
the only thing better than sloan last night is sloan when Chris Murphy is healthy. Definitely missing were the high karate kicks and arm gestures. Reading other reviews it would appear the setlist was shorten a bit last night. Under whelmed was on last night setlist but was changed out at the last minute.
this ones for sonick available at all our fine sloan outlets…
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Man, you guys are late jumping on this train. I saw them back in 1993.
Neil Young and Crazy Horse are the best Canadian band.
Neil Young and Crazy Horse are the best Canadian band.
A review from one of my concert partners last night:
Big thought going through my mind at the end of the show was that this is a GREAT ROCK BAND in the truest sense of the word, the likes of which might not be seen again for some time. This isn't just a band that came out with a good album, or has actually put together 2 good albums in a row (heaven help us), these are guys who've put out seven (mostly extraordinary) studio albums in eleven years. In addition, this isn't a band with a leader and three guys backing him up- this is a band of four equal parts: they all sang lead at some point, and three of them switched instruments and then, here's the catch, ROCKED OUT even harder than when playing on their original instruments!
Plus, for the rock geek section of the audience, they were sporting both a Vox and a Hiwatt amp up on stage, with Jay Ferguson, who I now place as the best rhythm guitarist in rock today (Janet Weiss, of Sleater-Kinney, being the best drummer in rock today) sporting a phenomenally tasty selection of Rickenbackers. As someone learning guitar, standing a few feet away from Jay and watching what he was doing was debilitatingly intimidating. More geek action: at one point last night, both guitarists were playing with capos on their axes. But I digress.
On a stage too small for bassist Chris Murphy to perform his patented aerial leg kick maneuvers, Sloan managed to come up with a simple yet astoudingly effective and original light show that that just left me stunned, and partially blind. I can think of no greater indictment of today's music industry than the fact that the Black Cat (which can't hold more than, what, 500 people?) wasn't sold out, or even that crowded.
Given that Sloan got its name from the company that manufactures the flushing mechanism on urinals, after four beers last night I was treated to a jarring moment of cognitive dissonance when I could see the band's name etched in metal two feet from my face while hearing them play. Now that's a rock and roll moment.
They're playing the Raleigh area tonight. Those in NC should cancel other plans and treat themselves to something they will truly regret missing. Seriously.
Big thought going through my mind at the end of the show was that this is a GREAT ROCK BAND in the truest sense of the word, the likes of which might not be seen again for some time. This isn't just a band that came out with a good album, or has actually put together 2 good albums in a row (heaven help us), these are guys who've put out seven (mostly extraordinary) studio albums in eleven years. In addition, this isn't a band with a leader and three guys backing him up- this is a band of four equal parts: they all sang lead at some point, and three of them switched instruments and then, here's the catch, ROCKED OUT even harder than when playing on their original instruments!
Plus, for the rock geek section of the audience, they were sporting both a Vox and a Hiwatt amp up on stage, with Jay Ferguson, who I now place as the best rhythm guitarist in rock today (Janet Weiss, of Sleater-Kinney, being the best drummer in rock today) sporting a phenomenally tasty selection of Rickenbackers. As someone learning guitar, standing a few feet away from Jay and watching what he was doing was debilitatingly intimidating. More geek action: at one point last night, both guitarists were playing with capos on their axes. But I digress.
On a stage too small for bassist Chris Murphy to perform his patented aerial leg kick maneuvers, Sloan managed to come up with a simple yet astoudingly effective and original light show that that just left me stunned, and partially blind. I can think of no greater indictment of today's music industry than the fact that the Black Cat (which can't hold more than, what, 500 people?) wasn't sold out, or even that crowded.
Given that Sloan got its name from the company that manufactures the flushing mechanism on urinals, after four beers last night I was treated to a jarring moment of cognitive dissonance when I could see the band's name etched in metal two feet from my face while hearing them play. Now that's a rock and roll moment.
They're playing the Raleigh area tonight. Those in NC should cancel other plans and treat themselves to something they will truly regret missing. Seriously.
Originally posted by Sacktastic Bag O' Nuts:What does that have to do with how good they were last night? How do you know how long I've been listening to them? Kosmo's been a fan since the beginning, and I would have reacted the same way to last night whether I'd never seen them before or seen them 40 times.
Man, you guys are late jumping on this train. I saw them back in 1993.
couple more thoughts…
It's worth noting that 3/4ths of Sloan still have the same haircut 12 years down the road.
Jet has become the new Pete Yorn. By taking Sloan on the road with them this summer, its another case of the opener being better than the headliner. Hopefully, the Jet fans will be more appreciative of Sloan and become converts.
Seeing as the new Sloan was just released in the US, Thursday was my first opportunity to here the material. My intial reaction was that the songs sounded like the last tapes of the "Navy Blue" session. Cranked up the cd in the Mini and come to find out it's actually got the 70's rokc sensibilities of "Navy Blue" combined with the lusher pop of "Twice Removed" leaving it an awe inspiring record!!!! It has rocketed up the charts into my third fav Sloan record. The band is truly at the top of it's game these days.
If Sloan ever gets back to DC it's going to be a killer show. With a healthy Chris Murphy doing up to his usual stage antics and a couple more classics in the setlist in replace of the new stuff. A killer show will be in order.
It's worth noting that 3/4ths of Sloan still have the same haircut 12 years down the road.
Jet has become the new Pete Yorn. By taking Sloan on the road with them this summer, its another case of the opener being better than the headliner. Hopefully, the Jet fans will be more appreciative of Sloan and become converts.
Seeing as the new Sloan was just released in the US, Thursday was my first opportunity to here the material. My intial reaction was that the songs sounded like the last tapes of the "Navy Blue" session. Cranked up the cd in the Mini and come to find out it's actually got the 70's rokc sensibilities of "Navy Blue" combined with the lusher pop of "Twice Removed" leaving it an awe inspiring record!!!! It has rocketed up the charts into my third fav Sloan record. The band is truly at the top of it's game these days.
If Sloan ever gets back to DC it's going to be a killer show. With a healthy Chris Murphy doing up to his usual stage antics and a couple more classics in the setlist in replace of the new stuff. A killer show will be in order.
Um, so, Sloan is going out with Jet and The Anyones.
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7/6/2004 House of Blues Chicago
7/7/2004 Newport Music Hall Columbus OH
7/8/2004 Agora Theater Cleveland OH
7/10/2004 Roseland Ballroom New York NY
7/11/2004 Hampton Beach Ballroom Hampton Beach NH
7/12/2004 Lupos Heartbreak Hotel Providence RI
7/14/2004 The Norva Norfolk VA
7/15/2004 House of Blues North Myrtle Beach SC
7/16/2004 House Of Blues FL Orlando FL
7/18/2004 House Of Blues NO New Orleans LA
7/19/2004 Gypsy Tea Room Dallas TX
7/20/2004 Stubbs Austin TX
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This is a FABULOUS review of Jet's "Get Born"…
I enjoy this write up of the Sloan/Jet summer bill….
An excerpt: "Canada's favorite power-pop quartet, Sloan, will attempt to disprove the theory that oil and water do not mix on their upcoming U.S. tour, where they'll be opening for everyone's favorite faux-cover band, Jet."
Also discusses the Sloanfest on August 7th which will include Sam Roberts, The Stills, The Constantines, Buck 65, Death from Above, and The Arcade Fire.
An excerpt: "Canada's favorite power-pop quartet, Sloan, will attempt to disprove the theory that oil and water do not mix on their upcoming U.S. tour, where they'll be opening for everyone's favorite faux-cover band, Jet."
Also discusses the Sloanfest on August 7th which will include Sam Roberts, The Stills, The Constantines, Buck 65, Death from Above, and The Arcade Fire.