The Avalyn Digest

Vol.98 #083

June 11th, 1998

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Today's Topics: (community)Keyboardist needed for local droneband! Re: Creation records catalogue number anomily Re: Colfax Abbey + SF59 Re: Colfax Abbey + SF59 Slowdive video.. Re: Slowdive video.. Re: Slowdive video.. re: Pale Saints re: Pale Saints Re: Colfax Abbey + SF59 LSD sound clips Re: Colfax Abbey Re: Colfax Abbey Re: LSD sound clips Re: Colfax Abbey Re: Colfax Abbey bedazzled Neil Halstead Re: bedazzled Re: Neil Halstead Re: Neil Halstead Swervy Roskilde '98 Re: Swervy Administrivia: To unsubscribe from the Avalyn Digest mailing list: * send e-mail to: avalyn-d-request@lysator.liu.se * with the Subject: unsubscribe To post to the Avalyn mailing list: * use the address: avalyn@lysator.liu.se Digest back issues can be found through FTP and HTTP: ftp://ftp.lysator.liu.se/pub/texts/uxu/avalyn/ http://www.lysator.liu.se/~chief/avalyn.html () Please take care not to include the entire digest in your () reply, only the message(s) you are replying to. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 5 Jun 1998 13:17:48 -0700 From: Kevin Wood Subject: (community)Keyboardist needed for local droneband! Solarium, a local established band (single released, just finished new recordings, play out fairly regularly) seeks droney, experimental keyboardist. A big plus if you are a female and can sing....It would also be cool if you could play some guitar...Willing to experiment with sounds a must...Influences: VU/MBV/Mogwai/Stereolab/etc...call Kevin:(415)391-7362 read below for a better bio of the band.... ===================== SOLARIUM All the Time Single drive23 Solarium formed in early '97 in San Francisco with the shared goal of creating spacey music. The band has already been through a few incarnations, before arriving at the current configuration which includes guitars, bass, drums, keyboards, and a few other toys. The members all hail from various parts of the U.S. Eliot Van Buskirk (New York City) plays bass and has been making music using a variety of things since age 3. Chris Cooke, (Philadelphia) plays guitar, keys, sings, and whistles, adding subtlety and mood. Kevin Wood (Texas) is a student of the effects-laden guitar sound, covering vox, guitars, and analogue synth. Drummer Darren Schoen (Maryland) drives the rhythm, and isn't afraid of electronic beats. They play locally in the Bay Area and have recorded two sessions over the last year, and have released their first single (from the first session) on Drive-In Records. The A-side (All the Time) is a fairly poppy effort you could probably see yourself driving to, while The B-side (Fly Away) will have you staying in on a rainy Sunday staring at the ceiling. The band has channelled a new escape route from the Spacemen 3 dronerock riverbed, using tools fashioned from such diverse sounds as My Bloody Valentine, Velvet Underground, Stereolab, The Fall, Yo La Tengo, Slowdive, and Mogwai. Their current sound has been described as "shimmering summer storms that turn into raging wind tunnels." The band are currently debating what to do with the newly recorded material. SOLARIUM 1865 Powell Street San Francisco, CA 94111 solarium8@hotmail.com ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 06 Jun 1998 14:31:15 +0200 From: Erik Soderstrom Subject: Re: Creation records catalogue number anomily >> Hey, speaking of Swervedriver, I was looking at my copy of Ejector Seat >> Reservation last night and I noticed that it has the same catalogue number >> as '5' EP by Slowdive which is CRESCD 157. Has anyone else noticed this or >> is it just my copy of Ejector Seat Reservation that has this oddity as a >> claim to fame??? If anyone's noticed this do they have any idea as to why >> this is or is it just Creation Records being strange... > > Unfortunatly I don't have the 5 ep, but both the lp and the cd have the > 157 number (ejector seat) ... The Swervedriver album has CRECD 157 and the 5 EP has CRESCD 157. //Erik ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 6 Jun 1998 10:08:47 -0500 From: Andrew Freeman Subject: Re: Colfax Abbey + SF59 I was thinking about ordering some Colfax Abbey cds. So Drop is the album to get? It is consistently good? Penetrate is the more ambient album? Does penetrate have any decent songs or should I just stick to Drop? I was really impressed by the sample posted on the Avalyn web page: http://www.lysator.liu.se/~chief/music.html Actually most of the songs were pretty cool. Andrew mailto:afreeman@wt.net Andrew Freeman http://web.wt.net/~afreeman/riverside Riverside Homepage http://web.wt.net/~afreeman/cwn Cactus World News Homepage ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 6 Jun 1998 11:52:40 -0400 (EDT) From: butterfly mcqueen Subject: Re: Colfax Abbey + SF59 drop is the album to get, and it is consistently good -- or at least as good as a band six years behind can be. penetrate is not just the more ambient album, it is the ambient album. there are no songs to speak of, just four ambient "pieces," two of which are decent. the other two are quite forgettable and sometimes irritating. not worth it, imo. ; e. ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 06 Jun 1998 13:44:35 -0400 From: "Gordon Brown" Subject: Slowdive video.. Hello, I remebered that a lot of people contacted me about getting a copy of my Slowdive video, but that I had the cd they were offering already. If people are still interested feel free to contact me in regards to purchasing a copy. Thanks Gordon ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 6 Jun 1998 14:24:09 -0400 From: "J. Roth" Subject: Re: Slowdive video.. I'm interested in the Slowdive video. What's on it? Joe ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 06 Jun 1998 16:20:05 -0400 From: "Gordon Brown" Subject: Re: Slowdive video.. Hello, What it is, is 1 Maxell HGX video cassette with the following: Slowdive Lee's Palace, Toronto 21 May 94 60 handheld shot from side of the stage Slowdive VK, Brussels 12 Nov 91 60 handheld front and centre, heads get in the way sometimes I've worked out to make it worth my while doing the charge will be $13 in Us funds, this includes air mail postage. If interested please get in touch. Thank you. Gordon At 14:24 6.6.1998 -0400, you wrote: > I'm interested in the Slowdive video. What's on it? > > Joe ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 7 Jun 98 06:10:19 UT From: "Lisa Johnson" Subject: re: Pale Saints Just found this in the Parasol catalog: Pale Saints Longshot For Your Love PS, UK A collection of rare & previously unreleased recordings. 24 page booklet. Marina-037 CD 25.50 Anybody heard it? gary ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 7 Jun 1998 10:38:11 -0500 (CDT) From: "jvan@bcm.tmc.edu" Subject: re: Pale Saints Parasol made a mistake...this release is actually from the Pale Fountains and not Pale Saints. On Sun, 7 Jun 1998, Lisa Johnson wrote: > Just found this in the Parasol catalog: > > Pale Saints Longshot For Your Love PS, UK A collection of rare & > previously unreleased recordings. 24 page booklet. Marina-037 CD 25.50 > > Anybody heard it? > > gary ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 8 Jun 1998 11:59:20 -0500 (CDT) From: cory <1cc5776@unixstew.tstc.edu> Subject: Re: Colfax Abbey + SF59 I would say that any fan of SF59 would enjoy Drop. As would any fan of Slowdive. There isn't much on this album that isn't likable for the genre. Very good. I was lucky enough to find it for $2 in a cut-out bin at Streetside in Manhattan, KS. On Sat, 6 Jun 1998, Andrew Freeman wrote: > I was thinking about ordering some Colfax Abbey cds. So Drop is the album > to get? It is consistently good? Penetrate is the more ambient album? > Does penetrate have any decent songs or should I just stick to Drop? I was > really impressed by the sample posted on the Avalyn web page: cory 1cc5776@unixstew.tstc.edu ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 08 Jun 1998 18:16:10 -0400 From: Andrew McMillan Subject: LSD sound clips Slowdivers, The Projekt web site now has samples from Love Spirals Downwards' upcoming release. They are definitely getting more electronic as those everpresent trendy "skittering" drum beats feature in all of the samples. try: http://www.projekt.com/bands/lsd/lsdaudio.html Andy P.S.--it requires shockwave -- Andrew McMillan ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 9 Jun 1998 10:11:12 -0400 (EDT) From: mike p Subject: Re: Colfax Abbey > I was thinking about ordering some Colfax Abbey cds. So Drop is the album > to get? It is consistently good? Penetrate is the more ambient album? to me, colefax abbey is just too many guitar effects. unfocused sound. messy- and a tad uninspired. nowhere near the beauty of slowdive. i never did sell it back tho. be warned mike ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 9 Jun 1998 09:56:47 +0000 From: "wade@tapehouse.com" Subject: Re: Colfax Abbey No way....Colfax Abbey does what not many other shoegazing/dreampop bands can do, and that's write a damn good song around noise. IT's amazing what they do. I think the latter songs on the cd are a bit dull, but the first 5 are just worth having in itself. wade ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 09 Jun 1998 11:49:33 -0500 From: "mydarkstar." Subject: Re: LSD sound clips wow. amazing. im really actually without words. just from these few clips, i am in love with their new album. can you pre-order from projekt? hrm. maybe i should just look myself. douglas. At 06:16 PM 6/8/98 -0400, Andrew McMillan wrote: > The Projekt web site now has samples from Love Spirals Downwards' > upcoming release. They are definitely getting more electronic as those > everpresent trendy "skittering" drum beats feature in all of the > samples. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 10 Jun 1998 13:31:24 PDT From: "Christian Morin" Subject: Re: Colfax Abbey > No way....Colfax Abbey does what not many other shoegazing/dreampop > bands can do, and that's write a damn good song around noise. > IT's amazing what they do. I think the latter songs on the cd are a > bit dull, but the first 5 are just worth having in itself. I hope you meant the first 6, cuz showshine (song #6) is the best track on that album and the closest to slowdive beauty! ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 10 Jun 1998 16:16:24 +0000 From: "wade@tapehouse.com" Subject: Re: Colfax Abbey yea, snowshine is a beauty! wade p.s. the new J.A.M.C is out now so buy it!! ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 9 Jun 1998 21:52:37 +0200 From: "LOSING TODAY" Subject: bedazzled does anyone has Bedazzled compilations to sell? ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 10 Jun 1998 17:04:36 EDT From: Melochrome@aol.com Subject: Neil Halstead i'm not sure if anyone mentioned this yet, but Neil will be a member of Bernard Butler's (ex-Suede) touring band this summer. he will be playing guitar, i'm not sure if a part of the U.S. tour, but i'm assuming he is. it will be interesting to see Neil playing songs that aren't his... ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 10 Jun 1998 16:04:20 -0500 From: o_o_o Subject: Re: bedazzled I thought I just saw somebody who was selling one, today no less. I already emptied my trash, but I'd swear it had one listed, with april march + others. the only one I have is the xmas one, which was free, and is actually decent as label xmas collections go. bedazzled has a web site, so you might try there. that's how I got the xmas comp for free. At 21:52 09-06-98 +0200, you wrote: >does anyone has Bedazzled compilations to sell? ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 10 Jun 1998 16:47:56 +0000 From: "wade@tapehouse.com" Subject: Re: Neil Halstead that sucks, I would have gone to see him (if he's in the U.S. tour) the other night in NY. wade :( ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 10 Jun 1998 23:32:59 +0200 From: Erik Soderstrom Subject: Re: Neil Halstead At 17:04 1998-06-10 EDT, you wrote: > i'm not sure if anyone mentioned this yet, but Neil will be a member of > Bernard Butler's (ex-Suede) touring band this summer. he will be playing > guitar, i'm not sure if a part of the U.S. tour, but i'm assuming he is. it > will be interesting to see Neil playing songs that aren't his... Interesting! BB is playing here in Sweden in July (together with Pulp), which means there's a chance to see Neil there! Where did you get the information? //Erik ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 10 Jun 98 17:23:07 CST From: Crios@dminet.davidson-marketing.com Subject: Swervy Picked up Raise... 99th dream is great and all but compared to Mezcalhead and Raise... It sucks.... (I mean I like it and all but I think it's their worst album..) but I don't know I haven't heard Ejector Seat yet.... I'm kinda pissed too.... Their tour scheldule says the closest to Chicago they get is Champaign (Southern (Rural) Illinois) and Milliwakee... Chicago is a major city and they aren't even coming here.... (sigh) oh well I guess I'm gonna have to take a trip.... Oh yeah... I have to say, I like music, ALL OF IT... On Monday I saw SLAYER... What an excellent show... Sorry just had to mention it.... Crios ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 11 Jun 1998 13:51:19 +0300 From: Peter Peltonen Subject: Roskilde '98 I've been off from the list for a while so I don't know if this have been discussed already... I'm going to Roskilde and I was wandering if someone could list all the bands worth of checking out? This is my first time, so every bit of "practical" info about the festival is also appreciated :) Is there many avalyners going by the way? Peter pisara@iki.fi ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 11 Jun 1998 09:10:08 -0500 (EST) From: bLenDER Subject: Re: Swervy > too.... Their tour scheldule says the closest to Chicago they get is > Champaign (Southern (Rural) Illinois) and Milliwakee... Chicago is a > major city and they this is not meant at all as a flame, but Champaign is maybe 2.5 hours south of Chicago, and if you were to draw a line denotating the center of Illinois, it would be north of the midway point. sorry, that just resonated like nails on a chalkboard. As for Chicago, I know Swervedriver has played there once if not twice already this year. I imagine that they're playing in Champaign because that's where Hum is from, and they're friends with Hum. Besides, it's a big college town... woo hoo! ------------------------------ End of Avalyn Digest Vol.98 #83 ********************************
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