Holy moly, just got a shipping notice from Zia about an order I placed in August, 2021 for the Lost in Translation soundtrack. Bit of a multi-year delay, I totally forgot about it, but good on them for fulfilling!
Congrats to anyone who scored tix to Beach House tonight at Johnny Brenda's in Philly (250 person capacity). Tix sold out in like 2 seconds. Didn't score any myself. I need a friend who is a bot.
The shoegaze revival is very real! The Slowdive show last night in Philly seemed to be half people 45+, and half like 18-25 years old. And yeah, Slowdive was absolutely incredible.
if you're a Sparklehorse fan this NYT article about how his posthumous album (being released in Sept) was uncovered and brought to fruition is an incredible read.
Anyone know, or have tips, for the presale code for Kishi Bashi tour? I'd like to secure tix to Brooklyn date, but I can't find a code. Nothing posted on his or the venue's insta. Tried album, songs names, etc
Kishi Bashi announced some film screenings of his doc Omoiyari followed by a live performance with strings, and a question and answer session. I need to attend one of these. Just gotta figure it out …
Who here has seen Lankum perform live? They have a random midweek show in Delaware in Sept, and I'm very tempted. It would be hard to get out for, but if their live set is amazing (which I'm guessing it is), I'd make the effort.
As for the new/old Grandaddy song The Town where I'm Livin Now, a Sumday era b-side just released today - to think that this song didn't make it onto Sumday is such a testament to how incredible Sumday is. But good lord, this song is amazingly beautiful!
Question for US-based folks: when you're interested in a record from UK/EU but shipping is a ton, do you have go-to stateside store that usually stocks the record, and therefore helps cut down on shipping cost?
The Cure. I saw them on Sunday night and I'm still riding the high. Just unreal. Robert Smith's voice sounded better this time than 1992 and 2016 when I saw them.
If anyone gets a spotify presale code for the Slowdive tour - apparently it's happening at 10AM today - please share. Not sure why I haven't gotten an email, I follow them, and I'm most certainly a top listener.