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Erebus
* Dog in the Sand *
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 Posted - 07/14/2004 : 11:00:36
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This was just posted at throwingmusic.com Doesn't sound like any other dates will be added for this "short sharp visit". I caught them in Boise in April (for $6!) and was blown away. For those of you not up on Ms. Hersh's more recent doings, below the tour dates I included excerpts from the site's enthusiastic but nonetheless accurate bio. Obviously the bio is from a press sheet. I can attest that they really are tight, powerful, feral, blistering, and all those other adjectives they throw in. By the way, this is my 500th post. Yeah me!
edit: haven't personally confirmed it but a poster over there just said tickets are already available at:
http://www.stargreen.com
http://www.ticketmaster.co.uk
http://www.wayahead.com
http://www.throwingmusic.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=XForum&file=viewthread&tid=762
"Here's the tour -- as planned this will be a short sharp visit with a return on the release of the second CD (probably by March 1st)..."
Thu 23 Sep -- London; The Garage
Fri 24 Sep -- Manchester; Academy3
Sat 25 Sep -- Glasgow; King Tuts
Sun 26 Sep -- Belfast; Limelight / tbc
Mon 27 Sep -- Dublin; The Village / tbc
Tue 28 Sep -- Liverpool; Academy
Wed 29 Sep -- Paris; New Casino
Thu 30 Sep -- Brussels; AB Club
Fri 1 Oct -- Amsterdam; Paradiso (smaller)
Sun 3 Oct -- Berlin / tbc
"In a career full of busy years, 2003 stands out as a very busy one for Kristin Hersh. In March of 2003 Hersh put out not one, but two full-length releases—The Grotto, her fifth solo record and an all-new Throwing Muses record for the first time in seven years. Add to that the birth of her fourth son (Bodhi), months of touring, a cross-country move, and the formation of her first new band, 50 Foot Wave, since she began making music with Throwing Muses in the early eighties.
This new band—consisting of Kristin, Throwing Muses bassist Bernard Georges, and drummer Rob Ahlers—sounds like nothing she’s done before, but listening to the two records released in 2003, it’s possible to see how she got there....
Throwing Muses’ dark, jagged sound had its roots in the musical outpourings of a young woman at war with herself giving release to the songs that plagued her. An astonishing 20 years into her musical career, Kristin is writing new songs for a decidedly new band, one that springs out of her experience and her power. Listening to the first blistering 50 Foot Wave songs, it’s clear; this is still war but now she’s winning.
50 Foot Wave is propelled by the racecar engine of Kristin’s guitar and her explosive, feral vocals. Bernard’s bass, as always, is a muscle, undulating through Kristin’s wall of sound. Ahlers drumming is ferocious and unbridled, at once supporting and keeping pace with Kristin’s driving and relentless sound. The trio are tight and powerful, creating music that is precise, emotional and seemingly on the edge of control.
Built from the ground up to be an overwhelming live experience, 50 Foot Wave plans to tour extensively, playing upwards of 100 shows a year in the U.S. alone. Additionally, rather than the standard music-biz cycle of a full-length CD every two years or so, the band plans to self-release five or six song recordings every nine months...." |
Edited by - Erebus on 07/14/2004 11:11:48 |
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Marcel
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billgoodman
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
Netherlands
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Posted - 07/14/2004 : 14:08:18
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hey, I commented on this topic!
well it's not here anyway
uhm....cool!
paradiso it is!
 "I joined the Cult of Frank/Nobody wanted to join my Culf" |
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Carolynanna
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
Canada
6556 Posts |
Posted - 07/14/2004 : 14:18:26
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500 posts hey,
congrats. |
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Erebus
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
1834 Posts |
Posted - 07/14/2004 : 14:29:03
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quote:
Originally posted by Carolynanna
500 posts hey,
congrats.
Thanks. Guess I've been feeling extroverted lately.:-) |
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Little Black Francis
> Teenager of the Year <
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Posted - 07/14/2004 : 17:42:49
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I thought this topic was "literal" like there was an eathquake in the Atlantic ocean I didn't hear about...
hehe, seriously
thanks for the links! I'll check that stuff out!
Ik heb je oma geneukt met de voorbind dildo van Floops moederhehehahhahehehaha |
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benji
> Teenager of the Year <
New Zealand
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Posted - 07/15/2004 : 04:57:51
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fantastic news.
i cannae wait.......
 Join the Cult of Cartman! Respect my Authoritaah!!! |
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Fifty Foot Wave Coming to Europe
