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Quicksand announce European/UK Fall tour

New York City post-hardcore band Quicksand released a string of dates in the Fall that will see the band travel to Europe and the UK.

Tickets go on sale Friday, April 21 at 11:00 CEST.

10/16 Berlin, GER @ SO36 10/18 Hamburg, GER @ Logo 10/29 Cologne, GER @ Gebaude 9 10/21 Manchester, UK @ Gorilla 10/22 London, UK @ Islington Academy

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The US outfit have lined up the shows in support of their new album Interiors , which will arrive on November 10 via Epitaph Records. It will be their first record since 1995’s Manic Compression .

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The influential post-hardcore band will play their debut album in its entirety

Quicksand have announced a Fall 2023 North American tour celebrating the 30th anniversary of their seminal debut album Slip .

Dates kick off October 30th in Atlanta and run through December 2nd in Los Angeles. The trek follows a brief UK/Germany jaunt earlier in October.

A LiveNation pre-sale for select dates begins Thursday (June 22nd) at 10 a.m. local time via Ticketmaster using the code DISCO . General ticket sales begin Friday (June 23rd) at 10 a.m. local time. Fans can also look for deals or pick up tickets to sold-out dates via StubHub , where your purchase is 100% guaranteed through StubHub’s Fan Protect program.

The New York vets will be playing Slip in its entirety each night of the tour. Originally released in 1993 by Polydor, the LP is considered a cult classic of ’90s post-hardcore.

Despite its lofty stature, Slip went in-and-out of print over the years, languishing in major label purgatory until it received an official 30th anniversary reissue earlier this year via Iodine Recordings. You can order a copy on vinyl here .

Below you can see a full list of Quicksand’s 2023 tour dates. Get tickets  here .

Quicksand’s 2023 Tour Dates: 10/16 – Berlin, DE @ SO36 10/18 – Hamburg, DE @ Logo 10/19 – Cologne, DE @ Gebaude 9 10/21 – Manchester, UK @ Gorilla 10/22 – London, UK @ Islington Academy 10/30 – Atlanta, GA @ Terminal West 10/31 – Raleigh, NC @ Lincoln Theatre 11/01 – Washington, DC @ Atlantis 11/03 – Philadelphia, PA @ Underground Arts 11/04 – Boston, MA @ Royale 11/05 – New York, NY @ Webster Hall 11/24 – Englewood, CO @ Gothic Theatre 11/25 – Salt Lake City, UT @ Metro Music Hall 11/27 – Portland, OR @ Revolution Hall 11/28 – Vancouver, BC @ Rickshaw Theatre 11/29 – Seattle, WA @ Neumos 12/01 – San Francisco, CA @ Bimbo’s 365 Club 12/02 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Regent

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Quicksand Announce Slip 30th Anniversary Fall 2023 North American Tour

The post Quicksand Announce Slip 30th Anniversary Fall 2023 North American Tour appeared first on Consequence .

Quicksand have announced a Fall 2023 North American tour celebrating the 30th anniversary of their seminal debut album Slip .

Dates kick off October 30th in Atlanta and run through December 2nd in Los Angeles. The trek follows a brief UK/Germany jaunt earlier in October.

A LiveNation pre-sale for select dates begins Thursday (June 22nd) at 10 a.m. local time via Ticketmaster using the code DISCO . General ticket sales begin Friday (June 23rd) at 10 a.m. local time. Fans can also look for deals or pick up tickets to sold-out dates via StubHub , where your purchase is 100% guaranteed through StubHub’s Fan Protect program.

The New York vets will be playing Slip in its entirety each night of the tour. Originally released in 1993 by Polydor, the LP is considered a cult classic of ’90s post-hardcore.

Despite its lofty stature, Slip went in-and-out of print over the years, languishing in major label purgatory until it received an official 30th anniversary reissue earlier this year via Iodine Recordings. You can order a copy on vinyl here .

Below you can see a full list of Quicksand’s 2023 tour dates. Get tickets  here .

Quicksand’s 2023 Tour Dates: 10/16 – Berlin, DE @ SO36 10/18 – Hamburg, DE @ Logo 10/19 – Cologne, DE @ Gebaude 9 10/21 – Manchester, UK @ Gorilla 10/22 – London, UK @ Islington Academy 10/30 – Atlanta, GA @ Terminal West 10/31 – Raleigh, NC @ Lincoln Theatre 11/01 – Washington, DC @ Atlantis 11/03 – Philadelphia, PA @ Underground Arts 11/04 – Boston, MA @ Royale 11/05 – New York, NY @ Webster Hall 11/24 – Englewood, CO @ Gothic Theatre 11/25 – Salt Lake City, UT @ Metro Music Hall 11/27 – Portland, OR @ Revolution Hall 11/28 – Vancouver, BC @ Rickshaw Theatre 11/29 – Seattle, WA @ Neumos 12/01 – San Francisco, CA @ Bimbo’s 365 Club 12/02 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Regent

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Post-hardcore favorites Quicksand have newly revealed the openers for their fall tour celebrating the 30th annviersary of their influential 1993 debut album “ Slip “. Glitterer and Hotline TNT will be splitting the opening duties on that run, here’s the updated schedule:

With Glitterer :

10/30 Atlanta, GA – Terminal West 10/31 Raleigh, NC – Lincoln Theatre 11/01 Washington, DC – Atlantis 11/03 Philadelphia, PA – Underground Arts 11/04 Boston, MA – Royale 11/05 New York, NY – Webster Hall

With Hotline TNT :

11/24 Englewood, CO – Gothic Theatre 11/25 Salt Lake City, UT – Metro Music Hall 11/27 Portland, OR – Revolution Hall 11/28 Vancouver, BC – Rickshaw Theatre 11/29 Seattle, WA – Neumos 12/01 San Francisco, CA – Bimbo’s 365 Club 12/02 Los Angeles, CA – The Regent

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Quicksand sits on an uneasy perch when evaluating music from the ‘90s. Too angular to be grunge but too tuneful to be purely hardcore, Quicksand throws it lot in with other hard-yet-unable-to-pigeonhole acts such as Jawbox, Therapy? and Helmet. Unlike grunge, which taps into outsider longing and apathy, Quicksand’s lyrics reside more in the brain than the viscera. In honor of the 30th anniversary of their debut record, Slip , Quicksand is now touring and playing that album in its entirety.

Like contemporaries such as Fugazi, Quicksand created dense yet penetrable music that goes heavier than most punk and features more technically proficient playing. Yes, Walter Schreifels’ vocals were angsty but there was something powerful in Quicksand’s music that is difficult to pin down. Though never as popular as Soundgarden and Tool, other bands who liked to play in drop D, Quicksand’s cult of devoted fans are likely to be thrilled by this tour.

Despite the album’s angry roots, Quicksand seemed overjoyed to be playing this material again. Launching right into “Fazer,” the show lasted a quick 75 minutes as the band played the 12 tracks from Slip and then four other songs. Schreifels and company supplied the crowd with instant energy as they moved about the stage, jumping and smiling to punctuate some of the biggest moments in the songs.

The band remained faithful to Slip , not straying much from recorded iterations of the songs. Original members Alan Cage (drums) and Sergio Vega (bass) were joined by guitarist Stephen Brodsky who became part of Quicksand in 2021. Original guitarist Tom Capone was arrested for shoplifting while on tour in 2017 and never came back to the band. Though Brodsky did not appear on Slip his guitar playing matched up well with what we hear on the record.

Though most of the audience danced and sang along, a small mosh pit did erupt towards the front. However, only a handful of guys took turns bumping into one another in the pit and the energy died down a little as the concert progressed. Only once did security have to warn a patron about getting too out of hand. Thirty years ago, things likely would have been very different.

After finishing with Slip , Schreifels thanked the crowd and then played “Colossus” from 2021 album, Distant Populations before finishing the set with a pair of Manic Compression songs: “Thorn in My Side” and “Landmine Spring.” As soon as the first notes of “Landmine Spring” filled the auditorium, the mosh pit began in earnest. The band came out once more to play “Delusional” and that was it.

In a time when many ‘90s acts are airing out their records to cash-in on nostalgia, Quicksand isn’t phoning it in. Even better than the songs themselves is the palatable joy that exists among the four men on the stage. The energy and passion are there. Just before the show began, a guy in the audience began shouting, “Come on, gray hairs! Come on, gray hairs!” You don’t need to be young to feel angry. And just because you’re old doesn’t mean you can’t enjoy something you enjoyed in the past.

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Springsteen has been digging deep into his catalogue for his 2024 shows – he recently enlisted  Tom Morello  to  help perform ‘Open All Night’ and ‘Sherry Darling’ for the first time on this tour in April, for example, while he also gave a rare airing to ‘Seeds’ in Connecticut .

Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band played in Cardiff: 

‘So Young And In Love’  ‘Lonesome Day’  ‘No Surrender’  ‘Prove It All Night’  ‘Darlington County’  ‘Ghosts’  ‘Better Days’  ‘The Promised Land’  ‘Spirit In The Night’  ‘Hungry Heart’  ‘If I Was The Priest’  ‘My City Of Ruins’  ‘Nightshift’  ‘The River’  ‘Last Man Standing’  ‘Backstreets’  ‘Because The Night’  ‘She’s The One’  ‘Wrecking Ball’  ‘The Rising’  ‘Badlands’  ‘Thunder Road’  ‘Born In The USA’  ‘Born To Run’  ‘Bobby Jean’  ‘Dancing In The Dark’  ‘Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out’  ‘Twist And Shout’ ‘I’ll See You In My Dreams’ 

Springsteen last night was just… ❤️❤️ Three hours of absolute joy and perfection. No one does it better than The Boss and the E Street Band pic.twitter.com/yIQh8SIp07 — Sophie Williams (@sophierose233) May 6, 2024

What a night , what a set list , what a Boss ! #BruceSpringsteen #cardiff #springsteen #bruce @springsteen pic.twitter.com/aEjL1p4mLO — ANDY (@Andy_AVFC_Hanna) May 6, 2024

TRULY BETTER DAYS IN CARDIFF From Jason Farrelly Via Spring-Nut Facebook Page. Thanks Jason! Enjoy!! @springsteen #SpringsteenTour2024 #Springsteen #estreetband pic.twitter.com/ICASsOGTPH — Spring-Nuts (@SpringNuts_) May 5, 2024

Elsewhere, the Boss recently  took part in Mark Knopfler’s star-studded charity re-recording of ‘Going Home’ , which starred the likes of  Queen ‘s  Brian May ,  Bruce Springsteen ,  Black Sabbath ’s Tony Iommi,  Eric Clapton ,  Rolling Stones  guitarist  Ronnie Wood  and many more.

He also  made a cameo appearance in a recent episode of  Curb Your Enthusiasm , and released the career-spanning compilation ‘Best Of Bruce Springsteen’ in April via Sony Music.

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Olivia Rodrigo review – raging rock opera from a gen Z powerhouse

OVO Hydro, Glasgow Rodrigo’s second UK tour showcases a confident star at ease with all-out punk-rock and intimate pop alike

T oilet sinks are streaked with purple glitter and lost hair ribbons decorate the foyer. Olivia Rodrigo has not yet arrived, but the Hydro already feels like a teen girl’s bedroom. On stage, Guts – the title of her Grammy-nominated second album – is spelled out by towering, melting candles. A soldout crowd, clad in homemade merch, scream when the T teeters and falls; they know it means the show’s about to start.

Expectations are sky-high for the American singer-songwriter’s second UK tour, not least because her original opening night was rescheduled due to ongoing technical problems with Manchester’s new Co-op Live arena . Rodrigo’s previous visit, in 2022 , intentionally played to small venues that could barely meet demand; a smart decision she has described as “ultimate practice” in stagecraft, designed to balance out her rapid rise to fame in 2021.

That patience, and practice, pays off tonight. Rodrigo skips on stage with the proud, puffed-out chest of a WWE wrestler, over the surging bass line from her sarcastic pop-punk rager Bad Idea Right? Her band would have been riot grrrl heroines in another decade; they careen through an extended outro stuffed with guitar solos while Rodrigo pogos and headbangs and air-guitars with dorky dance-like-nobody’s-watching exuberance.

Collaging a grungy, 90s MTV vibe with silver-screen glamour, the show flicks between all-out rock show and elegant, intimate pop balladeering. Rodrigo tucks her Dr Martens under a grand piano to perform her break-out single Drivers License, but later uses them to stomp on a camera set into the stage. For Vampire, a showstopping, stormy rock opera, she is cast in black and white like a cursed silent film heroine, yet still curls her lip to snarl the song’s furious accusation: “Fame- fucker. ”

Rodrigo rides around the arena on a glowing half moon prop to sing Logical, a Guts album track about a manipulative relationship, but ear-splitting cheering from each section of the crowd as she floats nearer relegates it to background music. Other ballads shine with far simpler treatment; she sits cross-legged with guitarist Daisy Spencer for Happier, from her blockbuster first album Sour, and turns it into a campfire song.

The 21-year-old leads her band with breezy confidence, somersaults her ballads’ big notes with ease and instead focuses on delivering feeling . No wonder she saves Good 4 U and Get Him Back! for the encore: in a feat of stamina, she runs, leaps, bounces and screams through the two pop-rock teen anthems with total commitment to their messy, witty lyrics.

But it’s on All-American Bitch that she directly confronts those enormous expectations. A cathartic, sarcastic song inspired by Joan Didion, the track implodes under the weight of societal pressure – “I’m built like a mother and a total machine” goes one brutal line. “Think about someone that pisses you off and scream your fucking heads off!” Rodrigo yells and thousands of young women take the cue. “I know my place … and this is it,” she shrieks, every inch at home.

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Olivia Rodrigo plays Glasgow, Birmingham, and London on a UK tour until 18 May

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