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	 Re: Several Bands Galore
	 Re: Several Bands Galore
	 Re: Several Bands Galore
	 Re: Several Bands Galore
	 Re: Several Bands Galore
	 Bardo Pond - even more tour dates
	 Re: Several Bands Galore
	 evan
	 RE: Autumns
	 RE: Did I mention...
	 Re: Did I mention...
	 Re: Did I mention...
	 stack dump
	 RE: Did I mention...
	 Re: Did I mention...
	 Re: Did I mention...
	 Re: stack dump
	 lsd
	 Re: Did I mention...
	 splinterworld single

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Date: Wed, 20 May 1998 09:27:22 -0500 (EST)
From: bLenDER 
        Slowdive List 
Subject: Re: Several Bands Galore

> the CDs are at my house (i live with daniel). it is unfortunatly on  hold
> untill he gets back. we still have to do the covers. he gets back the
> first week of june or so, so they should be done a week after that. 
> 
> one of us will post when theres some progress.

yeah, but how do the SOUND?

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Date: Wed, 20 May 1998 10:38:21 -0400 (EDT)
From: mike p 
Subject: Re: Several Bands Galore

> yeah, but how do the SOUND?

they sound good. except for yr track ben, skips and cracks alot :) 

no, their ok. im not posting any reviews or anything till after everyone
hears it. but ill say it's better then i expected


mike

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Date: Wed, 20 May 1998 09:38:59 -0500 (CDT)
From: cory <1cc5776@unixstew.tstc.edu>
Subject: Re: Several Bands Galore

Funny, I haven't heard anything about this!  What is it?  What are the 
tracks, I'm assuming it's a comp of b-sides and rarities.  Sounds cool.  
Any word on what a price might be?

On Wed, 20 May 1998, mike p wrote:
> 
> > Anybody know when the Slowdive/MBV listee CD is due out? Is it on hold
> > until Daniel Clairedeleon returns from Europe? (When is that?)
> 
> the CDs are at my house (i live with daniel). it is unfortunatly on  hold
> untill he gets back. we still have to do the covers. he gets back the
> first week of june or so, so they should be done a week after that. 
> 
> one of us will post when theres some progress.
> 
> mike
> 
> 

cory
1cc5776@unixstew.tstc.edu

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Date: Wed, 20 May 1998 09:56:52 -0500 (EST)
From: bLenDER 
Subject: Re: Several Bands Galore

> Funny, I haven't heard anything about this!  What is it?  What are the 
> tracks, I'm assuming it's a comp of b-sides and rarities.  Sounds cool.  
> Any word on what a price might be?

this actually has NO MBV content.  What happend is that many of us on the
MBV list have bands or musical projects.  Daniel, from Clair de Leon,
organized a comp CD.  Projects paid $50 and got 3:30 of time on the CD.
There were 20 slots.  He's getting 500 CD's pressed, and each band gets 25
discs to seel or do whatever with.  There may be an overpress, and then
daniel may have some to sell.  If not, there's 19 bands you can order it
from;)

later

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Date: Wed, 20 May 1998 10:56:48 -0400 (EDT)
From: mike p 
Subject: Re: Several Bands Galore

> Funny, I haven't heard anything about this!  What is it?  What are the 
> tracks, I'm assuming it's a comp of b-sides and rarities.  Sounds cool.  
> Any word on what a price might be?

several bands galore is a compilation CD of the bands of the people on the
my bloody valentine mailing list. some of the contributers are on the
avalyn list. it's not all covers of mbv songs (infact there are none). its
just a who's who of musicians on the list(S). as you may have guessed most
of the people are atleast kindof shoegazers. :)

mike

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Date: Wed, 20 May 1998 23:32:24 +0200
From: Erik Soderstrom 
Subject: Bardo Pond - even more tour dates

Well, even more tour dates for Bardo Pond (all new dates are
marked with a '+' in the list) - but still none for us in Europe.
Looks like they won't have a chance to come over here either. :(


Bardo Pond

 6/5 - Washington - Metro
 6/6 - Carrboro NC - Cat's Cradle
 6/7 - W. Columbia - New Brookland Tav.
 6/8 - Orlando - Saphire Supper club
 6/9 - Jacksonville FL - Stripmine
6/10 + Tampa FL - the Rubb
6/11 - Atlanta - Point
6/12 - Memphis - Barrister's
6/13 - Oklahoma City - VZD's
6/14 - Dallas TX - Trees
6/15 - Austin - Electric Lounge
6/17 - Albuquerque - Launchpad
6/18 + Las Vegas - the Lab
6/19 - Los Angeles - Fold @ chorus
6/20 - San Francisco - Bottom of Hill
6/22 - Portland - Satyricon
6/23 - Seattle - Crocodile
6/25 - Vancouver - Starfish
6/26 - Calgary - Night Gallery
6/27 - Edmonton - Rebar
6/29 - Saskatoon - Amigo's
6/30 - Winnipeg - Pyramid
 7/1 + Minneapolis, MN - 7th st. Entry
 7/2 - Madison, UW - Madison Terrace
 7/3 + St Louis, MO - Side Door
 7/4 + Chicago, IL - Empty Bottle
 7/8 + Cleveland, OH - Grog Shop
 7/9 + Detroit, MI - Magic Stick
7/10 + Toronto, ON - Shanghai Club
7/11 + Ottawa,, ON - Dominion Tavern
7/12 + Montreal, PQ - The Cabaret
7/14 + Rochester, NY - Bug Jar
7/15 + Cambridge, MA - Middle East
7/16 + Providence, RI - Met Cafe
7/17 - New York - Mercury Lounge
7/18 + Philadelphia - The Balcony

 //Erik 

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Date: Wed, 20 May 1998 18:21:43 EDT
From: Dalefriday 
Subject: Re: Several Bands Galore

I just got on this mailing list and I guess I missed out on this cd comp......
I'd like to get in on something like that if someone proposed it up again!

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Date: Wed, 20 May 1998 19:13:04 EDT
From: Catchbreez 
Subject: evan

your morning rise and shoe pie are on the way
sticker coming soon

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Date: Wed, 20 May 1998 20:59:05 EDT
From: Lull45 
Subject: RE: Autumns

Cheers shoegazers,

At first I experienced the Autumns when I saw my friends band
play(Starflyer59) at a show...I loved them and was so amazed on how
professional they sound live. As for Matts vocals..I think theyre really
good...guy can sing, so what can you say? I mean its still shoegaze and you
have to appreciate those bands who still keep the sound alive. So thats my 2
cents.

George

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Date: Thu, 21 May 1998 16:42:30 +1000 (EST)
From: athomas@postoffice.utas.edu.au (Alister Thomas)
Subject: RE: Did I mention...

>Oh yeah picked up Swervedriver.. Mescalhead... I can't believe I didn't
>pick up on these guys before... WOW.. I dig em' alot...

Yeah, Swervedriver a pretty cool. If you like Mezcal Head you should  get
their first album "Raise" which, in my opinion, is head and shoulders above
"Mezcal head" but I only say that because I don't particularly like Mezcal
Head... I tend to see it as a bit of a disappointment after Raise. Raise is
much more psychadelic and spaced-out than their other efforts and, I think,
the songwriting a lot more inspired, too. Their first 3 EP's are well worth
checking out, too (if you can find them, that is)...

Alister

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Date: Thu, 21 May 1998 03:41:21 -0400 (EDT)
From: torsten moeller 
Subject: Re: Did I mention...

According to Alister Thomas:
> 
> Yeah, Swervedriver a pretty cool. If you like Mezcal Head you should  get
> their first album "Raise" which, in my opinion, is head and shoulders above
> "Mezcal head" but I only say that because I don't particularly like Mezcal
> Head... I tend to see it as a bit of a disappointment after Raise. Raise is
> much more psychadelic and spaced-out than their other efforts and, I think,
> the songwriting a lot more inspired, too. Their first 3 EP's are well worth
> checking out, too (if you can find them, that is)...

Umm, ehhh, well, I LOVE swervedriver, every single note they put out,
but Raise is by far not their psychedelic side. It's their rocking
album, you can actually head-bang to parts. Of course it is beautiful.
But I think the lps they will appeal most to people on this list are
probably Mezcal Head and Ejector Seat Reservation (my personal fav).
Never Lose that feeling/Never learn - an 11 minute song on the US
release - is just so beautiful and spaced out, with this dreamy sax in
there (the only song of theirs with a sax) it's mind blowing. The other
big psychedelic song of theirs (well, its psychedelic alterna rock
sorta, nothing AT ALL like the Dead nor Phish) is Duress and is also obn
that album, mezcal head. Also, ALL of their singles have at times better
songs on them, then some songs on the album. Though I have to admit,
that my fav b-side is of the early three.

If you never heard of Swervedriver, go BUY ALL THEIR ALBUM TODAY! ;)
Well start with Mezcal Head or Ejector Seat. But since Ejector Seat is a
british Import, MH might be a cheaper start. They also are just about to
start a very extensive US tour, usually at venues where the tickets are
between 5 and 10 bucks. For tour info, you might want to look at
http://www.odc.net/~ssharma/swerve/tour.shtml. If you just want to
see a few half minute performances, have a look at
www.cgrg.ohio-state.edu/~tmoeller/tmp/Swerve

Just my humble opinion,
					Torsten.

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Date: Thu, 21 May 1998 13:41:01 +0200
From: Erik Soderstrom 
Subject: Re: Did I mention...

At 03:41 1998-05-21 -0400, torsten moeller wrote:
> According to Alister Thomas:
>> 
>> Yeah, Swervedriver a pretty cool. If you like Mezcal Head you should  get
>> their first album "Raise" which, in my opinion, is head and shoulders above
>> "Mezcal head" but I only say that because I don't particularly like Mezcal
>> Head... I tend to see it as a bit of a disappointment after Raise. Raise is
>> much more psychadelic and spaced-out than their other efforts and, I think,
>> the songwriting a lot more inspired, too. Their first 3 EP's are well worth
>> checking out, too (if you can find them, that is)...
>
> If you never heard of Swervedriver, go BUY ALL THEIR ALBUM TODAY! ;)
> Well start with Mezcal Head or Ejector Seat. But since Ejector Seat is a
> british Import, MH might be a cheaper start.

I have to go with Alister on this. There are a couple of must-hears
on Mezcal Head, but it's definitely the last Swervedriver album I
would recommend. Raise, Ejector Seat Reservation and 99th Dream
on the other hand are gems not to be missed. Especially the first
two, but I haven't listened to 99th Dream enough yet to place it
up there with them.

 //Erik 

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Date: Thu, 21 May 1998 10:00:12 -0400 (EDT)
From: mike p 
Subject: stack dump

David Stack posted this to the indypop list. anyone know anything about
these bands?

the subject was "slowdive soun-alikes" 


Hello,

I was wondering if anyone knew where I could find any information
or where I could pick up releases by the following two bands:

The Sigh
Naked Souls

I think they are both from the Germany area, but I'm not too sure.  I have a
few of their songs on a compilation tape. I just love them both.

They both sound very similar to slowdive, with The Sigh having more
female vocals and Naked Souls having more male vocals.

Any help would be great.

Dave

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Date: Thu, 21 May 1998 10:02:54 -0400 (EDT)
From: mike p 
Subject: RE: Did I mention...

> "Mezcal head" but I only say that because I don't particularly like Mezcal
> Head... I tend to see it as a bit of a disappointment after Raise. Raise is
> much more psychadelic and spaced-out than their other efforts and, I think,

hmm. alot of peopl actually think mescal head is their best.. i dunno.
raise is way more rawk, the most psychedelic album is ejector seat
reservation IMO. no matter how you look at it tho, those are 3 fantastic
albums altogether.

mike

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Date: Fri, 22 May 1998 07:47:49 +0000
From: Brian Burgher 
Subject: Re: Did I mention...

raise is the best 99th dream day sucks but i got the promo for free so i
am not really that mad.

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Date: Sat, 23 May 1998 09:34:10 +1000
From: Anthony Cornish 
Subject: Re: Did I mention...

At 07:47 AM 22-05-98 +0000, Brian Burgher wrote:
>raise is the best 99th dream day sucks but i got the promo for free so i
>am not really that mad.

On the topic of 99th Dream i'd just like to say that the album is the worst
they have put out, BUT it contains the best songs that they have ever
written. If you ever get the opportunity to see them play these new songs
live you might understand. It's because I believe the album was
over-produced, much the same as Ejector Seat Reservation (which I thought
really sucked). After seeing them recently, Last Day On Earth, was the
undoubted highlight of the both nights I went.

Anthony.

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Date: Sat, 23 May 1998 16:37:55 +0200
From: palomar@mail.sendanet.es
Subject: Re: stack dump

>Hello,
>
>I was wondering if anyone knew where I could find any information

>Naked Souls

Naked Soulds are (were?) from the Czech Republic. They sounded similar to
Pale Saints. They had an ep called "Two & One ep" with really beautiful
songs. I know nothing about them since then...

Love

Jorge

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Date: Sat, 23 May 1998 14:51:40 +0200
From: "LOSING TODAY" 
Subject: lsd

Ever of LSD remember me "Pygmalion", "Promises" and "Miranda" are very
similar

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Date: Mon, 25 May 1998 09:04:50 +0100
From: "Kurt.Verweire" 
Subject: Re: Did I mention...

I understand the discussion on Mezcal Head and Raise. And yes, Raise is
a masterpiece. But since recently, I completely into Mezcal Head. The
single Duel is fantastic, but i also like the other songs. The more you
listen to them, to more you can detect in it... It's not just 4 chords.
Everything fits so well.

Kurt

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Date: Wed, 27 May 1998 13:10:01 +0000
From: "wade@tapehouse.com" 
Subject: splinterworld single

Everyone who wrote to me asking for  a tape of my band's 
two song cassette will be getting their copies next week.
We had a name change, and some final remixing to do.
Anyone else interested write me.  

wade

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