The Bowery Ballroom (Venue Partner)
6 Delancey St
212.533.2111
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Swervedriver
- When
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Wednesday June 11, 2008 (9:30pm)
- Where
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Directions: JMZ to Bowery
- Price
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$20
- Links
- Sold Out!
Of all the Creation Records bands, Swervedriver most resemble the aggro-sensitive mold that actually impacted the charts during the early '90s. (They're also one of the shoegaze era's lost causes, remembered more by association than anything else.) Unlike Ride's warped Britpop or My Bloody Valentine's erotic-pixie haze, Swervedriver's sound is, stripped of its trademark atmospherics, actually kind of grungy; 1993's Mezcal Head is textured and sensual and all of that, but it also snarls like a pissed-off teen, soaring with melodramatic angst. After their ten-year hiatus, the dudes recently got back together for Coachella and a short North American tour.
