Roll Call: SLOAN

[Bags]

Originally posted by Sacktastic Bag O' Nuts:
  Man, you guys are late jumping on this train. I saw them back in 1993.
 

What does that have to do with how good they were last night?  How do you know how long I've been listening to them?  Kosmo's been a fan since the beginning, and I would have reacted the same way to last night whether I'd never seen them before or seen them 40 times.

[kosmo vinyl]

couple more thoughts...
 
 It's worth noting that 3/4ths of Sloan still have the same haircut 12 years down the road.
 
 Jet has become the new Pete Yorn.  By taking Sloan on the road with them this summer, its another case of the opener being better than the headliner.  Hopefully, the Jet fans will be more appreciative of Sloan and become converts.
 
 Seeing as the new Sloan was just released in the US, Thursday was my first opportunity to here the material.  My intial reaction was that the songs sounded like the last tapes of the "Navy Blue" session.  Cranked up the cd in the Mini and come to find out it's actually got the 70's rokc sensibilities of "Navy Blue" combined with the lusher pop of "Twice Removed"  leaving it an awe inspiring record!!!!  It has rocketed up the charts into my third fav Sloan record.  The band is truly at the top of it's game these days.
 
 If Sloan ever gets back to DC it's going to be a killer show.  With a healthy Chris Murphy doing up to his usual stage antics and a couple more classics in the setlist in replace of the new stuff.  A killer show will be in order.

[Bags]

Um, so, Sloan is going out with Jet and The Anyones.
 
 7/6/2004  House of Blues  Chicago  
 7/7/2004  Newport Music Hall  Columbus  OH  
 7/8/2004  Agora Theater  Cleveland  OH  
 7/10/2004  Roseland Ballroom  New York  NY  
 7/11/2004  Hampton Beach Ballroom  Hampton Beach  NH  
 7/12/2004  Lupos Heartbreak Hotel  Providence  RI  
 7/14/2004  The Norva  Norfolk  VA  
 7/15/2004  House of Blues  North Myrtle Beach  SC  
 7/16/2004  House Of Blues FL  Orlando  FL  
 7/18/2004  House Of Blues NO  New Orleans  LA  
 7/19/2004  Gypsy Tea Room  Dallas  TX  
 7/20/2004  Stubbs  Austin  TX  
 7/22/2004  Sunshine Theatre  Albuquerque  NM  
 7/24/2004  House of Blues  Los Angeles  CA  
 7/25/2004  House Of Blues Anaheim  Anaheim  CA  
 7/27/2004  The Fillmore  San Francisco  CA

[Bags]

This  is a FABULOUS review of Jet's "Get Born"...

[Bags]

I enjoy this  write up of the Sloan/Jet summer bill....
 
 An excerpt:  "Canada's favorite power-pop quartet, Sloan, will attempt to disprove the theory that oil and water do not mix on their upcoming U.S. tour, where they'll be opening for everyone's favorite faux-cover band, Jet."
 
 Also discusses the Sloanfest on August 7th which will include Sam Roberts, The Stills, The Constantines, Buck 65, Death from Above, and The Arcade Fire.

[ratioci nation]

Originally posted by Bagalicious Tangster:
 The Arcade Fire.

anybody see them open for the Unicorns?  any good?

[grotty]

I'd be all over this one Bags...if I was you:
 
   <img src="http://theshameofrockandroll.com/guyburwell/gbsloan1.jpg" alt=" - " />
 
 available for a limited time only @  Shame of Rock and Roll
 
 other new ones that caught my eye:
 
   <img src="http://theshameofrockandroll.com/methanestudios/methMMJ.jpg" alt=" - " />
 
   <img src="http://theshameofrockandroll.com/printmafia/beulah.jpg" alt=" - " />
 Is the cat crying because Beulah is breaking up...again?

[Bags]

Fantastic, Grotty -- thanks....I have some friends who will LOVE it as well.
 
 [Actually, not sure I should thank you.  I just spent $115 on posters!  Got some good gifts, though...]

[grotty]

Coincidentally, I just received this email after pimping his site:
 
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 The section on the website for photos of customer's
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 The Shame of Rock and Roll
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[Bags]

HA, and I just bought the last Sloan posters!  In fact I wanted 4 but only got 3.
 
 It is a great site.  I got some Methane Studios posters that I've wanted for a while, but Methane wanted a money order for them, which is just too much work and I never got around to....