Tuesday, June 28 2011
Swervedriver: 19 June 2011 - Echoplex, Los Angeles
Swervedriver deliver a sonically nutritious show at LA's Echoplex.
Monday, June 28 2010
Adam Franklin & Bolts of Melody: I Could Sleep for a Thousand Years
The ex-Swervedriver frontman continues inching closer to his former band's mix of thrill-seeking momentum and placid reflection, often within the same song.
Friday, February 6 2009
Swervedriver: Raise / Mezcal Head
Radiohead weren't the first great band to come out of Oxford, England, and these timely reissues are the evidence. Swervedriver's first two albums are still as imposing and wondrous as ever.
Monday, July 28 2008
Swervedriver
Returning from a nine-year hiatus, Swervedriver fused the ethereal textures of shoegaze with the heavy riffs and hard rhythms of grunge and came close to replicating the densely layered arrangements found on their records.
Friday, May 23 2008
Juggernaut Still Rides: Behind the Scenes and Times of Swervedriver
Swervedriver have been away for so long that most assumed they were never coming back. Yet here they are, 17 years after their debut, in the midst of a full-scale tour. This is how they lived to tell.
Thursday, October 25 2007
Adam Franklin: Bolts of Melody
The ex-Swervedriver mainman's first official solo album should satisfy fans of that underrated band's later work, while fitting into the current indie-rock climate. Franklin hasn't lost his way with an effects pedal -- or dark sunglasses.
