<![CDATA[The Vault: Riding The Early-'90s Highway With Swervedriver - Idolator Comments]]> http://cache.gawker.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/idolator.com.png <![CDATA[The Vault: Riding The Early-'90s Highway With Swervedriver - Idolator Comments]]> http://idolator.com Thu, 09 Nov 2006 11:01:56 EST Thu, 09 Nov 2006 11:01:56 EST http://idolator.com/tunes/mp3/the-vault-riding-the-early+90s-highway-with-swervedriver-213271.php <![CDATA[The Vault: Riding The Early-'90s Highway With Swervedriver]]> http://idolator.com/tunes/mp3/the-vault-riding-the-early+90s-highway-with-swervedriver-213271.php#c612109 A&M Records. Yeah, out of print for a while, sadly.

Ned Raggett

]]> 33:213271:c612109 Thu, 09 Nov 2006 11:01:56 EST <![CDATA[The Vault: Riding The Early-'90s Highway With Swervedriver]]> http://idolator.com/tunes/mp3/the-vault-riding-the-early+90s-highway-with-swervedriver-213271.php#c610916 RAISE actually was released in the U.S. in 1991. I interviewed them at Atlantic Records (I think that was the label) late that year for a (now, of course) defunct magazine, and I still have my promo copy.

Robyn

]]> 33:213271:c610916 Wed, 08 Nov 2006 22:35:37 EST <![CDATA[The Vault: Riding The Early-'90s Highway With Swervedriver]]> http://idolator.com/tunes/mp3/the-vault-riding-the-early+90s-highway-with-swervedriver-213271.php#c608477 Some good Swervedriver news is that Ejector Seat Reservation has been easily available for a couple or years...go buy it now if you haven't already. Also their "Greatest Hits" or whatever has a lot of Raise on it. Glad you mentioned them.

zibby

]]> 33:213271:c608477 Wed, 08 Nov 2006 12:53:39 EST <![CDATA[The Vault: Riding The Early-'90s Highway With Swervedriver]]> http://idolator.com/tunes/mp3/the-vault-riding-the-early+90s-highway-with-swervedriver-213271.php#c608268 also - Jez from Swervedriver helped out an up and coming shoegaze outfit called Fleeting Joys by playing drums on their record - which like "Raise" is now out of print..

check them out:

http://www.fleetingjoys.com
http://www.myspace.com/fleetingjoys

they're for sure worshipers of Kevin Shields and the entire Creation records era.

nosebleed

]]> 33:213271:c608268 Wed, 08 Nov 2006 12:19:55 EST <![CDATA[The Vault: Riding The Early-'90s Highway With Swervedriver]]> http://idolator.com/tunes/mp3/the-vault-riding-the-early+90s-highway-with-swervedriver-213271.php#c608240 Oi! So y'all like something besides twee pop. Thanks for this! Swervedriver wasn't just a great song-driven pop band, they were an absolutely monstrous live band. Much tasty mp3-age is available at
http://www.swervedriver.com/

Their major label US debut "Mescal Head" was kind of crap by comparison to what went before, and their next album never got released in the US, but man o man when those Creation EPs were coming out, once every few months, they could do no wrong!

The main man Adam Franklin has been pursuing a sorta-solo project called Toshack Highway, and seems to have gotten his peculiar mojo back. There's one geezer who will never slide comfortably into VH1 territory...

chaircrusher

]]> 33:213271:c608240 Wed, 08 Nov 2006 12:12:28 EST <![CDATA[The Vault: Riding The Early-'90s Highway With Swervedriver]]> http://idolator.com/tunes/mp3/the-vault-riding-the-early+90s-highway-with-swervedriver-213271.php#c608241 this really isn't news that it's "out of print".
it has been for some time.
there's plenty of the record circulating though...
should be able to track one down on Half.com, Gemm or even EIL.com

so if you're unfortunate enough to not own this record...
first punch yourself in the face.
and purchase "raise"

and might i noted that "mezcal head" is good / but not AS good

nothing beats "rave down"

nosebleed

]]> 33:213271:c608241 Wed, 08 Nov 2006 12:12:28 EST <![CDATA[The Vault: Riding The Early-'90s Highway With Swervedriver]]> http://idolator.com/tunes/mp3/the-vault-riding-the-early+90s-highway-with-swervedriver-213271.php#c608218 Hey. One of my favorite albums! I had to give the wife a dressing down once as she decided the disc did not need to go into the case. i calmly explained the dynamics of it being OOP and how I didn't feel like paying (through the nose) for it again. Thankfully, she got it and we are still married.

umlaut75

]]> 33:213271:c608218 Wed, 08 Nov 2006 12:07:41 EST <![CDATA[The Vault: Riding The Early-'90s Highway With Swervedriver]]> http://idolator.com/tunes/mp3/the-vault-riding-the-early+90s-highway-with-swervedriver-213271.php#c607887 Raise is out of print? That's so wrong...

Nicolars

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