10.14.2006
The Slip
Rock has become a very fluid genre. Consequently, so has indie. Bands with trumpets and accordions and flugelhorns and pipes have all become the norm, throwing what we used to know as indie rock in the back of our minds. The Slip takes our nearly forgotten origins out of its recesses, brushes it off, and returns it as good as new. Classic riffs, sing-along choruses, profound lyrics, and steady, driving drum beats take me back to my head-bobbing, foot-stomping days, oh-my-god-this-stuff-is-amazing revelation days. This is indie revisited and refreshed.

The Slip is now on the same label as such greats as Yo La Tengo and My Morning Jacket and touring touring touring. Here are some of their next tour dates:

10/20 Nep-tunes St. John, NB
10/21 The Attic Halifax, NS
10/27 Narrows Center Fall River, MA
10/28 Club Helsinki Great Barrington, MA
11/01 Tonic New York City, NY
11/07 Crocodile Cafe Seattle, WA
11/08 TBA Vancouver, BC
11/09 Dante's Portland, OR
11/10 Mobius Ashland, OR
11/12 Knitting Factory Los Angeles, CA
11/15 Fox Theatre Boulder, CO
11/16 Blue Bird Theatre Denver, CO

Try and check them out!

mp3 Even Rats
mp3 Children of December

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The Slip's Myspace
Published at 8:54 PM by Alina.
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