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Posted in music | tour dates on January 20, 2008

The Raveonettes played Terminal 5 w/ Blonde Redhead, playing Bowery Ballroom & other 2008 Tour Dates

DOWNLOAD: The Raveonettes - Dead Sound (MP3)
DOWNLOAD: Digital Leather - Dead Sound (Raveonettes) (MP3)

The Raveonettes @ Terminal 5, NYC - Jan 19, 2008 (Daniel Seb)
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I am left with alot of thoughts about artistry from the experience. First, the amazing distinction between Blonde Redhead and the band prior, The Raveonettes. The band was fun, but the work was a little cheapened by one song that was pratically identical to The Beatles "Wanna Hold your Hand" in a different key. Seriously, everything except for the lyrics, from chords to vocal patternings. Whatever, I liked it anyway, but it escapes the memory faster for lack of originality. The band was also very presentational, tarted-up lead singer, barely looking at fellow members but completely oriented to the audience. Then Blonde Redhead came on. The focus of the audience magnified tenfold in reciprocation to the performers' concentration. Holy crap, I want that. I want to be that. So real and tangible, it's inescapable. Just them, raw and bare for the taking. I'm glad I was there. [says Isabella Bruno]
School of Seven Bells also played the show Saturday night at Terminal 5.

The Raveonettes - now on Vice Records - have since announced a headlining show of their own at Bowery Ballroom (their "favorite NYC venue") on March 26th. The song "Dead Sound" (MP3 above, video below) is off their new record called Lust Lust Lust. It's out February 19th (on Vice). All tour dates (SXSW included), below...

The Raveonettes - Dead Sound

The Raveonettes - 2008 Tour Dates
Feb 7 - Spazio 211 Torino
Feb 8 - New Age Treviso
Feb 9 - Bronson Ravenna
Feb 10 - Musicdrome Milano
Feb 12 - Circolo Degli Artisti Rome
Feb 13 - Flog Firenze
Feb 15 - 229 London
Feb 17 - Sala Heineken Madrid
Feb 18 - Razzmatazz 2 Barcelona
Feb 19 - Theatro Circo Braga
Feb 20 - Santiago Alquimista Lisbon
Feb 21 - La Nef Angoulemes
Feb 22 - Route du Rock Festival St. Malo

Feb 29 - San Diego, CA @ The Casbah
Mar 01 Pomona, CA @ Glasshouse
Mar 02 Costa Mesa, CA @ Detroit Bar
Mar 04 LA, CA @ El Rey Theatre
Mar 05 San Francisco, CA @ The Independent
Mar 07 Portland, OR @ Doug Fir Lounge
Mar 08 Vancouver, BC, CAN @ The Plaza Niteclub
Mar 09 Seattle, WA @ Neumos
Mar 12 - Mar 16 Austin, TX @ SXSW
Mar 17 Minneapolis, MN @ 7th Street Entry
Mar 18 Chicago, IL @ Double Door
Mar 19 Detroit, MI @ Magic Stick
Mar 21 Toroto, ON, CAN @ Opera House
Mar 22 Montreal, QC, CAN @ Les Saint
Mar 23 Hoboken, NJ @ Maxwell’s
Mar 24 Boston, MA @ Paradise Rock Club
Mar 26 New York, NY @ Bowery Ballroom
Mar 27 Philadelphia, PA @ Johnny Brenda’s
Mar 28 Baltimore, MD @ The Ottobar
Mar 29 Washington, DC @ Black Cat

Lust Lust Lust Tracklist:

01 Aly, Walk With Me
02 Hallucinations
03 Lust
04 Dead Sound
05 Black Satin
06 Blush
07 Expelled From Love
08 You Want The Candy
09 Blitzed
10 Sad Transmission
11 With My Eyes Closed
12 The Beat Dies
13 My Heartbeats Dying *
14 Honey, I Never Had You *

* - only available on North American release

Tags: Blonde Redhead, The Raveonettes, Vice
posted at 6:12 PM on January 20, 2008 in music | tour dates | Comments (21)

Comments (21)

They were really great last night. I'll definitely go to this.

Posted by Anonymous | January 20, 2008 7:25 PM

set list, anyone?

Posted by Anonymous | January 20, 2008 7:38 PM

How was the sound at the Venue?

Posted by Birdo | January 20, 2008 7:55 PM

They played quite a few songs from Lust Lust Lust. I thought the venue was great. Both bands sounded really good to me.

Posted by Anonymous | January 20, 2008 8:01 PM

the sound was better- but maybe because BR don't use bass all that much. terminal 5 was much more accessible this time around.

Posted by Anonymous | January 20, 2008 11:41 PM

I thought Blonde Redhead was great, but there was zero connection with the audience. It was almost as if they didn't care for the crowd at all. She didn't even greet the crowd.

Posted by Anonymous | January 21, 2008 12:34 AM

Did they have a full band or just a 3-piece?

Posted by blackmonolith | January 21, 2008 12:36 AM

should have went

Posted by Anonymous | January 21, 2008 9:53 AM

should have went

Posted by Anonymous | January 21, 2008 9:53 AM

the raves pulled off one of their better shows in recent history. i hope they can repeat at the bowery show -

Posted by Anonymous | January 21, 2008 11:02 AM

Yeah, I'm also interested in if they had a full band. I went to the Bowery show a couple of months ago where it was a three-piece. I loved the new songs, and it was cool that they were trying something different, but their songs sound much better with a full band playing LOUD.

Posted by David McCaffredy | January 21, 2008 11:11 AM

They were a 3-piece and the new drummer plays standing up with just a snare & a floor tom.

Posted by Anonymous | January 21, 2008 11:20 AM

The Raves were excellent at Maxwell's back in Oct. The first half of the show was new stuff, then they did some old.

Did anyone catch SVIIB?

Posted by Anonymous | January 21, 2008 1:19 PM

Watching the Raveonettes drummer press "play" on some box before each song was lame. The new songs are great, the vocals harmonies were spot on, the guitar sounds were amazing. Lose the backing tracks guys! Buddy Holly would not approve.

Blonde Redhead: same thing. Certainly this band is talented enough to re-arrange their songs for a live context if they don't want to hire live musicians.

This show was good, but would have been better if everyone playing chucked their prerecorded tracks in the Hudson River before entering the building.

Posted by Anonymous | January 21, 2008 8:25 PM

which song was the beatles rip off? title? anyone?

Posted by Anonymous | January 21, 2008 11:53 PM

Paul Banks showed up to play on "23"-- it was wild.

Posted by Mirrabelle | January 22, 2008 9:57 AM

Paul Banks showed up to play on "23"-- it was wild.

Posted by Mirrabelle | January 22, 2008 9:57 AM

Looks like William Reid circa '86 showed up by the look of that picture.
"new drummer plays standing up"
I take that back, it looks like all of JAMC '85 showed up.
what a crapass novelty band this is.

Posted by Jim Duncan | January 22, 2008 9:22 PM

jim duncan,
have you seen most of the other bands/singers on this website? The Little River Band/ELO/Doobie Brothers beards, the fluourescent colored shirts, the leggings, the big (ugly) sunglasses, the "Madonna's first album" look...
Pretty much all the shit out there looks like '80-'86 regurgitated.
"Crapass novelty" doesn't even begin to describe how it all sounds.

Posted by Anonymous | January 24, 2008 1:42 PM

Raveonettes are so "cool" that they fucking suck. Motorcycles, lipstick, candy, blah, blah , blah.

My favorite bands wear hospital gowns.

Posted by Anonymous | January 26, 2008 5:02 PM

stream the whole new Raveonettes album at MySpace
http://www.myspace.com/theraveonettes

Posted by Anonymous | February 10, 2008 5:57 PM

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