Savages headlined Terminal 5, touring Europe & Australia (pics, dates)
photos by Wei Shi
Savages @ Terminal 5, 10/16/2013
Now, I get that writers–especially those who caught Savages’ 2012 sets–could be a little bit blasé about double dipping for this year’s coverage. But isn’t that sort of crazy? Doesn’t it stand to reason that a band is going to be much more accomplished after a solid two years of touring than they were in their first nervous NYC moments? This is compounded because we are still talking about a very young band, just starting their career. Their debut record, Silence Yourself, came out this May! They are the same age as any number of young bands we’re treating as more exciting new commodities this week, but they are untold magnitudes better as performers. I enjoyed Joanna Gruesome quite a bit Tuesday night, but there’s no comparison as to who is the more powerful live act right now. It’s different universes! It’s possible when listening to Savages’ songs on record, or especially reading their myriad online manifestoes, to write them off as actually tame or pretentious post-punk acolytes. As Siouxsie without the novelty, to be basic. Live though? Holy fuck.
No duh they “won” CMJ last year, if we’re being honest they won this one too. They might be “winning” rock music. Period. – [The L Magazine]
2012 CMJ “winners” Savages came back for a victory lap at this year’s fest, moving to Terminal 5 on October 16. Pictures from their set (we missed opener Duke Garwood) are in this post.
The band are back in Europe for a tour that just started and they’ll head to Australia and NZ in the new year. Those dates are listed, along with more pics from T5, below…
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Savages – 2013/2014 Tour Dates
October
23rd le Grande Mix, Tourcoing, France
24th Stéréolux, Nantes, France
25th l’Antipode, Rennes, France
27th Transbordeur Club, Lyon, France
31st Pitchfork Festival, Paris, France
November
2nd Iceland Airwaves, Reykjavik, Iceland
5th Concorde 2, Brighton, UK
6th The Forum, London, UK
7th Trinity, Bristol, UK
9th Ritz, Manchester, UK
10th Classic Grand, Glasgow, UK
11th Vox, Leeds, UK
16th Crossing Border, den Haag, The Netherlands
17th Crossing Border, Antwerp, Belgium
18th Doornroosje, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
20th Gebaude 9, Cologne, Germany
21st Zoom, Frankfurt, Germany
22nd Kesselhaus, Berlin, Germany
23rd Gruenspan, Hamburg, Germany
25th Strom, Munich, Germany
26th Flex, Vienna, Austria
28th Les Docks, Lausanne, Switzerland
29th Mexefest, Lisbon, Portugal
December
1st Sonic City Festival, Kortrijk, Belgium
2nd Den Atelier, Luxembourg, Luxembourg
3rd, Paradiso, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
January
27th Laneway Festival, Auckland, New Zealand
31st Laneway Festival, Brisbane, Australia
February
1st Laneway Festival, Melbourne, Australia
2nd Laneway Festival, Sydney, Australia
7th Laneway Festival, Adelaide, Australia
8th Laneway Festival, Perth, Australia
