Ride played 2 nights at Irving Plaza (setlists + pics from night 1 w/ DIIV); Hurricane #1 reform w/o Andy Bell, ready new LP

photos by Greg Cristman

Ride / DIIV @ Irving Plaza 9/21/2015

“A lot of people have been commenting about the vocals,” Gardener says. “We love the Byrds; we love the Beach Boys, the bands that did that well. It’s lovely, given all that I’ve been through with Andy, going from school onward, that we can stand and sing together like that in harmony now.” He adds this: “And also our lifestyle’s a bit better than it was back then.” Father of a seventeen-month-old daughter, Gardener avers that these days his only poison, if you can call it that, is vaping pot.

In an interview last fall with Drowned in Sound about the Ride reunion, Gardener predicted 2015 would be a “mad year.” Three-quarters of the way through it, he confirms as much: “It’s definitely been fucking mad, yeah. I think the plan is not to have plans and go one show at a time. I sort of sound like a footballer or whatever: ‘One game at a time.’ ” – [Village Voice]

Ride‘s “mad year” and reunion tour rolled through NYC for its second time, playing two nights at Irving Plaza: Monday (9/21) with DIIV and Tuesday with Montreal’s Besnard Lakes. Did you go to one or both? More pictures from Monday’s show with DIIV, plus setlists from both shows, are below.

Ride and Besnard Lakes head to Asbury Park’s Stone Pony tonight (9/23)  and tickets are still available.

In other news, Hurricane #1, the Oasis-ish band Andy Bell formed after Ride broke up in the ’90s, have a new album on the way. Mind you Bell’s not on it —  singer/guitarist Alex Lowe reformed the band with a new lineup (including Teenage Fanclub drummer Paul Quinn) and will release Find What You Love and Let It Kill You in November. You can hear snippets of three songs from the album below.

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DIIV

Ride

SETLIST: Ride @ Irving Plaza 9/21/2015
Leave Them All Behind
Like a Daydream
Polar Bear
Seagull
Unfamiliar
OX4
Decay
Chrome Waves
In a Different Place
Black Nite Crash
Time of Her Time
Dreams Burn Down
Taste
Vapour Trail
Drive Blind

Encore:
Today
Mouse Trap
Chelsea Girl

SETLIST: Ride @ Irving Plaza 9/22/2015
Leave Them All Behind
Like a Daydream
Polar Bear
Seagull
Twisterella
Cool Your Boots
Perfect Time
Here and Now
In a Different Place
Black Nite Crash
Time of Her Time
Dreams Burn Down
Taste
Vapour Trail
Drive Blind

Encore:
Today
Mouse Trap
Chelsea Girl