Seattle Subsonic

The Raveonettes and the Crocodiles @ Neumos

November 4th, 2009

By now, you’re either a Raveonettes fan or you aren’t. You’ve either been sucked up into the hurricane or dutifully dodged it. Sounds trite, right? Maybe, but not entirely. Since 2003, the Danish duo (Sune Rose Wagner now spends most of his time in NYC and L.A.), has concocted four increasingly addictive albums that don’t differ terribly from one single-dose narcotic formula. That formula, for those caught unawares, is essentially created by dissolving an infatuation with lovesick, pre-hippie American pop into a trashy, drug-and-sex induced obsession with 80’s shoegaze storms. Maybe my favorite piece of trivia, in case you haven’t yet unearthed this little fact, is that their name is a combined salute to Buddy Holly’s version of “Rave On!” and sweetie-pie 60’s girl group the Ronettes. Their name wins copious style points, let alone the leather-jacket-wearing, motorcycle-riding, pinup-loving image they played up in their early years. Read more/listen here.

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Catch the band at Neumos next week, Friday November 6th, with Crocodiles, a dirty, slightly groovy scuzz punk band from San Diego. I think it’ll be good. Get tickets.

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8PM Doors
$15 ADV
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