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Boston, United States (1996 – present)
Contemporary avant-rock trio The Slip formed when bassist Marc Friedman and brothers Andrew Barr and Brad Barr (Drums and Guitar/Vox, respectively) moved to Boston together after graduating from high school, where they had met and first began playing music as a group.
In 1996 the trio of recent Berklee dropouts put out their first studio album and began establishing a dedicated fan-base through relentless touring in and around the northeast. A late-nineties blend of extended roots pop compositions and experimental rhythmic approaches, the band developed and found their sound through an extremely supportive local scene of artists, musicians, and actors, coupled with a rigorous, and – soon – national, tour schedule. An eclectic new brand of exploratory roots psych-rock emerged; Van Morrison meets Keith Jarrett meets Talking Heads.
By 2001, the band’s tour schedule had brought them to sold-out headlining shows at NYC’s Bowery Ballroom, successful tours in Japan, and a record deal with Rykodisc.
While the band’s line-up remained consistent throughout the next few years on the road, their sound developed considerably and the instrumentation expanded radically. The Slip grew from young, earthy avant-gardes to strong, mature contemporary-rock composers, creating a new sonic landscape that drew equally from Can, U2, and new interests like Built to Spill and Postal Service.
By 2003, the trio’s non-stop touring produced Alivelectric and Aliveacoustic, a companion live set that also represented the inaugural release of their own independent record label, 216 records.
In 1996 the trio of recent Berklee dropouts put out their first studio album and began establishing a dedicated fan-base through relentless touring in and around the northeast. A late-nineties blend of extended roots pop compositions and experimental rhythmic approaches, the band developed and found their sound through an extremely supportive local scene of artists, musicians, and actors, coupled with a rigorous, and – soon – national, tour schedule. An eclectic new brand of exploratory roots psych-rock emerged; Van Morrison meets Keith Jarrett meets Talking Heads.
By 2001, the band’s tour schedule had brought them to sold-out headlining shows at NYC’s Bowery Ballroom, successful tours in Japan, and a record deal with Rykodisc.
While the band’s line-up remained consistent throughout the next few years on the road, their sound developed considerably and the instrumentation expanded radically. The Slip grew from young, earthy avant-gardes to strong, mature contemporary-rock composers, creating a new sonic landscape that drew equally from Can, U2, and new interests like Built to Spill and Postal Service.
By 2003, the trio’s non-stop touring produced Alivelectric and Aliveacoustic, a companion live set that also represented the inaugural release of their own independent record label, 216 records.
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Angels Come On Time
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Alexei90 wrote:
everydaymusic features The Slip: http://everydaymusic.wordpress.com/2009/10/22/the-slip/
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henrique_gr wrote:
One of the best band of the 00's
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DorMizrahi wrote:
They are really really good!
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hehahi wrote:
The Slip is just awesome.
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DrNiebla wrote:
I'll hear it
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AddictedAvi wrote:
they were great in NYC, played a lot of old material and a new song. said they would never break up and are writing a lot of new material <333
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LeeT4321 wrote:
The Slip plays in Northampton, Mass on June 24th at the Iron Horse. see iheg.com for details!
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JoePill wrote:
summer mini-tour, ya heard?
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kmann wrote:
wtf happened to from the gecko and does, and the slip i used to see on new years in prov every year ....poor slip sold out to the man and guitar hero gayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy GG
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kattail808 wrote:
even rats!!!
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Peanut30071 wrote:
seeing them in small bars for 10+ years. old yet? no
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ohnoitsmark wrote:
bands evolve. they still bust out the jams at shows. download some of their shows from bt.etree and hear them jam
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TiaToma wrote:
can i just say a a huge slip fan- not impressed with Eisenhower- what happened to the epic jam sessions??
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TiaToma wrote:
simply put- there is none other like The Slip I feel better about humanity when I put any of their tracks on- children of december and their old stuff is gorgeous, especially their jam sessions- ill son!
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AddictedAvi wrote:
Airplane/Primitive is unbelievably beautiful.
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jellybones07 wrote:
Incredible band, kind of unfortunate that their Similar Artists tab is such a trainwreck.
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JoePill wrote:
Holy shit this band rules, see them live, support them any way possible.
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prestonejr wrote:
Muito bom, costumo tocar no guitar hero até não aguentar mais hehehehe...
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disasterhead wrote:
been a fan of them since guitar hero lulz
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axelalviso wrote:
Excelente grupo Excellent group
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Lupo's, Providence RI, United States
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News
November News SMMD+Slip Show
4 Oct 2009 | from blog.myspace.com/theslipmusic
In november we will be doing a string of shows as Surprise Me. Mr. Davis touring around the northeast with friends Land of Talk http://www.myspace.com/landoftalk. …
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