Sunday, May 28th ⢠7 pm
Nostalgia for â80s bands shows no signs of abating, and Love And Rocketsâwho consist of three-quarters of another recently revived â80s band, goth-rock icons Bauhausâare seizing the payday. Thankfully, their action-packed catalog hasnât been bludgeoned into oblivion by radio programmers; consequently, fans should be absolutely pumped to see them in the fleshâeven those who caught the 2007-08 comeback. David J (bass, vocals), Kevin Haskins (drums, synths), and Daniel Ash (guitar, vocals, sax) appear ready to ply their glammy electronic rock for a sizable fan baseâeven though Ash vowed in 2009 that they were donezo. Oops.
To backtrack, in the mid â80s, Love And Rockets shed Bauhausâ gothic gloom and struck out for a brighter, more vividly colored and more overtly danceable sound. On their first three albums, LAR mastered the art of the breezily psychedelic anthem (âAll In My Mind,â âKundalini Express,â âYin And Yang [The Flowerpot Man],â âNo New Tale To Tell,â âSo Alive,â etc.). They also proved themselves adept at interpreting other peopleâs songs, as exemplified by their ominous cover of the Temptationsâ âBall Of Confusion.â Love And Rocketsâ â90s LPs delve deeper into electronic-dance music, dub, and ambientâsounding a bit like the Orb, but with better hair. Longtime fans are surely hoping that the title of Love And Rocketsâ 1994 album, Hot Trip To Heaven, becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy at the Moore.
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