Sunday, May 28th ā¢ 7 pm
Nostalgia for ā80s bands shows no signs of abating, and Love And Rocketsāwho consist of three-quarters of another recently revived ā80s band, goth-rock icons Bauhausāare seizing the payday. Thankfully, their action-packed catalog hasnāt been bludgeoned into oblivion by radio programmers; consequently, fans should be absolutely pumped to see them in the fleshāeven 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 baseāeven though Ash vowed in 2009 that they were donezo. Oops.
To backtrack, in the mid ā80s, Love And Rockets shed Bauhausā 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 (āAll In My Mind,ā āKundalini Express,ā āYin And Yang [The Flowerpot Man],ā āNo New Tale To Tell,ā āSo Alive,ā etc.). They also proved themselves adept at interpreting other peopleās songs, as exemplified by their ominous cover of the Temptationsā āBall Of Confusion.ā Love And Rocketsā ā90s LPs delve deeper into electronic-dance music, dub, and ambientāsounding a bit like the Orb, but with better hair. Longtime fans are surely hoping that the title of Love And Rocketsā 1994 album, Hot Trip To Heaven, becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy at the Moore.
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