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Quicksand Announce Slip 30th Anniversary Fall 2023 North American Tour

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Quicksand have announced a Fall 2023 North American tour celebrating the 30th anniversary of their seminal debut album Slip .

Dates kick off October 30th in Atlanta and run through December 2nd in Los Angeles. The trek follows a brief UK/Germany jaunt earlier in October.

A LiveNation pre-sale for select dates begins Thursday (June 22nd) at 10 a.m. local time via Ticketmaster using the code DISCO . General ticket sales begin Friday (June 23rd) at 10 a.m. local time. Fans can also look for deals or pick up tickets to sold-out dates via StubHub , where your purchase is 100% guaranteed through StubHub’s Fan Protect program.

The New York vets will be playing Slip in its entirety each night of the tour. Originally released in 1993 by Polydor, the LP is considered a cult classic of ’90s post-hardcore.

Despite its lofty stature, Slip went in-and-out of print over the years, languishing in major label purgatory until it received an official 30th anniversary reissue earlier this year via Iodine Recordings. You can order a copy on vinyl here .

Below you can see a full list of Quicksand’s 2023 tour dates. Get tickets  here .

Quicksand’s 2023 Tour Dates: 10/16 – Berlin, DE @ SO36 10/18 – Hamburg, DE @ Logo 10/19 – Cologne, DE @ Gebaude 9 10/21 – Manchester, UK @ Gorilla 10/22 – London, UK @ Islington Academy 10/30 – Atlanta, GA @ Terminal West 10/31 – Raleigh, NC @ Lincoln Theatre 11/01 – Washington, DC @ Atlantis 11/03 – Philadelphia, PA @ Underground Arts 11/04 – Boston, MA @ Royale 11/05 – New York, NY @ Webster Hall 11/24 – Englewood, CO @ Gothic Theatre 11/25 – Salt Lake City, UT @ Metro Music Hall 11/27 – Portland, OR @ Revolution Hall 11/28 – Vancouver, BC @ Rickshaw Theatre 11/29 – Seattle, WA @ Neumos 12/01 – San Francisco, CA @ Bimbo’s 365 Club 12/02 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Regent

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Live Review: Quicksand @ The Atlantis — 11/1/23

The Atlantis recently played host to New York’s legendary post-hardcore band, Quicksand. This tour marked the 30th anniversary of the band’s debut album, Slip. In honor of that achievement, Quicksand is playing the album in its entirety. The band played the album in tracklist order.

When Slip was released in 1993, it made waves in the heavy alternative and experimental metal crowds with its unique sound. The album was a combination of jagged riffing, Joy Division influenced bass, and aggressive barked but melodic vocals. There is an equal amount of The Cure and Swans found throughout the album’s 12 tracks.

Check out a video of “Fazer” from Slip by Quicksand here on YouTube.

At The Atlantis on Nov. 1, Quicksand emerged on stage after the opener, Glitterer, wrapped up, and without saying a word, tore into Track ! of Slip, “Fazer.” The energy of the crowd immediately increased.

Quicksand’s music is aggressive and intense. I was prepared for a faithful rendering of the album. What I was not prepared for was how much fun the band was having on stage. I’ve seen many shows where bands are heavy and it shows in the performance; lots of scowls, grimaces, and staring.

Quicksand, however, was having a blast at The Atlantis. Singer and guitarist Walter Schreifels was smiling, laughing, running, and jumping all over the stage.

Quicksand is a four-piece band with three of the members being originals. In addition to Walter Schreifels, the other original members are bassist Sergio Vega and drummer Alan Cage. Joining them is additional guitarist Stephen Brodsky.

Stephen may have been even more excited to be playing Slip than the other guys! But Stephen is no rookie. He’s been in incredible bands like Mutoid Man and Cave In, so he’s a great fit for Quicksand.

The show proceeded in album order and the crowd’s energy was high the entire time! Quicksand played the album to perfection. The music still sounded so fresh and the band so full of energy that it’s hard to believe this is a 30th anniversary tour. In fact, the only giveaway that the album is hitting a landmark anniversary was the crowd. The music was loud and aggressive, but there was no mosh pit, no fighting, no aggression from within the crowd. They were as happy to be there as the band! That made the show one of my favorites of the year! 

After the band played all of Slip, Walter thanked everyone for coming out, exclaiming “That was Slip!” 

The show wasn’t over, though. Quicksand’s fourth and most recent album, Distant Populations, was released in 2021 and first, post-Slip song they played was “Colossus” from that album. After that brief excursion to the present, the band quickly jumped back to their second album, Manic Compression, and tore through a perfect version of “Thorn In My Side.” When “Thorn” concluded, Walter made the obligatory band introductions: Sergio Vega on bass, Alan Cage on drums, himself on guitar and vocals, and Stephen on guitar.

But after that, Walter began talking about the venue and the DC music scene of the ’80s and ’90s. He reminisced about how important DC bands were to him in his youth and how they felt they had a special connection with the area for that reason. He continued by talking about the old 9:30 Club and how impressed they all were with The Atlantis. They sure didn’t miss the infamous poles, though, and were sure to tell us all that!

Quicksand wrapped up the evening with a slightly extended version of “Landmine Spring,” another song from Manic Compression. After that, the show was over.

This show was incredible. The band was tight, the venue was intimate, the crowd was amazing. It make me excited for a (fingers crossed) Manic Compression anniversary tour!

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Here are some photos of Quicksand performing at The Atlantis in DC on Nov. 1, 2023. All pictures copyright and courtesy of Marc Shea.

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Hot Water Music Announce 30th Anniversary North American Tour With Quicksand & More

Veteran punk rockers Hot Water Music will celebrate their 30th anniversary next year with a North American headlining tour. Special live sets are planned for that run, with Quicksand , Off With Their Heads & Tim Barry among the scheduled openers. Hot Water Music , who are gearing up to release new album through Equal Vision Records next year, commented:

“This tour is insane! There is no world where anyone would come to us and say ‘You’ll be a band for 30 years,’ let alone ‘To celebrate your 30th anniversary, you’ll release your 10th album and tour with Quicksand , Tim Barry and Off With Their Heads ’. We are super stoked to get back to so many spots we haven’t been in years and dust off some oldies that haven’t been in rotation for a while. Rest assured, these sets will have something for everyone. Thank you to everyone who has stuck by us and made this possible. We wouldn’t be here without you. XOXO — HWM”

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Quicksand sits on an uneasy perch when evaluating music from the ‘90s. Too angular to be grunge but too tuneful to be purely hardcore, Quicksand throws it lot in with other hard-yet-unable-to-pigeonhole acts such as Jawbox, Therapy? and Helmet. Unlike grunge, which taps into outsider longing and apathy, Quicksand’s lyrics reside more in the brain than the viscera. In honor of the 30th anniversary of their debut record, Slip , Quicksand is now touring and playing that album in its entirety.

Like contemporaries such as Fugazi, Quicksand created dense yet penetrable music that goes heavier than most punk and features more technically proficient playing. Yes, Walter Schreifels’ vocals were angsty but there was something powerful in Quicksand’s music that is difficult to pin down. Though never as popular as Soundgarden and Tool, other bands who liked to play in drop D, Quicksand’s cult of devoted fans are likely to be thrilled by this tour.

Despite the album’s angry roots, Quicksand seemed overjoyed to be playing this material again. Launching right into “Fazer,” the show lasted a quick 75 minutes as the band played the 12 tracks from Slip and then four other songs. Schreifels and company supplied the crowd with instant energy as they moved about the stage, jumping and smiling to punctuate some of the biggest moments in the songs.

The band remained faithful to Slip , not straying much from recorded iterations of the songs. Original members Alan Cage (drums) and Sergio Vega (bass) were joined by guitarist Stephen Brodsky who became part of Quicksand in 2021. Original guitarist Tom Capone was arrested for shoplifting while on tour in 2017 and never came back to the band. Though Brodsky did not appear on Slip his guitar playing matched up well with what we hear on the record.

Though most of the audience danced and sang along, a small mosh pit did erupt towards the front. However, only a handful of guys took turns bumping into one another in the pit and the energy died down a little as the concert progressed. Only once did security have to warn a patron about getting too out of hand. Thirty years ago, things likely would have been very different.

After finishing with Slip , Schreifels thanked the crowd and then played “Colossus” from 2021 album, Distant Populations before finishing the set with a pair of Manic Compression songs: “Thorn in My Side” and “Landmine Spring.” As soon as the first notes of “Landmine Spring” filled the auditorium, the mosh pit began in earnest. The band came out once more to play “Delusional” and that was it.

In a time when many ‘90s acts are airing out their records to cash-in on nostalgia, Quicksand isn’t phoning it in. Even better than the songs themselves is the palatable joy that exists among the four men on the stage. The energy and passion are there. Just before the show began, a guy in the audience began shouting, “Come on, gray hairs! Come on, gray hairs!” You don’t need to be young to feel angry. And just because you’re old doesn’t mean you can’t enjoy something you enjoyed in the past.

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