63° Overcast- When Sunday, May 20, 2012, 9 p.m.
- Where Belly Up Tavern, Solana Beach
- Age limit 21+
- Categories Experimental music, Music (other), Rock
- Cost $20 - $22
- Buy Tickets
Above: Image of musical artist Jason Pierce of Spiritualized
Formed from the ashes of the trance-rockers Spacemen 3, singer/guitarist Jason Pierce’s group Spiritualized did not break away from his prior band’s trademark hypnotic minimalism; instead, they perfected it.
Drawing on the continued influence of the Velvet Underground, LaMonte Young and Steve Reich, Spiritualized staked out a common ground between minimalism and lush symphonics — while powered by simple, repetitious motifs, their songs simultaneously blossomed into rich, shimmering sonic panoramas inspired by the majestic studio wizardry of Phil Spector and Brian Wilson. Such seeming contradictions were essential to the group’s alchemy: while the infamous Spacemen 3 tag of ‘taking drugs to make music to take drugs to’ remained a cornerstone of their craft, at the same time Spiritualized’s very name acknowledged the existence of other forces, further reflected in their heavy debt to gospel and soul music as well as an affinity for mantras and devotional hymns.
Date: May 20, 2012
Time: Doors open at 8:00pm, concert begins at 9:00pm
Belly Up Tavern, 143 South Cedros Ave, Solana Beach: Google Maps
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