Swervedriver - live at the Paradise in Boston, 6/10/08
The last time I saw 90s shoegazer cult faves Swervedriver was in 1993, at the peak of their creative and commercial success. Opening for another practically unknown band at the time, Smashing Pumpkins, Swervedriver came on and delivered an aural assault that was almost impossible to top. Having been on hiatus for the last decade or so, could they possibly deliver something as hypnotic as the show I witnessed at the Omni New Daisy club in Memphis all those years ago?
The stage show was impressive, and the music was solid, but someone blundered big time booking Duran Duran at the Agannis Arena on Wednesday night. Capacity is 7,000, and my estimation is that the venue was probably at 2/3 capacity (at best). Let’s just say there were a lot of empty red seats…but we got a free upgrade, so I pretended not to notice.
My wife and I took advantage of a trip into Boston this past Saturday night for a friend’s 40th birthday party by capping the night’s shenanigans with a late show at the 
