In the late-90’s and early 2000’s the Modesto, California-based band Grandaddy released some of the coolest indie rock with interesting distorted guitar mixed with these electronic sounds bubbling over steady, driving beats. Arguably one of their best albums, 2000’s The Sophtware Slump, turns 25 years old this year.
If you’ve never experienced Grandaddy live before, this is your chance! The band announced a late-Summer / Fall tour with a stop in Washington, DC’s Howard Theatre on Friday, October 17th.
This is the band’s first North American tour in over 20 years.
From Grandaddy’s press release:
Released in the year 2000 and infused with Lytle’s laid back humor & sensibility, the collection put a prescient spotlight on the significance of technology taking over in the future while the natural world falls apart – AI, ChatGPT, billionaires going into space – central to the global Y2K conversation at that time.
Grandaddy recently celebrated their legacy with a series of 20th anniversary reissues including The Sophtware Slump 20th anniversary reissue collection which Uncut dubbed “A prescient classic, reissued, reimagined and better than ever” and the Sumday Twunny 20th anniversary box set which earned a Pitchfork ‘Best New Reissue”. The band also created a special The Sophtware Slump ….. on a wooden piano to celebrate the groundbreaking album’s 20th anniversary. Grandaddy formed in 1992 and have released six official LPs, most recently 2024’s Blu Wav which earned widespread acclaim spanning NPR Morning Edition, Stereogum “Tracking Down”, Pitchfork (8.0), Rolling Stone and more. Grandaddy’s original line up includes Jason Lytle, Aaron Burtch, Jim Fairchild, Tim Dryden, and the late Kevin Garcia, who passed away in 2017.
DETAILS:
Grandaddy with Greg Freeman
The Howard Theatre
620 T Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001
Nice work. Stage lighting is difficult to deal with and these are really nice and sharp.