paisley underground Archives - Vinyl From The Vault https://vinylfromthevault.com/tag/paisley-underground/ Fri, 28 Oct 2022 19:08:45 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 198238920 The Dream Syndicate “The Days of Wine and Roses” https://vinylfromthevault.com/the-dream-syndicate-the-days-of-wine-and-roses-2/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-dream-syndicate-the-days-of-wine-and-roses-2 Fri, 28 Oct 2022 19:08:45 +0000 https://vinylfromthevault.com/?p=15066 The Dream Syndicate "The Days of Wine and Roses" released 40 years ago today, October 28th, 1982. Ruby Records. Jangly post-punk, The Days of Wine and Roses helped define the "paisley underground" musical movement of the 80's, a sound characterized by psychedelia, jangly guitars and a 60's garage aesthetic. The Days of Wine and Roses is The [...]

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]]> The Dream Syndicate “The Days of Wine and Roses” released 40 years ago today, October 28th, 1982. Ruby Records. Jangly post-punk, The Days of Wine and Roses helped define the “paisley underground” musical movement of the 80’s, a sound characterized by psychedelia, jangly guitars and a 60’s garage aesthetic. The Days of Wine and Roses is The Dream Syndicate’s first full-length; they released an EP earlier in ’82. I love this whole record, but my top pick is the Velvet Underground-meets-garage groover “That’s What You Always Say.” I also really like the all-out rocker “Then She Remembers” and the wild, epic title track “The Days of Wine and Roses.”

The Dream Syndicate at the Back Room, 2019

Steve Wynn at Ursa, 2021

We saw The Dream Syndicate perform in May 2019 and they played a few songs from the album, including “That’s What You Alway Say,” the title track, and “Halloween.” After the show I accidentally got the chance to have a fairly extended chat with frontman Steve Wynn at the merch table (I was actually there to purchase the opener’s record): we discussed the different cover variants in the printings of The Days of Wine and Roses over the years. Then in September 2021 we saw Wynn perform solo at a small boutique in our neighborhood, which was intimate and amazing; he played some Dream Syndicate songs and told many stories about his time with the Dream Syndicate as well as other bands and recording experiences from the past 40 years.

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]]> 15066 The Dream Syndicate at The Back Room at Colectivo https://vinylfromthevault.com/last-night-we-caught-neo-psychedelic-and-paisley/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=last-night-we-caught-neo-psychedelic-and-paisley Fri, 31 May 2019 20:03:27 +0000 http://box2101.temp.domains/~vinylfro/last-night-we-caught-neo-psychedelic-and-paisley/ Last night we caught neo-psychedelic and paisley underground veterans The Dream Syndicate at The Back Room at Colectivo, a small intimate venue in Milwaukee. The audience was stocked with Milwaukee OG musicians including members of Die Kreuzen, The Mighty Deer Lick, Mona Lisa Overdrive among many others paying respect to one of the original “alternative” [...]

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Last night we caught neo-psychedelic and paisley underground veterans The Dream Syndicate at The Back Room at Colectivo, a small intimate venue in Milwaukee. The audience was stocked with Milwaukee OG musicians including members of Die Kreuzen, The Mighty Deer Lick, Mona Lisa Overdrive among many others paying respect to one of the original “alternative” bands who first formed back in ‘81 and recorded the classic LP The Days of Wine and Roses (’82), one of our all-time favorites. The Dream Syndicate played a great mix of new material (their most recent release is the 2019 album These Times) and old, including “Sure Thing” from their first EP (The Dream Syndicate, ’82), “Merrittville” from Medicine Show (’84) and “50 in a 25 Zone” from Out of the Grey (’86), as well as several tracks from The Days of Wine and Roses like “That’s What You Always Say,” “Halloween” and finished their encore with the excellent “Days of Wine and Roses.” Starting the show and peppered within songs were several extended jams, when lead singer/guitarist  Steve Wynn and lead guitarist Jason Victor would fantastically try to out-do each other. Wynn did the same with bassist Mark Walton a couple of times while drummer Dennis Duck kept the beat going.

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I spent most of the performance mesmerized by Wynn’s gorgeous guitar, complemented nicely by his paisley shirt (naturally).

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Post-show I headed to the march table to pick up an LP by opening act Eleventh Dream Day (from Chicago – more on them in a future post). I was the first one there and up walks Steve Wynn, looking at me expectantly as he’d invited the audience to come and get autographs and do some Q&A. Awkwardly, I introduced myself and admitted we already had an old copy of The Days of Wine and Roses and wasn’t there to get an autograph. He proceeded to tell me about the different cover variants in the printings over the years and we chatted a bit about how awesome Eleventh Dream Day was. As I was checking out with the Eleventh Dream Day lead guy, Joe waited in line to meet Wynn; a friend of ours snapped a couple of candids which make me laugh (sorry about the bunny ears, Steve, seriously – no disrespect.

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]]> 10296 The Dream Syndicate “The Days of Wine and Roses” https://vinylfromthevault.com/the-dream-syndicate-the-days-of-wine-and-roses/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-dream-syndicate-the-days-of-wine-and-roses Fri, 20 Feb 2015 21:08:29 +0000 http://box2101.temp.domains/~vinylfro/?p=4402 The Dream Syndicate “The Days of Wine and Roses” 1982. Slash Records. Categorized as “alternative” and part of the Paisley Underground. Though I did wear a lot of paisley in the mid-80’s (shirts, suspenders!), I was unaware of the Paisley Underground as a specific genre at the time. It includes popular 80’s California bands like [...]

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]]> The Dream Syndicate “The Days of Wine and Roses” 1982. Slash Records. Categorized as “alternative” and part of the Paisley Underground. Though I did wear a lot of paisley in the mid-80’s (shirts, suspenders!), I was unaware of the Paisley Underground as a specific genre at the time. It includes popular 80’s California bands like The Bangles, of whom I was very aware. Listening to “The Days of Wine and Roses,” it is obvious that the influences include the Velvet Underground and the Byrds; the vocal stylings of Steve Wynn and Kendra Smith reflect those of Lou Reed and Nico, respectively, and the jangley guitar is reminiscent of Roger McGuinn. While based in Los Angeles during the mid-80’s (the band and the genre), I hear similarities in British new wave psychedelic groups like Echo and Bunnymen and the Cult.

Favorite tracks from “The Days of Wine and Roses” include “That’s What You Always Say,” probably the most garage-band style song on the record, and the title track, “The Days of Wine and Roses” (this link is from a 2012 performance after they got back together). The Dream Syndicate were active from 1981-1989 and then reunited in 2012, playing live at several venues, including a mini-tour in the fall of 2014.

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