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Grandaddy Take a Look Back and a Peak Ahead at Brooklyn Steel on Wednesday
Grandaddy – Brooklyn Steel – October 15, 2025
Around the turn of the millennium there was an explosion of creative new sounds under the umbrella of indie rock with an accompanying plethora of seminal albums. It’s no surprise that now, a quarter-century later, there is a parallel explosion of tours revisiting these records. These shows are a chance for nostalgic throwback, for fans to ask, “Has it really been this long?” and to reassess their taste, and for the Youngs to experience that creative explosion for the first time, albeit with the ripening and fermenting of time, placing those LPs in their proper spot on the All-Timer Record Shelf of Fame.
Given this context, there’s no surprise that Grandaddy would take the opportunity to revisit their critically acclaimed second album, The Sophtware Slump, 25 years after its release (has it really been 25 years !?), and the tour for it stopped off at Brooklyn Steel on Wednesday night. The album, a sort-of dystopian sci-fi concept record, opens with “He’s Simple, He’s Dumb, He’s the Pilot,” the band performing in front of a slightly animated version of the album art. Frontman Jason Lytle’s voice showing those 25 years but also sounding better with age, singing, “Well it’s just nice to have you back again.” By the time the band reached the fourth song, “Crystal Lake,” with its nifty synthesizers, a crowd sing-along on the bridge, and a cathartic rock-out closing, the full house was pretty much in every song’s an “Oh, yeah, I love this one” mode.
The record always felt forward-looking but hearing the mix of vocals and synths live in 2025 confirmed the ahead-of-its-time sound of The Sophtware Slump. “Broken Household Appliance National Forest” summed up the sound in a single song with its push-pull, quiet-loud dichotomy. The arc of the tracking perfectly suited a live playthrough with the closing pair of “Miner at the Dial-a-View” and “So You’ll Aim Toward the Sky” mixing the sci-fi prog-folk with a triumphant finish, Lytle’s raised fists capping the achievement.
After a short beak, the band returned to fill out the show with a short second set drawing from the rest of the Grandaddy catalog accompanied by a slideshow of photographs from the group’s history. This portion was highlighted by a dog-themed twosome with Lytle’s “Ghost of My Old Dog,” featuring the strongest vocal harmonies of the night over a warm mix of synths and acoustic guitars, followed by the danceable “Stray Dog and the Chocolate Shake,” off their third album, 2003’s Sumday. This second set stood solidly on its own but also served to give a more historical context to the first, how the band got to the album and where they went from there, while also, perhaps, asking where do Grandaddy go from here.—A. Stein | @Neddyo
(Grandaddy play Union Transfer in Philadelphia on Saturday.)
Photos courtesy of Hillary Safadi | @hillasafadi
After a 10-year hiatus, Grandaddy were more than worth the wait last night at Rough Trade NYC. Read our review and see the rest of our cool pics.
Photos courtesy of Gregg Greenwood | gregggreenwood.com
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With their first album in more than a decade out on Friday, Central California five-piece Grandaddy play a sold-out show at Rough Trade NYC on Thursday night. Try to Grow a Pair of FREE tickets from The House List.
(Album) Grandaddy - Last Place
(Album) Grandaddy – Last Place
Grandaddy es una banda de indie rock formada en 1992 en la ciudad de Modesto, California. Sus integrantes son Jason Lytle (voz, guitarra y teclado), Kevin García (bajo) y Aaron Burtch (percusión). En 1995 se unieron a la banda Jim Fairchild (guitarra) y Tim Dryden…
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"Brand New Sun" - Jason Lytle
Jason Lytle and Aaron Burtch live at the San Francisco Airport.
directed by The General Assembly.
Grandaddy - Live at the Vic, Chicago
Í tilefni þess að Grandaddy ætlar að spila á tónleikum næsta sumar er við hæfi að deila þessum tónleikum í dag. Þetta er tekið upp á tónleikum þann 3. nóvember árið 2000, Grandaddy hitaði upp fyrir Elliott Smith á tónleikaferð hans. Settið er ca. 40 min.
1. Sarah 5646766 2. Hewlett's Daughter (7:03) 3. You Are My Sunshine / Levitz (11:14) 4. Chartsengrafs (13:50) 5. XD-Data II (16:25) 6. Miner at the Dial-A-View (21:58) 7. Everything Beautiful Is Far Away (27:32) 8. Nonphenomenal Lineage (33:06) 9. So You'll Aim Toward the Sky (36:30)
Grandaddy - Levitz og Collective Dreamwish of Upperclass Elegance
Yes! Grandaddy kemur aftur saman á árinu. Þetta sá ég á facebook-inu þeirra núna rétt áðan:
Jason has confirmed that grandaddy has reunited to play a few shows together later this year...stay tuned for more news
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Ég er vægast sagt frekar spenntur og ég vona innilega að bandið muni taka upp nokkur ný lög. Ég held að Grandaddy komist alveg upp með það eftir svona langa pásu.
Collective Dreamwish of Upperclass Elegans er að finna á plötunni Under the Western Freeway.
Auðvitað heyrði ég fyrst í Grandaddy í gegnum last.fm. Skrifa meira um það síðar.
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Grandaddy mun headline-a á End of the Road Festival. Spurning um að byrja að spara?