Quicksand

How Good Are They LIVE?

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Critic Consensus

Based on 16 concert reviews, the critic consensus is that Quicksand is rated as an enjoyable live performer, with some notable strengths.

ON TOUR

Brooklyn Paramount Theater; Richmond Music Hall, Brooklyn, United States; Richmond, United States (Mar 21; Mar 14); Thunderbird Cafe, Pittsburgh, United States (Mar 16); Underground Arts, Philadelphia, United States (Mar 18); Paradise Rock Club, Boston, MA, United States (Mar 19); Brooklyn Paramount Theater, Brooklyn, United States (Mar 21); HISTORY, Toronto, Canada (Mar 23); The Salt Shed, Chicago, United States (Mar 25); The Warfield, San Francisco, United States (Mar 27); Shrine Expo Hall, Los Angeles, CA 90007, United States (Mar 28); Showbox at The Market, Seattle, United States (Apr 5); Vogue Theatre, Vancouver, Canada (Apr 7); Revolution Hall, Portland, OR, United States (Apr 8); Ace of Spades, Sacramento, CA, United States (Apr 10); Las Vegas Festival Grounds, Las Vegas, NV 89101, United States (Apr 12); Historic Crew Stadium, Columbus, United States (May 8); Daytona International Speedway, Daytona Beach, FL, United States (May 15)

FESTIVALS IN 2025

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Latest Release

Awakening - Single (23 April 2024)

Artist Info

Genre

metal

Origin

New York, New York, United States (1990 - 1998)

Bio

Has Performed With

Title Fight

Critic Concert Reviews

The 13th Floor (New Zealand)

December 17, 2023

Quicksand are part of a moment in Punk Rock history when a(nother) sound was synthesised, as US hardcore, grunge and post-punk collided in the early 1990s, out of it came an anxious, energised and tuneful genre (Fugazi, Helmet, Therapy?)

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Spectrum Culture (USA)

November 29, 2023

Quicksand sits on an uneasy perch when evaluating music from the ‘90s. Too angular to be grunge but too tuneful to be purely hardcore, Quicksand throws it lot in with other hard-yet-unable-to-pigeonhole acts such as Jawbox, Therapy? and Helmet.

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Rockfreaks.net (Denmark)

October 15, 2023

Quicksand Live In Concert In Denmark

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New Noise Magazine (USA)

October 21, 2021

The Texas rockers in Narrow Head were ripping the stage up as we arrived. The band's guitar heavy sound [sporting three guitarists in their ranks!] seemed to win over the legion of Quicksand disciples in attendance.

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Glide Magazine (USA)

July 26, 2018

Quicksand was an early adopter of post-hardcore in the grunge soaked early 90’s, and their tone reflects it.

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Louder Sound

January 4, 2018

The group epitomised the hotbed of talent that Revelation Records boasted in the 90s, sharing a label with (relatively) likeminded outfits such as Sensefield, Shades Apart and Texas Is The Reason.

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Exclaim (Canada)

January 10, 2013

Back then Schreifels was doing press for the newly reunited Rival Schools and when asked about a Quicksand reunion he said the idea was a nice one but unlikely.

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