Gig Thread

[Thor]

I think we should have a thread where you can post about the latest gigs you've been too, whether they're massive international acts or just local bands, whether they were good, bad, stunning, horrible, etc etc.

I saw Gomez play last week (incredible) and last night I was fortunate to witness 4 solid hours of the funk with George Clinton and Parliment Funkadelic. I swear, the beat only stopped once or twice in 4 hours. Amazing stuff.

[Salman]

I think there was a thread like this a while ago. But anyway, I haven't been to a show in a while but I'm seeing Black Mountain on Monday and The Gris Gris on Wednesday.

[9000]

lcd soundsystem tonight. blues explosion at cbgb's next week.

[earl grey]

i have a hectic couple weeks coming up. LCD tonight, then the fiery furnaces twice, bloc party, sonic youth twice, blues explosion, and nouvelle vague. should be fun.

[Maximo]

I'm probably seeing blues explosion at cbgb's as well.

[tinobeat]

goin to see Gris Gris next friday, and Of Montreal the next tuesday.

I'll have to look back at that big list of boston shows I posted to remember which ones I'm actually gonna make it to..

[japanese_moon]

I was supposed to see Low last night but they never showed up. totally ruined my night.

[Lukas]

sue 'em

[earl grey]

bloc party blew me away tonight. i was already sold on them, but wow ... so good live. i saw them last year and that was fun, but this was in another league entirely. nuts crowd.

[Squall91]

Saw Death From Above 1979/controller.controller last night...fun show.

Strapping Young Lad the night before...fucking amazing.

[tinobeat]

The Gris Gris made me consider never seeing a show again, so as to not taint the fucking perfection I saw tonight...

[pabost]

Saw Deerhoof last night - their drummer is insane. What a fun show.

[Patrick]

well there's only one gig going to tonight worldwide... and i'm pulling myself off my sickbed to go:

CHAIN GANG!!!

Patrick

[Patrick]

well there's only one gig going to tonight worldwide... and i'm pulling myself off my sickbed to go:

CHAIN GANG!!!

Sad Debaser, you better be there.

Patrick

[Lukas]

hey jacob how are you, you.

[earl grey]

Originally posted by pabost
Saw Deerhoof last night - their drummer is insane. What a fun show.

no doubt. greg saunier is an amazing drummer.

[Lukas]

Fri, 06/17/05
09:00 PM
Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks
McMenamins Crystal Ballroom
Portland, OR

[Salman]

Originally posted by tinobeat
The Gris Gris made me consider never seeing a show again, so as to not taint the fucking perfection I saw tonight...

I know exactly what you mean. There show on Wednesday was pretty fucking incredible.

[Thor]

Have obtained tickets for Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds for next month.. should be an amazing show.. the new album is a truly accomplished piece of work.. and word has it they have 4 gospel singers on tour with them.

And I've found out that interpol are heading down under in july, glorious news.

[earl grey]

saw sonic youth at maxwell's over the wknd, and oh man WHAT a show. it was actually the least noisy SY show i'd ever seen, but they were super tight. and i'd never been able to see and hear them all so clearly before. they ended with "catholic block" and "schizophrenia" and the world was right.

[winterversion]

Caught Why? the other night. Anyone else into this band? They sounded really cool. Wednesday I might check out Melt Banana.

[the Pawnbroker]

Saw Bob Dylan and Merle Haggard Friday night at the Beacon. Enjoyable show. You have to be prepared for hit and miss when you see Bob, even though he can still be interesting when he misses. Generally, he hit with the newer songs and missed with some of the best known older songs.

Hag was really good, but a little mellow/too quiet. Nine piece band. Could have turned up the volume for the "rockers."

[SlackMF]

Saw Wilco Tuesday and going to the Shins on Friday. Already purchased Spoon tickets for Dallas. Not much to see in this general vicinity.

[earl grey]

i have a nice run coming up:

tomorrow - junior boys, caribou, four tet, russian futurists (in order of excitement)
thursday - NEW ORDER
saturday - akufen, deadbeat, crackhaus (mini-mutek NYC)
sunday - autechre

[earl grey]

wonderful show from new order tonight. it was fantastic to finally see them. on paper, i always thought it was weird that they played so much joy division. it made total sense live though. "transmission" was amazing, "temptation" too. they can definitely be a little sloppy live but whatever, no one really cared. i was really pulling for "the perfect kiss" though. ah well.

[flo's garage]

fucking champs tonight!!

[9000]

spoon- 6.8
lcd soundsystem - 6.10

eg, i may hit that mini-mutek tomorrow too. considering gogol bordello tonight.

[winterversion]

Caught the Decemberists last night. Very fun show, despite not knowing much about the band beforehand, I was pleasantly surprised. If you ever catch them, be sure to stay for the encore. At last night's show, the very last song was that whale song (I forget the title); a real blast to hear.

[flo's garage]

this weekend is Adem's Homefires 2, and if last year was anything to go by its gonna be great. we've got Adem (of course), james yorkston, hot chip, sigur ros string quartet, alasdair roberts, scout niblett etc. should be cool...

[earl grey]

i saw YLT do 'the sounds of science' last night, which was v cool. i've listened to the CD quite a bit, so it was fun to finally see the films - the music synched up really well for some.

[tinobeat]

man, you been showin' it up lately, EG... good for you.

the only big show I *know* I'm going to in the future is SM+Jicks with Paik. that's gonna be so hot.

Deerhoof and Dymaxion (!) are playing tomorrow night, but I'm not sure I'm gonna make it. Though I should, if only to get my one chance probably ever to see Dymaxion.

I've become too nonchalant about missing awesome shows lately...

[earl grey]

yeah the shows have been relentless for me recently, but it's been fun. but of course i blew it on tickets for the jicks, of all shows.

i'm seeing deerhoof on sunday, really looking fwd to that one. not familiar with dymaxion on record but i saw them open up for someone (of montreal?) last year ... they were good. i also think i saw them open up for stereolab years ago, and i really dug em then. i remember they only had a tape for sale at the merch stand.

[george]

anyone ever seen oneida live? do they put on a good show?

[tinobeat]

Oneida put on a sick sick show. go see them, preferably multiple times.

[vesper]

yeah dude, definitely see oneida live. my next show will be Lightning Bolt this saturday. my friend's band, Ceremony (ex-Skywave, i think they've been mentioned around here?), is opening.

[S M @]

Last week saw Built to Spill (great as usual) in Detroit, and Autechre in Toronto (surprisingly they blew the roof off the place). Tomorrow I leave to go see BOREDOMS in Victoriaville, Quebec, as well as William Parker's big band and maybe a couple more depending on how it goes. I'm pumped.

[Salman]

I'm seeing LCD Soundsystem and MIA tonight in Montreal. Not a huge of either, but I got free tickets....

[the Pawnbroker]

I saw Sonny Rollins Saturday night at CW Post. Fantastic. His solos were amazing, especially considering he is 75.

[earl grey]

Originally posted by the Pawnbroker
I saw Sonny Rollins Saturday night at CW Post. Fantastic. His solos were amazing, especially considering he is 75.

nice. i've always wanted to see him live.

[japanese_moon]

I saw Caribou, Junior boys, russian futurists on Sat.

didn't like the Russian futurists much. same beat over and over, seemed like.

the guy from junior boys was really sick but he still played about 5 songs. props for that. I ended up buying Last Exit.

now Caribou, Caribou was freakin' awesome. I anxoiusly waited all night to see what they would do with those 2 drumsets. and they did not dissapoint. they really put on a great show.

seems like none of them know how to handle 100 degree weather inside with no air conditioning. hmmmmm, strange.

[9000]

Southpaw
SAT. 7/23
TEENGENERATE
ZODIAC KILLERS
THE REATARDS
KNIGHTS OF THE NEW CRUSADE
SHOP FRONTS

teengenerate! i thought they were done, but guess not. i want to see the other based on band names alone.

[earl grey]

man, kraftwerk killed it tonight! so good. totally set the standard by which all future laptop shows shall be measured. crazy visuals, the best i've ever seen at a show.

[Thor]

Originally posted by S M @
Tomorrow I leave to go see BOREDOMS in Victoriaville, Quebec, as well as William Parker's big band and maybe a couple more depending on how it goes. I'm pumped.

Let us know how it is; I think the boredoms are fantastic.

[winterversion]

Just caught Terremoto (awesome local band), Blood Lines and Gang Gang Dance tonight. One of the best shows I've seen. All three bands just grade A rock, each in their own unique ways.

[japanese_moon]

I'm looking forward to Of Montreal on monday and Amusement Parks on Fire on fri. I'm so excited! there are so many good bands coming to AZ!

[pabost]

Originally posted by japanese_moon
I'm looking forward to Of Montreal . . .

Just saw them last night. They moved the show from the Ex-Plex (the Echo) to the Vanguard Theatre due to high demand methinks. The Vanguard is less a theatre, more a converted warehouse behind Qtopia on Gower and Hollywood. The space made for a very cavernous mix but that didn't stop Of Montreal from putting on an amazing show. The band sounded tight and the set was very cohesive. I never knew that Kevin Barnes was such a frontman, kind of Bowie-esque or a more fey/less muscular Jake Shears. They covered "Alright" by Supergrass in their encore and it was the conversion of two forces that I truly love. In short, I left content, hoping to see them again soon in a space with better acoustics.

[Thor]

I've now secured tickets to two almost sold out shows in July... Interpol and Sigur Ros..

tragically I missed the home town nick cave show recently due to tickets selling ridiculously fast.

and I'm of course looking forward to my band's upcoming gig with the sand pebbles on july 1st.

[S M @]

Originally posted by Thor
Let us know how it is; I think the boredoms are fantastic.

They were fantastic, thanks. They're down to three drummers and Eye on vox/noise. They pretty much locked into a groove the whole time, but incredibly impressive were the small changes that were done as a unit, and the big changes all on a dime. Crazy to see three drummers that tightly together. They got a huge ovation, esp considering it was at a jazz festival. Apparently not everyone enjoyed it as much, though. Anyone interested in seeing a broader cross-section of opinion (or deciding for themselves), can look here:

http://www.dimeadozen.org/torrents-details.php?id=44071&page=0#startcomments

Keep in mind it was at a jazz fest. An avant garde one, but still. Not everyone there was necessarily there to see them. And everyone was sitting down. For a band consisting mostly of three drummers. And William Parker's Little Huey big band was excellent, too, but got mixed reviews. So it's a bit of a weird crowd. I'd be shocked if many people that saw any of the other shows (where it was just them playing a show and everyone was there just to see them) had anything negative to say.

[bitterfruit]

Just bought tickets to Jonathan Richman this Saturday at the 40 Watt. Hells yeah bitches.

[tinobeat]

SM + Paik tonite! will report back tomorrow...

hotness...

[earl grey]

Originally posted by tinobeat
SM + Paik tonite! will report back tomorrow...

hotness...

i'm sure you'll give it two thumbs up.

(sorry)

[bitterfruit]

Originally posted by earl grey
i'm sure you'll give it two thumbs up.

(sorry)

That's fucking hilarious!!

[tinobeat]

oh man, I guess I set you up for that alley oop... well done..

haha..

[japanese_moon]

looks like I won't be going to Of Montreal tonite because of insufficient funds. Damn! I hate being poor.

[winterversion]

Just saw Andrew Bird last weekend (the last show of a tour that started in January (!), according to Bird). Amazing violin loops! Great show! Overpriced CDs, in my opinion - $15.

[Salman]

Originally posted by earl grey
i'm sure you'll give it two thumbs up.

(sorry)

Oh man, that actually made me laugh out loud.

I bought a pass to the Ottawa Bluesfest this year. It's got a decent line-up which includes Neko Case, Martha Wainwright, Do Make Say Think, Four Tet, Broken Social Scene, Holly GoLightly and The New York Dolls among others.

[tinobeat]

unfortunately only one thumb up...

SM was pretty good, but somehow, either it was me or the band, but the energy wasn't hitting me. SM answered his cell phone after the first song, which was pretty weird. His band was making fun of him though. Joanna said "well, you know Matador's a tough label to work for, you gotta be available to take a call whenever." I dunno, I felt old and tired at the show.

The other annoying thing was that my ticket said 8PM, but I didn't realize that meant that Paik went on EXACTLY THEN. So I missed most of their set. What I did see was mind-crushingly awesome tho...

[Thor]

Originally posted by tinobeat
The other annoying thing was that my ticket said 8PM, but I didn't realize that meant that Paik went on EXACTLY THEN.
I've been there. Such a pain in the ass...
Of course, if you get there exactly on time you have to wait over an hour until the first act comes on....

[tinobeat]

exactly... I wish there was a clear indicator of whether ticketed times are "door times" or "start times."

[Thor]

For those of you who live in the vicinity of NYC and/or have a passing interest in impressive jazz legends, I reccomend you check out Pharoah Sanders (http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&searchlink=PHAROAH|SANDERS&uid=MIW060506100037&sql=11:cr3m962odepo~T0) playing a free show (http://www.summerstage.org/) in Central Park next Friday 17th June...

[flo's garage]

I saw Dinosaur Jr this week. It was great because I love their music, but it was fairly obvious that they haven't been practising much. There also seems to still be a fair amount of tension within the band, namely Lou and Murph vs. J, and by-god it was loud, the 'three-day ring' is in full effect. (note: that refers to ringing in the ears)

So a mixed bag to say the least, hopefully it'll improve as the tour progresses.

[vesper]

did bardo pond and magik markers open for dinosaur jr? if so, how were they?

[flo's garage]

no we got eugene kelly of the vaselines, but I missed him. Others gave good reports though.

[Dave]

What about Modey Lemon?

[flo's garage]

modey lemon played the second night, which if reports were true was about 10 x times better :(

[TheSadDebaser]

Originally posted by Thor
For those of you who live in the vicinity of NYC and/or have a passing interest in impressive jazz legends, I reccomend you check out Pharoah Sanders (http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&searchlink=PHAROAH|SANDERS&uid=MIW060506100037&sql=11:cr3m962odepo~T0) playing a free show (http://www.summerstage.org/) in Central Park next Friday 17th June...

wow, I have to go see this.


I saw Head of Femur last night. They were okay, but not amazing.

I only stayed for a couple songs by the Lilys who were up after HoF, and they were really good. I'll have to start listening to them.

[ABKman18]

Saw Sleater-Kinney twice last week at the Henry Fonda in LA. They blew the house down. great shows. they only get better. can't wait to see what they do next, and of course go to their next show.

[japanese_moon]

seeing The Hold Steady this Wednesday

[baconfat]

i heard they may or may not be a "combo that sounds like nothing so much as latter period Soul Asylum fronted by Charles Nelson Reilly." agree?

[tinobeat]

Originally posted by TheSadDebaser
I only stayed for a couple songs by the Lilys who were up after HoF, and they were really good. I'll have to start listening to them.

You most certainly need to start listening to Lilys a LOT, if you ask me...

[TheSadDebaser]

yeah I kinda wish I had stayed for the whole set. he was on fire.

[tinobeat]

what was the lineup like? was Kurt playing guitar or just singing? any indication of whether it was new stuff or old he was playing?

so many questions!

[TheSadDebaser]

it was Kurt and a drummer. the drummer had a cool like echo effect on his voice or something.

the two songs I heard were shoe-gaze-y. my brother said the first one was called "Ginger" and the second one had a chorus that went "Sooner or later/Out light will fade/And you know/Sooner or later..." or something like that. I want to get whatever album that's on.





I'm thinking about going to go see this Clap Your Hands Say Yeah band on Monday at Knitting Factory.

[tinobeat]

so just a two piece? holy crap...

"Ginger" is a classic, off the Brief History of Amazing Letdowns. the other song isn't ringing a bell with those lyrics, so I don't know...

essential Lilys:
Eccsame The Photon Band, which is spacey, shoegazey stuff.

Better Can't Make Your Life Better, which is the more mod-pop stuff. stunning songwriting.

Those are two best to start with. The split album with Aspera Ad Astra on Tigerstyle is amazing too...

[TheSadDebaser]

I have In the Presence of Nothing, but the label was misspressed over, so I can't listen to half of the first side. But I didn't pay for it, so I've never worried about it. I have Better Can't Make Your Life Better and The Three Way, but they're not mine, either my brother's or my sister's.

Kurt was a pretty strange sight. Tall and hair cut short and he was acting kinda strangely. not that that has anything to do with anything.

[TheSadDebaser]

I went to the Moveable Hype show tonight but only saw two bands: Man in Gray and Clap Your Hands Say Yeah.

Man in Grey were pretty good, I got their CD and they're kind of like Pretty Girls Make Graves. The girl singer is kind of cute but she was thrashing about in such a way which was not elicited by the music the band was playing. That was kind of funny to watch.

Clap Your Hands Say Yeah were awesome and I got their CD too and it's great. They're gonna be popular.

[tinobeat]

whoa, the screenprinting teacher I was TA-ing for this past semester was telling me about his stepson's band, Man In Grey...

I kept meaning to check them out so I'd have something to talk to my teacher about, but never did. so they're pretty good.. huh..

[Miss Tasty Princess]

I'm going to see Judas Priest tomorrow night, then hopefully Gang Gang Dance afterward, if Priest end early enough (I'm thinking it won't be a problem).

I was gonna do a rundown of recent shows I've been to but there have been too damn many! Since, the beginning of the year (all in Atlanta or Athens unless noted):

1/5: Vague Angels/Earl Greyhound, The Drunken Unicorn
1/7: Genghis Tron/The Fugue/Suitcases/Aye! Robotics!, Lenny's
1/9: Unpersons/Nocturnes for a Dying Planet/No, Tight Pockets
1/15: Pentagram (sorta)/The Hidden Hand, The Black Cat (DC)
1/22: A Fir-Ju Well/YOU/Astra/Brass Knuckle Surfer, The EARL
1/24: An Albatross/Cinema Eye/Aqui/Me and Him Call It Us, Drunken Unicorn
1/28: I Would Set Myself on Fire for You/SIDS, Drunken Unicorn
1/28: Brass Castle/The Nein, The EARL

2/1: Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings, The EARL
2/7: Faun Fables, The EARL
2/8: Dragons 1976/Phonepunk/The Marsh, Eyedrum
2/9: Ruins (solo)/Untied States/The Flakes, Drunken Unicorn
2/10: Claudia Quintet/RoboCromp, Eyedrum
2/12: High on Fire/Planes Mistaken for Stars/Kylesa, The EARL
2/17: dälek/Deerhunter/The Hellsayers, The EARL
2/18: Eugene Chadbourne & Han Bennink, Eyedrum
2/19: Father Peter/The PB Army/Kurtz, The Star Bar
2/24: The Heart Attacks/The Vaginas/Manhandle/Mack Messiah/Big Penguin, Lenny's
2/25: Airoes/Deerhunter/Retconned/Coulier/Zandosis/Wilson & Heath, Drunken Unicorn
2/26: Le Tigre/Lesbians on Ecstasy, 40 Watt

3/4: Brodie Stove (cd release)/National Grain, The EARL
3/5: The Cherry Splits, The Mystery Spot
3/7: Sleepytime Gorilla Museum/Untied States/Ladies Night, The EARL
3/10: Trevor Dunn & Shelley Burgon/Lie & Swell, Eyedrum
3/14: Panthers/Turing Machine/Parts & Labor, Drunken Unicorn
3/19: Queens of the Stone Age/Throw Rag, Earthlink Live
3/26: DMBQ/The Black Lips/Brass Castle, The Star Bar

4/7: Fantômas/The Locust/Trevor Dunn's Trio Convulsant, The 40 Watt
4/9: Erik Hinds & Dennis Palmer/Colin Bragg & Blake Helton, Eyedrum
4/12: Second Shift/The Holy Ghost, The EARL
4/14: The Kills/Scout Niblett/Tiger! Tiger!, The EARL
4/16: The Shipping News/Home of The Wildcats/Brodie Stove, The EARL
4/19: Mahjongg, The EARL
4/21: Faun Fables/Chelsea Lin, Iota (Arlington, VA)
4/27: Sum 41/Unwritten Law/Hawthorne Heights, The Tabernacle
4/29: Strapping Young Lad/Misery Signals/Reflux/Armani Death Machine, Masquerade
4/30: The Jupiter Watts/Luigi/Charm School, The Star Bar

5/6: Dove/Brass Castle/Zoroaster, The EARL
5/10: British Sea Power/Feist/A Fir-Ju Well, The EARL
5/11: Freak the Jones, 10 High
5/12: The Black Keys/The Legendary Shack Shakers/The Hentchmen, Variety Playhouse
5/13: Peter Brötzmann Chicago Tentet, 40 Watt
5/17: Lightning Bolt/Bug Sized Mind/Airoes, Drunken Unicorn
5/18: OvO/Mr. Natural/Zandosis, Lenny's
5/19: Pinback, The Loft
5/19: Brant Bjork and the Bros., The Star Bar
5/23: The Eastern Seaboard/Lie and Swell, Eyedrum
5/23: The Grey Daturas, Lenny's
5/26: The Raveonettes/Autolax/The Peels, Smith's Olde Bar
5/27: The Forty-Fives/The Bullnecks/The Carbonas/Brass Castle, The Star Bar
5/30: Big Business/Teenage Meth Lab, Caledonia Lounge

6/2: Mikabomb/The Heart Attacks/Airoes, Drunken Unicorn
6/3: Dirty Projectors/The Wind-Up Bird, Eyedrum
6/4: Blood Brothers/The Plot to Blow up the Eiffel Tower, Masquerade
6/4: The Selmanaires/The Licentious Five, The EARL
6/9: EyeHateGod/Light Pupil Dilate, Drunken Unicorn
6/11: Artimus Pyledriver/Dixie Witch/Throttlerod, The Star Bar
6/15: SIDS/The Fugue/American Erutrevo, Athens
6/17: Green Milk from the Planet Orange, Lenny's

[9000]

6.18 - quintron & miss pussycat/heavy trash/ the sadies - (maxwell's)

feeling limp after mr. hci's list.

[TheSadDebaser]

Damn, HCI!

How were Panthers? I wanna see them so bad. "Let's Get Serious" is all I have yet, but it's awesome.

EDIT: my list is like this:

1/1/05 - Sleater-Kinney/Flaming Lips/Wilco (left halfway through Wilco)
a couple weeks ago - Head of Femur/Lilys/Architecture in Helsinki (left after a couple Lilys songs)

and the show I saw tonight.

[winterversion]

Originally posted by Mr.HCI
I'm going to see [b]Judas Priest tomorrow night, then hopefully Gang Gang Dance afterward, if Priest end early enough (I'm thinking it won't be a problem).



I saw Gang Gang Dance a few weeks ago and was quite impressed. Not sure if they're still touring with them, but the opening band called Blood Lines were pretty damn awesome too, kind of in the same way that US Maple is strangely awesome to watch.

[Miss Tasty Princess]

Originally posted by TheSadDebaser
How were Panthers? I wanna see them so bad. "Let's Get Serious" is all I have yet, but it's awesome. Awful. I eventually walked out (I've never heard their records). Note to bands: Opening your set with a much covered song (Pink Floyd's "The Nile Song" in this instance) is no way to win me over.

[earl grey]

Originally posted by Mr.HCI

I was gonna do a rundown of recent shows I've been to but there have been too damn many! Since, the beginning of the year (all in Atlanta or Athens unless noted):

6/9: EyeHateGod/Light Pupil Dilate, Drunken Unicorn


damn. i thought i went to a lot of shows, but i am clearly an amateur!

IIRC, my death metal-obsessed friend was telling me about eyehategod's live shows and they sounded CRAZY.

[earl grey]

Originally posted by TheSadDebaser
I went to the Moveable Hype show tonight but only saw two bands: Man in Gray and Clap Your Hands Say Yeah.

Man in Grey were pretty good, I got their CD and they're kind of like Pretty Girls Make Graves. The girl singer is kind of cute but she was thrashing about in such a way which was not elicited by the music the band was playing. That was kind of funny to watch.

Clap Your Hands Say Yeah were awesome and I got their CD too and it's great. They're gonna be popular.

i totally should've gone to this, but i had plans to see this band hinkley at sin-e late night (who were good, but played too many new songs and were missing a guitarist). i wasn't feeling up for a trek down to tribeca beforehand, would've loved to see CYHSY though. ah well, i think they're playing south street seaport in august so maybe i'll catch em then.

how full was it?

[TheSadDebaser]

I don't really know because I kept in the back since I had to leave early, but it seemed pretty full for CYHSY, and they weren't the headliner (Fame? I've never heard of them). I wish I could've stayed for the whole show.

Everyone in front of me was ten inches taller than I am. I need platform shoes or something.

[earl grey]

great sleater-kinney show tonight, the new songs sounded awesome. they covered danzig's "mother" during the 2nd encore, during which there was a mosh pit on my left and two chicks making out on my right. only at a sleater-kinney show. and they played it straight into "dig me out," a perfect ending. the new songs were the highlights though, by far. the old stuff doesn't fit into their sets as well now.

and dead meadow totally killed opening up. just the core three this time, unlike when i saw them in the winter. didn't make a difference though, "at her open door" was the only song to feel a little empty and pretty much every song nailed it. i might even prefer the smaller lineup, it gives more freedom to the bass/drums. they played the fast version of "everything's going on," which i was psyched to hear.

[tinobeat]

Last night I saw Comets on Fire, Growing, Sunburned Hand of the Man, and Magik Markers

quick sumup:

Magik Markers: Crap. I don't know how this band made it out of western MA, let alone sharing a stage with Comets on Fire and (soon), Dinosaur Jr. One-dimensional, totally devoid of anything other than a spectacle I've seen tons of bands do (better).

Sunburned Hand of the Man: I like this band's records, but they've never come close to doing anything remotely interesting live. Its the hard part of being an all-improv band, I guess. When they make records, they probably sit around and play for hours until they work out some shit that sounds good. The chances of them hitting something truly worthwhile on stage are small, unfortunately.

Growing: One of the best bands playing now. Monumental fuckin drone, delicately composed, works from a bliss-out angle *and* a detailed listening angle. These guys solved the puzzle.

Comets on Fire: Unreal, fiery fucking rock music. I don't have much to add other than that. It was awesome seeing Ben Chasney thrashing around the stage too, having seen him a coupla times as Six Organs. I prefer him in his "rock monster" form over his "psych bard" form.
A+ SHOW WOULD SEE AGAIN THX.

[TheSadDebaser]

I NEVER get to see Sleater-Kinney. I've missed them about three times now in the past three years. At least I saw them opening at Madison Square Garden New Year's Eve, but they got shitty sound treatment.

One day. One day!