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by **Keepcoolbutcare** on Sat Sep 22, 2007 3:16 am

LCD Soundsystem & Arcade Fire.

wowzor.

by **stereosforgeeks** on Mon Oct 01, 2007 9:17 am

Animal Collective rocked my socks off Firday. You can here the show here.

Okkervil River was last night. They were sick, but still sounded great. You can listen here.

It's nice having NPR document all these shows for me. Haha.

by **Zarles** on Mon Oct 01, 2007 10:39 am

Keepcoolbutcare wrote:LCD Soundsystem & Arcade Fire.

wowzor.

BASTARD. I'd sell children to see that show.

by **stereosforgeeks** on Mon Oct 01, 2007 10:41 am

Zarles wrote:
Keepcoolbutcare wrote:LCD Soundsystem & Arcade Fire.

wowzor.

BASTARD. I'd sell children to see that show.

New York this weekend.

by **stereosforgeeks** on Sun Oct 07, 2007 11:46 am

I saw Voxtrot last night with The Little Ones.

Voxtrot was mixed terribly and they sounded pretty crappy.

The Little Ones on the other hand sounded amazing and I am now a new fan of theirs.

by **justcheckin** on Sun Oct 07, 2007 11:50 am

Saw Blue October two weeks ago at the House of Blues in Myrtle Beach.... they rocked. Yellowcard, Shiney Toy Guns opened btw.

by **stereosforgeeks** on Wed Oct 10, 2007 11:58 am

Saw the Klaxons Monday night. They weren't anything speical live.

Also, they didnt seem to be able to say anyting besides "you guys are great thanks" between every song. Seriously work on your banter or just dont do it. Pandering is bad.

by **stereosforgeeks** on Fri Oct 12, 2007 10:12 am

Saw Magic Weapon, Johnny and the Moon and Sunset Rubdown last night.

Magic Weapon produced a great deal of sound for a two man band were a good opening band. I will definitely be looking into them some more.

Johnny and the Moon slowed the pace a bunch and while I like their album the live performance was boring and left a lot to be desired. Having the guitars mixed too highly, also didnt help at all.

Sunset Rubdown was one of the best bands I have seen live in awhile. They create a nice mood with some lamps that they populate the stage with. It gives the band a at home allmost basement show type of atmosphere. All the dynamic range and shifting melodies were present from the albums. Spencer's voice was as quivering as ever. The woman in the band was hard to hear, but I think she is just generally soft spoken. There was zero banter and they just progressed from song to song with only some tuning and a mild thanks in between. You could tell Krug was pretty trashed when he did speak, but it it didn't seem to make any difference to the music they were playing. They played most of the tracks from the new album, but ocassionally a track from Shut Up would jump in. The encore ended on a rollicking note after a passive start that capped off the night in a screaming passioned performance.

There are some youtube vids here, here, and here.

by **CubanB** on Fri Oct 12, 2007 12:48 pm

Geez, last week was a crazy concert week.

Tuesday, Oct 2nd @ SLims SF, CA
Graves At Sea
Ludicra
Wolves in the throne room

Really glad I went to this show as it ended up being Graves At Sea's last show. They were one of the better (probably best) up and coming Doom bands to hit the scene in a long time. Not to be outdone, SF's self-proclaimed "grey-metal" band Ludicra came out guns-a-blazin, opening with two of there most intense songs in their rapidly growing catalogue. Finally, we had Wolves in the Throne Room, black metal from Olympia, WA. They were good and definately held their own but Ludicra owned the night. Can't wait to see Ludicra again on Halloween with Portland's Splatterhouse.

Then on Friday Oct 5th, @ The Greek Theatre Berkeley, CA
The Shins
plus opening band that I didn't catch name of

The Shins are one of the few bands that are loved by my girlfriend that I can tolerate enough to see live. On their records, I really like the vocal harmonies... kinda remind me of the more mellow Beach Boys songs. Live was a different story. There were no vocal harmonies at this show except for a few La-la-las here and there. I was getting really frustrated by this because the entire band had mics in front of them but none of them were being used except for the lead singer... who has a great voice but not great enough to carry the songs like on record. The lead singer should just cut costs and tour by himself.

Saturday Oct 6th, @ The Shoreline Ampitheatre Mountainview, CA
The CURE

This was actually part of the DOwnload Festival but I got off of work late and got there just in time to hear the Kings of Leon finish their set. We got to our seats and were treated to nearly 3 hours of The Cure. The first hour and a half was good, too many new songs but they sound good live. Then they encored for a little over 45 minutes and played a whole bunch of old shit ending with Killing an Arab (I didn't think they still played that song). Then they came back for a second encore and they played even more old shit for another half hour. I'm only familiar with the Standing On a Beach collection (I've had that cassette since I was 10), so I only recognized maybe a quarter of the songs they played. My girlfriend knew all of them (except for the new song they played). Apparently they played a lot of deep album cuts. Great show. Oh yeah, no keyboards. The guitarist (not Robert Smith) had hella effects pedals and recreated the majority of the keyboard parts on guitar.

by **godzillasushi** on Fri Oct 12, 2007 12:51 pm

CubanB wrote:hella

You live in Northern Cal dont you....

by **Maui** on Fri Oct 12, 2007 12:53 pm

godzillasushi wrote:
CubanB wrote:hella

You live in Northern Cal dont you....

No, I think its the Greek Theatre, Slims and Ampitheatre in MV that give it away. :roll:

by **stereosforgeeks** on Fri Oct 12, 2007 12:54 pm

Maui wrote:
godzillasushi wrote:
CubanB wrote:hella

You live in Northern Cal dont you....

No, I think its the Greek Theatre, Slims and Ampitheatre in MV that give it away.

I thought he was referring to the band for a minute.

by **godzillasushi** on Fri Oct 12, 2007 12:56 pm

Maui wrote:
godzillasushi wrote:
CubanB wrote:hella

You live in Northern Cal dont you....

No, I think its the Greek Theatre, Slims and Ampitheatre in MV that give it away.

No, I think I was reffering to the word he used, hence the quote.
:roll:

You just seriously confused me...

Do I really need to add a winky?

by **Maui** on Fri Oct 12, 2007 1:07 pm

godzillasushi wrote:
Maui wrote:
godzillasushi wrote:
CubanB wrote:hella

You live in Northern Cal dont you....

No, I think its the Greek Theatre, Slims and Ampitheatre in MV that give it away.

No, I think I was reffering to the word he used, hence the quote.

You just seriously confused me...

Do I really need to add a winky?

Yes, it is true. I am confused this morning. The embedded quotes were a bit too much for me. Duhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!

Je m'excuse. :oops:

by **CubanB** on Fri Oct 12, 2007 4:48 pm

godzillasushi wrote:
CubanB wrote:hella

You live in Northern Cal dont you....

\

Damn, ya got me. I should have added a "ya'll" or an "aboot" in there somewhere. Then I could've been a Canadian Southern gentleman who lives in Northern California.

by **godzillasushi** on Fri Oct 12, 2007 4:52 pm

CubanB wrote:
godzillasushi wrote:
CubanB wrote:hella

You live in Northern Cal dont you....
\

Damn, ya got me. I should have added a "ya'll" or an "aboot" in there somewhere. Then I could've been a Canadian Southern gentleman who lives in Northern California.

Well, I was gonna bring something up after you replied but since everything I said was quoted and eye-rolled to death, I'm just giving up! Have a good weekend Nor Cal dude.

by **Maui** on Fri Oct 12, 2007 5:05 pm

godzillasushi wrote:
Well, I was gonna bring something up after you replied but since everything I said was quoted and eye-rolled to death, I'm just giving up! Have a good weekend Nor Cal dude.

I know, it was unnecessary eye rolling on my part - due to lack of caffeine.

by **Maui** on Fri Oct 12, 2007 5:06 pm

CubanB wrote:
Damn, ya got me. I should have added a "ya'll" or an "aboot" in there somewhere. Then I could've been a Canadian Southern gentleman who lives in Northern California.

Eh?

by **stereosforgeeks** on Fri Oct 12, 2007 5:16 pm

Maui wrote:
CubanB wrote:
Damn, ya got me. I should have added a "ya'll" or an "aboot" in there somewhere. Then I could've been a Canadian Southern gentleman who lives in Northern California.

Eh?

is also, Wisconsin/ Upper Peninsula of Michigan

by **CubanB** on Fri Oct 12, 2007 5:17 pm

godzillasushi wrote:
CubanB wrote:
godzillasushi wrote:
CubanB wrote:hella

You live in Northern Cal dont you....
\

Damn, ya got me. I should have added a "ya'll" or an "aboot" in there somewhere. Then I could've been a Canadian Southern gentleman who lives in Northern California.

Well, I was gonna bring something up after you replied but since everything I said was quoted and eye-rolled to death, I'm just giving up! Have a good weekend Nor Cal dude.

Thanks you too.

And Maui, the whole Canadian thing was a South Park joke. Not funny I guess.

by **Maui** on Sat Oct 13, 2007 11:55 am

CubanB wrote:
And Maui, the whole Canadian thing was a South Park joke. Not funny I guess.

Anything that is Canadian is funny. :wink:

by **stereosforgeeks** on Thu Oct 25, 2007 5:24 pm

Going to see Jens Lekman tonight and I am very excited!

by **tapehead** on Sat Oct 27, 2007 1:04 am

The first time I saw Nick Cave play I was still in high school, and he was the prettiest man alive - sneering, gaunt jaundiced, still junkie-thin, shoulder length hair and all angles, sharp points and deep baritone. At that time, touring 'Henry's Dream', he was only at the start of the era of his career where he was becoming more well-known for being the balladeer of dark romance and rhyming couplet metaphysical postulations than the king of Antipodean goth/post punk rock.
He's getting quite bald now, still rakishly thin, but just the hint of a pot belly, I was so pleased to discover that the sneering attitude of the 'Grinderman' album was as evident during his performance last week at the Forum in Melbourne as his ageing porn star moustache.
And this is a Grinderman gig. I think they played the album in total, and live it's messier, angrier, but most of all funnier and loud - fucking funny and fucking loud - good thing I'm this fucking drunk and fucking toasted to spend an hour or so in giggling glee, singing along.
Cave indulges in a playful repartee with his audience that might seem fucking rude to anyone without an ear that appreciates the snarky side of things. Warren Ellis and company seem to have made a bet to see who can go the longest without shaving, as the three-piece are the most hirsute trio I've ever seen.
And when Grinderman have exhausted their so-far brief repertoire, they leave the stage. The same band returns with Cave now often sitting at his piano, and now they turn to his back catalogue. The oldest track I think was 'tupelo', a song from The First born is Dead, and also notable is a almost solemn version of 'Mercy Seat' similar to the arrangement you can here on the three-album 'B-sides and rarities' from 2004 (?) Grinderman is an important album to me, I was beginning to tire of the sophorific moods Cave seemed to moving towards on the last few Bad Seeds albums, and to hear the man angry and rocking again give a little spring to my step as well.I was also pleased to see a pretty young crowd amongst the ageing hipsters and post-goth faithful. Those who have enjoyed the album should do what they can to see these songs played.

by **Keepcoolbutcare** on Sat Oct 27, 2007 4:25 am

tapehead wrote:as the three-piece are the most hirsute trio I've ever seen.

maybe, but only 'cuz Frank "Doesn't Live up to his Last Name" Beard only dons a mustache, but I wager Billy Gibbons & Dusty Hill can out hirsute most any three piece...

by **DaleTremont** on Sat Oct 27, 2007 4:28 am

Concert I would give my left kidney to go to but couldn't get tickets: Sex Pistols reunion at the Roxy. I seriously texted Indie 103.1 (the radio station giving away the tickets) about 200 times. But no dice. It's the saddest thing of my life.

by **Keepcoolbutcare** on Sat Oct 27, 2007 4:32 am

DaleTremont wrote:It's the saddest thing of my life.

jeez, sheltered much?

I'm kinda wishing for sad things to happen to you now...

by **DaleTremont** on Sat Oct 27, 2007 4:37 am

Keepcoolbutcare wrote:
DaleTremont wrote:It's the saddest thing of my life.

jeez, sheltered much?

i'm an only child from pasadena. i redefine sheltered.

by **stereosforgeeks** on Mon Oct 29, 2007 6:10 pm

Jens Lekam sounded unbelievable at the show Thursday. After a string of artists not havign good sound lately, this was a relief. The music captured what I loved about the songs to begin with and then the collective experience of enjoying it with other fans who got to sing along. Also, not many artists can get away with audience handclaps on the first song but Jens pulled it off.

So not only has Jens put out what is one of the best records of the year he has also managed to put on of the best concerts of the year.

He ended the encore with this Jens Lekman - A Pocketful Of Money as performed at the Black Cat DC.

The video is sideways but you get the idea.

by **stereosforgeeks** on Tue Oct 30, 2007 4:57 pm

Tonight is The Go! Team. This will be my 3rd time seeing them.

by **doglips** on Thu Nov 01, 2007 9:12 pm

Saw Arcade Fire last night, great gig ruined by some fuckwit throwing a show at Win ( hit him in the face ) during Power Out, more missiles lobbed at the stage after that. Felt embarrassed to be present, kind of took the shine off a great performance.

Tony, M.I.A at The Rescue Rooms, Dec 17th, a monday. Tickets available, I need to get the night off work.

by **stereosforgeeks** on Thu Nov 01, 2007 9:13 pm

doglips wrote:Saw Arcade Fire last night, great gig ruined by some fuckwit throwing a show at Win ( hit him in the face ) during Power Out, more missiles lobbed at the stage after that. Felt embarrassed to be present, kind of took the shine off a great performance.

Tony, M.I.A at The Rescue Rooms, Dec 17th, a monday. Tickets available, I need to get the night off work.

MIA is coming here soon too. I need to get tix.

Sux about the arcade fire show.

by **stereosforgeeks** on Thu Nov 01, 2007 9:18 pm

The Go! Team concert this week was good but sort of lackluster.

The quintessential time I saw them they had kids from nearby playground up on stage dancing with them. It was on their first US tour. It was quite the experience. The second time was a small venue and everyone was completely into it and the energy just bounced off the stage you could feel it.

This time just lacked that little something extra. They played most material off their first album, which is good because as Ive stated in other threads while the new materila is ok I just dont get into it as much.

by **Hermanator X** on Fri Dec 21, 2007 1:47 pm

I went to see Marilyn Manson in Oslo on tuesday.
It basically saves me from going to see a panto this year. I only really went for something to do and curious to see the stageshow. I can take or leave the music but the beautiful people rocks (maybe why he saved it for the final tune).

I was absolutely howling laughing at one point tho, when singing a song themed on alice in wonderland he was sat on a GIANT chair as if he had just drank the potion. His little dangling legs and tortured lament just reminded me of kermit the frog. The goths were eating it up and I have never seen so much fake blood. Except maybe in the elevator scene in the shining.

Hes starting to look a little haggard now too. Bit of a paunch and a few chins starting to sag. He actually reminded me a little of earthworm Jim.

But all said and done, it was an enjoyable evening, apart from the stupidest beer policy in the world. You could only buy one for yourself at a time, so no taking turns getting the beers in, and the bar shut at 9pm. Rock and roll!!

Next year is shaping up nicely allready, as today I bought some tix for QOTSA, The police and Iron Maiden (again, this one is more for the spectacle and the day out). I also plan to get back to the Geneva festival as its all kinds of ACEness.

by **stereosforgeeks** on Fri Jan 25, 2008 5:49 pm

I am going to see Cornelius tonight and if it is half the experience Brock describes here, I will be a happy man!

by **Keepcoolbutcare** on Fri Jan 25, 2008 6:24 pm

I'm going to see Liars tonight, and if it is half the experience I described here, I will be a happy man!

'course, with Angus' busted-up back, who knows what we'll be in for...maybe 'nekkid wheelchair wheelies!

by **TheBaxter** on Fri Jan 25, 2008 6:47 pm

a couple weeks ago, i saw The Silver Beats

they're a pretty awesome Japanese Beatles tribute band. gotta see it to believe it. from what i hear, only one of them speaks english. so the rest have to sing the songs phonetically.

by **stereosforgeeks** on Fri Jan 25, 2008 7:58 pm

Keepcoolbutcare wrote:I'm going to see Liars tonight, and if it is half the experience I described here, I will be a happy man!

'course, with Angus' busted-up back, who knows what we'll be in for...maybe 'nekkid wheelchair wheelies!

Still need to pick up tickets for when they come here! Thanks for reminding me.

by **Seppuku** on Fri Jan 25, 2008 7:59 pm

Aesop Rock in three days!

by **stereosforgeeks** on Fri Jan 25, 2008 8:01 pm

seppukudkurosawa wrote:Aesop Rock in three days!

Have you seen him before?

by **Keepcoolbutcare** on Fri Jan 25, 2008 8:04 pm

I caught the Rock at an Amoeba in-store, and even there he was pretty great...

by **Seppuku** on Fri Jan 25, 2008 8:05 pm

stereosforgeeks wrote:
seppukudkurosawa wrote:Aesop Rock in three days!

Have you seen him before?

Nope, this is the first time I get to hear his fables in person!

After not going to see any bands for about two months, I suddenly get four gigs lined up in the same week. Life is good.

by **junesquad** on Fri Jan 25, 2008 8:12 pm

A couple weeks ago I almost got wrangled into going to see a Hannah Montana Concert. Thankfully, I didn't have to go and ended up missing the thousands of screaming girls for two hours.

**And you people want proof that there's a God.

by **stereosforgeeks** on Fri Jan 25, 2008 8:18 pm

seppukudkurosawa wrote:
stereosforgee ks wrote:
seppukudkurosawa wrote:Aesop Rock in three days!

Have you seen him before?

Nope, this is the first time I get to hear his fables in person!

After not going to see any bands for about two months, I suddenly get four gigs lined up in the same week. Life is good.

Awesome you will seriously enjoy it. The last time I was able to go see him was the Bazooka Tooth tour in Chicago. Damn thats a long time ago now. I even have a copy of the Bazooka Tooth LP signed on my wall from that show.

Website · by **Bayouwolf** on Fri Jan 25, 2008 11:31 pm

Last show (I won't call it great. But it's a show...) I saw was Daughtry at the Hard Rock Orlando, last December. Took the wife out for dinner and the show for our 11th anniversary. She liked the hell outta him.
Me.... I'm a little harder to impress...
He wasn't bad, considering his lack of material. He did a few cover tunes (Even a Motley Crue cover. ugh...) But the guy's got pipes. If he can distance himself from the other 20+ bands that he sounds just like, he might just make it. :roll:

The problem I had with the show was the opening acts. All 3 of them.
Crap, utter crap, and Canadian crap on a stick.
2 hours of opening acts. 2 FUCKING HOURS. I know you want to give the unknowns a shot man, but c'mon...2 goddamn hours of listening to a band **Dirty University** that sounded and looked like vintage "Black Crows", a band **You are I am** that wanted to be Coldplay (although with even more sux teh ballz) and the Canadian group **The Midway State** that defied explanation. They were that frakkin' bad. Everyone was chanting for the main billing, and these guys just mushed on... Horrendous...
By the time Daughtry hit the stage, I was already ready to hit the door.
5/10 overall.

by **Keepcoolbutcare** on Sat Jan 26, 2008 9:15 pm

Keepcoolbutcare wrote:I'm going to see Liars tonight, and if it is half the experience I described here, I will be a happy man!

'course, with Angus' busted-up back, who knows what we'll be in for...maybe 'nekkid wheelchair wheelies!

careful what you wish for...but before we get to that, the "Feel Good" list!

Nicotine - check.
Valium - nay.
Vicodin - check.
Marijuana - oh you better believe that's a check!
Ecstasy - nay.
Alcohol - check.

So that P4k story/blog entry is no lie, Angus' back is indeed out of whack. Poor man spent most of the show sitting down, so no lifting up his dress to flash an unsuspecting crowd...in fact, no dress at all, as the lithe 6'6'' one came out wearing a suit and tie!
Don't know if they had a 4th when they opened for Interpol, or whether they just added him to compensate for Angus' inability to do anything other than strum a guitar at one point, but with the on stage theatrics kept to a bare minimum, the show obviously suffered.

And I don't know if it's because of his injury, or because they haven't played together in a minute, but the stuff off Liars didn't sound all that great - not as crisp and crackling as on CD, more lo-fi gutter punk than the studio sheen, especially "Clear Island" and "Houseclouds" but that could be because they were the 2nd and 3rd songs of the set, and they were just warming up, getting the feel of incorporating a new member.

But when they busted loose the double drum kick-stomp from select tracks off They Were Wrong, So We Drowned ("Broken Witch", "There's Always Room on the Broom", "We Fenced Other Houses With the Bones of Our Own"*. Lamentably, no "Hold Hands and it Will Happen Anyway", the most fiery track off that underrated album) and Drum's Not Dead they hit that rapturous doom 'n gloom sound that I adore them for, so a lot was forgiven.

And I gained a whole new respect for these admittedly arty post-punk/post-rock/pretty-much-post-everything collective - nary a mention of Angus' back issues, and their commitment to putting on show given the circumstances was remarkably blue collar, not something you'd expect from their art snobbery. While Angus was grounded, his playful snark came through a couple times; once when some jackass was yelling out for "Mr Your On Fire Mr." (course, that moron was asking for "Mr. Mr. Your on Fire", which, um, isn't the title buddy. Try harder next time) and Angus calmly told him, all sorts of dead pan, to shut up - and then when he, out of the blue, he sat down next to drummer extraordinaire Julian Gross during the encore's finale, "Let's Not Wrestle Mt. Heart Attack", and right before a particularly tricky bit of switheroo timing/rhythm change, announced right in Gross' ear that this next bit is his favorite part of the tune. Awesome-osity in all it's splendor that.

So, yeah, about half as good as the last time.

*and, cooler-than-thou hipster-douchebags being themselves, I was the only one yelling out the "We're Doomed! We're Doomed" chorus on that. Why go to a show if you won't at least engage with the band, you preening jackanapes!?!

by **junesquad** on Sat Jan 26, 2008 10:34 pm

Bayou wrote:Last show (I won't call it great. But it's a show...) I saw was Daughtry at the Hard Rock Orlando, last December. Took the wife out for dinner and the show for our 11th anniversary. She liked the hell outta him.
Me.... I'm a little harder to impress...
He wasn't bad, considering his lack of material. He did a few cover tunes (Even a Motley Crue cover. ugh...) But the guy's got pipes. If he can distance himself from the other 20+ bands that he sounds just like, he might just make it.
The problem I had with the show was the opening acts. All 3 of them.
Crap, utter crap, and Canadian crap on a stick.
2 hours of opening acts. 2 FUCKING HOURS. I know you want to give the unknowns a shot man, but c'mon...2 goddamn hours of listening to a band **Dirty University** that sounded and looked like vintage "Black Crows", a band **You are I am** that wanted to be Coldplay (although with even more sux teh ballz) and the Canadian group **The Midway State** that defied explanation. They were that frakkin' bad. Everyone was chanting for the main billing, and these guys just mushed on... Horrendous...
By the time Daughtry hit the stage, I was already ready to hit the door.
5/10 overall.

Sounds painful... There's no way in hell that I'd wait two hours for anyone. I'm glad I'm not a big concert-goer.

by **stereosforgeeks** on Wed Jan 30, 2008 8:51 pm

Sounds like an awesome show KCBC! The cornelius was fucking incredible.

It was the perfect first date material. It was the same show Brock described all those moons ago. While I would have wished for something new seeing what brock described was pure auditory and visual bliss.

by **Keepcoolbutcare** on Thu Jan 31, 2008 12:05 am

stereosforgeeks wrote:It was the perfect first date material.

no wonder you haven't been Zoning much lately.

damn women, leeching precious posting time!

by **stereosforgeeks** on Wed Feb 13, 2008 4:39 pm

Liars was pretty much exactly as you described them last night. Angus walked around a bit, but for the most of the show he was sitting. The show was pretty empty being in the middle of an ice storm. Shame really, while not upto par with what you described your previous experience to be it was still a worthwhile show.

No Age, actually impressed me live, but I still dont really like their record that much.

By the way I yelled the chorus too.

by **AtomicHyperbole** on Thu Mar 13, 2008 1:29 pm

I'm off to go and see The Hard Sell!

/stupidly excited

Will report back later!

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