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Slipknot, Lamb of God,Bullet for my Valentine,and for the opening we were treated to Memory in White last Friday 7/31/15 at spac awesome set by all but Lamb of God comes in first all arround harder,faster,louder,MORE .
Considering you've found the need to respond to my threads as if you are threatened by me I offer you some peace my confused counterpart. May you find peace in your restless soul.
Atlanta shows were great, but NOLA wins. Have MMJ shows always consisted of way too many super schwilled Chad bros high fivin', chugging yella beers, and singing/yelling out of tune/time the whole fucking show? Did all these goobers just step off the DMB tour and then onto the MMJ tour?
Post by captaina152 on Aug 13, 2015 14:07:30 GMT -5
Saw a really fun set of James Brown covers last night. The band is called James Brown Dance Party, which is apparently a bunch people from other bands that get together and play James Brown tunes. Also I saw my first ever conch shell solo last night.
Our lineup Jennifer Hartswick (Trey Anastasio Band) Always liked her trumpet playing the couple of times I have seen her. This was the first time I have heard her sing though. Mary Frances (Yo Mama’s Big Fat Booty Band) Evan Cobb (Cage The Elephant, The Dynamites, Nashville Jazz Orchestra) Roland Barber (Robin Thicke, Aretha Franklin, Lauryn Hill, Ron Isley, Saturday Night Live Band and more) Holy shit can this guy play trombone Cody Wright (Jonathon Scales Fourchestra)** Adam Chase (The JB Dance Party, Strange Design) Matthew Chase (The JB Dance Party, Strange Design)
I saw a psychedelic punk band called Immigrant Union last weekend at a teensy hole-in-the-wall (capacity 120). These guys are still fairly small but are ready to blow up in a big way. They are good on the record, but absolutely explosive live. If you're a fan of the modern Aussie psych rock scene, do NOT sleep on these peeps.
(For fans of Courtney Barnett, she and her bandmates were part of Immigrant Union until about 2 or 3 years ago. Also, the lead singer / guitarist is the drummer for The Dandy Warhols. Do yourself a favour and check them out.)
Post by abefroman1 on Aug 19, 2015 10:09:57 GMT -5
I'm a big Steve Brodsky fan and went to Mutoid Man last night. That might have been the most fun I've seen 3 musicians have on stage. They just kept flipping each other off, laughing, doing goofy shit with their instruments, good time.
I also met the drummer of Hum in line for merch. He lives in Kansas City and just got back from their tour with Failure yesterday. He said they are planning a split EP with Failure where each band produces each others songs. He was fairly drunk and bought me Mutoid Man's record and a shirt for another guy in line. Very nice guy
Last night I saw Glen Hansard in a private show put on by his management company here in Austin. I forgot I even entered to win tickets, and when I got the email I had won them I was so skeptical I had to double check the legitimacy of it. Soooooo happy I went. I had seen Glen only briefly once before at Roo in 2013 for maybe half an hour. Thought he was great at Roo, but holy crap, last night he blew me away. He was just so mesmerizing and the passion, power, precision, and range this man has is incredible.
He played for around an hour and it was an entirely acoustic set. It was held in a local high-end clothing store called Billy Reid's on S 6th St. They had him with his guitar and two PA speakers set up in the middle-ish of the room and the audience of about 50-70ish people just made room around him. The store was small and it wasn't packed. It was about as intimate a setting as you can imagine. It was awesome. Glen is hysterical, by the way. The entire store front was windows and every time some loud car or some drunk bros walking past and climbing onto the windows to peek in could be heard Glen would comment on it with some joke. He flicked off the bros the second time they walked past and had the crowd closest to the window join him.... good times.
Anyways, he played a set that was comprised of some of his own songs as well as some covers. A musician friend of his was in the audience, so he had him come up and play a song as well. His friend was also fantastic. I wish I could remember his name (I'm not sure if he was a local Austin artist or not). For every original song Glen played he'd give a brief description of what the song was about, usually a funny story. He interacted with the crowd and the staff and it really just felt like we were awkwardly making a friend put on a show for us.
TL;DR: It was amazing. Glen is amazing. Austin is amazing. Billy Reid is amazing. And it was just a damn good show. Probably in my top 3 shows I've seen this year.
His last song was a cover of Van Morrison's "Astral Weeks", which was a request from someone in the audience. And he killed it. So much power and passion. I love it.
Meant to post this earlier, but I was able to catch James Murphy doing a DJ set at SmartBar in Chicago this past Friday. Obviously, it was a blast. He went way later than I was able to stay and I still saw about an hour and a half to two hours of his set. His musical knowledge is blatant to everyone, and it just carries over really well to a DJ set. Lot of disco, deep house, drum and bass. So many styles and each one was better than the next. Plus he popped bottles and acted about as cool as anyone has ever described him. He was very polite the entire time, as well. All around great atmosphere and show. If he does something similar to that around you, definitely go for it.
I saw AC/DC last night. It was cool how people came from so far away for the show. I met some folks in the parking lot that had come all the way from Australia, met a father and son who road tripped from New Mexico. And I live 10 min from the stadium haha.
AC/DC totally sucked by the way. The fireworks, stage set up, and all the pageantry was cool. But those guys had barely any energy. Seemed like they should have performed with oxygen tanks on stand by. I have seen cover bands at dive bars perform AC/DC songs better than AC/DC. Glad I checked them off the list; but I am good on ever seeing them again.
Post by abefroman1 on Aug 31, 2015 23:34:30 GMT -5
Saw the Prodigy Sunday night in Denver. Holeeeee shit what a show. It's amazing that they'll never get the credit they deserve from American audiences, because they were EDM rockstars long before DJs in America became rockstars. Their mix of UK big beats and borderline industrial rock brings the bass as hard as anyone else out there. The light show was really good too. Played a perfect mix of songs off Fat of the Land, Invaders Must Die and The Day is my Enemy, plus Voodoo People. Really fun show and would destroy whatever stage they played at Bonnaroo if they ever got the chance.
Forgot to post on here about it but I saw Cypress hill a couple weeks ago at Batfest and they were dope!! Second time seeing em. They played for 1hr 20 and did like 25 songs. A medley here or there, but overall a really good Cypress Hill show. Better than the first time I saw them at Lolla in 2010.
I saw everyone's favorite band last night Twenty One Pilots. 5th time I have seen them and one of the best. Saw them at Echostage in DC. Have been to Echostage twice but it was for Glitch Mob and other EDM shows. Echostage seems to becoming a rival for 9:30 club in booking non EDM bands. MSMR, Bleachers, Death Cab, and Andrew McMahon are all playing there in the coming months. Anyways, the crowd was electric while Twenty One Pilots was on stage. Now most of that crowd averaged 19 years of age, but still was in to it. They did there normal stage shtick which I had seen (still better than what Matt and Kim call stage presence)! Overall I give it an 8 out of 10 for a show. It was on par with their 9:30 club show I saw last year.
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard was so fucking good a few nights ago. They played for right at an hour. A longer set would have been nice, but it was an energetic set.
Setlist was something along the lines of:
I'm In Your Mind I'm Not In Your Mind Cellophane I'm In Your Mind Fuzz (new song) Hot Wax Hot Water The River Am I In Heaven/Cellophane jam
After The River, it was more of a jam centered around Am I In Heaven and Cellophane. I kept catching riffs and bits from things that sounded familiar, but that's all I could concretely identify.
Like I said, such a good show. Only bad part was one or two bad apples in the crowd. There was some light, playful moshing/slamming during Cellophane and other parts. No big deal. But one dude in particular was WAY too aggressive. He was a fairly big guy, and one of those guys you could tell liked going to concerts "for the mosh". Karl, from Workaholics, if you will.
The lead singer noticed this, and made one early plea for people to watch out for others, and that we're all here to have a good time. After another song ended, he basically stopped, looked directly at the aggressive dude, and said, "We're all friends here, mate!". It was clear who he was referring to. The dude slinked off to the back of the crowd and I never saw him again for the rest of the show.
Really like the venue too. Smaller then Red 7, which it's sort of replacing, but the stage is higher up and it's covered outside.
Godspeed the next two nights! Woohoo!
Edit: Forgot to mention that I got to meet up with Monie for the show! We both held the front line as the back of the mosh pit. That one, shirtless dude, was kind enough to leave us covered in his sweat.
The lead singer noticed this, and made one early plea for people to watch out for others, and that we're all here to have a good time. After another song ended, he basically stopped, looked directly at the aggressive dude, and said, "We're all friends here, mate!". It was clear who he was referring to. The dude slinked off to the back of the crowd and I never saw him again for the rest of the show.
Yea, that guy was a dick... I got a good laugh when he was called the fuck out tho. I'm surprised be even took the hint, he seemed way too drunk to really comprehend anything. And he was just like falling into people, not even like he was actually trying to mosh. It was weird. He really needed an adult to help him out..
Edit: Forgot to mention that I got to meet up with Monie for the show! We both held the front line as the back of the mosh pit. That one, shirtless dude, was kind enough to leave us covered in his sweat.
dude, that guy... His dancing was amazing. I'm so happy it was raining on my way back to my car. On the ride home I couldn't distinguish rain from sweat and that was much preferred.
But we did hold down the front lines. I was pretty proud of me actually... it brought back fond memories of being a teenager and attending way more rowdy shows than I tend to go to now. I didn't expect the moshing from King Gizz though. I thought it was going to be a more spaced out, psy-rock set... I was kinda caught off guard by that. They were great, I'm not upset about it. Just surprised.
The lead singer noticed this, and made one early plea for people to watch out for others, and that we're all here to have a good time. After another song ended, he basically stopped, looked directly at the aggressive dude, and said, "We're all friends here, mate!". It was clear who he was referring to. The dude slinked off to the back of the crowd and I never saw him again for the rest of the show.
Yea, that guy was a dick... I got a good laugh when he was called the fuck out tho. I'm surprised be even took the hint, he seemed way too drunk to really comprehend anything. And he was just like falling into people, not even like he was actually trying to mosh. It was weird. He really needed an adult to help him out..
Edit: Forgot to mention that I got to meet up with Monie for the show! We both held the front line as the back of the mosh pit. That one, shirtless dude, was kind enough to leave us covered in his sweat.
dude, that guy... His dancing was amazing. I'm so happy it was raining on my way back to my car. On the ride home I couldn't distinguish rain from sweat and that was much preferred.
But we did hold down the front lines. I was pretty proud of me actually... it brought back fond memories of being a teenager and attending way more rowdy shows than I tend to go to now. I didn't expect the moshing from King Gizz though. I thought it was going to be a more spaced out, psy-rock set... I was kinda caught off guard by that. They were great, I'm not upset about it. Just surprised.
Ya, I was pretty astonished that the dude actually took the hint and got lost. Seemed like the type that would continue no matter what, especially if it was pissing people off. I was cracking up too. You could tell the singer was actually somewhat upset by it, but that was as rude as he could be, calling out an audience member.
"Hey, we're all friends here, mate!"
And regarding King Gizz's style, they can definitely play a spacey-er set if they want, they have the songs in their catalog. But it seems they typically stick to the higher energy psych/garage hybrid most of the time. Remember reading some interview where they talked about how they picked the setlists for their shows. They only bust out the slow spacey stuff at certain times from what I remember.
And yes, the rain on the walk home was helpful for hiding the sweat on me that wasn't mine