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Saw Lee "Scratch" Perry perform Super Ape in full +more songs with Subatomic Soundsystem last night. Really dope show. The group that opened, Mindz of a Different Kind, were cool, too. Met Scratch after the show and he signed my Super Ape vinyl!
I was kind of nervous to grab tickets for his show here next month, but I'm glad to hear it was a good one! Definitely gonna pick up a pair.
Next Saturday should I go see Dresden Dolls in Coney Island? (Never seen them, one of only 2 reunion dates)
Or
Should I go to Night 1 of Afropunk and see Tyler the Creator, Flying Lotus, and TV On The Radio? (All acts I have seen multiple times, but I really like)
Afropunk, because Amanda Palmer doesn't deserve your money.
Didn't make Lil Wayne/2 Chainz, but my daughter went and said it was a good time. Here's the local write-up by Keith Speara of The Advocate for any rap fans:
Lil Wayne’s second annual Lil Weezyana Fest finally lived up to the promise of the first one.
What had been a sweaty but fairly standard exercise by Wayne and 2 Chainz, trading songs and verses over prerecorded tracks at Bold Sphere Music at Champions Square on Saturday, suddenly became a lot more fun with the arrival of some surprise guests: the Showboys.
In 1986, the New York hip-hop duo released a song called “Drag Rap.” Its “triggerman” beat is the foundation upon which much of New Orleans hip-hop in general, and the bounce sub-genre specifically, are built. Wayne gladly turned the stage over to the Showboys, who gleefully romped to the 30-year-old “Drag Rap.”
"With the 10th anniversary of Katrina, there’s no way we couldn’t have come and supported you,” they said.
That sentiment, however thoughtful, was a year late, as the 2016 Lil Weezyana Fest coincided with Hurricane Katrina’s 11th anniversary.
Even so, the Showboys' throwback hip-hop was a hoot. “You just witnessed history,” Wayne intoned, before giving himself credit for it: “I’m a bad (expletive) for what I just did there.”
The inaugural, 2015 Lil Weezyana Fest at Champions Square sold out well in advance and boasted Drake, Master P, Big Freedia and a reunion of the Hot Boys, Wayne’s all-star crew from his early days with Cash Money Records.
Famed local personal injury attorney Morris Bart, an acquaintance of Wayne’s from courtside at NBA games, served as the unlikely presenting sponsor of the event, which was produced by Live Nation and promoted by Q93's parent company.
Bart was back on board for Weezyana Fest’s second year, which didn’t sell as quickly, even if Champions Square still looked full. His introductory remarks reminded attendees that the 2015 show commemorated 10 years of recovery from Hurricane Katrina, but this year’s coincided with catastrophic flooding elsewhere in Louisiana.
Saturday’s undercard included the rapper Yo Gotti. The most remarkable element of his 25-minute set was that he wore a long-sleeve black sweatshirt to perform outdoors on a stifling, humid August night in New Orleans. It stayed on longer than seemed possible.
Collegrove, Wayne’s collaboration with 2 Chainz, received top billing this year.
Recording under the Collegrove name is apparently part of Wayne’s strategy to free himself from the clutches of Cash Money. That label helped sell New Orleans rap to the nation in the 1990s and made Wayne a star, but he bitterly broke with it in 2015, citing a litany of alleged misdeeds.
For that and other reasons — including at least two significant seizures — the past year has not been all platinum-and-diamond smiles for Wayne.
But he was in high spirits Saturday night. As the streaming service Tidal beamed the show live to a global online audience, Wayne and 2 Chainz — who wore what appeared to be a pair of white shrimp boots — showcased their collective and individual creations, backed by a pair of deejays.
All the beats and backing music, and a significant amount of the vocals — especially on choruses and hooks — came courtesy of prerecorded tracks. There were no splashy production flourishes beyond very basic video content. The microphones of several guests did not seem to work properly.
The show, then, depended almost solely on the charisma and energy of the stars, and on surprises.
The surprises started early when 2 Chainz apparently arrived onstage prematurely, before Tidal aired its opening video segment. Later, 2 Chainz rapped some of “Birthday Song” and “I’m Different.”
When not watching, grinning and smoking at the back of the stage, Wayne whipped through hits and features from throughout his career. He touched on his Drake collaboration “The Motto.” “Hot Boy (Freestyle)” referenced the Hot Boys. He navigated stretches of “Lollipop” and “Mrs. Officer.”
In master of ceremonies mode, he introduced guests from the past and the future. The latter included Baby E, a lanky white guy with long hair whom Wayne proclaimed to be “one of the realest n****s I know.”
Veteran New Orleans hip-hop duo Partners-N-Crime, aka Misdemeanor and Kangol Slim, were received far more enthusiastically. Their local smash “Pump Tha Party” lit up the large crowd more effectively than anything that preceded it. The duo’s “N.O. Block Party,” built on an appropriation of “Iko, Iko,” spoke directly to their New Orleans roots. Ms. Tee joined them to sing “Tell Me Why.”
Wayne recalled that, back when he should have been doing his homework, he’d instead listen repeatedly to cassettes by the New Orleans rapper Fiend, memorizing the lyrics to impress his friends. Fiend stepped up to reprise No Limit Records boss Master P’s “Make 'em Say Uhh.”
As with Partners-N-Crime, Mystikal’s appearance at Weezyana Fest had been advertised in advance. However, his brief, somewhat disjointed turn ended abruptly and awkwardly to make room for the evening’s biggest surprise: Chris Brown.
As Wayne explained, Brown’s last-minute addition to the bill resulted from a hotel encounter in Miami earlier in the week.
Brown soon stripped down to his bare torso, showing he’s not quite as cut as he once was. Nevertheless, he danced and sang for several minutes before exiting. Wayne cracked that he “taught him that little flip he did right before the show.”
It was left to Wayne — and the dozens of onlookers who now surrounded him — to close out the proceedings. After a chunk of “We Be Steady Mobbin,” he solicited a shout-out for Baton Rouge — the only reference to the flooding other than in Morris Bart’s introduction — and Weezy-ily endorsed the Black Lives Matter movement.
“I want to say three more important words,” he continued. “(Expletive) Cash Money.”
Apparently the feud is still on. “I am the best rapper alive,” he proclaimed. “Please make it to your next destination safely.”
With that, he literally dropped the mic on Lil Weezyana Fest 2016.
Got to see three more established acts that I'd never seen before last night. (Thanks, Ticketmaster Settlement!)
Def Leppard were borderline bucket list for me since they were huge in my youth. They're pros and the set was really fun. A bit short at sixteen songs but at least there were only a few new songs that I didn't know.
They were preceded by REO Speedwagon. Also good. They were a bit more rockin' than I was expecting. Good time.
The show was opened by Tesla. They always stuck my me as what the Black Crowes would have been if they had gone more metal and less blues. It was a bit of a cliche rock show but they sounded good and were super enthusiastic.
Side note: this show had the most audience members wearing the tee shirt of a band playing of any I've been to in a long time. (Cue PCU...)
Saw Sleigh Bells last night and they were actually really good? I'd only ever heard about bad they were live, so I was very, very pleasantly surprised. They're playing without the live drummer they had on their last tour and still doing very Treats-heavy sets, which probably helps a lot.
Saw Sleigh Bells last night and they were actually really good? I'd only ever heard about bad they were live, so I was very, very pleasantly surprised. They're playing without the live drummer they had on their last tour and still doing very Treats-heavy sets, which probably helps a lot.
Your snaps from last night made me suuuuuuuuuuper jealous! It seemed like a good set list.
I will say that there was one unfortunate thing about the whole experience that could've ruined it if it went worse. There was this guy with maybe the longest arms I've ever seen who kept on pushing his way through the audience with his right arm outstretched to try and get Alexis Krauss to touch him (which, against all odds, she did four times). He kept on elbowing people in the face and generally seemed really unaware of his body, but it was hard to get him to stop because he kept pushing his way through the audience throughout the show to get closer to her as she moved across the stage. And then, about 2/3rds of the way through, he just left. It was all very bizarre. As you can imagine, the final third of the show was my favorite.
Post by stlallison on Sept 4, 2016 12:28:42 GMT -5
Eh, I've pretty much gotten used to jerk faces at shows, especially if I'm wanting to get close. Just part of the price you gotta pay. And since I'm so short and generally small, no one ever realizes how much they impact my own personal space.
Saw Sleigh Bells last night and they were actually really good? I'd only ever heard about bad they were live, so I was very, very pleasantly surprised. They're playing without the live drummer they had on their last tour and still doing very Treats-heavy sets, which probably helps a lot.
They were entertaining at Buku 15. ------------------------ Has anyone seen the Kraftwerk 3D show yet? I've got it Friday, and I'm pretty psyched even though I don't really listen to them. I'm curious about the production work and thinking it's going to be pretty fn great.
Saw Sleigh Bells last night and they were actually really good? I'd only ever heard about bad they were live, so I was very, very pleasantly surprised. They're playing without the live drummer they had on their last tour and still doing very Treats-heavy sets, which probably helps a lot.
They were entertaining at Buku 15. ------------------------ Has anyone seen the Kraftwerk 3D show yet? I've got it Friday, and I'm pretty psyched even though I don't really listen to them. I'm curious about the production work and thinking it's going to be pretty fn great.
I caught it last year. The visuals can get monotonous on some the longer songs but it's still a completely unique experience.
Saw Sleigh Bells last night and they were actually really good? I'd only ever heard about bad they were live, so I was very, very pleasantly surprised. They're playing without the live drummer they had on their last tour and still doing very Treats-heavy sets, which probably helps a lot.
They were entertaining at Buku 15. ------------------------ Has anyone seen the Kraftwerk 3D show yet? I've got it Friday, and I'm pretty psyched even though I don't really listen to them. I'm curious about the production work and thinking it's going to be pretty fn great.
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They were entertaining at Buku 15. ------------------------ Has anyone seen the Kraftwerk 3D show yet? I've got it Friday, and I'm pretty psyched even though I don't really listen to them. I'm curious about the production work and thinking it's going to be pretty fn great.
Indeed I have! If you've never seen Kraftwerk then by all means check out the show. At this point Ralf Hütter (lyrics, left-most on stage) is the only remaining founding memeber of the group, and they more or less put on the same show on every stop on the tour (with certain tweaks depending on where the show is being held). That being said Kraftwerk are pioneers of electronic music as we know it today. The show is a great experience and one you wont forget. The 3D component works nicely with the whole stage show too.
Monie and I saw John Quackin' Digweed at a very cool little hole-in-the-wall in Austin Sunday night, and the man crushed it. First time seeing him for both of us, and it was obvious why he's such a master of his genre. And it was the kind of sound that I feel may have been lost at a big festival set.
Kinda regret not staying for a wee bit longer but it was very hot, very people-y and very stand-y-only in there. Womp womp.
Saw the of Montreal tour opener at the 40 Watt in Athens last weekend, def a musical highlight of the year.
There is no dedicated guitar player this tour, so Kevin is back playing for much of the show (!). Most of the songs segue into each other now so the show goes so much smoother.
The new Innocence Reaches album translates very well into a live setting, and the visuals for this tour are fantastic, albeit a little scaled back from the Aureate Gloom tour.
The set is obv heavy on new material, with only 1 song played from the three previous albums, relying most heavily on Skeletal Lamping, followed by Hissing Fauna, then False Priest & Sunlandic Twins.
Major bonus is he has been encoring every show with The Man Who Sold The World > 1999
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------------------------ Has anyone seen the Kraftwerk 3D show yet? I've got it Friday, and I'm pretty psyched even though I don't really listen to them. I'm curious about the production work and thinking it's going to be pretty fn great.
Saw it last year in Boston, it was amazing. You'll probably be seated the whole time, so it'll feel like watching a 3D movie of the past 40 years of music (in a good way).
------------------------ Has anyone seen the Kraftwerk 3D show yet? I've got it Friday, and I'm pretty psyched even though I don't really listen to them. I'm curious about the production work and thinking it's going to be pretty fn great.
Saw it last year in Boston, it was amazing. You'll probably be seated the whole time, so it'll feel like watching a 3D movie of the past 40 years of music (in a good way).
I'm glad I got ga floor tix.
Esteban, do you have floors or balcony? hit me up playa
Saw it last year in Boston, it was amazing. You'll probably be seated the whole time, so it'll feel like watching a 3D movie of the past 40 years of music (in a good way).
I'm glad I got ga floor tix.
Esteban, do you have floors or balcony? hit me up playa
Up in the nosebleeds in 301 HH 1/2/3. I'm going to be with my middle kid and his gf because my oldest ended up going to Bass-Atlanta. We are going to split out around 6:30/6:45 but if you wanna pregame, feel free to swing by otw in.
Not to trying to shock anybody with a dramatic revelation here or anything, but I saw Tegan and Sara tonight and loved it. However, I will say that they changed the arrangements for almost of all the old songs they performed pretty dramatically, so if you really hate synth-heavy Tegan and Sara this is probably a tour you don't want to attend.
Post by Dale Cooper on Sept 13, 2016 11:25:04 GMT -5
Saw Explosions in the Sky on Sunday and had a great time. They sound great and their new songs sounded really good live. Tycho next week, Kanye in two!
Not to trying to shock anybody with a dramatic revelation here or anything, but I saw Tegan and Sara tonight and loved it. However, I will say that they changed the arrangements for almost of all the old songs they performed pretty dramatically, so if you really hate synth-heavy Tegan and Sara this is probably a tour you don't want to attend.
Seeing them on Halloween day, I'll settle for the new arrangements. Thanks for letting us know!
I just got home from seeing Maya Rudolph and Gretchen Liebrum's Prince tribute band, Princess. It was riotous good fun, go see them this weekend in NYC (at Brooklyn Bowl) or DC (at the 9:30 Club) if you can. They both can sing Prince's music (and The Time's, and Vanity 6's, and Sheila E's...) incredibly well. The costumes, the gyrations, everything is a beautiful homage to Prince, his music, his movies, his proteges, etc. The backing band is exceptional.
DSMR (with part of Vanity 6's "Nasty Girl" Let's Go Crazy When You Were Mine Head Sister Jack U Off The Beautiful Ones Controversy Erotic City Delirious Little Red Corvette A Love Bizarre Cool Darling Nikki (they even vocally did the backmasked part, which was neat and hilarious)
Purple Rain
What was really amazing and kind of crazy was that after the show, I was hanging out with my friend/coworker, who went to UCSC with Maya and Gretchen, and Gretchen called her on the phone and invited us back to hang out. I met Gretchen and Maya, who talked about being invited to Paisley Park for Prince's services. His urn was adorned with guitar picks and his round sunglasses, the entire house portion of Paisley Park was locked up tighter than a drum by the trust that controls everything - even Prince's family couldn't get into the house - so everyone was confined to the performance spaces. Maya talked a little about Prince himself, and how he used to lovingly chide her for doing "the backwards part" of Darling Nikki when she does the song. I also met (but was not properly introduced to) a transgender choreographer who works with Maya (on Maya & Marty) and Beyonce (Beyonce). It was a fascinating and wild experience.