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we've got the 2nd dead show up in chicago tonight....i get off work in just 2 hours and 20 min..then a 3 hour drive up there and just a few hours of gettin ready for the show. i know they have the roadside attractions in chicago and denver..so maybe that, along with some tasty corn...and my buddy the oh so tasty soco and lime
also, the denver show has an exhibit as well, a little heads up for those going to the denver show
Chicago Exhibit Features Grateful Dead Art If you're in Chicago for The Dead shows, be sure to catch this exhibit right across the street from Allstate Arena!
The exhibit will feature limited-edition works created by Bill Kreutzmann and rare signed work by Jerry Garcia. It also includes photography of the Grateful Dead chronicling their 30 year career by Herb Greene and Baron Wolman, plus poster art by Richard Biffle.
Where to see it? Go to Café Le Cave, 2777 Mannheim Road, Des Plaines, Illinois. It's located directly across the street from the concert venue; it's FREE and open to the public.
Hours of the exhibit will be Monday, May 4, 2009 – 12-6 and Tuesday, May 5, 2009 – 10-6.
Post by nodepression on May 6, 2009 0:00:24 GMT -5
Mogwai for the win. Jesus that band knows what it's doing. Also I was pleasantly surprised by the opener, Twilight Sad, definitely a band to check out. My ears though are still ringing, but I don't care.
Mogwai for the win. Jesus that band knows what it's doing. Also I was pleasantly surprised by the opener, Twilight Sad, definitely a band to check out. My ears though are still ringing, but I don't care.
I know, right? I still can't get over their performance from a couple weeks ago.
But I saw Girl Talk and Lupe Fiasco last night at Drexel University. Words do not express how amazing this performance was. It was Girl Talk's last show before he hits up the festivals, and it was Lupe's last show in support of The Cool.
It took place in a gym with no air-conditioning, and they didn't have water there. It was so freaking hot, but people kept dancing throughout the night.
First up was Girl Talk. On either side of the stage was movie screens, and throughout the show there was a movie playing with psychedelic images. Greg absolutely killed it. He played some new samples, which were incredible. If his new album has anything that he brought last night, it's going to be better than Feed the Animals.
Lupe went on next. The opening music was Justice's "Genesis". Lupe absolutely killed it. It was pretty much a greatest hits show. In the middle of the show, he asked the audience how many people knew him. Most hands went up. Then he asked how many people had no idea who he was. Some hands went up. He was disappointed. He said, "let's see if you don't know me after this." Then he proceeded to play TOUCH THE SKY! The place exploded. After that, he asked how many people didn't know him now, and a few hands went up. He then played Everybody Nose! This is just a snippet of an incredible show. He also did this thing with his drummer where he would punch the air like a boxer, and the drummer would keep time with the punches. It was pretty cool. So the faster Lupe punched, the faster the drummer drummed. So worth the heat.
Post by BrokenLight on May 13, 2009 1:06:38 GMT -5
just got back from kings of leon and the walkmen, went for free, got a ticket at the last minute, 2nd row, wrote a review at naterosing.blogspot.com - i'll work more on the review tomorrow to make it better
just got back from kings of leon and the walkmen, went for free, got a ticket at the last minute, 2nd row, wrote a review at naterosing.blogspot.com - i'll work more on the review tomorrow to make it better
Someone got you a ticket? That's awesome. I had tickets to see them at Kool Haus in Toronto last Fall but I ended up selling my ticket. If they ever come around again I'll have to go, but the next time they're playing Toronto (they might have already actually) they are playing the Air Canada Centre, which would be hard to get good seats for.
It's also nice to see them get such a good review, it seems like lately it's become cool to knock on Kings of Leon.
Post by pimpmcgeorge on May 18, 2009 9:03:53 GMT -5
I caught John Brown's Body in Brooklyn on Saturday. Excellent show, the whole place was jumping. I was really impressed with this band Passafire that opened up for them. Boy do I love me some reggae.
6/18: Phish in Hartford 6/25: Phish in Camden 7/2-7/4: Nateva 7/17: God Street Wine at Irving Plaza 7/23-7/25: String Cheese at Red Rocks!! 8/17-8/18: Phish at Jones Beach 9/3: Rush at PNC
This Bonnaroo lineup is in dire need of some Rush.
Post by HoodooOperator on May 20, 2009 16:41:51 GMT -5
The Decemberists - Hollywood Palladium - 5/19/09
Amazing show, first of the tour, and the Palladium is such a sweet place for a show (so much history). Breathtaking first set was "Hazards of Love" played in its entirety, without stopping, and no addressing the crowd. Both Shara Worden (of My Brightest Diamond) and Becky Stark (of Lavender Diamond) who sang on the album where there to sing their respective parts, Shara absolutely kills it live, her stage presence is unreal. The riffage in "Wanting Comes In Waves"/"The Queens Rebuke/The Crossing" melted my face, the drums for "Rakes Song" where so bombastic, there were three different sets of drums going at the same time, and "The Hazards of Love 4 (The Drowned)" was just WOW, the lap steel is so fantastic. The most amazing part of seeing the whole album live was seeing them change instrumentation so quickly, each song has such a different atmosphere. Set two was equally as fantastic, they took about a 20 minute intermission, then came back out played about nine or ten more, some highlights were "We Both Go Down Together", "Eli, The Barrow Boy", "O Valencia!"and "Yankee Bayonet" (w/ Shara Worden). But the handsdown best of the second set was "Sons & Daughters", the entire crowd chanting at the top of our lungs "HEAR ALL THE BOMBS, THEY FADE AWAY!", was something I'll never forget. Absolutely amazing.
Bonnie "Prince" Billy at the Birchmere last night...one of my favorite shows, ever. Does anyone know if the guy in the opening band, Old Calf, is his brother? He came out for two songs and was introduced as Ned Oldham. Anyway, a nice surprise bonus of Jim White on drums made me VERY happy.
Yes. Ned is his brother. They were Palace (Music,Brothers,Songs) till 'Bonnie' struck out. They were also in a short lived band called The Sundowners that absotootly destroyed.
Post by strumntheguitar on May 24, 2009 13:48:19 GMT -5
caught Dickey Betts & Great Southern last night at a small outdoor festival here in Roanoke. I'm going to say it was the best performance this town has seen at this festival since the Doobie Brothers came many a year ago!
Typically over the past 3 or 4 years atleast, Festival in the Park has been full of shabby cover bands and American Idol losers. I suppose it is kind of sad to see Dickey Betts grouped with them, but it sure was fun seeing him last night!
Post by fightforyourmind88 on May 24, 2009 14:29:21 GMT -5
Ok. mewithoutYou. Quite simply, this was one of the best shows I have ever attended. There was no grand light display, it was just the band playing their heart out. And boy did they rock. The troc was as crowded as I have ever seen it. It was sold out. The openers were a hip hop funk band called Urban Sophisticates, and they were really good. Got the crowd moving. They had a singer, a rapper, two guitarists, a drummer, a guy on the trombone, and a guy on a trumpet. So yeah, it was pretty great. The next band I had heard things about, that they were pretty bad, but nothing could've prepared me. They were Danielson. Pretty pretentious with all the band members in all matching uniforms and with the girl lead singer? was she really singing? holding her hands behind her like she was bored. I asked the couple beside me if they were singing actual lyrics, cause it sounded more like gibberish to me. I had a small headache before they started, and they just made it worse. Probably the worst band I have ever seen. My headache actually went away when they stopped. And no that's not because the noise stopped, because my head was fine during mewithoutYou. Just horrible. I'll think twice if I see them on a bill with some band I want to see. But enough moaning, let's get to the main attraction.
mewithoutYou is a folk-indie rock band from philly. They sort of cater to both indie fans, and emo fans because of lead singer and songwriter Aaron Weiss's incredibly introspective lyrics. In my opinon Aaron is up there with Conor Oberst as one of music's best songwriters. Whereas Bright Eyes doesn't have a lot of background music to it (not complaining), mewithoutYou prides itself on not depending on it's lyrics. They are very experimental, and they have two guitarists including Aaron's brother, sometimes three when Aaron pulls out the guitar, a bass guitarist, an incredible drummer, and sometimes a keyboardist. They play around with different instruments, tho, like on the latest record they have a string section.
I discovered the band about a year ago, when I first listened to their record Brother, Sister. I was blown away. They weren't touring at that time, so I hoped and prayed for a tour, and finally they're putting out a new album, and they're touring for it. The troc show was a record release show, so they played mostly from the new album, and I didn't mind. It's an incredible record.
Let me tell you something, mewithoutYou fans are probably some of the best fans I've ever seen. They were responsive to the openers including Danielson, they cheered, they clapped. Urban Sophisticates, the hip hop opener, who I thought should've had more time than Danielson, talked to us about how a multi-ethnic hip hop band from North Carolina got on the bill, and a girl yelled out "Who Cares!" and I couldn't agree more. But when mewithoutYou came on, it was incredible. I heard of people who flew from SWEDEN to come to this show. The record has been out about a week, and people were still singing along to the new songs. In fact, on some songs, it got where Aaron didn't even have to sing, the audience was so loud! It was just so great being a part of that. Aaron was dancing erratically, and it was amazing. He lost his glasses and his jewish cap about six or seven times during the whole concert. My favorite song by the band is O, Porcupine, so when they started playing it, I screamed. They played the first half of it, and then stopped before the crescendo. I was bummed, but knew they would finish it up later. And finish it up they did, with the singer of Urban Sophisticates backup singing. The crowd provided the ahhhhs. It was incredible. For a few songs they brought a string section on the stage. They finished with In A Sweater Poorly Knit. God, I'm getting chills thinking about it.
I had told people I was going to see them, and they never heard of this band. Some of these people listen to more indie than I do, and they still hadn't heard of them. mewithoutYou is kind of like a hidden gem to us fans. I STRONGLY encourage you to listen to these two songs, and even if you don't like them, see this band when they go on tour starting June 8th.
Post by mikesworld420 on May 25, 2009 15:22:07 GMT -5
Last friday night, here in Taney County, north of Branson,MO was a free outdoor show with camping on private property by a creek with 8 local metal bands, My friend and I got there a little after 9 pm, brought our own beer, and got to see Blood of the beholder finish up their last 2 or 3 songs, they kind of sounded like Anthrax. Then we saw Death May Die, who were pretty thrashy with some Iron Maiden influence, they had a badass drummer, awesome shredders,and they were the host band. Then Everyday Chaos rocked out with their Thrashy hardcore like sound,that got the crowd going, think Chimaira. Then Season Of The Witch finished things off playing their brand of metalcore until the Taney County Sherrifs Deputies showed up around midnight and told us to stop the loud music, then they left, and we left.Not a bad way to kick off the weekend, and the bands weren't too bad either.
Post by fightforyourmind88 on May 26, 2009 12:39:15 GMT -5
Saw Holy Fuckk last night at this really intimate bar. I was about 4 feet away from the stage and could see everything the band was doing. It was awesome to see how they made the sounds that went into the album. For instance on "The Pulse", they mostly pressed this red button again and again to make the sound that you hear. Really interesting. The show was incredible, of course. They still remain one of the few bands that can really blow my mind live.
The bar was called the Kung Fu Necktie, and it usually is 21 plus, but for this show only it was all ages. Awesome. Once you get inside the bar, you have to be amazed. With dim lighting, and red colored walls, it was the walls that really stood out. They had marble heads of what looked like ghosts over the stage and all around the room. The women's restroom had a sign over it that said, "The Fine Ladies", and the men's restroom had a sign over it that said, "Dudes." A tv in the corner was playing some old black and white B-Movie. It was really a great atmosphere to see a show in.
The opening band was a band called Crocodiles. I had never heard of them before. They nearly destroyed my hearing. I've never had to cover my ears before at a concert, and they made the entire place cover their ears nearly half the time. Worst band ever. I could barely hear after their set.
A few minutes later, Holy Fuckk began setting up their stuff. It was pretty cool to see that. A few minutes later, there were three guys, and they looked ready to go, but there's four people in the band. So out of nowhere from behind us, Graham comes up and jumps on stage and they start playing just like that. It was so cool.
They played some new stuff, and it was really great. I'm really looking forward to the new album. People were dancing, and rocking their heads. It was great. They came out for an encore and I actually started a clap during "Lovely Allen". I had never done that before. It was so cool.
I really hope they play some festivals next year in support of the new album, cause this is a band that you really can't get sick of seeing live.
Went to a house party / show last night, and had an awesome time. I'm actually on my way out the door right now, so I'll edit this post later to fill in some more details - but for now, here's some photos and a video:
Post by GratefulHippie on Jun 21, 2009 12:37:00 GMT -5
saw Xavier Rudd last night in Austin...holy crap the guy killed it. and his bassist and drummer are amazing! he played his songs, but there was so much amazing jamming going on. i'm uploading pics and video right now. got to hang out with him and his band after the show some...nicest guys you'll ever meet, and they were genuinely happy to meet us and talk with us.
Saw Hank III on June 17 in Cincinnati Ohio at Bogarts. My Second time seeing them.
Bacardi Live put on a free event in Columbus Ohio featuring Z-trip and Ghostland Observatory. It was freaking amazing! My first time seeing Ghostland live but I'm an avid listener. Z-Trip opened by DJing a few Michael Jackson songs then switched to a bunch of 80's classics. Ghostland Killed it! The lazers were increadible. Got a lot of free Bacardi swag too! (Hat, earrings, 3 different shirts, a sweet jacket, necklace, and a ton of flash drives and buttons).
2/17/09 - Eagles of Death Metal 6/11/09 - BONNAROO!!! 6/17/09 - Hank III 6/27/09 - Ghostland Observatory 7/25/09 - Incubus 9/13/09 - X Fest 9/29/09 - Passion Pit 3/30/10 - Black Rebel Motorcycle Club 3/22/10 - The Big Pink 6/10/10 - BONNAROO!!!
I went to the Patrick Watson show last night at the Montreal Jazz fest, it was crazy. There were over 100,000 people there and they had an amazing shadow puppet show during one of the songs. If you don't know who Patrick Watson is I suggest that you check him out, he won the Polaris Music Prize(Canadian Mercury Prize) 2 years ago. As of 12pm ET you can watch the entire show here inmusic.ca/patrickwatson/index
Post by nodepression on Jul 12, 2009 0:58:20 GMT -5
Just came back from Broken Social Scene in Toronto. Despite the piling garbage due to a now three week garbage strike BSS put on one of the best shows I've seen all year. Full lineup, everyone showed up, Feist, Amy Millan, Emily Haines and James Shaw, it was great, and free, so cool.
It sounded like they played some new stuff which sounded great, and should go well on their new album which will be the third with everybody helping out.