Sonic Youth Gossip - worst gigs you went to this year

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- - worst gigs you went to this year (http://www.sonicyouth.com/gossip/showthread.php?t=43089)

SpaceCadetHayden

11.27.2010 12:37 AM

I like Girls :(

It's probably due to the hipster-ass steelo that is Uptown summers. I seriously heard ALBUM playing off 3 different porches within a block from my house in ONE DAY.

I wish I didn't have such a cardigan problem. I wouldn't be plagued with fans of Best Coast, Deerhunter, etc.

Genteel Death

11.27.2010 02:25 AM

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Originally Posted by SpaceCadetHayden

I wish I didn't have such a cardigan problem. I wouldn't be plagued with fans of Best Coast, Deerhunter, etc.

+10 Hayden

Inhuman

11.27.2010 03:07 AM

Sonic youth were pretty poor considering I payed $80 for a festival ticket for them, they weren't headlining, and the last time I saw them live they rocked.

Dan Deacon was terrible. Though they opened for Lightning bolt which was the best act I saw all year. So it's hard to evaluate that gig as a whole

Glice

11.27.2010 04:07 AM

I've seen some rubbish this year, but nothing big enough for anyone else to have heard of it. I will say that Wednesdays are a terrible night for jazz, it seems.

The Earl Of Slander

11.27.2010 05:06 AM

I'm going to stand up for Deerhunter. I saw them live in Leeds and it was sincerely amongst my favourite gigs of the year. Yeah, Bradford is a bit of cock (OR COX, AM I RIGHT GUYS?!) on stage, but I thought it was just flat out one of the tightest most rocking gigs I've been to in ages. I was probably coming at it from a pretty different angle in terms of being a massive fan, knowing pretty every song they played really well, and being with two friends who are the same...

viewtiful alan redux

11.27.2010 11:11 AM

Raekwon
It wasn't really his fault though.. the sound at the venue was terrible. The vocal setup was not working, all you could hear was the instrumental and then grumbling from the stage.
Raekwon seemed very upset with the show and frequently complained about the sound guys and his treatment by the venue.

Dinosaur Jr. were also dissapointing.

EVOLghost

11.27.2010 11:37 AM

not this year...but the last time I saw The Flaming Lips....

EVOLghost

11.27.2010 11:37 AM

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Originally Posted by Inhuman

Dan Deacon was terrible. Though they opened for Lightning bolt which was the best act I saw all year. So it's hard to evaluate that gig as a whole

oh yeah Dan Deacon. That shit was awful.

SYRFox

11.27.2010 11:49 AM

Hadouken ! in Dour festival was fucking atrocious. I still don't know why I listened to my friend who told me we should go and see them - fortunately no band i wished to see was playing at the same time so i did not miss anything for this shit. They tried to do a wall of death but no one followed, so I guess I was not the only bored. Awful shit.
Other than that, some local hip hop / rock unit opening for Foreign Beggars, and perhaps dd/mm/yyyy opening for Beak>.

SYRFox

11.27.2010 11:50 AM

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Originally Posted by atsonicpark

This was a little over a year ago now, but I saw Deer Hunter and it was the worst show I've ever seen in my life, definitely. Really really boring. Saw some band this year called Aa or something -- just drums and piano, it was horrible, but a bunch of hipster girls seemed to dig it.

Are you sure you're talking about Aa ? I think I made a thread about them a whiiiiiiiile ago and I thought you loved them... Though I don't know what they've been up to lately, so perhaps they've gotten awful. gAame was a pretty fine record.

EDIT : ahah here's the thread : http://sonicyouth.com/gossip/showthread.php?t=21260
adam i'm sorry but i still haven't checked out any of the bands you recommended me back then ahahah !

SpaceCadetHayden

11.27.2010 04:54 PM

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Originally Posted by EVOLghost

oh yeah Dan Deacon. That shit was awful.

I had an absolute blast at Dan Deacon. It could have been the molly, though.

jon boy

11.27.2010 08:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Glice

I've seen some rubbish this year, but nothing big enough for anyone else to have heard of it. I will say that Wednesdays are a terrible night for jazz, it seems.

thats funny there is a night in vancouver called fake jazz wednesdays, its a mixed bag and i have seen some truly amazing stuff but also some utter guff and like you its all bands that are so small its not worth mentioning.

also very glad i didnt go see sonic youth when i had the chance too this year. $90 for a festival ticket, no one else on the bill worth seeing and they played a 40 minute set.

the ikara cult

11.27.2010 10:38 PM

Archie Bronson Outfit were pretty uninspiring.

atsonicpark

11.28.2010 02:21 AM

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Originally Posted by SYRFox

Was it Au? Or.. it was some A band. It was just piano and drums. The entire thing was a climax. It reminded me of coldplay. It was really dull, whoever it was.

Also, I saw dan Deacon a few years ago and it was pretty fun.

Rupert 'Stiles' Stilinski

11.28.2010 07:50 AM

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Originally Posted by atsonicpark

haha oh yeah I forgot deerhunter are "krautrock" haha. What a joke.

Of all the new bans doing that kinda stuff, i reccomend YOLZ IN THE SKY... http://www.mediafire.com/?jk1zenmdk19 ... imagine a melt banana but way more insane, imagine if melt banana's OTHER members were just as insane as the guitarist.. the drummer in this band is unbelievable.. UN fucking BELIEVABLE... and they have some weird off time organ thing going on on some songs. amazing band.

glad to see some deer hunter hatred, there are 3 or 4 people on this board that worship them, but they're honestly one of the most boring bands I've ever heard, live or on record.

Thanks for this CD. I've been trying to track it down. I saw YOLZ live at a Japanese festival and really enjoyed their set. It was about 25 minutes and the whole thing felt like one song. Very PIL inspired (at least live). The CD couldn't be more different than what I had seen from them on youtube and in person. The CD is much much better! I'd have to catch a full set of theirs to judge them properly, though. God, the CD totally rules! Can't stop listening to it!

loubarret

11.28.2010 07:54 AM

Au made me leave after 5 minutes of their semi-intellectual coldplay ripoff, got to see costes which I'm still kinda glad on.

I personally suffered twice through snow patrol, 30 seconds to mars and razorlight at festivals waiting for band(deftones and the stooges). I need to go to a asylum for doing that. Same is said for aiden(where I was dragged along to).

OvO ranks up pretty high as does Rolo Tommasi the third and fourth time.

But the most bland concert I ever saw was Woman earlier this year, their records are already mediocre but live it's just making me want to get some sleep....

atsonicpark

11.28.2010 08:11 AM

Okay, it was AU then, not AA! AA are really good!

Dr. Eugene Felikson

11.28.2010 08:47 AM

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Originally Posted by Derek

Atari Teenage Riot. Because I didn't get to go.

I feel the exact same way about when Jucifer last played here. :(

Florya

11.30.2010 07:19 AM

Einstuerzende Neubauten @ The Forum
Seefeel @ the ICA

Easily the two most jaded, lacklustre performances I've seen this year.

Glice

11.30.2010 07:39 AM

I imagine you saw Neubauten in their prime though? I wouldn't really want to see them now, but they're definitely someone I'd take a trip in a time machine for.

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