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Obituary (with two other Death Metals from Berlin) at Bi Nuu in Berlin, two days ago.
It was loud and stinky and they only played twenty years old songs from their first three albums. Nice Hair. |
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Saw her last night, thought it was great but way too short, she probably played for like 25 mins. Before her set I overheard one of the promoters asking her if half an hour was OK, I don't know if he was trying to lengthen her set or shorten it, but I reckon he wanted her to finish early so he could bugger off and watch the football. The cunt. |
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She probably played at least half an hour in Glasgow, though not much more. It was about the right amount of time. |
Swans with xiu xiu as the opener.
god damn it was amazing. My frist swans show and I loved every second of it. All around awesome time last night. That shit was powerful! |
Yeah I'm debating if I should go again. I don't want to spend too much dough since I didn't work that much this weekend.....Butttt I want to invite this girl I'm talking to right now...
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And Xiu xiu like arrived late. Guy literally like flew in last night before the show....
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xiu xiu went on around 8:20, and by 9 his set was over. Swans were done at around 11:15? so about 90 minutes?
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Haim. Dull and boring show.
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EARTH
saw them for the second time. for a band whose music is so reliant on empty space, they are impossibly heavy. watching dylan and adrienne in particular is interesting, the theatricality of their movements is mesmerising. |
The last thing that was really exciting for me was BADABOUM.
![]() It's a pretty new band from Paris with members of The Dreams, Headwar, Dudu Geva. They were super drunk, constantly changing instruments and managed to be really tight. Usually rock gigs bore me after the second song, but this was so energetic and fun to watch and hear. gloomy fuzz and bear boned drums and creepy synth, angry women who scream at you in french - even after the gig. big YES. that video doesn't really do them justice... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Qiw...Pl51FomsuzOsvu so better go and see them live! |
Daniel Higgs + Michael Zerang
it was horrible. really. Zerang is cool to hear and watch though, he's just fantastic. higgs totally ruined it for me. we opened for them and sucked too. |
I took my wife to her first show at Fitzgerald's in Houston this past Saturday night. This was my third trip to the venue since October (Legendary Pink Dots, Acid Mothers Temple) and the same place I first saw Swans 19 years ago on the 'The Great Annihilator' tour.
We arrived around 7:30 PM and were about fourth in line waiting for the doors to open. When waiting for such a thing, I'm always amazed at the sort of people who show up at shows. Everything from Gothic Queens of the Night to a couple who looked like they had spent the day hiking the Grand Canyon. Xiu Xiu hit the stage at 9:20 PM and was done by 9:40. For this night, Xiu Xiu was just Jamie Stewart sitting at a card table connecting wires and tweaking knobs. I found it amusing that the security guys / bartenders / soundboard operators had their fingers stuck in their ears. It was so loud and came across to me as a pure crap. Just distorted reverb that sounded as if it had no plan or purpose. About five minutes in, Jamie started barking like a dog for a good twenty seconds. ![]() Thor Harris started with a Gong and Cymbal solo just before 10:00 PM. Twenty minutes later, Phil Puleo joined on the drums and was quickly followed by, Christoph Hahn on steel guitar......by 10:30, everyone was on the stage. Michael kept cracking jokes about their being a problem with the AC, but I believe it was turned off on purpose as I noticed none of the fans mounted to the walls or ceiling were working. It was hot and humid and at times it appeared Michael was concentrating to breath, but he also seemed to really be enjoying himself. ![]() ![]() Michael did a good bit on gyrating and cavorting on stage, but I have no way of knowing if it was Thom Yorke like. Most of the band members were switching back and fourth between cans of Shiner and Lone Star Beer. Setlist (what my ears recognized) Frankie M A Little God In My Hands The Apostate Just A Little Boy Don't Go Bring The Sun / Black Hole Man (I'm An Ass Hole Man) To my surprise, my wife really enjoyed it! She keeps commenting about the "eye contact" and how they just fed off of each other......and how Michael would bring them up / down with his hand gestures......a few minutes after midnight, they were taking their final bows and it was all over. ![]() |
amazing show!
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Zerang can get more music out of a temple bell than most drummers with a full kit! |
nice pictures bytor, strange to hear they're playing such comparatively short shows. presuming it's the physical demands of the new songs. when I saw them debuting the apostate back on those early 2011 dates gira was visibly exhausted at the end, although it was like 45 degrees...while I don't much care for the new record (like, at all) I imagine just a little boy would have been pretty incredible live.
caught total control at their album release show last week, pretty tiny venue, it's usually a wonderfully trashy club. crowd was shite though, a little tiff broke out between the band and some total cunt who was lobbing stuff at them all night. apparently it was their last show... |
Phil Minton!!
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ZZ Top, Ben Miller Band, Melrose & Ben Granfelt Band. All were just great!
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I like that wherever he goes or whatever he does he makes funny noises. i was part of one of these Feral Choir things 2 years ago. It was cool. |
Saw OOIOO two nights ago. Twas amazing. They played a few songs of Taiga(Umo/Uma being my favorite!). Yoshimi screamed, sang, and trumpeted....The sound was perfect. My date enjoyed the show very much. She was groovin' haaaard to the music.
After the show I followed a member(he had a setlist taped to his back)....I tried to take it...but Yoshimi didn't let me >< so here she is mocking me. ![]() |
JSBX was absolutely terrific! The best r`n`r-band of the world!
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Lookin' trim, EVOL!
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Pitchfork music festival was this weekend. I spent way too much money...but had ablast. Sawwwwww Beck, Tune Yards were alright, Slowdive, St Vincent, GRIMES!(highlight of my weekend). I also ended up listenning to a lot of rap. Pusha T, Earl Sweatshirt(my favorite), Danny Brown, Kendrick Lamar, and someone else.... anyways...it was hella fun and now I am incredibly exhausted...I need a break from hedonism....back to work!
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^^^sounds like a blast......so jealous you got to see, Slowdive!
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Wolf Eyes at Cafe Oto last night. Possible first ever mosh pit at Cafe Oto started by a member of SYG, bitches.
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Connie Crothers, Louie Belogenis, Ken Filiano, Michael Wimberly
Connie Crothers (piano) Louie Belogenis (tenor sax) Ken Filiano (bass) Michael Wimberly (drums) Fantastic set of high level free improv and jazz last night at The Stone last night, its amazing what you get when 4 extremely confident and seasoned players together. Crothers has the whole week at the Stone, I'm gonna try to see the 8 pm set tonite then go over the w'burg to see Steve Gunn. She plays with Pauline Oliveros on Sunday. |
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22 Pistepirkko was amazing! I think itīs best Finnish band at this moment!
Hereīs their live magic (it was from 2007, but last thursday there was quite same atmospehere): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n4qaRXAR5h8 |
Acid Mothers Temple at colchester art centre, it was mesmerising, psych and loud, there was a shit load of people there :)
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I saw King Buzzo perform a solo acoustic set in June. It was a fun & mellow time. Great entertainment for sitting across from an old friend and catching up over a beer or two.
I heard about the gig second hand, from someone rather than something (like an advert. or poster or event calendar) and the person who informed me about the show said it was Melvins. I called my local vinyl guy and asked him to order or save me two tickets, and I'd paid via credit card before learning it was just Buzz. I'm not at all disappointed, because he was surprisingly good in that setting. But it was like hearing Ween's country album. The novelty wore off quickly. It was a good show, but I bought tickets with the hopes of seeing one of the bands whose live shows pretty much defined my teen years. (All the really cool kids were off seeing ATDI before anyone knew them, I suppose, but I never missed a Melvins show if I could help it, and I preferred their tried and true sludge punk to the fleeting post-grunge trends that afflicted my generation like full-body herpes. (Anyone who grew up in the awkward space between between Nirvana's demise and the release of Kid A knows what I'm talking about. And I was just old enough to be deeply saddened by Kurt's death, but not old enough to understand the bigger picture... We were a pretty lost generation, but the Melvins were always around, god bless em.) |
The Swirlies in philly..
they played damn good. so lucky to have caught them twice |
Rock en Seine festival 22-24 August, Paris
Day 1: I missed Cage the Elephant whose gig was rescheduled due to the cancellation of another band; damn Saw Mac DeMarco; the sound could have been better but the band was in a jolly mood and entertained their audience (Mac asking an audience member he had looked for from the beginning to join them onstage and do whatever he wanted - it turned out the party animal was not a complete moron and all went smoothly; crowdsurfing to the back row and back to the stage again on the last song - Still Together); enjoyable Saw Arctic Monkeys; ok; I was far at the back, the festival takes place in a big park and all I could see were the big screens; so I watched television under an almost rainy sky Day 2: Giana Factory were ok Thee Oh Sees unfortunately had a poor day; the sound was fucked, Dwyer was pissed; we couldn't hear his voice during the first half of the show; the old songs, these songs that were so good when played with Shoun-Dawson-Dammit! didn't deliver as much subtlety and fun; an exception: the new guys made Dead Energy their thing and it was as good as the sole new song (a heavy number) they played; still a disappointment Cheveu; I didn't like them; they are or were hyped here; sounded like the new Philippe Katerine to me Emilie Simon, French chanteuse, with an orchestra; I didn't expect much from her, I just came there to check on my friend's tastes, and I liked it; she played I Wanna Be Your Dog and made it her own, not trying to rock harder than she could https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zcwURfkQUws (people talking during the clip) Day 3: Warpaint; I liked the rhythm section, but was nonplussed by the show; audience members being there for no particular reason, talking to one another all through the show, popping up completely drunk... pfff Thurston Moore... that was really really great; the sound was good on that stage, and everything clicked; Deb Googe's great, and there was Steve... a really good moment Stephen Malkmus & the Jicks were just ok; the set was too short on the schedule QOTSA; I hadn't planned to stay till the end as I was coming to pieces but I remained there; they look like they could play for hours; I've only listened to one of their albums; their live version of No One Knows was awesome... *** Amsterdam, 25 August The Melkweg Thee Oh Sees Traumahelikopter opened; a threesome local punk band that rocked, I digged their show Thee Oh Sees... The opposite of what had taken place in Paris: the sound was perfect, Dwyer was pleased to be there. It was my first time in Amsterdam, therefore my first at the Melkweg, and it's a beautiful place; being 5 feet 3 in a giants country, I stood at the balcony and enjoyed a great show They started with something that sounded new to me, carried on with Tidal Waves, The Dream, I Come from the Mountain, Lupine Dominus and Toe Cutter before getting into newer stuff The new stuff sounds darker, heavier; the Dream was even more menacing Lots of crowdsurfing in the pit, up to 3 people simulteanously flowing about The best part was during Dead Energy (the new bass player's been incredible all through the show), when a beautiful girl in a striped t shirt was carried at arms lenght for a while, gracefully The band were so happy Dwyer and his guys played a song they hadn't tried on public before A great great show Vermeer and Pieter de Hooch and Frans Hals were also great, but that was 17th century art at the Rijksmuseum So nice all that |
I really would have wanted to be here:
http://pitchfork.com/news/56478-live...w-in-35-years/ |
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One of my colleagues at work went and seemed to enjoy the evening a lot. |
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very cool - Moore and Malkmus on the same bill! Saw MV/EE last night at their record release party for their new lp, which is quite tasty in my opinion. They played several from the new rec and Shit Creek and Tea Devil. On tour now. mv is doing something with the bottom of the sound so there was an extra audible dimension to hear... |
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I recently picked up a Japanese import of Plastic Fang. Awesome packaging that is completely impractical in the end, & the album isn't my favorite JSBX record by any means, but it was $4.00 and in excellent condition so I snagged it. I know nothing of such things, but it seems like it may have some value as a collector's item. That's how I see it anyway. |
Drive Like Jehu this past Sunday. They sounded great. Just like the records but thicker and live. They were tight. Way cooler than Im makin it sound.
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Hot Snakes yesterday in Long Beach. sound was brutal but the crowd sucked ass. youd think a sound like Hot Snakes would make hipsters move but i guess not
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