best shows/concerts this summer
 

That you went to? and how so.

X were great. So much fun.

And I just got back from seeing Big Black (they did four songs) and Shellac at the Touch & Go thing. I couldn't (and didn't necessarily want to) go all day. So I got to the thing at about 7:00, I think, and Big Black started at 8:40.

I probably won't even go tomorrow. I'm so burnt out on it. Tonight was great though.

luxinterior and i were at the same x show i think, the one where i was sick sort o f.

the touch and go party was great. i just got back from chicago (its a fucking 40 minute flight so don/t you dare give me any shit, i didnt want to stay until tomorrow because i dont want to see any of the bands tomorrow) after being at the navy piear all day and seeing scratch acid and man or astroman and big black and shellac.

the flaming lips was pretty fun too.

Exactly, I have no business going tomorrow. Just the thought of going makes me sort of crabby. I should find someone who wants my ticket though.

SY was pretty terrible this time around, but I'm not giving up on them.
Deerhoof was the best band I saw this summer.

End Times Festival

Ghost at Terrastock 6
Boris and SunnO))) at Walker Art Center
Michael Yonkers with the Blind Shake and Mute Era, both at Heliotrope 3

Sonic Youth were by far the best for me. Honorable mentions are If then Do, Paper Rad, Gold Sword, and Think about Life. Worst show I went to this summer would have to be Islands. I sat in the back and felt like I was going to fall asleep

Coachella was fantastic.

I would say my favorite was Animal Collective. My dad absolutely hated it. At first he told me "It was interesting", but I knew he hated it, and now he admits it. But I thought they were fantastic. It was amazing to see how the songs just melted right into each other.

yo la tengo doing the sounds of the sounds of science were mindblowing.
i went to the sounds of the underground festival where converge, horse the band, the black dahlia murder, behemoth and the chariot slayed.

the fall is looking better than the summer here, though. tonight i'm going to the japanese new music festival, in two weeks i'm seeing cat power, then slayer, then probably phobia, dark funeral and deicide.

coachella was okay. i walked out wondering why i paid so much to get in.

Sonic Youth was the only concert i went to this summer.

I second that emotion, nature scene, although I wouldn't characterize it as "terrible" exactly, but just not quite up to the standard of other past tours.

Deerhoof will be here Tuesday opening for The Flaming Lips.

Was it too much sun for you? :p

ha, no. i don't know. it was just a lot of money for what it was, but it was pretty rewarding to see madonna get pegged with a water bottle.

oh, Courtney Love must have been in attendance haha...oh that's right, she's probably on probation & couldn't be there.

It was a lot of money, but I had fun. It isn't something I would do every year, it would have to have a good line-up. But the tickets were a nice birthday present, and my dad and I had fun (except he didn't like Animal Collective haha, a little too 'interesting' for him).

I really enjoyed Sereena Manesh this summer, they were awsome. The Raconteurs were great aswell. And the norwegian hiphop act Gatas Parlament blew me away.

I saw 20 minutes of Clap your hands.. cuz they were playing a festival I went to. I had never heard them before, and what a waste of time! overhyped crap. yuck.

Haino.

sunburned last night. pure fucked up bliss.

And Sunburned of course.

same.

animal collective were good. however, i was bored to tears during BYOP.

I didn't go early enough on that day to catch them, but I wasn't to bothered by it. Good to know they were boring. Some other people said they were real cocky and ostentatious (I used a vocab word!).

i don't know, they're just boring to me anyway.

Cat Power.

Because she's fucking Cat Power.

archie bronson outfit
mogwai
regina spektor
the dirty backbeats
benjamin wetherill
british sea power

Haino.

And also the Rebel, but for different reasons.

This summer had a lot of good shows. Some of the highlights:

Acid Mothers Temple, three times. The first two times as the Melting Paraiso U.F.O. incarnation (although that was technically in the spring), the third time as SWR with Ruins Alone as part of the Japanese New Music Festival.

Lightning Bolt four times. Twice with BOREDOMS. And, since that was so huge, it needs to be rephrased and stated again: BOREDOMS twice, with Lightning Bolt opening each time.

Shellac.

Sonic Youth twice (with Yeah Yeah Yeahs, who I didn't really give a shit about.)

Comets on Fire, last night. They put on an insane fucking show. Total destruction! I walked out when it was all over stinking of beer and cigarettes and had other people's blood on me. Some of the openers included Vaz, Aa, and Ex Models.

And, tomorrow night I'll be seeing Boris.

So, someone uploaded Dead Billy, Racer X, and Cables on youtube. What was the 4th song they did?

Pigeon Kill.

yeah kegmama havnt you seen sonic youth about six times recently or something?

Radiohead

the brian jonestown massacre fucked me

Your summer is our winter so the best show I saw in the summer was Wolf Eyes with support from Grey Daturas, Heil Spirit, Rev. Kriss Hades and Onani.

I didn't have to pay shit cause i'm one half of Onani. I would put it in the top the nights of my life. Every act ruled.....even my band, Wolf Eyes even said so.

I didn't see any other international bands during the Australian winter, many good local bands though.

Sonic Youth
TOOL

It's technically still summer and I just saw POS. One of the most fantastic shows ever let alone this season.

Do they still have fights on stage? haha!

X and Rollins band. Zebulon Pike. Shellac.

yeah X & rollins band was really good.