The Last Gig You Went To And What Was It Like Thread - Page 22

_slavo_ · 11.28.2024, 11:06 AM

I saw DIIV in Dynamo in Zurich yesterday. Went there mainly out of curiousity as I liked their last album a lot, but they surpassed all my expectations. Such a tight and concentrated performance, great sound and mesmerizing video projection that played throughout the whole show and took a major part in song transitions etc. This made the whole experience 100% more interesting. I truly loved this concert, 8/10, would go again.

Genteel Death 2 · 11.28.2024, 07:40 PM

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Originally Posted by _slavo_

I saw DIIV in Dynamo in Zurich yesterday. Went there mainly out of curiousity as I liked their last album a lot, but they surpassed all my expectations. Such a tight and concentrated performance, great sound and mesmerizing video projection that played throughout the whole show and took a major part in song transitions etc. This made the whole experience 100% more interesting. I truly loved this concert, 8/10, would go again.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zrSJ...b_channel=DIIV

Is this the same band, slavo? If they are, we need to have words.

Diesel · 11.28.2024, 11:35 PM

It's like Sway started a band. Admittedly, I liked some of their early stuff when they had that racist bassist (might be something to say there)... but their last 2 LPs are awful.

_slavo_ · 11.29.2024, 07:15 AM

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zrSJ...b_channel=DIIV

Is this the same band, slavo? If they are, we need to have words.

Yeah

. They can be cringy, but I embrace that fully.

Diesel · 12.03.2024, 09:58 AM

Feminine male singers, innit. Not since Thurston singing Snare Girl has a man sounded so gHeY.

Toilet & Bowels · 12.05.2024, 09:43 PM

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Feminine male singers, innit. Not since Thurston singing Snare Girl has a man sounded so gHeY.

I wonder what it would have been like if Kim had sung that song.

Diesel · 12.06.2024, 09:18 AM

I'm guessing whisper treatment, yet still somehow more testosterone.

Toilet & Bowels · 12.21.2024, 10:38 PM

I saw Eyehategod last weekend, and it enjoyed it a lot. Especially because the gig was finished at the middle aged friendly time of 10pm.

Bertrand · 02.02.2025, 04:24 PM

I saw the Belair Lip Bombs in Saint-Malo last thursday and really enjoyed it.

Kuhb · 02.03.2025, 01:04 AM

They opened for Pixies last year and it was half decent. Guitarist pulls a good tone

hirsute_biped · 02.04.2025, 08:51 PM

Ölüm (Anatolian rock/psych) 7in release show at Zebulon w/ Groop (psych heavy groove and synth)

Toilet & Bowels · 02.09.2025, 05:56 PM

Saw Ut last week, very good and they had a guy guesting on sax and violin

Antagon · 04.05.2025, 10:28 AM

Slowdive/Drab Majesty at Simm City, Vienna. Slowdive were absolutely sublime. Hearing Souvlaki Space Station live for the first time was an absolute experience. Their stripped down version of Dagger with now deeper and more seasoned vocals was a highlight as well.

Drab Majesty did their ... very stoical thing. The synth sounds are playful and have a certain Umami-quality to them (I've grown a bit jaded towards many contemporary very Synth-heavy bands, because the sounds can - excuse the pun - get quite drab after a while and the whole arrangement winds up sounding very soup-y with vocal tenor being more of an afterthought). The energy wasn't quite there though. Liked it, didn't love it.

Simm City is a weird location. It's an elevated concert venue inside a mall of sorts - right up the stairs to the left of a Burger King. And the floors inside the concert hall have strong school gym vibes. Good choice of refreshments though and the sound was quite fine.

choc e-Claire · 04.05.2025, 11:48 AM

I'm seeing Slowdive for a second time in a month.

On the train home from Xiu Xiu - there were more handstands involved than I expected.

Toilet & Bowels · 04.21.2025, 08:56 AM

I saw Wolf Eyes last week, which was excellent. Germ Lattice, Kulku and Mosquito Farm the week before which was good but each act played longer than they needed to. And the week before that I saw Maher Shalal Hash Baz which had moments of being magical.

_slavo_ · 04.22.2025, 06:17 AM

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Originally Posted by Antagon

Slowdive/Drab Majesty at Simm City, Vienna. Slowdive were absolutely sublime. Hearing Souvlaki Space Station live for the first time was an absolute experience. Their stripped down version of Dagger with now deeper and more seasoned vocals was a highlight as well.

Drab Majesty did their ... very stoical thing. The synth sounds are playful and have a certain Umami-quality to them (I've grown a bit jaded towards many contemporary very Synth-heavy bands, because the sounds can - excuse the pun - get quite drab after a while and the whole arrangement winds up sounding very soup-y with vocal tenor being more of an afterthought). The energy wasn't quite there though. Liked it, didn't love it.

Simm City is a weird location. It's an elevated concert venue inside a mall of sorts - right up the stairs to the left of a Burger King. And the floors inside the concert hall have strong school gym vibes. Good choice of refreshments though and the sound was quite fine.

the fuck. I really wish to see Drab Majesty at least once but always missed their gigs ... sad to see they played Vienna and I missed it once again.

Antagon · 04.22.2025, 06:35 AM

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the fuck. I really wish to see Drab Majesty at least once but always missed their gigs ... sad to see they played Vienna and I missed it once again.

I know the feeling. I would have had the opportunity to see them in a much smaller, more intimate setting circa 2018 - when a friend of mine, who's also an event organizer in the broader Goth scene had booked them for one of his events. Back then, they weren't quite as well known and I wasn't quite up for going out that evening. Fast forward a couple of years and the Drab Majesty gig I wanted to go to was sold out. They've been quite elusive ever since. It was a stroke of luck that they were announced as the support act for Slowdive rather late after my gf and I had already secured our tickets. Can check it on my list now. The quality of the music was good, but the performance was somewhat low energy - must have been a bad day.

Drjohnrock · 04.22.2025, 01:25 PM

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Saw Ut last week, very good and they had a guy guesting on sax and violin

I haven't heard that band's name in a long time. Good to know they're still doing occasional shows.

Toilet & Bowels · 04.24.2025, 06:26 AM

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I haven't heard that band's name in a long time. Good to know they're still doing occasional shows.

The pattern seems to be play about once a year in london, and then occasionally do shows in other places. Nina Canal seems no longer to be in the band, or maybe just isn't willing to travel to London to play one show, apparently she lives in California now but I believe the other two are based in the UK.

Clone Redux · 04.24.2025, 03:42 PM

Went to see a beloved local industrial percussion group whose main members are moving out of the USA (good on them for being able to swing that!).
They blew a few fuses a couple times and had to end the show early and they were still better than most bands operating at full power for a full set.
I'll miss them.

11.28.2024, 11:06 AM	#421
_slavo_ invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Ðîññèÿ Posts: 10,928	I saw DIIV in Dynamo in Zurich yesterday. Went there mainly out of curiousity as I liked their last album a lot, but they surpassed all my expectations. Such a tight and concentrated performance, great sound and mesmerizing video projection that played throughout the whole show and took a major part in song transitions etc. This made the whole experience 100% more interesting. I truly loved this concert, 8/10, would go again. __________________ you're the boy that can enjoy invisibility
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11.28.2024, 11:35 PM	#423
Diesel the destroyed room Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 638	It's like Sway started a band. Admittedly, I liked some of their early stuff when they had that racist bassist (might be something to say there)... but their last 2 LPs are awful.
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12.03.2024, 09:58 AM	#425
Diesel the destroyed room Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 638	Feminine male singers, innit. Not since Thurston singing Snare Girl has a man sounded so gHeY.
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12.06.2024, 09:18 AM	#427
Diesel the destroyed room Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 638	I'm guessing whisper treatment, yet still somehow more testosterone.
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12.21.2024, 10:38 PM	#428
Toilet & Bowels invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Northern Europe Posts: 12,320	I saw Eyehategod last weekend, and it enjoyed it a lot. Especially because the gig was finished at the middle aged friendly time of 10pm.
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02.02.2025, 04:24 PM	#429
Bertrand expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Rennes, France Posts: 1,274	I saw the Belair Lip Bombs in Saint-Malo last thursday and really enjoyed it.
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02.03.2025, 01:04 AM	#430
Kuhb children of satan Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 347	They opened for Pixies last year and it was half decent. Guitarist pulls a good tone
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02.04.2025, 08:51 PM	#431
hirsute_biped the end of the ugly Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Manta Sonica, California Posts: 1,173	Ölüm (Anatolian rock/psych) 7in release show at Zebulon w/ Groop (psych heavy groove and synth) __________________ https://soundcloud.com/billy-gashade
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02.09.2025, 05:56 PM	#432
Toilet & Bowels invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Northern Europe Posts: 12,320	Saw Ut last week, very good and they had a guy guesting on sax and violin
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04.05.2025, 10:28 AM	#433
Antagon invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Vienna, Austria Posts: 2,641	Slowdive/Drab Majesty at Simm City, Vienna. Slowdive were absolutely sublime. Hearing Souvlaki Space Station live for the first time was an absolute experience. Their stripped down version of Dagger with now deeper and more seasoned vocals was a highlight as well. Drab Majesty did their ... very stoical thing. The synth sounds are playful and have a certain Umami-quality to them (I've grown a bit jaded towards many contemporary very Synth-heavy bands, because the sounds can - excuse the pun - get quite drab after a while and the whole arrangement winds up sounding very soup-y with vocal tenor being more of an afterthought). The energy wasn't quite there though. Liked it, didn't love it. Simm City is a weird location. It's an elevated concert venue inside a mall of sorts - right up the stairs to the left of a Burger King. And the floors inside the concert hall have strong school gym vibes. Good choice of refreshments though and the sound was quite fine. __________________
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04.05.2025, 11:48 AM	#434
choc e-Claire invito al cielo Join Date: Oct 2018 Location: Victoria, Australia Posts: 2,520	I'm seeing Slowdive for a second time in a month. On the train home from Xiu Xiu - there were more handstands involved than I expected. __________________ Making myself up as I go along. Check out my music-themed blog, 79:57.
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04.21.2025, 08:56 AM	#435
Toilet & Bowels invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Northern Europe Posts: 12,320	I saw Wolf Eyes last week, which was excellent. Germ Lattice, Kulku and Mosquito Farm the week before which was good but each act played longer than they needed to. And the week before that I saw Maher Shalal Hash Baz which had moments of being magical.
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04.24.2025, 03:42 PM	#440
Clone Redux empty page Join Date: Feb 2025 Location: Minneapolis Posts: 4	Went to see a beloved local industrial percussion group whose main members are moving out of the USA (good on them for being able to swing that!). They blew a few fuses a couple times and had to end the show early and they were still better than most bands operating at full power for a full set. I'll miss them.
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