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Post by BrokenLight on Nov 2, 2007 17:16:05 GMT -5
it wasn't a concert, but i saw the movie "into the wild" last night, one of the best movies i've seen in some time, great soundtrack, partly the reason i hope eddie vedder or pearl jam play at roo next year, i recommend it for anyone who has ever felt alone and lost searching for meaning in there life, it has changed my perspective on things
This may not be too exciting to you guys, but I went to the Paolo Nutini concert on October 24th...got to miss two days of school to go to the concert and ended up meeting him as well!
Post by HoodooOperator on Nov 3, 2007 9:41:05 GMT -5
Clutch, Coheed & Cambria, and Fall of Troy - November 02 at the Riviera Theatre - Chicago
The Fall of Troy are not my cup of tea, but if they actually made some songs with some structure, they would prolly be a decent band. The songs are so all over the place that it becomes rather unbearable to listen to, think: The Mars Volta, meets Iron Maiden, meets The Blood Brothers, f**king mayhem. Anyways, the guitarist is amazing, and IMO he really should think about using his talent a little differently. Because he could be great.
Clutch killed it as always, this band continues to bring their A-game nightly, got treated to a little "Never Be Moved", "La Curandera" and "White's Ferry" (among others) The only bummers were them opening for C&C, only getting 45 min (wtf?) and the ignorant emo-kids occasionally boo-ing. Clutch was worth the $35 ticket price alone.
Coheed was pretty much on par with every other time I've seen em, this was show number 5, and prolly my last, the show is pretty much the same from time to time, with just new song additions (and the loss of the really good old ones.) The band is still fantastic, the guitar is ridculous, and now they have added a keyboardist, a new drummer (from Dillinger Esc. Plan), and some female backing singers (cool), but until they start to enter more of a "maturing" phase, and lose some of the emo kiddies, I'm out with the live stuff, I'll stick to the albums, and take my show-spending dollars elsewhere.
All in all, I have NO idea how this tour came about, and is one of the strangest shows I've attended. Clutch is at the point in their career where their management needs to get it together and realize who their fans are, and what music their fans appreciate.
Start booking tours that make sense, I'll throw out an idea: An Evening with Clutch & Gov't Mule. (doooooo it)
Post by BrokenLight on Nov 5, 2007 21:51:27 GMT -5
i saw josh ritter/kim taylor last night at southgate house in newport, ky. both were awesome. i'm hoping josh comes back to bonnaroo next year. anyone else go to this show?
Post by stallion pt. 2 on Nov 6, 2007 11:46:50 GMT -5
It was a great weekend for music in Tucson, I am only now reovering. Sat. night was a free concert in the park w/ Calexico and the Mariachi Luz de Luna. Luz de Luna is probably the finest mariachi group I've ever heard, and the also joined Calexico for most of their set. Salvador Duran was also sitting in w/ Calexico, and the sound of 6 guitars, guitaron, bass, drums, 3 trumpets and 2 violins was overpoweringly awesome.
Sat night was the all souls procession, a morbid mardis gras type parade through downtown celebrating and honering those who have gone before us this year. Tiako drummers, fire dancers and thousands in the streets in crazy costumes. After that was Ween at the Rialto, and they absolutly killed it. Played a ton of tracks from the new album, including Shamemaker for the first time ever. Got to chill backstage during a good part of the set. Fluffy for the encore (2nd time I've seen Fluffy this year) These guys are on fire this tour and it would be in your best interests to catch them on ths tour. Plus Mon. Morning My wife picked me up Stevie Wonder tickets for my birthday. Life is good!
John: We don't even understand our own music Spider: It doesn't, does it matter whether we understand it? At least it'll give us . . . strength John: I know but maybe we could get into it more if we understood it
Post by suspendedzen on Nov 6, 2007 12:41:14 GMT -5
brokenlight said:
i saw josh ritter/kim taylor last night at southgate house in newport, ky. both were awesome. i'm hoping josh comes back to bonnaroo next year. anyone else go to this show?
I havent seen Josh Ritter since Roo '05. That was an awesome show. I shared my box of snack crackers with Josh Ritter.
I just got home from Keller w/ the WMDs. Once again he has proven himself to be The Man. Smallish crowd but it was a Tuesday. It made it easy to talk to people... and I did. A roadie, the sound guy, the merchandising guy, and the tapers.
It was Sidney's first show and it was adorable. He decided on his tie dye and cargo pants with his Hoodie and I gave him my Woozie blinky and we were ready. When we first walked in he was in awe. All he said was "COOL" and smiled real big. As we were waiting he said that it was weird seeing all these people like me and The Chaz all together...
Sidney's first bracelet
It was a great show. Laid back and fun. They plalyed Sidney a Freeker and an Alligator Alley. He jumped and danced and twirled the blinky (like mama like son) He yelled and clapped and grinned the whole time. People were great and let us get up to the rail. I <3 hippies.
that's Sid's head and Keller ;D
Gibb Droll is a badass, Keith is a rock Star, Jeff Sipe grinned at me when I laughed as they covered Girl From Ipanema (sp), and like I said Keller is The Man.
On Sunday, I went to Lafayette, LA to check out a FREE Robert Randolph & the Family Band show. It was part of a historic festival in the city honoring the founder of the city, Marquis de Lafayette. Thought it was rather odd they had Robert Randolph, especially since it was a free show, but I'm certainly not complaining. We were able to show up literally 10 minutes before they were scheduled to go on. We found a parking spot 2 blocks away. Then we were able to walk right up the to front center on the barricade they had set up. Maybe 200 people there total, I think maybe 20-25 knew who they were. Me and my friend came in from Baton Rouge (about an hour away) to see this show and nothing else. Seemed like no one else even cared, once again not complaining, I had a good time. They did a great job. Busted out in some Voodoo Child, and then when they came out for the encore all the band members started switching instruments. Robert jumped on the drums and wailed, the drummer started playing the slide guitar. Then the bassist jumped on the drums and Robert jumped on the bass. The the organ player jumped on guitar and the guitarist jumped on the organ. Everyone could play everyone else's instrument.
Post by strumntheguitar on Nov 7, 2007 3:08:55 GMT -5
^^I saw a free Robert Randolph show in Charlottesville, VA this past spring for part of some energy conservation movement... Then 3/4 through his set as if it wasn't good enough already, Boyd Tinsley from DMB walked out on stage and they jammed together for 4 or 5 songs. Incredible.
Not only that, but they were handing out free energy efficient lightbulbs at the show so I grabbed a bag full and went around my dorm at the time and replaced all the light bulbs without any authorities knowing ;D
Post by placidcasual79 on Nov 7, 2007 9:48:30 GMT -5
in the last month i saw Grizzly Bear, Ween, and the Hold Steady (for the 12th time - man i love these guys!). all the shows were great in their own way.
Last night saw John Butler Trio at the 9:30 club in DC. Utterly utterly AMAZING. Completely sober and had a religious experience during his instrumental. That group is brimming with phenomenal talent and they put on a VERY VERY good show. They played... well i know they played a good 20 minutes past 11pm and they are usually big about ending on time there. Never a dull moment, lots of jamming out, played mostly from Grand National but some of thier older stuff too. great mix of highs and lows. Love love love. Love love love.
Opening act was Ian Ball from Gomez. Sweet, sweet voice, charming but the wrong venue and the wrong opening act. Did one Gomez song, rest of his own stuff which is very good... but jsut not the right fit to open for JBT.
Post by trippindaisy on Nov 7, 2007 12:52:06 GMT -5
alieblue said:
Last night saw John Butler Trio at the 9:30 club in DC. Utterly utterly AMAZING. Completely sober and had a religious experience during his instrumental. That group is brimming with phenomenal talent and they put on a VERY VERY good show. They played... well i know they played a good 20 minutes past 11pm and they are usually big about ending on time there. Never a dull moment, lots of jamming out, played mostly from Grand National but some of thier older stuff too. great mix of highs and lows. Love love love. Love love love.
Opening act was Ian Ball from Gomez. Sweet, sweet voice, charming but the wrong venue and the wrong opening act. Did one Gomez song, rest of his own stuff which is very good... but jsut not the right fit to open for JBT.
I totally agree. I was pretty sober when I saw them last week also and I know I was just standing there with a HUGE grin on my face during Ocean. He is truly an amazing talent.
I have seen SO many bands live but JBT live is probably one of the most incredible live shows ever.
Post by stallion pt. 2 on Nov 9, 2007 14:30:52 GMT -5
Saw Heavy Trash last night, which is Jon Spencer (of Blues Explosion fame) and Matt Verta-Ray. The opener was a danish rockabilly band called PowerSolo who rocked mightely. They were also the backup band for Heavy Trash, and damn that sh!t was tight. I was expecting the loseness of the blues explosion, but these guys were a drum, changing songs on a dime, breaking it down for Spencer to talk to the (tiny) crowd, and tearing into an interisting (and almost unrecognizable) rendition of the 13th Floor Elevators' "You're Gonna Miss Me." I highly reccomd checking these guys out, and I continue to wonder why Jon Spencer has yet to play Roo. I also got tix for Old Crow Medicine Show on Monday. This has been an awesome month for live music in Tucson, and it's just sarted.
John: We don't even understand our own music Spider: It doesn't, does it matter whether we understand it? At least it'll give us . . . strength John: I know but maybe we could get into it more if we understood it
Post by steveternal on Nov 9, 2007 22:36:21 GMT -5
This past Wednesday the wife and I went to see múm in DC... in a synagogue. It was surreal, yes, but also made for an intensely respectful and intimate show. They had two opening acts, both of whom are on their same label, Fat Cat. Hauschka is an eccentric yet amicable man from Germany who played an unusual cocktail: beautiful, lyrical, solo piano music on a prepared piano. His compositions were stimulating, and the added plinks and sizzles challenged the accessible harmonies to become something wholly other. The second act was Tom Brosseau, a lanky, humble troubadour from North Dakota. His folksy guitar work was occasionally sloppy, but his voice more than made up for any shortcomings. Think of Devendra Banhart's clean warble with M. Ward's penchant for glissandos and subtle embellishments, and you're close. At the end of his set, Tom came down from the bima to Hauschka's piano, stood on top of the bench and played the last song unmiced. After one verse he stripped the guitar and sang it a capella. An arresting show. múm themselves were pleasant, but by no means blew me away. It was kind of bittersweet to see the new incarnation of the band, with new vocalists and instrumentalists replacing the departed twin sisters Kristín and Gyða. Their new album, in my opinion, shows a solid move in a new direction (primarily, one more acoustic and less electronic), but their preciously soft compositions played live don't charge the audience, but gently tuck them into bed. The show was also shockingly short; I don't recall ever attending a paid evening concert that only lasted an hour. They exclusively played songs off their new album until the last song, where they pulled out a reworked yet still riveting version of "I'm 9 Today", from their superb debut. So I'll continue to highly recommend "Go Go Smear the Poison Ivy" and other múm albums (it'll surely be on my top 10 of 2007), but feel free to pass on a chance to see them live. Hauschka or Tom Brosseau, on the other hand...
Post by billypilgrim on Nov 11, 2007 14:24:00 GMT -5
Gov't Mule played Friday night at the Fillmore in SF. Highlights for me were opening with Helter Skelter and following that with Thorazine Shuffle. Grace Potter opened for them and joined the band for Ohio to close out the first set. In my world, Warren Haynes is a god!
Post by lordrockinhood on Nov 11, 2007 15:01:46 GMT -5
suspendedzen said:
I'll be seeing Modest Mouse for the first time in a couple years this Saturday. Anybody know how the shows have been this year?
Ghostface/Rakim/Brother Ali the Saturday after. ;D
suspendedzen said:
I'll be seeing Modest Mouse for the first time in a couple years this Saturday. Anybody know how the shows have been this year?
Ghostface/Rakim/Brother Ali the Saturday after. ;D
I saw them last Spring at an incredibly strange old pagan/not pagan church/movie theatre??? called The United Palace in Spanish Harlem waaaay up town. It has wall to wall blood red carpeting, many wacked chandeliers, a giant spiral type staircase to the balcony, a shitload of stained glass, and gold colored religious carvings covering almost every inch of wall space inside and out of the theatre. And outside, is just a broken down looking dirty marquee that says (something like) Reverend Billy Ray Sundays 1PM... the only indication that there was a rock venue inside was the white kids out front dressed in black smoking cigarettes... Oh, wait, you asked about the band, not the most whacked venue in NYC... yeah, they were great, though the vocals were turned a little too high for the church like acoustics. Played mostly new stuff... but it all sounded great. I also saw the last half hour of their set at Virgin Fest in August. The very RIGHT ON that night... great way to close out an incredibly wild/fun/super hot day at the races. They will rock out, and you will have fun!
*edit* oh, duh, didn't pay attention to the date of your post ... you saw them last night...
Post by wellbalancedmusic on Nov 11, 2007 15:38:52 GMT -5
Warren Haynes presents the 19th xmas jam in Asheville NC. The Line up is sick. The pre-sale has passed. only one more chance to get tickets. Do not miss this show if you can. This show is one of the many perks of living in western NC. I got my tickets...do you have yours?