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Post by Ambassador Of Fun on Oct 21, 2024 11:52:51 GMT -5
Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit w/ Iris Dement at the Ryman on Friday was an absolutely religious experience. This was my 14th Jason Isbell show, but to see him in THAT room with THAT history and THAT sound just can't be beat. Also, hearing Iris Dement play "Let the Mystery Be" in the Mother Church gave me chills.
first time seeing the string cheese incident after being a long time casual fan. fantastic show. didnt get Rosie but got some others i love. first set was a little more diverse but just an amazing first experience.
Just got out of seeing Fcukers during Levitation in a small, cramped venue and it may have been my favorite show of the year. Everyone sweaty and dancing, the band just killing every single song and it felt right at the cusp before they start blowing up.
Post by jorgeandthekraken on Nov 2, 2024 14:00:04 GMT -5
The Go! Team's 20th anniversary show for Thunder, Lightning, Strike was a lot of fun. I never caught them live in the aughts, so I don't know how it compares, but it just felt like a really joyful show with a lot of positive energy, which I really needed right now.
Saw Kiasmos last night and they were great. Crowd was a little weird with most people just standing still and not dancing. Maybe it was because it was an early show?
Also caught Squid later in the night. Definitely one of the better rock shows I've seen in a while. They debuted a couple new songs. Can't wait for the new album.
Post by Capital Cincy on Nov 13, 2024 13:09:04 GMT -5
Caught one of Laura Marling's Bowery Ballroom residency sets Sunday night. She played a lot from her 2020 album, which I love, so I didn't mind, but I could see long time fans being disappointed with the 80 minute setlist.
Regardless, it was very intimate, beautifully mixed, she brought out a string quintet for several numbers. Ugh. Just gorgeous all around.
Adrianne Lenker, wow. lowkey one of the best shows i’ve seen this year
She such an amazing performer, I dont think many people realize that until you see her in person. Theres just something about her and her presence that makes it feel special and intimate.
Adrianne Lenker, wow. lowkey one of the best shows i’ve seen this year
so i saw her the second night too because i got a really good deal on tix but oddly enough, that time was much worse. the setlist was cut by like 3 or 4 songs and was completely different in a bad way. Adrianne even said she was feeling off and kind of clunky that night but it also seemed like there may have been some kind of a fight with the bandmates bc they werent there for half the set and when they did come out the vibes were really off. so yea, if you see her, be aware YMMV
Post by jorgeandthekraken on Nov 19, 2024 9:03:07 GMT -5
After wanting to see them for 7 years, now, but constantly having life get in the way of making one of their shows, I finally caught Slowdive. Also my first time at Brooklyn Paramount. Fantastic show, great venue, and I was just the right amount of high to really get lost in the spacey jamz. Excellent night.
After wanting to see them for 7 years, now, but constantly having life get in the way of making one of their shows, I finally caught Slowdive. Also my first time at Brooklyn Paramount. Fantastic show, great venue, and I was just the right amount of high to really get lost in the spacey jamz. Excellent night.
Going on Thurs. This is the review I like to hear!
It's a music fan's fantasy to walk into an open mic and hear someone for the first time who's not just "good for an open mic performer," but so great that your jaw just drops as you're overcome with a joyous feeling of WTF. If you dig Tyler Childers and Jason Isbell, do yourself a favor and watch this clip. (It's cued up to the start of his two-song set.)
Post by Ambassador Of Fun on Nov 22, 2024 13:16:29 GMT -5
Bobby Weir & Wolf Bros featuring The Wolfpack with the Cincinnati Pops Orchestra was outstanding last week. I wasn't sure how the jamming would work with the structure required of an orchestra, but it worked great. For a lot of it, the orchestral part was composed while Weir & company would jam over top of it. Sometimes, the orchestra would fade out, let the band do its thing for a few minutes, and then come back in. Other times, someone in the orchestra would solo over top of every one.
The arrangements were all very cool. The symphonic highlight for me was during “Truckin’”. Immediately after “What a long strange trip it’s been”, the orchestra busted into a long, strange, in-your-face symphonic interlude that gradually made its way back to “Truckin’”.
It was wild to see the mix of Deadheads and symphony season ticket holders in our gorgeous (but usually stuffy) Music Hall.
Bobby Weir & Wolf Bros featuring The Wolfpack with the Cincinnati Pops Orchestra was outstanding last week. I wasn't sure how the jamming would work with the structure required of an orchestra, but it worked great. For a lot of it, the orchestral part was composed while Weir & company would jam over top of it. Sometimes, the orchestra would fade out, let the band do its thing for a few minutes, and then come back in. Other times, someone in the orchestra would solo over top of every one.
The arrangements were all very cool. The symphonic highlight for me was during “Truckin’”. Immediately after “What a long strange trip it’s been”, the orchestra busted into a long, strange, in-your-face symphonic interlude that gradually made its way back to “Truckin’”.
It was wild to see the mix of Deadheads and symphony season ticket holders in our gorgeous (but usually stuffy) Music Hall.
I saw this show in Chicago on Monday night with the Chicago Philharmonic. Highlights from my show were Touch of Grey and Terrapin Station, seems like we had some overlap though with Playin In The Band/Dark Star/Uncle Johns Band. Idk why but I was so surprised to see the nitrous tanks before and after the show right outside the venue lol, gotta have your balloons for the orchestra apparently
I saw Dawes for the 8th time last night (and the first time since the pandemic). They've evolved as a band in recent years and not necessarily in good ways. The current lineup sounded tight and powerful, occasionally taking things into a jam, but I feel like their shows were better back when the bass player and keyboardist were actual members of the band, and not simply hired hands who haven't been with them for long (lead guitarist Trevor Menear excepted, of course. He's been with them for a long time, now.)
The current bassist, keyboard player, and percussionist are all fine musicians, but when the "touring members" outnumber the actual band members, something gets lost, especially if you lean into jamming and haven't played together long enough to develop that almost telepathic ability to musically move together in improvisation to create something really special.
But, with Dawes, it's always about the songs. I loved virtually everything on the first three albums, with everything they've done since then being very hit or miss for me. That's how their sets now feel to me, too. I'd put "Less Than Five Miles Away" and "Someone Else's Cafe" in my bottom five Dawes songs, and I heard both of them last night, but I'll never complain when they perform "When My Time Comes" and "A Little Bit Of Everything" (OK, I will complain when they bring the singer from the opening act out and he sings the second verse of WMTC. He's a good singer, but he has a honey sweet pop voice that doesn't fit the song at all.)
Winnetka Bowling League is opening the tour, although they don't sound like a great musical fit. They're sort of an indie pop/indie rock fusion and it sounded fine. I did get a little bored during their set. Taylor and Griff came out and sang a song with them.
With bands and artists whom you've liked for a long time, you become very familiar with their live shows and generally know what you are or aren't going to get from them. You make peace with that and enjoy the shows for what they are, even if its far from your ideal setlist or stage vibe, or you stick with the records you like and skip the shows.
I saw Dawes for the 8th time last night (and the first time since the pandemic). They've evolved as a band in recent years and not necessarily in good ways. The current lineup sounded tight and powerful, occasionally taking things into a jam, but I feel like their shows were better back when the bass player and keyboardist were actual members of the band, and not simply hired hands who haven't been with them for long (lead guitarist Trevor Menear excepted, of course. He's been with them for a long time, now.)
The current bassist, keyboard player, and percussionist are all fine musicians, but when the "touring members" outnumber the actual band members, something gets lost, especially if you lean into jamming and haven't played together long enough to develop that almost telepathic ability to musically move together in improvisation to create something really special.
But, with Dawes, it's always about the songs. I loved virtually everything on the first three albums, with everything they've done since then being very hit or miss for me. That's how their sets now feel to me, too. I'd put "Less Than Five Miles Away" and "Someone Else's Cafe" in my bottom five Dawes songs, and I heard both of them last night, but I'll never complain when they perform "When My Time Comes" and "A Little Bit Of Everything" (OK, I will complain when they bring the singer from the opening act out and he sings the second verse of WMTC. He's a good singer, but he has a honey sweet pop voice that doesn't fit the song at all.)
Winnetka Bowling League is opening the tour, although they don't sound like a great musical fit. They're sort of an indie pop/indie rock fusion and it sounded fine. I did get a little bored during their set. Taylor and Griff came out and sang a song with them.
With bands and artists whom you've liked for a long time, you become very familiar with their live shows and generally know what you are or aren't going to get from them. You make peace with that and enjoy the shows for what they are, even if its far from your ideal setlist or stage vibe, or you stick with the records you like and skip the shows.
I unfortunately missed this tour because they were here the same night Bob Weir played with an orchestra. That said, I’ve thought their post-pandemic shows have been so much better than pre-pandemic. I love how they’ve leaned into the jam band thing, and “Someone Else’s Cafe” is a top 5 song of theirs for me. I don’t think I’ve seen them since the bassist left, so I understand how that might affect the band chemistry. However, by all accounts, I heard their Cincinnati show a couple weeks ago was outstanding.
Thom Yorke at Tokyo Garden Theatre was a very cool experience! We got tickets through W.A.S.T.E. and ended up 2nd row center since they assign seats based on when you purchased them (first purchase gets front row center).
Since we were so close, it felt very intimate even though it was a massive theater space! There were times when it felt like Thom was singing to us, which felt pretty surreal.
This was my 16th time seeing Thom in some capacity. Not sure how I’d rank it, as there were some truly transcendent moments, even hearing Radiohead songs I’ve seen him play a bunch. Maybe I paid too close attention to the tour setlists, so I know what we missed versus what we got.
Highlights for me were an acoustic Let Down, seeing Pact Like Sardines and Rabbit in Your Highlights for the first time, and, oddly enough, his solo rendition of Kid A moving me to tears. The closer of How To Disappear really blew us away with how pristine his voice still is and Thom nailing every one of those falsettos.
Being in a Japanese crowd was amazing as well. Either you’re singing along or staying quiet. I loved it. Getting to actually hear the artist and not some dumb asshole having a loud conversation over them was the best.
Very grateful I could make the trip to Tokyo and catch one of his last solo shows on this tour! Arigato gozaimasu!
Thom Yorke at Tokyo Garden Theatre was a very cool experience! We got tickets through W.A.S.T.E. and ended up 2nd row center since they assign seats based on when you purchased them (first purchase gets front row center).
That's what buying tickets in the U.S. through Ticketron (the precursor to Ticketmaster) was like, as well as the early pre-internet days of Ticketmaster. The system was configured to give you the best available seats within your selected price range and if you were at a ticket outlet at the moment that tickets went on sale or on the phone with their CSR, you'd often wind up with first or second row seats at arena and theater shows.
At that point, the secondary market functioned through scalpers who paid college students and homeless people to wait in line at ticket outlets, so they weren't able to scoop up nearly as many seats as they now do.
Thom Yorke at Tokyo Garden Theatre was a very cool experience! We got tickets through W.A.S.T.E. and ended up 2nd row center since they assign seats based on when you purchased them (first purchase gets front row center).
That's what buying tickets in the U.S. through Ticketron (the precursor to Ticketmaster) was like, as well as the early pre-internet days of Ticketmaster. The system was configured to give you the best available seats within your selected price range and if you were at a ticket outlet at the moment that tickets went on sale or on the phone with their CSR, you'd often wind up with first or second row seats at arena and theater shows.
At that point, the secondary market functioned through scalpers who paid college students and homeless people to wait in line at ticket outlets, so they weren't able to scoop up nearly as many seats as they now do.
It was pretty crazy not knowing where our seats would be when buying the tickets. They sent us a confirmation email and said to go to a 7-11 in Japan to print the tickets up to 2 days prior. Figured we’d be like in the first 20 rows or so, but second row center was a nice surprise!
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