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[Pale Hose]

Sept 21, 2024 7:19:43 GMT -6 isyourbedmade said:

I thought the sound for both STV and Spoon was kind of off for Metro at least in the balcony. Both were pretty great though!

Moving this conversation to the reviews thread.

I thought the sound was good from the floor, and agreed with cb that it was pretty much a perfect setlist. This was a very sold out, very packed, very hot Metro, so we stayed in the back where there was decent airflow. Britt sounded great, and other than the drunk middle aged woman who got handsy I had a blast.

This was my third day in a row with a show and I'm capping off this 4-day run with Riot Fest today. I'm going to try not to leave the couch tomorrow.

[chvrchbarrel]

Sept 21, 2024 8:22:20 GMT -6 Pale Hose said:

Sept 21, 2024 7:19:43 GMT -6 isyourbedmade said:

I thought the sound for both STV and Spoon was kind of off for Metro at least in the balcony. Both were pretty great though!

Moving this conversation to the reviews thread.

I thought the sound was good from the floor, and agreed with cb that it was pretty much a perfect setlist. This was a very sold out, very packed, very hot Metro, so we stayed in the back where there was decent airflow. Britt sounded great, and other than the drunk middle aged woman who got handsy I had a blast.

This was my third day in a row with a show and I'm capping off this 4-day run with Riot Fest today. I'm going to try not to leave the couch tomorrow.

i didnt know bosma went to spoon

[venom]

i had a great spot a few bodies back from the rail in the center surrounded by pretty good folks except for one moderately aggressive guy.

i could always use more Girls Can Tell songs or just more songs in general. (i don't think they hit the 90-minute mark.) but what they played sounded really good. and since i've seen a few spoon shows where britt was in a bad mood, i always enjoy when he's clearly in a good mood.

[concertgoer]

That Spoon show was great

[isyourbedmade]

Highlight of the SoCo aftershow, someone threw up in the middle of the Concord!

[Pale Hose]

I enjoyed my day of Riot Fest, I don't think I caught a bad set.

-Pelle from the Hives remains one of the most entertaining front-men in music today. They must have been dying in those suits but he was absolutely cooking with the mic.

-Heath's set was plagued by technical issues, but when they were playing they sounded good.

-Manchester Orchestra have pretty much stopped playing Cope songs the last few times I've seen them, so I enjoyed hearing these longs live again. I thought that with an hour long slot they would get more than one additional song on the back end, but Andy kind of stretched out the album and filled up their time.

-Beach Bunny had a fantastic crowd, most of the set was a big audience sing-along. They also debuted their new song that's being released Wednesday, it sounded good.

-I sacrificed a double dose of Spoon to go get some dinner. I had good luck with the chicken shawarma last year so I got it again this year. Really, really solid festival food, would recommend.

-Annie was awesome, some people are just born to be on a stage. Faulkner is a good addition to her band. I would have liked some more of the older stuff but I get that she's promoting new music, so no complaints.

-Gen Xers were camped in front of the AAA stage all day, talking through every other set, pounding IPAs, and waiting for Pavement. It was a great set in the sense that they played every single Pavement song I know, and the band really seemed to be enjoying themselves. Had no idea Malkmus moved to Chicago.

-Beck brought his lounge singer festival set back to Riot Fest. He sounded great and I was impressed that Faulkner was pulling double duty. I left during Loser to beat the crowd on the CTA, so no issues getting home.

It was a really great day of live music to cap off my Riot Fest weekend, and as a free festival Riot Fest remains one of the best values in live entertainment. I hope they come back again next year. Great seeing everyone I ran into.

[venom]

Sept 22, 2024 7:42:54 GMT -6 Pale Hose said:

-Gen Xers were camped in front of the AAA stage all day, talking through every other set, pounding IPAs, and waiting for Pavement.

a couple of these guys were next to me for beck and kept yelling out "generation x... the greatest generation" during that set. at some point they decided that beck is the face of generation x musicians. they also had some puzzling thoughts about what a bass guitar sounds like.

[krentist]

Getting in Frontwards, Box Elder, and Type Slowly in a 60 minute set rocks. Couldn't ask for anything more. Can't wait to stalk Malkmus.

[Pale Hose]

Sept 22, 2024 8:22:18 GMT -6 venom said:

Sept 22, 2024 7:42:54 GMT -6 Pale Hose said:

-Gen Xers were camped in front of the AAA stage all day, talking through every other set, pounding IPAs, and waiting for Pavement.

a couple of these guys were next to me for beck and kept yelling out "generation x... the greatest generation" during that set. at some point they decided that beck is the face of generation x musicians. they also had some puzzling thoughts about what a bass guitar sounds like.

This is so on brand 😂

[munkivelli]

Sept 22, 2024 1:55:13 GMT -6 isyourbedmade said:

Highlight of the SoCo aftershow, someone threw up in the middle of the Concord!

Aftershow was nearly perfect, despite getting stuck next to the four most annoying people in the venue.

[mookie]

I don't know how Radius has been open for years now and they still screw up normal shows. I had those free tickets for jpegmafia and Jane Remover last night.

Website just said doors at 10 and show at 10. I got there just before 10 and there was a line down the block. Got up to the area by the doors, and there were a couple hundred people still waiting to get in. Finally got in the doors around 10:35, and Jane Remover was doing their last two songs.

Jpeg was very good again though, I did not realize how huge he is with the younger crowd.

[zircona1]

I saw Negativland this weekend in KC. Their show was a film with visuals done by SUE-C, and audio done live by the guys onstage. The film was a little over an hour long, it was followed by them doing an older original song, and then checking in with their other member David Willis (aka 'The Weatherman') via web, where he demonstrated some of his transistors and noise makers. It was a very cool performance, I recommend it if you're a fan of their work. It's playing in Chicago next week:

negativland.com/upcoming-live-shows

[jazzpolice]

I spent a long weekend in Hollywood for the Pulp Hollywood Blowout Extravaganza. Wed/Thurs at the Palladium and Sat at Hollywood Forever Cemetery. Roughly 90% same set list every night. Highlights were F.E.E.L.I.N.G. C.A.L.L.E.D. L.O.V.E., Like A Friend, and This Is Hardcore. The latter is definitely the centerpiece of the set. Nothing dragged in the whole list but I might have swapped out Weeds 1 & 2 with Help The Aged or The Fear. The band sounded great and Jarvis is one of the all time great front men IMO.

I think N2 at the Palladium was slightly better than N1 but I was much closer to the stage and more awake so that really helped. My friend has a friend who got her on the guest list so we got passes to the afterparty. The whole band was there but we felt weird approaching anyone. Jarvis was making the rounds but got sidelined before he got to our area so we didn't get to meet him. It was his birthday and they brought out a cake but we didn't partake in that either. It was cool to be there though.

HFC show was phenomenal too. It's a really cool venue. It really is right in the cemetery and they kinda let you wander around if you want. We had onsite parking right next to the graves and there was no one corralling anyone at the end of the night so you could just kinda linger if you wanted. The logistics of onsite parking was aggravating though. They didn't open it up until gates opened (this was not announced in the pass purchase). It was on a busy street where you couldn't line up so you just had to circle until they opened. And then they scanned your tickets at the same time as your parking pass which slowed things down because this was not relayed in any form before the show. For the stage they had some standing area near the front and then the rest was cordoned off for blankets, etc. I was originally about 25ft from center stage but once pulp started there was a guy who held up his phone for a good portion of the first song (obnoxiously, not considerately). And then he started again on the second song and the guy behind him twice asked him to lower it because he was blocking his view and the asshole told him flat-out no. That really set me off and I had to storm out of there before I snatched his phone and sent it flying. Took a couple of songs to calm down but I ended up in the back corner of the lawn and had plenty of room to dance and sing, so it turned out to be a blessing in disguise.

On my "night off" I went to see Les Savy Fav at a little venue in (east?) Hollywood called Zebulon. About 300 capacity, and it was comfortably full but not packed. If you've seen Les Savy Fav I don't really have to tell you what it was like, if you haven't I don't really know how to do it justice. It was a blast and I am so happy they were performing while I was in town.

[isyourbedmade]

Not my favorite National set, but finally got to see Lit Up live after 12 shows! Was never a giant War On Drugs fan, but actually really liked them yesterday. Lucius was good too! Beyond undersold but still had a good time!

[Pale Hose]

Yeah I think that was the most undersold UC show I've ever been to. TWOD was good, although Adam has starting talking through some songs rather actually singing. Didn't love that, but maybe it was voice preservation thing.

Speaking of voice preservation, I think Matt was fighting a cold. His voice sounded in nasally and he was singing in a slightly higher pitch as well. Solid set, was very happy to get Sea of Love for the first time since their Riot Fest set in 2014. Thanks to krentist for the ticket, and nice seeing others as well.

[venom]

it took me 70 minutes to get to UC on the damen bus yesterday. midway through that ride my friend texted that our 300-level seats were blocked but the guy handing out new assignments couldn't give him new seats without the whole party present. apparently in the half-hour that he waited, the guy gave out several floor seats. we ended up on the side in the 100s. i made it in during the war on drugs' first song.

house mix was a little rough for TWOD, but nothing egregious for an arena. mix was worse for the national and matt's vocals being off made it sound weirder. i was pleased with a heavy High Violet show, but would've liked more Boxer tunes.

as much as i enjoy the national's music and think they're generally a good live band, their setlist construction does not align with my setlist tenets. they always close with snoozy encores and it's why i've come to dislike "vanderlyle" as the epitome of that flaw. i want shows to end with a bang, not a whimper. of course they played it last night, even though it hasn't been a set fixture lately. since that song was released, they've only not played it once at a non-fest set i've been to (second night at civic opera house in 2017). it haunts me. on the other hand, it was one of the best-sounding songs of the evening.

and for a little venom fun fact: 19 years ago the day before was the first time i saw the national and last night was my 19th time seeing them.

[dij22]

I thought both bands were terrific last night (only exception was Adam ruining "I Don't Live Here Anymore" by talk-singing).

The show was obviously way undersold but at least the floor/100-level looked pretty full for the National. I would assume like 8k people there? Seemed like a perfect Northerly bill that inexplicably was put in an arena.

[krentist]

that for sure sold more tickets than Roxy Music and St Vincent. National was good, wish we got Pink Rabbits tho. Biggest issue with how undersold it was is that they didn't open the FanDuel lounge with the cozy chairs during set break.

War on Drugs basically perfect but they 100% need a new album before I see them again.

[venom]

also, there was a girl on the damen bus after the show who said to her friend "i can't believe we just saw the war on drugs and the national. and they sounded just like how they do when i listen to them on spotify in my car." i am so curious to know what her car's soundsystem is like.

[thebosma]

My dad and I went to the ELO show last night and it was so fucking good. Incredibly sick band and also they’re doing an abbreviated Fire on High as an intro to Livin Thing which maybe made the night for me. Great time and you should consider going tonight if you have even a passing interest in the band.

Also I did NOT lose my job while I was in the parking lot so that’s a win for me

[concertgoer]

That was an awesome show for sure

[Pale Hose]

ELO was great but Jeff is singing significantly less than the last time I saw them in 2018. He was trading verses with the main backup singer (Ian something?), and his mic was noticeably turned down during 10538 Overture. Production was amazing, particularly the light show. I'm grateful to have heard these songs live one more time.

I arrived earlier than expected and caught Rooney. I pulled up their Wikipedia page during their set and was surprised to learn the lead singer is Robert Schwartzman, the brother of Jason and son of Talia Shire. Everyone in Hollywood is a nepo baby.

[mookie]

Went to Outset for the first time last night. Not a bad venue so far.
You first go through the usual screening with a metal detector wand. You then go to a patio with lots of seating to meet up with people, bathrooms, two bars and the merch stand. You could even sit out there without a ticket if you really wanted to.

Once you enter the room, it’s pretty open and well set up. I’m guessing capacity is maybe 600-700? Seems roughly about the same as Bottom Lounge size wise. There is a small balcony that I think anyone can go up on. There are two columns to support the balcony on the far right and left front, otherwise there are really no view obstructions.

Sound and lights are pretty good of course. No big speaker stacks on the sides of the stage like Bottom or Lincoln Hall, so if you get up close on either side up you can see. There’s a huge square bar in the back, I didn’t check the prices to see how bad they were. Tons of park8mg around the area too, although it’s definitely more difficult to park on Elston now than it was for the Salt Shed shows for the past year.

For the show itself, Spirit of the Beehive were good, although maybe lacking a little personality. I like how they are trying to push themselves to be a little more experimental at this point though. They didn’t have visuals or anything with the nice big screen right behind them.

Opener was a good shoegaze/dream pop band Winter that I’ll have to check out more.

[mookie]

Fred Again was pretty great last night at Alpine Valley. Haven't been there probably since the Pearl Jam 20th anniversary show way back when? New songs sounded great and he worked them in pretty well, I was very happy he played "just stand there," since it doesn't look like it was on the setlist every night from what I saw. He had his B stage at the top of the pavilion, so it was cool to see him up close halfway through the show.

Probably not too surprisingly, it was very undersold, mostly because they were expecting a mostly young Chicago based crowd to drive out there on a late Sunday night. There were probably less than 100 people sitting on the lawn, and I think they were even just giving out free upgrades to the pavilion to anyone who did have a lawn ticket. And even then there were tons of spots open in the pavilion. I'm sure Saturday sold much better.

[krentist]

Sept 29, 2024 9:17:46 GMT -6 mookie said:

Went to Outset for the first time last night. Not a bad venue so far.
You first go through the usual screening with a metal detector wand. You then go to a patio with lots of seating to meet up with people, bathrooms, two bars and the merch stand. You could even sit out there without a ticket if you really wanted to.

Once you enter the room, it’s pretty open and well set up. I’m guessing capacity is maybe 600-700? Seems roughly about the same as Bottom Lounge size wise. There is a small balcony that I think anyone can go up on. There are two columns to support the balcony on the far right and left front, otherwise there are really no view obstructions.

Sound and lights are pretty good of course. No big speaker stacks on the sides of the stage like Bottom or Lincoln Hall, so if you get up close on either side up you can see. There’s a huge square bar in the back, I didn’t check the prices to see how bad they were. Tons of park8mg around the area too, although it’s definitely more difficult to park on Elston now than it was for the Salt Shed shows for the past year.

For the show itself, Spirit of the Beehive were good, although maybe lacking a little personality. I like how they are trying to push themselves to be a little more experimental at this point though. They didn’t have visuals or anything with the nice big screen right behind them.

Opener was a good shoegaze/dream pop band Winter that I’ll have to check out more.

Any idea if they pump the music out into the patio area?

[mookie]

I went outside during the last song of the night, and I don't think they play the sound out there like Hideout does, but I could be wrong

[venom]

i enjoyed last night's sturgill simpson show. the first two hours were terrific. then i thought they lost a little steam in the last hour. but it was still pretty good. i was also disappointed at the covers compared to many other nights on this tour. but "whiter shade of pale" and "l.a. woman" sounded great.

[doso]

Had the good fortune to see Pavement last night at Sony Hall, a 1,000-capacity venue near Times Square with no opener.

Earlier in the day, the band had posted a social media image of a stack of master setlists to be handed out to audience members at the door. The master list included a note saying they would not plan out a set list for the night, but "in the spirit of '90s-era Pavement" they would pull from the master list in some order.

That notion quickly fell by the wayside when the third, fourth, and fifth songs were pulled from the Westing (By Musket and Sextant) compilation. In fact, the first eight songs were from Westing (and played in the order in which they appear on the record).

After "Feed Em to the (Linden) Lions", they played seven songs in a row from Slanted and Enchanted, followed by a pair of Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain tunes (in between "Silence Kid" and "Gold Soundz", they doubled back to play "Summer Babe"). At that point, they'd ripped through nearly 20 songs in about an hour and it felt like maybe they were doing a chronological career retrospective.

Following three Wowee Zowee-era songs, they unexpectedly launched into "Harness Your Hopes" and everyone walked off stage except Nastonovich who seemed to feel like things were ending sooner than he expected. He stayed on stage for a couple of minutes bantering with the crowd and saying he didn't know what was going to happen next.

The band returned for a two-song encore including the lone Brighten the Corners selection, "Date with IKEA" and ending with a jammed out "Fight This Generation". Show ended up being 85 or 90 minutes long, wrapping up just before 10 p.m.

It was truly unlike any other Pavement performance I'd ever witnessed (this was my 11th time seeing them) and, in true Pavement form, completely unexpected. Aside from the unusual setlist construction, they also played a comparatively lo-fi, stripped-back set up. No guitar changes and hardly any effects (not even distortion or fuzz); just pure amp tone the whole night. Malkmus played a Les Paul Jr. I've never seen him use before through a Fender Super Reverb (he is usually playing through an Orange head). Super ragged to the point where Malkmus seemed more human and less a guitar god. For me, it was a rare treat that felt like consciously seeing the emperor with no clothing... to the point where I could fully form a scene in my mind of being in a basement while the band was figuring out their songs.

From a couple of comments that Nastonovich made, it sounded like this might be the last Pavement show "for a while". Hopefully not forever.

Special thanks to monasterymonochrome who landed these tickets via sheer determination a week and half ago and is always a great live music companion.

[rango420]

there was a lady right next to me at Sturgill about 2 and a half hours in during a Jupiter's Fairie solo who fell into her partners arms as if her baseball team just gave up a game winning home run and exclaimed "pleasseee I cant do any more of these musical interludes"


thot sturgill was great tonight but understand the final hour energy complaints. Feel like they may be saving alot of the goods for tn.

[isyourbedmade]

I thought Sturgill was pretty awesome last night. So many damn chompers though…