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Post by monasterymonochrome on Oct 7, 2024 7:59:34 GMT -6
It looked like there was a ton of inventory for that show. Did they close off the 200 level and bring everyone down to the 100s? Nah we were in the 200s and it was fairly full. We were in Row 1 of our section tho, so maybe they brought people from higher up down like the 400s to lower rows. Floor looked about 75% full though - empty space in the back and seemed like plenty of room to move around. |
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Post by llamaoftime on Oct 7, 2024 9:02:25 GMT -6
: Also, it was wild to be walking out of a 2.5 hour MSG show at 4:00pm. More bands should do Sunday matinees! I'm fully on board with making Sunday matinee concerts a thing again. Sounds wonderful |
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Post by Tweet on Oct 7, 2024 9:11:16 GMT -6
Cap’N Jazz was awesome. Still sounds like they’ve got it after 7 years off, although it took them 4 times to start “Oh Messy Life”. Crowd was continuing the trends of somewhat shitty crowds attending major bottle shows- no, I do not want to hear about your capn jazz erotica, and neither did the band.
Rango kept me from breaking my glasses in yet another put, god bless em
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Post by mookie on Oct 7, 2024 9:12:40 GMT -6
Got to see FIDLAR at the Vic Saturday night. Good time as usual. They opened with Fix Me from the new album and for a while they didn't go back to it much, but they did close the show with a bunch of new ones thankfully. A few funny covers mixed in too, biggest surprise was Feel Good Hit of the Summer by QOTSA (although the song definitely fits for them). Crowd was pretty wild of course, although I did not expect to have couples making out in front of me near the pit.
Opener was some new band Sugar Pit that I'm sure will be super popular in like 2 or 3 years. Dumb party rock, some songs were decent and some were pretty terrible. Kind of a mix between the B52s and LCD SOundsystem at times. Favorite part was the singer saying "I'm from Carbondale, so this is a hometown show for me!"
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Post by rango420 on Oct 7, 2024 9:37:16 GMT -6
Cap’N Jazz was awesome. Still sounds like they’ve got it after 7 years off, although it took them 4 times to start “Oh Messy Life”. Crowd was continuing the trends of somewhat shitty crowds attending major bottle shows- no, I do not want to hear about your capn jazz erotica, and neither did the band. Rango kept me from breaking my glasses in yet another put, god bless em yah this was a banging show. 4 of the most annoying people alive at the show but otherwise a really great energy up front and they sounded great If anyone is going to Vegas Nate Is filling in for Davey (which is fine with me but didn't stop the annoying guys) |
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Post by fiveiron83321 on Oct 7, 2024 18:00:31 GMT -6
Cap’N Jazz was awesome. Still sounds like they’ve got it after 7 years off, although it took them 4 times to start “Oh Messy Life”. Crowd was continuing the trends of somewhat shitty crowds attending major bottle shows- no, I do not want to hear about your capn jazz erotica, and neither did the band. Rango kept me from breaking my glasses in yet another put, god bless em yah this was a banging show. 4 of the most annoying people alive at the show but otherwise a really great energy up front and they sounded great If anyone is going to Vegas Nate Is filling in for Davey (which is fine with me but didn't stop the annoying guys) did either of you catch the name of that opener?? |
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Post by rango420 on Oct 7, 2024 18:43:27 GMT -6
yah this was a banging show. 4 of the most annoying people alive at the show but otherwise a really great energy up front and they sounded great If anyone is going to Vegas Nate Is filling in for Davey (which is fine with me but didn't stop the annoying guys) did either of you catch the name of that opener?? They were called Puny Humans when I saw them open for Chisel a few months ago. Not sure if they are still called that as they were just billed under the guy from jai Alai Savants name ln on the set times (the guy behind the board) |
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Post by borracho on Oct 9, 2024 8:11:19 GMT -6
nice 2-night run of shows for me in okc at one of our sh!ttier venues (but at least the sound people had it dialed in!).
khruangbin monday night were great - played the new album in full at the beginning, played another 30 minutes, then did a 30-minute encore. lots of vibey grooves! they've jelled more since i saw them a few years ago and it had a great flow.
sturgill last night was amazing. you all who have seen him already know, but what a fantastic band, just on another level. he played 3 hours and 10 minutes (34 songs) and that time just flew by. i will say they oversold the venue (general admission, packed in prob 3,000 people) and i was up close for the first hour but it got so hot and i had to duck out and go up to the balcony where there was some more air (but also chompers!).
but overall 10/10 would recommend both bands live, but that was a lot of hours standing on the hardest concrete i think i've ever stood on! there's a king gizz show next month i'm thinking of going to (never seen them), so hopefully they don't oversell that.
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Post by lollaman44 on Oct 9, 2024 12:16:35 GMT -6
Last night at Off Broadway, MJ Lenderman played to the biggest crowd I’d ever seen at that place. Super sold out and hard to move. Big thanks to a friend who saved me a spot because the show prob wouldn’t have been enjoyable otherwise.
The new songs are great and everyone was really into it. This was my first time seeing them and I highly recommend.
When I was in line to get in, I saw a girl who I thought looked like Katie Crutchfield walk by, but I thought it’s St. Louis on a Tuesday, why would she be there? Asked my buddy about it and he thought the same thing.
Well, anyway, the crutchfield sisters came out for the encore. Pretty cool stuff for a Tuesday.
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Post by doso on Oct 11, 2024 11:13:29 GMT -6
Had the great pleasure to see Stevie Wonder at Madison Square Garden last night. No opener, showtime was billed as 8 p.m.; he came on at 8:30 p.m. The set list was jam-packed with hits and he was supported by a massive 24-27 piece band: two guitars, bass, drums, two aux perc, half a dozen backup singers, five-man brass section, and at least a seven-piece (but maybe as many as 10-piece?) string section.
I think his voice still sounds excellent and he played a full two-and-a-half hours. About one hour in, he left the stage to take an 15-minute break and Shelea sang a couple of songs, followed by a band-only instrumental. She sounded good, but this was an excellent time to grab a beer. She stayed on stage to sing on a couple of tunes with Stevie, but then she sort of lingered when it seemed like it was time for her to leave. She asked Stevie, “Do you want me to stay or should I leave?” He didn’t respond (I think he was being polite?), so she asked him again and he said, “Why don’t you get me a drink?” She’d mentioned earlier how thankful she was that he gave her the opportunity to showcase her pipes on this tour in advance of her new record being released; I thought it was unprofessional to ask for more time in front of a packed house.
Aside from that awkward moment, Stevie was in high spirits and made multiple efforts to express genuine gratitude for the audience and his career. I saw him 10 years ago on the Songs in the Key of Life tour and it could be my failing memory, but it seemed like he was funnier and more musically playful last night. He cracked a lot of jokes between songs, telling stories and preaching to the crowd. But he also broke into several seemingly unplanned ditties: a Chaka Khan snippet here, leading the crowd in a singalong of “You Are My Sunshine” there.
As one might expect given that it’s the “Sing Your Song! As We Fix Our Nation’s Broken Heart” tour, he leaned hard into the “love conquers all”/“let’s all get along”/“our nation needs to heal” messaging which I thought was hit or miss.
In an evening with a steady drumbeat of musical highlights, “For Once in My Life”, “Living for the City” and “Sir Duke” stood out for me. I would have preferred to leave “I Just Called to Say I Love You” off the set list (but the crowd ate it up) and covering the awful “Just the Way You Are” was also completely unnecessary.
Nevertheless, an outstanding show from a true legend. Y’all who are catching him on this tour are in for a treat.
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Post by monasterymonochrome on Oct 11, 2024 14:57:47 GMT -6
Had the great pleasure to see Stevie Wonder at Madison Square Garden last night. No opener, showtime was billed as 8 p.m.; he came on at 8:30 p.m. The set list was jam-packed with hits and he was supported by a massive 24-27 piece band: two guitars, bass, drums, two aux perc, half a dozen backup singers, five-man brass section, and at least a seven-piece (but maybe as many as 10-piece?) string section. I think his voice still sounds excellent and he played a full two-and-a-half hours. About one hour in, he left the stage to take an 15-minute break and Shelea sang a couple of songs, followed by a band-only instrumental. She sounded good, but this was an excellent time to grab a beer. She stayed on stage to sing on a couple of tunes with Stevie, but then she sort of lingered when it seemed like it was time for her to leave. She asked Stevie, “Do you want me to stay or should I leave?” He didn’t respond (I think he was being polite?), so she asked him again and he said, “Why don’t you get me a drink?” She’d mentioned earlier how thankful she was that he gave her the opportunity to showcase her pipes on this tour in advance of her new record being released; I thought it was unprofessional to ask for more time in front of a packed house. Aside from that awkward moment, Stevie was in high spirits and made multiple efforts to express genuine gratitude for the audience and his career. I saw him 10 years ago on the Songs in the Key of Life tour and it could be my failing memory, but it seemed like he was funnier and more musically playful last night. He cracked a lot of jokes between songs, telling stories and preaching to the crowd. But he also broke into several seemingly unplanned ditties: a Chaka Khan snippet here, leading the crowd in a singalong of “You Are My Sunshine” there. As one might expect given that it’s the “Sing Your Song! As We Fix Our Nation’s Broken Heart” tour, he leaned hard into the “love conquers all”/“let’s all get along”/“our nation needs to heal” messaging which I thought was hit or miss. In an evening with a steady drumbeat of musical highlights, “For Once in My Life”, “Living for the City” and “Sir Duke” stood out for me. I would have preferred to leave “I Just Called to Say I Love You” off the set list (but the crowd ate it up) and covering the awful “Just the Way You Are” was also completely unnecessary. Nevertheless, an outstanding show from a true legend. Y’all who are catching him on this tour are in for a treat. This. Stevie was a bucket list concert for me, and my expectations were fairly high and damn he cleared them with ease. Impeccable vibes in the Garden last night. I love those shows where everyone is just so happy and feeling *lucky* to be there, experiencing and sharing in Stevie’s genius. It’s been an unforgettable year for my concertgoing, but this was up there with the best of them. |
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Post by obmit on Oct 14, 2024 6:25:40 GMT -6
Caught Nilufer Yanya last night. Pretty good show, a bit more low-key than I was expecting but that girl can shred on the guitar. As stabilise was the definite highlight.
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Post by llamaoftime on Oct 14, 2024 12:49:14 GMT -6
Went to ACL yesterday, just had the one day
Got in around 3:30. Spent the first part exploring the grounds but I saw a little bit Medium Build, I have no idea who they are but the lead singer really loved to talk. Music was decent though.
First full set I saw was Orville Peck, who ruled. Sounded great, clearly having a blast on stage, and his band was awesome. And then towards the end had the surprise of the day when he brought out Willie Nelson to do a duet on "Cowboys are frequently, secretly fond of each other". Didn't expect that at all and it was awesome. He did end like 10 minutes early though which was a bummer but overall great set
After that, got some food, the food options here were great. Lots of barbecue, tacos, and various things. I opted for some tacos from Cuantos Tacos because it's one of my favorites in Austin and there wasn't a line. And for fest food these were awesome. Only bummer was you could only order one type of taco, I got carnitas but I also love their mushroom taco and wish I could have mixed and matched. But it's a fest. They had a whole taco section I completely missed until later in the day too that looked awesome
Next watched a bit of That Mexican OT. I'm not sure he's the best live performer but makes up for it by being energetic and getting the crowd really going, so it was fun. Also watched bit of Kevin Abstract, I used to be a solidly big Brockhampton fan but never really listen to him solo. It didn't do a ton for me.
Up next was Chappell Roan. The crowd was big as expected, I probably saw more people wearing merch for her than any other artist, but walking up about 15 minutes before she started got me a really solid spot and it didn't feel squished where I was, but I was also still far enough back that I could barely actually see her on the stage and was mostly watching the screens. Right in front of me was a group of 3 that was all decked out in Chappell gear that I expected would be going nuts and it'd be fun, but they instead spent half the set just talking to each other? That was weird. But Chappell is a really solid live performer with a lot of bops that were really fun to hear. It was cool to catch her as she was blowing up before she's headlining/playing huge venues, she's definitely headlining this thing if she plays again. She was kind of losing her voice (she said she was kind of sick) and that started to show a bit towards the end but still had some impressive vocals.
Next was Red Clay Strays. They are kind of the hot new alt country act, though really more of a rock band. I felt instantly in on the first song, started with a ton of awesome energy, but felt like that went down a bit as the set went on. I left a little early for my Sturgill spot but they overall were solid and a good lead-in to Sturgill.
And finally Sturgill Simpson headlining. One huge bummer is they last minute moved Red Clay back to not conflict with Chappell Roan (she had 20 minutes of not conflicting with anyone) and cut 15 minutes from Sturgill's set time which I did not appreciate considering I bought the ticket for him. But man this set absolutely ripped. Like last weekend he basically ripped through it without saying much and without much breaks between songs, and it was basically all gas no brakes. A couple songs I would have really loved to hear got cut in this shortened set but what he played was great. The "LA Woman" cover was really awesome, and I think "Call to Arms" is one of the best live songs I've ever heard, lived up to all the hype I had for it. I could have definitely watched another hour or two of this and I'm really really hoping we get some proper Texas shows announced soon so I can see a full set. Or a Red Rocks for next year, I'd go to that too. Great headliner and great way to end a day.
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Post by doso on Oct 14, 2024 13:52:43 GMT -6
Y’all got me so pumped to see Sturgill next weekend. Outdoor show; it’s supposed to be in the lower 60s/upper 50s…
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Post by claypoolfan on Oct 15, 2024 8:30:37 GMT -6
The Jack White show last Friday was pretty amazing. 450 cap venue that felt undersold. LA crowds continue to be pretty docile which worked to my advantage here as I didn't really have any trouble going to the bar or bathroom and then getting back up to where I wanted to be until he started. It helped that I was on my own, and once he came on the crowd was definitely in to it. A band called Memo PST opened. I had never heard of them and just knew they were an LA punk band. I got there right when they started and realized they sounded way too tight to be a random band so looked into them a little further and it was Chris Shaw from Ex-Cult and Goggs on vocals and Orville Neeley from OBN IIIs on guitar. Very good garage punk and I could see them getting a lot bigger if they wanted to. A guy came on in between sets and asked people to keep it to a couple pictures and maybe a video and be present otherwise. I was really glad he did this, people seemed to listen and I didn't really see phones out except for when Jack first came out and for Seven Nation Army (which I also had to pull my phone out for). It was awesome seeing Jack White in this setting. It didn't really hit until the lights dimmed and he ran out on stage more hyped up than I've ever seen him and didn't really let off the gas the whole time. Turns out he's really good at guitar! He crowd surfed multiple times while ripping crazy solos and I'm not sure how he did that. This is the first time I've seen him really up close and for some reason I kept thinking about how I went to see It Might Get Loud in theaters 15 years ago and now here he is right next to me still loving it. The new album songs are pretty much built for this kind of show too, they all delivered. Highlights for me were Rough on Rats and Bombing Out. The setlist at my show was a lot lighter on his pre-solo back catalog than the setlist for the 1700 cap show the next night, but it was pretty much pure rock the whole way through without many lulls or softer breaks which I appreciated. I was a little bummed to get completely shut out of Blunderbuss songs though, that's a big album for me as far as his solo work goes. I kind of wish I had tried to do both shows but I know I made the right choice. Thank you again c1916 for helping me get in! |
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Post by llamaoftime on Oct 15, 2024 8:43:20 GMT -6
Busy few days so I never posted this one but I also saw Eggy Thursday night back in Houston. If you're into jam bands this is 100% one to watch. I only discovered them because I caught them with Daniel Donato late last year and I think I liked their set more than Donato's (who was still also good), and I think the Thursday night set was even better. Great jams and ended the main set on a mish mash cover of "Rocketman" and "Feelin Alright?" that absolutely ruled. First time at the venue they played despite that it's been around a long time, albeit recently very renovated, and I really enjoyed it too. Would definitely recommend catching these guys. Excited for them to get this show up on Nugs
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Post by monasterymonochrome on Oct 15, 2024 8:55:57 GMT -6
Busy few days so I never posted this one but I also saw Eggy Thursday night back in Houston. If you're into jam bands this is 100% one to watch. I only discovered them because I caught them with Daniel Donato late last year and I think I liked their set more than Donato's (who was still also good), and I think the Thursday night set was even better. Great jams and ended the main set on a mish mash cover of "Rocketman" and "Feelin Alright?" that absolutely ruled. First time at the venue they played despite that it's been around a long time, albeit recently very renovated, and I really enjoyed it too. Would definitely recommend catching these guys. Excited for them to get this show up on Nugs Eggy is good! Such an impressive live group - they're playing the Capitol Theatre up here in November with Dogs in a Pile, and I seriously doubt that'll be anywhere close to sold out. Might make the trek up if tix get cheap. |
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Post by obmit on Oct 16, 2024 22:49:05 GMT -6
Caught Mannequin Pussy tonight for the first time and loved it. High energy and great crowd. I didn't mind the monologues between songs but I did see some bros (with frosty tips, is that still a thing?) feeling uncomfortable at the notion that their girlfriends are equal to them.
Not enough material from Patience imo, no Drunk II or Fear/+/Desire but I Got Heaven was legit. Great show. This band rules.
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Post by Tweet on Oct 18, 2024 9:57:25 GMT -6
Michael Jordan Lenderman ripped last night. Toontown! Dan Marino! The Smog Cover! Clearly the guy you point at when old people are like "where is the rock music nowadays" and he's only going to get bigger. If this show comes to your town and you don't go you're dumb. Ryan Davis' drugged out whatever that was was a good opening show too- if the jukebox just played Sultans of Swing the whole time I would not complain but I understand Dire Straits still aren't cool. Funniest part of the night was, between sets, my girlfriend said that the group in the box closest to where we were "Definitely looked like industry people, maybe q101 folks, aren't they q101 folks?" I look over- it's alady and her group. I can't remember if alady's on facebook anymore and was gonna send a message but K asked me to "not embarrass me like that" by messaging to confirm or deny this q101 allegations. Alady and The Dudes looked like they really enjoyed the show too fwiw |
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Post by krentist on Oct 18, 2024 10:01:07 GMT -6
I saw alady and adude being "gong wafted" during the Bark at the Moon outtro.
Feels like all the good bands cover Warren Zevon at this point. If you don't are you even a good band
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Post by Tweet on Oct 18, 2024 10:08:37 GMT -6
Warren Zevon is due for a Steely Dan type renaissance I feel like
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Post by venom on Oct 18, 2024 10:28:50 GMT -6
i thought the lenderman show last night was good. first half was very good. then i felt they lost some steam with a few returns to goodness.
my friend showed up before me and was in a completely different place than where i normally post up there. i didn't realize before that how much i enjoy my usual spot.
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Post by alady on Oct 18, 2024 11:04:46 GMT -6
Michael Jordan Lenderman ripped last night. Toontown! Dan Marino! The Smog Cover! Clearly the guy you point at when old people are like "where is the rock music nowadays" and he's only going to get bigger. If this show comes to your town and you don't go you're dumb. Ryan Davis' drugged out whatever that was was a good opening show too- if the jukebox just played Sultans of Swing the whole time I would not complain but I understand Dire Straits still aren't cool. Funniest part of the night was, between sets, my girlfriend said that the group in the box closest to where we were "Definitely looked like industry people, maybe q101 folks, aren't they q101 folks?" I look over- it's alady and her group. I can't remember if alady's on facebook anymore and was gonna send a message but K asked me to "not embarrass me like that" by messaging to confirm or deny this q101 allegations. Alady and The Dudes looked like they really enjoyed the show too fwiw This review brings me great joy (my dude is the only one who's industry-adjacent, but no ties to Q101 sadly) I thought it was a great show, had been waiting a long time to see Ryan Davis as well and he didn't disappoint, the group was even weirder than I hoped. I thought MJ was good but it made me sad we won't be seeing him in smaller venues anymore, I think he just translates better in a smaller space. Loved the spacey freakouts and I do think "Wristwatch" is the song of the year. Loved the backing band as well, I can't remember if it was much the same as the last time he came through but the pedal steel/fiddle/very enthusiastic tambourine guy on our side was incredible and so fun to watch. I would love to learn how to play pedal steel but it's so intimidating. |
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Post by scoots on Oct 18, 2024 11:34:26 GMT -6
He's playing a 500 capacity venue in Denver next year. I hope I'm wrong, but I don't see any way that doesn't get moved.
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Post by llamaoftime on Oct 18, 2024 12:21:30 GMT -6
He's playing a 500 capacity venue in Denver next year. I hope I'm wrong, but I don't see any way that doesn't get moved. Show here already got moved from the small room of the venue (~250 people) to the big room (~1000 people) small room when sold out can very easily be overpacked though so I was cool with it, but I hope it doesn't get moved bigger |
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Post by doso on Oct 18, 2024 13:49:29 GMT -6
Last night was Drive-By Truckers' NYC stop on their Southern Rock Opera Revisited tour. Only my second time ever going to a show at Irving Plaza (first time was when I took my stepson to see Fetty Wap in 2017 lol). Venue was fine; lots of olds, of course (myself included). After getting a beer I found a decent spot on the floor about 20 minutes before showtime. The place really filled up thereafter. Band went on about 15 minutes after advertised showtime and played for 2-1/2 hours (about 30 minutes longer than most DBT shows in recent years).
I've been looking forward to this one all year and it was a little bit of a letdown.
I'd glanced at the setlists beforehand, but didn't realize they were throwing in a handful of non-SRO tunes right in the middle: "Ramon Casiano", "Surrender Under Protest", "Made Up English Oceans", "Primer Coat", "The New OK", and "Every Single Storied Flameout". The stretch of six songs that included four of these plus an unfortunately reworked version of "Plastic Flowers" was a dead spot about 45-60 minutes into the show. I don't mind these songs (even though they're not among my favorites) as part of a normal DBT set, but they were kind of a bummer in the context of an album set. Maybe it was an effort to inject more Cooley tunes into the set when SRO is so Patterson-heavy.
Personal highlights included "72", "Dead Drunk and Naked", "Wallace", "Southern Thing" and "Road Cases" which haven't been played very much over the past 10-15 years. Closing the show with "Rockin' in the Free World" was also great.
Additional notes: Patterson seemed to be genuinely happy to be in New York; he told a story about their first gig in the city (at Coney Island High School) and talked about how he perceived fearlessness to be part of the New York experience. He also had a second old-timey microphone at stage right that he used for "Days of Graduation" and a fully reworked/updated "Three Great Alabama Icons". I figured it would have a distorted/EQ'd/reverb effect on it, but it sounded exactly the same as his standard vocal mic - wondering if that was a sound desk mistake. And I knew since June that they wouldn't include "Moved" or "Cassie's Brother", but it would've been great if they maybe let Jay Gonzalez take the lead vocals on "Moved" at least. One of my favorites from SRO.
Finally, I've never been a big fan of Matt Patton, who joined 15(?) years ago, but it was always no big deal to ignore him and enjoy other aspects of the show. I don't know if he was having a particularly bad/druggy night or if I just never noticed how subpar his playing was, but he flubbed SO many notes - almost as if he hadn't been performing the same basic set since June. He also chose to play a really busy bass line during the final minutes of "Angels and Fuselage" which marred an otherwise gorgeous song.
Admittedly, some of my comments are nitpicky and probably a byproduct of seeing them 30 times over the past 20 years. I wouldn't dissuade any more casual fans from seeing them on this tour. Hearing all the great SRO tunes in one night is a good thing.
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Post by venom on Oct 18, 2024 14:59:35 GMT -6
Additional notes: Patterson seemed to be genuinely happy to be in New York; he told a story about their first gig in the city (at Coney Island High School) coney island high was a club on st. mark's in the 90s. definitely leaned more punk; surprising but not unfathomable that DBTs would've played there. |
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Post by dij22 on Oct 19, 2024 11:34:00 GMT -6
Extremely fun night at the Empty Bottle last night, where Fruit Bats had the first of two nights of their "My Sweet Midwest" event in Chicago. They have a normal show tonight at the Salt Shed, so Eric Johnson played a bunch of old/rare songs from the early albums last night that he hasn't played in 15+ years.
They also brought a bunch of guests (Kevin Morby, Julia from Ratboys, and a bunch of people I didn't recognize) throughout the show to sprinkle in covers Midwest artists, like John Prine, Liz Phair, The Replacements, Cheap Trick, Violent Femmes, Tracy Chapman, Smashing Pumpkins, etc.
Great vibes the entire night, and I'm very excited for tonight. Hell of a bill with Hurray for the Riff Raff and Kevin Morby.
EDIT: Tobacco City opened, and I continue to be blown away by them. Probably my favorite local band right now. Andrew Sa also opened, and I thought he was terrific. Lavender Country-inspired, Roy Orbison-style classic country music. Genuinely terrific voice.
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Post by jazzpolice on Oct 19, 2024 13:12:29 GMT -6
Caught Mannequin Pussy tonight for the first time and loved it. High energy and great crowd. I didn't mind the monologues between songs but I did see some bros (with frosty tips, is that still a thing?) feeling uncomfortable at the notion that their girlfriends are equal to them. Not enough material from Patience imo, no Drunk II or Fear/+/Desire but I Got Heaven was legit. Great show. This band rules. I saw them last week as well. I think she's a great front person overall, but I found the monologues a bit long winded, and the whisper-y baby doll voice she delivered them in was annoying. Was happy to finally catch Margaritas Podridas as well. Really great crowd as well. |
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Post by dij22 on Oct 20, 2024 11:15:50 GMT -6
Great time at the Salt Shed last night.
Hurray for the Riff Raff had a really good opening set. Timed it perfectly where I bought tickets to another show at the box office outside while they were playing my least favorite song.
Kevin Morby was fucking awesome. Only the second time I've seen him and I've been blown away both times. Looked like a ton of people left after his set though so there was a ton of space for the headliner.
I thought Fruit Bats were genuinely great. Such a deep catalogue with legit fantastic live songs. Tiny crowd for the encore though. If I had to guess, there were probably 2k people in the venue at its most filled during Morby and less than 500 for the encore.
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