Fuck Buttons were abysmally boring last night. Dead Meadow weren't much better as a support. Afrirampo, however, were awesomely fun. Too bad they weren't the headliner; w/o 'em the night would've been a complete waste.
Fuck Buttons were abysmally boring last night. Dead Meadow weren't much better as a support. Afrirampo, however, were awesomely fun. Too bad they weren't the headliner; w/o 'em the night would've been a complete waste.
Oh yeah. He was totally instrumental in the new found interest in rockabilly and psychabilly. I saw him a few times in the mid-90s. Fun show, cute girls, but they could kick my ass.Quoting Ezee E (view post)
how did it compare to the mccarren set?Quoting Boner M (view post)
and i didn't go to a concert till i was 18 years old. i'm 21 now and i've been to 50+ shows along with bonnaroo
It was kinda the same, so I guess my positive reaction in July can be attributed to being too far away from the stage & coming directly after Team Hemisphere or whatever that band was.Quoting Acapelli (view post)
Anyway, everything I saw at All Tomorrow's Parties on Saturday:
- The Stabs -
- Beaches - :|
- A portion of Le Samourai that was playing in the film tent as I ate lunch -
(as always)
- Afrirampo (again) -
ritch:
- Michael Gira -
(highlight of the day)
- Harmonia -
- Spiritualised - :| (mainly cos of technical issues)
- James 'Blood' Ulmer -
(2nd highlight)
- The Saints - :| for the most part, and then
ritch: when they played "No Time" and "I'm Stranded"
- Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds -
- Silver Apples (or rather the singular, since their was only one of 'em) -
ritch:
- The $100 of free booze I got 'cos my sister's friend was working at the bar -
ritch:
ritch:
ritch: , followed by :sad:
- The massive painful sunburn I got and still have - :evil::evil::evil:
I went to the Reverend Horton Heat concert last night, and it was a sold out show. We thought the show started at 7, [started at 9] so we were the first in line, and had the best seats in the house. Near the front, on a balcony. You could see the mosh pits and stay alive, while also seeing everything on stage.
The first band, Reno Divorce, was instantly forgettable, as I simply watched the Mosh Pit. They were friendly down there, making sure that anyone who fell down would instantly be pulled up. There's always the big bastard that controls the area, a drunk guy that's just asking for a fight at some point, and the one girl that thinks she can do it too. They were there.
Then Slim Cessna's Auto Club, a Denver native band, came up and got the show started. Upright bass should be involved in more shows I say. They played a mix of everything, going from rockabilly, to country, to punk, to gospel. They call it "Gothic Country" and that works. Bizarre to watch for my friend, I loved it, as they praised the lord, interacted with the crowd, and one even pretended to have seizures as he played the guitar on a long stint of instrumentals. Fun!
Then Reverend Horton Heat, also with an upright bass (and an even better player) came on for two hours and brought the Gothic THeater down. The mosh pit was huge, and involved everyone there (the guy asking for a fight got his wish, five punches to the face, and brought down to the ground by his long hair). They never really took breaks in between songs, usually finishing off with a strong solo, and going right into their next song. The highlight of the show would be when Reverend Horton Heat stood up on the upright bass and played some intense riffs that got screams from just about everyone. The floor I was on was vibrating.
[FIRST CONCERT REVIEW, PRETTY TOUGH!]
I realize this might age me, but I saw Reverend Horton Heat at a local club in either 1989 or 1990.
I'm leaning over the balcony a bit, but here was my view:
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damn, great freakin' picture!
Losing is like fertilizer: it stinks for a while, then you get used to it. (Tony, Hibbing)
Best I could get with a phone!Quoting bac0n (view post)
I can't believe it, but my hometown of Knoxville, TN is putting on an avant-garde and experimental music festival. I plan on seeing all the ones in bold. Any other recommendations?
Philip Glass
Dan Deacon
Antony and the Johnsons
Fennesz (solo)
Fennesz with Sparklehorse
Fennesz with David Daniell and Tony Buck
Neil Hamburger (comedy)
Burning Star Core
San Agustin
Luminescent Orchestrii with Sxip Shirey
Tim Harbison
Nicholas Collins
Larkin Grimm
Shaking Ray Levis
Ned Rothenberg
Jon Hassell with Maarifa Street
The Necks
Michael Gira
Negativland
Matmos
(possibly) Pauline Oliveros
Wendy Sutter
And I guess this Jon Hassel guy is a pretty big deal:
Sayeth THE WIRE. Am I terrible for not knowing who he is?
The Necks were amazing both times I've seen them. Really sparse, driving minimalist jazz stuff with motorik rhythms that is incredibly hypnotic and sometimes unexpectedly heavy.
Burning Star Core is pretty good too, tho I've never seen him.
Saw the Black Keys last night. Pretty damn good.
Now reading: The Master Switch by Tim Wu
Acid Mothers Temple cancelled last night; Makoto was ill. :sad:
Due to a bit of dumb scheduling, I wasn't able to see the Necks or Neil Hamburger, but Michael Gira said that the Necks' show was the best he's seen in years. Also, some people talked as if it was the highlight of the festival. :sad:Quoting Boner M (view post)
Still, it was a great great great weekend, and it was awesome to have these artists in my hometown. Makes me a little bit cocky.
Sxip Shirey started off the festival and was super fun.
Matmos were a lot better live than on record. Half the fun is seeing how they make their music (one of them played a balloon by licking his hands and rubbing the top, then asked a dude to pop it into the mic with his lit cigarette).
Fennesz, an artist who makes unspeakably gorgeous music, basically did a near-ambient show. It was cool, sometimes even beautiful, but overall disappointing.
I went a little late to Burning Star Core, but I wish I'd been there the whole time.
Philip Glass and Wendy Sutter (cellist) were great. I loved his solo piano pieces (he played eight or so), liked his pieces for solo cello, and loved the duets. Pretty great stuff overall, even though a lot of people I talked to thought it was boring.
Antony & the Johnsons were, without a doubt, the highlight of the festival for me. Probably one of my favorite concerts ever. I was amazed to find that Antony's sense of humor is intact (he cracked jokes about lots of stuff including his sexuality). Loved when he looked out at the crowd in between two songs and just stared (people laughed, but I'm pretty sure he didn't intend it to be funny).
Dan Deacon + Round Robin was awesomely fun. Highlight: watching C. Spencer Yeh of Burning Star Core get pulled into a dance competition, and then later personally competing with him to dance with some hott chick. (I had the opportunity to interview him, in which he said "We will win the blood of the ages." Cool.)
Negativland did their "radio show" "It's All In Your Head FM," which I'm still kind of puzzled by. Fun though.
Larkin Grimm was shit.
Michael Gira was amazing. A definite highlight. So expressive and intense, and I drank some of his whiskey. Got to interview him also. Much more easy-going and amiable than one would expect.
Fennesz & Sparklehorse was pretty good at points, but beyond the beautiful opener it wasn't much more than indie rock with weird sound effects.
Best thing to ever happen to Knoxville, probably.
I didn't know who he was. Saw Burning Star Core instead (which I loved). Heard it was good, though.Quoting Daniel Davis (view post)
Oh well.Quoting Idioteque Stalker (view post)
Jon Hassell is the man - I highly recommend his newest album. I just wrote a little post about it in the music discussion thread a couple of days ago. He doesn't play live very often, so when he does it's kind of a big deal.
Saturday night Nick and I saw Grizzly Bear and Final Fantasy perform their songs with the Brooklyn Philharmonic. It was fucking awesome.
Memories of the Future
"Criticism can be monumentally creative, of course, at times highly artistic, highly personal. But it rarely relates to the work of art being assessed. It is an expression of the critic's own subjectivity." -Joyce Carol Oates, Journals
Watched Carpark North last Saturday, and it what a blast that was. Haven't been to a big concert in about a year. When they played More, it was so, so awesome I almost broke out my new air guitar. :P
http://www.myspace.com/carparknorth - if anyone should be interested.
"Listen man, it might be hard to understand, but
Don't mourn the dead,
Celebrate the life they gave"
- Kashmir "Seraphina"
I'm going to see Phish's first show since the breakup on Friday night. What a zoo it will be.
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That song would be awesome on Rock Band.Quoting Lasse (view post)
Quoting Benny Profane (view post)
Patchouli!!!!
HA!Quoting Kurosawa Fan (view post)
I have been to over 60 Phish shows and I guess my sense of smell sucks because the patchouli never bothers me.
Now reading: The Master Switch by Tim Wu