The CONCERT thread

[Ripzalot]

i saw helmet on wednesday night @ amalgame club in yverdon. we were at the tail end of a big snowstorm so there were only about 50 people there, which kinda sucked for them but for us it was cool coz you could go get a beer and walk right back to front row. i really enjoyed their sound and energy live.

my buddy and i got picked to run the "fan cams" which kinda sucked in the end coz it's a bit of work. they had these little polaroid cams that looked kinda like flip cams, which means you have to hold it in your hand the whole time. we did what we could including a few shennanigans on camera. hopefully they find something useful.

[dumpy]

Wow, my area gets shit for shows (i've known this well before this thread). I'm dieing to see The Hold Steady.

Last show for me was Matt Skiba (Alkaline Trio) and Brendan Kelley (Lawerence Arms) doing solo acoustic sets. 3 show mini tour, my friend theorized that they did it this way to make some extra cash for the holidays (no band, no crew, etc)

BK was incredibly fucked up and played like shit, but made lots of funny jokes. Had a drink with him after his set, nice guy and he had me laughing.

Skiba was slightly more sober and played a much better set, plus kept bringing BK on stage for comic relief.

I'm somewhere in the back of this crowd, drunekdly singing along with "Radio".

[Powaholic]

In the last year I have attended:

-Empire of the Sun (best show of my life)
-Deadmau5 2x (puts on an amazing show)
-Sasquatch Music Festival: (LCD Soundsystem, Kid Cudi, Miike Snow, Deadmau5, MGMT, A-trak, Boys noize, Neon Indian, Band of Horses, etc)
-Rusko (not the biggest fan of his music, but the energy at his shows is nuts)

and I'm seeing Bassnectar on Feb 5th and Crystal Castles on March 8th. So stoked for these 2 shows.

I know my list is ridiculously short, but every show was qualityyyy.

[Tippster]

Saw Yo La Tengo on Friday Night. They did a weird "Wheel of Fortune" thing where they had themes all over this wheel and pulled some hipster douche from the audience (he tripped on his scarf) to spin. It landed on "Sounds of Science Pt. 2" which basically meant the whole first set was feedback and crappy looping electronics. It was awful - felt like what Ross did on "Friends."

Luckily the second set was chock full of groove. I do want that 1st hour back, tho.

[nateski]

i just saw that yo la tengo is playing in missoula! a whole set of feeback-y noise sounds kinda weird, but i think i have to go

[Tippster]

Maybe you'll get lucky and have the wheel land on one of the other 7 slots...

[nateski]

haha, kind of what i am hoping. i like some of their studio experiments with blips and bloops and feedback, but a full set of just noise sounds like a lot to handle

[TeleHoar]

These guys are touring again right now. Don't miss them.

North Mississippi Allstars

[ticketchecker]

^^saw them last night as the opener for the Band Of Joy in Boston. Robert wears shiny gold cowboy boots and that is Patty Griffin on the right. Best show I've seen in awhile.

[powpig]

Reno will be rockin' big time this weekend.

Friday night, Motorhead will be in town!

Sunday, Ozzy rolls in with Slash as the opener!

\m/ \m/

[Ripzalot]

Heads up metalheads...Helmet, St Vitus, Crowbar, Kylessa, +more

http://metalliancetour.com/site/

[freshie247]

I dig the Gtr player in NMA 's style, the singing is OK.

Robert Plant should just fess up & say his ego is so crushingly massive that he can no longer share the stage with the Zeppelin members.His statements about not being able to relate to the material ring hollow when he plays the sames songs solo.

I'm really looking forward to Stanley Clarke with Victor Wooten opening.

[Neezer]

Last Friday I saw Night Ranger at some dive bar in Denver. It was a pretty good show....That is all.

[Ripzalot]

Saw Electric Wizard last night at a local club. Super mega heavy awesome.

Anyone know the name of the weird dutch frankenstein movie playing in the background?

[Ripzalot]

Devin Townsend Project March 18....incredible show!