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brian wrote:Not sure how I missed this, but Old 97s and Ha Ha Tonka are playing a 500 person club in Las Vegas on Sunday. So I scooped up tickets to that.
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brian wrote:Not sure how I missed this, but Old 97s and Ha Ha Tonka are playing a 500 person club in Las Vegas on Sunday. So I scooped up tickets to that.
How was it?
I had to skip unfortunately. I was completely wiped out after my Saturday and knew I was going out on Monday for the basketball game.
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Next week will be a good one for me as Coachella bands start to roll in and out of southern California/southern Nevada. Sigur Ros in Pomona, CA on Monday and Bon Iver in Las Vegas on Thursday. Depending how wiped I am, might also try to catch Head And The Heart at Brooklyn Bowl LV on Tuesday.
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Radiohead tomorrow night. Been checking out the set lists from the shows so far (Miami, Atlanta, New Orleans, KC) and very psyched that they seem to be pulling out songs that they haven't played live in years, like "Where I End and You Begin" and "Morning Bell".

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Radiohead was FANTASTIC Saturday night. Felt much more "rock show" (as opposed to "Electronic") compared to the other 2 times I've seen them. Thom Yorke played guitar a bunch, instead of being at a keyboard/piano. And the new songs, especially Daydreaming and Burn The Witch, were great live.

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Thom Yorke is totally going to look like a lazy-eyed Willie Nelson in 30 years.
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20 years ago Thom Yorke didn't look like he had 30 years left.
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They played "Creep" and "Glass Eyes" (for the first time in North America) in Portland last night.
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20 minutes until Sigur Rós! I saw them only in October but I'm still giddy. And I'm high this time. I actually wish I had some acid but pot will have to do.
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My first DBT show tonight!
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Radiohead had never played Creep in North America? Why is that a thing?
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Jerloma wrote:Radiohead had never played Creep in North America? Why is that a thing?
I think he was saying that about glass eyes. Pretty certain they played Creep when they opened for REM on the Monster tour when I saw them in Indy.
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Jerloma wrote:Radiohead had never played Creep in North America? Why is that a thing?
It was "Glass Eyes" that they'd only previously played in Europe.

Breaking out "Creep" is a relatively rare occurrence. Nice to see that they are digging deep into the back catalog on this tour.
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Jerloma wrote:Radiohead had never played Creep in North America? Why is that a thing?
Apropos of nothing, when I clicked on this thread, this was the top post on my screen. I'm listening to Creep in my headphones right now.

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I've seen at least 1,000 concerts and I can say pretty confidently that I don't think there's a better meshing of band and set-closing song than Sigur Ros and "Untitled 8/Popplagio"

After the build-up for the first 6 or 7 minutes, for the last 8 minutes between the band and the set effects/lighting it feels like the soundtrack to the end of the world.

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Shirley wrote:
Jerloma wrote:Radiohead had never played Creep in North America? Why is that a thing?
Apropos of nothing, when I clicked on this thread, this was the top post on my screen. I'm listening to Creep in my headphones right now.

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Sabo wrote:
Shirley wrote:
Jerloma wrote:Radiohead had never played Creep in North America? Why is that a thing?
Apropos of nothing, when I clicked on this thread, this was the top post on my screen. I'm listening to Creep in my headphones right now.

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brian wrote:I've seen at least 1,000 concerts and I can say pretty confidently that I don't think there's a better meshing of band and set-closing song than Sigur Ros and "Untitled 8/Popplagio"

After the build-up for the first 6 or 7 minutes, for the last 8 minutes between the band and the set effects/lighting it feels like the soundtrack to the end of the world.

"That's what an amazing orgasm is like" said my date.

And that reminds me that I'm going to see Caspian tonight, which is pretty much the only other band that twists me up like Sigur Ros does live.
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Wish this tour was hitting a few more cities (and anywhere west of Dallas).

If I still lived in Detroit I'd be all over that Detroit lineup.
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I kinda feel like Justin Vernon just picked my pocket. $50 for a 70 minute set (including encores). WTF?
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Been waiting to see if Spoon is going to come to Seattle on their current tour. Finally got the alert (thanks to BandsInTown...a very cool app that monitors the music you have in your library and gives you alerts when bands announce shows) that they are coming to town. Yay!

But they are playing at Bumbershoot...boo. Bumbershoot used to be great, but has gone downhill since LiveNation took it over a couple of years ago.

Speaking of which...for the this years Bumbershoot, the 3 "Headliners" are Lorde, Odesza, and Flume. Who the fuck are Flume? Also on the bill, besides Spoon, are The Roots, Weezer, Solange, Conor Oberst, and others.
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DaveInSeattle wrote:Been waiting to see if Spoon is going to come to Seattle on their current tour. Finally got the alert (thanks to BandsInTown...a very cool app that monitors the music you have in your library and gives you alerts when bands announce shows) that they are coming to town. Yay!

But they are playing at Bumbershoot...boo. Bumbershoot used to be great, but has gone downhill since LiveNation took it over a couple of years ago.

Speaking of which...for the this years Bumbershoot, the 3 "Headliners" are Lorde, Odesza, and Flume. Who the fuck are Flume? Also on the bill, besides Spoon, are The Roots, Weezer, Solange, Conor Oberst, and others.
Spoon are playing here next week at a smallish venue in Ybor City. I'd love to see Lorde and Solange. Actually, Lorde is kind of repetitive live. Saw her at Boston Calling 3 or 4 years ago.
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DaveInSeattle wrote:Been waiting to see if Spoon is going to come to Seattle on their current tour. Finally got the alert (thanks to BandsInTown...a very cool app that monitors the music you have in your library and gives you alerts when bands announce shows) that they are coming to town. Yay!

But they are playing at Bumbershoot...boo. Bumbershoot used to be great, but has gone downhill since LiveNation took it over a couple of years ago.

Speaking of which...for the this years Bumbershoot, the 3 "Headliners" are Lorde, Odesza, and Flume. Who the fuck are Flume? Also on the bill, besides Spoon, are The Roots, Weezer, Solange, Conor Oberst, and others.
Spoon are playing here next week at a smallish venue in Ybor City. I'd love to see Lorde and Solange. Actually, Lorde is kind of repetitive live. Saw her at Boston Calling 3 or 4 years ago.
Back in the early to mid 90s I saw a bunch of alt rock bands down in Ybor. If not at the Ritz, then at one of the bars that'd have bands play outside in gated off area by 7th, and then there was also a bar I think across the street that had shows too. I think I saw both the Lemonheads and Jesus & Mary Chain there. Unless maybe that was the Ritz (but wasn't the theater). Damn man. I used to party hard. Memory's not as sharp as it once was...
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Spoon is playing the Ritz. Seen some great shows there. Navigating your way to the bathroom and back during a concert is a horrific pain in the ass, but it's not a terrible venue. Fucking Oiler saw Smashing Pumpkins there right before Siamese Dream exploded. Not sure I'll ever forgive him for that.
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govmentchedda wrote:Spoon is playing the Ritz. Seen some great shows there. Navigating your way to the bathroom and back during a concert is a horrific pain in the ass, but it's not a terrible venue. Fucking Oiler saw Smashing Pumpkins there right before Siamese Dream exploded. Not sure I'll ever forgive him for that.
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Kinda funny because while I think it's gotta be tough to be an A&R guy, when you see certain bands live you sometimes can't help think to yourself "this band should be huge".

I've seen dozens of bands as openers that I've never heard of before over the years where I immediately knew the band had "it". Some recent examples would be War On Drugs and Frightened Rabbit (going back a decade on those, but you get the idea).
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Those are great bands to catch as openers.
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hypothetically speaking, how does one get out from a 150-person party he's organizing on a day like Friday to go see Jason Isbell, who is playing 10 minutes away?
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Brontoburglar wrote:hypothetically speaking, how does one get out from a 150-person party he's organizing on a day like Friday to go see Jason Isbell, who is playing 10 minutes away?
He bucks up and goes to his party and ends his internet friend the tickets.

Otherwise...stomach issues?
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Brontoburglar wrote:hypothetically speaking, how does one get out from a 150-person party he's organizing on a day like Friday to go see Jason Isbell, who is playing 10 minutes away?
Sounds like there is a story your internet friends would like to read.
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Pretty easy, just buy 150 tickets to the concert.
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Hey guys, I have tickets to Jason Isbell. See ya.
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Brontoburglar wrote:hypothetically speaking, how does one get out from a 150-person party he's organizing on a day like Friday to go see Jason Isbell, who is playing 10 minutes away?
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Son Volt tonight in San Francisco!
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sancarlos wrote:Son Volt tonight in San Francisco!
They were awesome here in March.
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sancarlos wrote:
Brontoburglar wrote:hypothetically speaking, how does one get out from a 150-person party he's organizing on a day like Friday to go see Jason Isbell, who is playing 10 minutes away?
Sounds like there is a story your internet friends would like to read.
oh, it's a real doozy!

no... basically I played only isbell at the party because I was in mourning and people told me the music was too sad. I had to restrain myself from telling them they were wrong.

(He's apparently playing a new single at his concerts called If We Were Vampires and my buddy said it's the saddest JI song he's heard, which is something.)
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Saw Aimee Mann (obligatory Portlandia joke: "Aimee Mann...both of your names are spelled incorrectly!") last night. Great show. What a talent...great songs, and a beautiful voice. And incredibly skinny.

Opener was a guy named Jonathon Coulton, who seemed to have his own cult following. Very funny guy, and great tunes about funny things, like a song about IKEA, where the chorus was "Ikea: just some oak and some pine and a handful of Norsemen
Ikea: selling furniture for college kids and divorced men". Very cool set, and he joined Mann for a bunch of her songs (I guess he co-wrote a bunch of songs on her fantastic new album "Mental Illness").
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DaveInSeattle wrote:Saw Aimee Mann (obligatory Portlandia joke: "Aimee Mann...both of your names are spelled incorrectly!") last night. Great show. What a talent...great songs, and a beautiful voice. And incredibly skinny.

Opener was a guy named Jonathon Coulton, who seemed to have his own cult following. Very funny guy, and great tunes about funny things, like a song about IKEA, where the chorus was "Ikea: just some oak and some pine and a handful of Norsemen
Ikea: selling furniture for college kids and divorced men". Very cool set, and he joined Mann for a bunch of her songs (I guess he co-wrote a bunch of songs on her fantastic new album "Mental Illness").
I adore Jonathon Coulton. "Ikea" is a great tune, as is "Code Monkey". He also wrote much of the music for the Portal series of video games, including "Still Alive".
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Mann is great. She's pretty funny on twitter too, mainly busting Jon Wurster's balls.

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