The Live Music thread...

Giff · Post by **Giff** » Fri Dec 09, 2022 3:49 pm

I’ve only seen them in a festival setting but they were great.

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Fri Dec 09, 2022 5:28 pm

Good to hear. I'm banking on them being a band I like(d) fine enough but play up in a live setting. Leithauser seems like he'd be a performer.

govmentchedda · Post by **govmentchedda** » Fri Dec 09, 2022 5:41 pm

They were good when I saw them at Gentlemen of the Road. Leithauser was pretty great solo as well.

Giff · Post by **Giff** » Sat Dec 10, 2022 5:45 pm

Trying to rally the troops for a hip hop show tonight. If you enjoy the genre at all, check out Open Mike Eagle.

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Wed Dec 14, 2022 11:30 am

mister d wrote: ↑Fri Dec 09, 2022 10:14 am So I'm not the biggest DCFC fan nor am I one of those people whose last ~20 years have been ruined by Postal Service never releasing another album, buuuttt ...

Post by **brian** » Wed Dec 14, 2022 11:39 am

Tics for Vegas show go onsale in an hour(ish). I hate buying tickets for shows like a year in the future, but whadda gonna do?

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Wed Dec 14, 2022 11:41 am

I can't figure out if the presale was a ticketmaster mess or if they were releasing in tiny batches and I was just a click slow over and over for about an hour.

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Wed Dec 14, 2022 12:24 pm

If anyone else is trying, here's the spotify presale code: GIVEUPTRNSTLNTCSM

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Wed Dec 14, 2022 12:30 pm

Confession time: I really thought Death Cab for Cutie was just some rando band from around the 2010s. Had no idea they had legit cred to you guys.

Post by **brian** » Wed Dec 14, 2022 12:33 pm

mister d wrote: ↑Wed Dec 14, 2022 12:24 pm If anyone else is trying, here's the spotify presale code: GIVEUPTRNSTLNTCSM

DCFC texted me this one as well -- TPSDCFC

Giff · Post by **Giff** » Wed Dec 14, 2022 1:04 pm

A_B wrote: ↑Wed Dec 14, 2022 12:30 pm Confession time: I really thought Death Cab for Cutie was just some rando band from around the 2010s. Had no idea they had legit cred to you guys.

We have a long-time team in the league I commish named "Death Cab for Booty" with an amazing avatar and I've decreed he is never allowed to change either.

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Wed Dec 14, 2022 1:05 pm

A_B wrote: ↑Wed Dec 14, 2022 12:30 pm Confession time: I really thought Death Cab for Cutie was just some rando band from around the 2010s. Had no idea they had legit cred to you guys.

Its a really, really terrible name.

Post by **brian** » Wed Dec 14, 2022 1:43 pm

Speaking of horrible, fuck Ticketmaster.

Post by **brian** » Wed Dec 14, 2022 1:51 pm

Partly my boss' fault because she pulled me into a meeting at 11:55 (local time in IL) and by time I was able to get online at 12:25 nothing was available. Assuming they held back a bunch of tickets for the public presale but we'll see I guess.

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Wed Dec 14, 2022 1:53 pm

Keep trying. I missed and it looked done and then another cycle started.

Post by **brian** » Wed Dec 14, 2022 2:05 pm

Thanks for the suggestion, I was able to get a single seat at least which is fine for now. The concert is so far off that I can't worry about who might want to go with me at this point haha.

(I also have a host for the Virgin Hotel, where the concert is in Vegas, so I might have a hookup for free/better seats when it gets a little closer anyway.)

sancarlos · Post by **sancarlos** » Wed Dec 14, 2022 5:09 pm

brian wrote: ↑Wed Dec 14, 2022 1:43 pm Speaking of horrible, fuck Ticketmaster.

Evergreen post. Is there any other “service” that charges so much for so little benefit?

I am going to buy tickets for a Margo Price show in February at The Fillmore. But rather than buy online, I’m driving up to SF on Sunday to buy them at their box office in the small weekly window they provide where you can avoid those fees.

Giff · Post by **Giff** » Fri Dec 16, 2022 4:07 pm

chedda, you should go to this show.

govmentchedda · Post by **govmentchedda** » Fri Dec 16, 2022 4:43 pm

Giff wrote: ↑Fri Dec 16, 2022 4:07 pm chedda, you should go to this show.

I just might. Don't know anything about the Vandoliers, but Skippers is a fun location that shut down for a bit during COVID and seemed like it was going to go completely under. I'd love to get back up there.

govmentchedda · Post by **govmentchedda** » Fri Dec 16, 2022 5:05 pm

govmentchedda wrote: ↑Fri Dec 16, 2022 4:43 pm
Giff wrote: ↑Fri Dec 16, 2022 4:07 pm chedda, you should go to this show.
I just might. Don't know anything about the Vandoliers, but Skippers is a fun location that shut down for a bit during COVID and seemed like it was going to go completely under. I'd love to get back up there.

Is this the band you took the kids to see recently? Looks like the Skippers show is 21+, which kinda sucks because I remember that place being pretty kid friendly.

ETA - oh wait, it says 21+ unless accompanied by parent.

Giff · Post by **Giff** » Fri Dec 16, 2022 5:11 pm

It is! And looks like we may be seeing them again tomorrow night. I was on their tour page when I noticed they were playing in Tampa.

govmentchedda · Post by **govmentchedda** » Fri Dec 16, 2022 5:14 pm

Definitely enjoyed the few songs I just listened to.

Giff · Post by **Giff** » Fri Dec 16, 2022 5:21 pm

They put on a very energetic live show.

govmentchedda · Post by **govmentchedda** » Fri Dec 16, 2022 5:23 pm

Tarps off, boys!

Giff · Post by **Giff** » Fri Dec 16, 2022 7:47 pm

We’re in for tomorrow! We are going to the Texas wine country (it’s a thing!) and we knew they were playing a random bar in a random town an hour away. I knew for a while they were playing, but knew it’d be a hard sell since we are going with another family. Cut to today and find out the venue they were supposed to play tonight burned down last night. Since they’re still struggling musicians making money off of merch and tips, the wife was all about it in that scenario. Just got lucky it’s an all ages show. Fuck yeah!

govmentchedda · Post by **govmentchedda** » Fri Dec 16, 2022 9:57 pm

I've been listening all evening.

govmentchedda · Post by **govmentchedda** » Sat Dec 17, 2022 9:50 am

The Vandoliers are really scratching a musical itch I didn't know I had. Avett Brothers meets Dropkick Murphys meets Gaslight Anthem with a little Highwaymen heritage.

sancarlos · Post by **sancarlos** » Sat Dec 17, 2022 4:47 pm

I’ve gotten into them recently as well!

Post by **brian** » Sat Dec 17, 2022 8:13 pm

GF wanted to go see Social Distorion at Mandalay Bay tonight whom I don’t really like and Five Finger Death Punch (whose fans I hate) and Raiders and Pats fans (same) are playing here today/tomorrow. Can’t catch a break.

rass · Post by **rass** » Sat Dec 17, 2022 8:20 pm

The things we do because of the old ball and chain, eh?

sancarlos · Post by **sancarlos** » Sat Dec 17, 2022 9:35 pm

brian wrote: ↑Sat Dec 17, 2022 8:13 pm GF wanted to go see Social Distorion at Mandalay Bay tonight whom I don’t really like and Five Finger Death Punch (whose fans I hate) and Raiders and Pats fans (same) are playing here today/tomorrow. Can’t catch a break.

I saw Social D something like 25 years ago, and I do remember a lot of jerks in the crowd.

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Sat Dec 17, 2022 9:50 pm

sancarlos wrote: ↑Sat Dec 17, 2022 9:35 pmI saw … D something like 25 years ago, and I do remember a lot of jerk…in…

rass · Post by **rass** » Sat Dec 17, 2022 9:52 pm

Nice! Now do his post about his college years in the NFL thread.

Post by **brian** » Sat Dec 17, 2022 10:00 pm

rass wrote: ↑Sat Dec 17, 2022 8:20 pm The things we do because of the old ball and chain, eh?

I know, right?

Post by **brian** » Sat Dec 17, 2022 11:06 pm

It’s like an entire room of people who never grew up.

Post by **brian** » Sun Dec 18, 2022 12:03 am

Opener is Chris Shiftlett of Foo Fighters whose music sounds like if you lobotomized BJ Barham but he could still write songs.

Post by **brian** » Sun Dec 18, 2022 2:35 am

You gotta take your hat off to a band for turning two or three half decent songs in the early 90: into a career though.

EnochRoot · Post by **EnochRoot** » Mon Jan 09, 2023 10:54 pm

So this probably belongs in another thread, but whatever. The random politics thread mentions Neal Schon suing Jonathan Cain (Journey) for his wife's fraudulent misuse of band funds...Check out what Schon's been doing with Greg Rollie and some newer guys. The drummer (Deen Castronovo) is vocally a near match to Perry, and he's probably 90% as good as Dunbar and Smith (Journey's previous drummers).

Steve Perry long since left the band cuz he couldn't hack it with the condition of his voice (sorry if I'm minimizing reality here).

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Fri Jan 27, 2023 2:39 pm

Isbell next Thursday.

Giff · Post by **Giff** » Fri Jan 27, 2023 4:23 pm

Nice!