The "concerts you've seen recently" thread

[Don Flamenco]

Just like the movie thread, post what shows you've recently seen.    Yanni at the Acropolis?  some dude banging on a cymbal and screaming in some guy's basement?  Post it all...bands, venues, whatever.

Tonight I saw AIDS Wolf at the Hideout in Chicago.

It was like this:


I wish I could say "yeah, it was noisy like that, but there were some really brilliant dynamics going on that showed sparks of genius" but no, it was pretty much that for an hour.   fun show though!

[BobFromPikeCreek]

My last concert was Boris like 5 months ago.

[fistfulofmetal]

i saw metallica back in 2004
does that count as recently

[TEEEPO]

legendary pink dots 

[BobFromPikeCreek]

i saw metallica back in 2004
does that count as recently

Bet they were playing lots of St. Anger around that time.

[fistfulofmetal]

nah, they only did some kind of monster and one other song.
all the rest was the good stuff.

they did One and Seek and Destroy for the encore. Was pretty great.

[TakingBackSunday]

Clapton in May
Radiohead in July
A Pink Floyd cover band in August
Girl Talk in November
and I'm gonna see Girl Talk again in January

[ch1nchilla]

I haven't been to a concert since August, but in August I saw (these are the highlights, I went to a couple music festivals):
-Kanye West
-MGMT
-Justice
-Radiohead
-Coldplay
-Does It Offend You, Yeah?
-Bloc Party
-The Prodigy
-The Cool Kids

[Phoenix Dark]

Saw Springsteen in October during the Change Rocks campus tour

[littlemathletics]

I've been going to a ton of gigs lately. Mostly local Adelaide bands that wouldn't mean much to anyone here, but I was offered a free ticket to Billy Joel on Tuesday, cause I write for local street press.

I would have gone for a laugh, but I was still hungover from the night before. Probably a good thing though - I think it was something that would have been funny until I had to sit through two hours of crap just to hear Piano Man.

[tiesto]

Last show I've seen was Ferry Corsten at Pacha, the place was overrun with underaged Asian guidos and it sucked.

[Propagandhim]

Noise Rock - when inaudible Grindcore becomes too trendy.

[patrickula]

The last show I saw was Okkervil River in October, down at the National in Richmond, VA.  Pretty good show, the band as always put in a great effort but the audience and vibe were kinda meh.  It's cool that Richmond has some decent venues now.  I'd recommend an OR show to anyone.

Other shows this year: Radiohead (best show ever with the worst weather ever), Grizzly Bear at a historic synagogue (amaaazing), David Byrne, and Built to Spill.  Not a bad year for me.

[Don Flamenco]

before that show last night, I caught deerhoof...probably the worst out of the 6 or so times I've seen them, but still alright.  They've been touring the world for about 3 years straight, so I imagine they're a little burnt out.

Noise Rock - when inaudible Grindcore becomes too trendy.

really? really?

[OptimoPeach]

Noise Rock - when inaudible Grindcore becomes too trendy.

wat

[littlemathletics]

The last show I saw was Okkervil River in October, down at the National in Richmond, VA.  Pretty good show, the band as always put in a great effort but the audience and vibe were kinda meh.  It's cool that Richmond has some decent venues now.  I'd recommend an OR show to anyone.

Other shows this year: Radiohead (best show ever with the worst weather ever), Grizzly Bear at a historic synagogue (amaaazing), David Byrne, and Built to Spill.  Not a bad year for me.

Yeah, Okkervil River are fucking amazing live. There's not many bands I would go out of my way to see - like, interstate sort of deal - but they're definitely one.

[xnikki118x]

I saw Hanson in October.

[Bildi]

The last actual concert I went to was Dream Theater earlier in the year which was awesome.  I wanted to see Joe Satriani and Def Leppard this year but just didn't have the time (I have to travel a bit to get to these concerts).

Def Leppard apparently put on a fantastic show and are still great showmen, as opposed to Motley Crue who were also here recently and just hired strippers and midgets to run around the stage so they wouldn't have to do anything themselves.

[Madrun Badrun]

I haven't been to a concert since grade 8.  I suck. 


Well at least I didn't see Hanson.  

[Don Flamenco]

I've been going to a ton of gigs lately. Mostly local Adelaide bands that wouldn't mean much to anyone here,

post that shit anyway!  come late december/January and the next 3 years after that, I'll mostly be posting local chicago stuff.

[E-DuB]

-We Are Scientists
-Saul Williams
-Oasis
-Coldplay
-Tool twice
-My friends RnB band
-Going to see Neil Young on Thursday

That's all I can think of...

[Robo]

I am seeing Vampire Weekend on Tuesday.  Maybe The Raveonettes in January, probably nothing after that for a while.

[littlemathletics]

Mostly local Adelaide bands that wouldn't mean much to anyone here

if Art Of Fighting play, you should definitely go

Art Of Fighting

I think they're from Melbourne. In fact - they are. Saw them at a St Kilda Festival a few years ago. Cool band.

I've been going to a ton of gigs lately. Mostly local Adelaide bands that wouldn't mean much to anyone here,

post that shit anyway!  come late december/January and the next 3 years after that, I'll mostly be posting local chicago stuff.

Well, I'm going to see the Crayon Fields on the 13th of this month. They're one of my favourite Australian bands.



Mmmm...twee.

[Don Flamenco]

-Going to see Neil Young on Thursday

nice!  I saw him with Crazy Horse a few years ago on the Greendale tour.  Those fogies still had it!

[lennedsay]

Saw Portugal. The Man a few weeks ago.

A few months ago, I got to go backstage at The Mars Volta and meet those crazy kids. 

[ferrarimanf355]

I saw Joe Satriani for the gazillionth time a few weeks ago. So awesome.

[patrickula]

I feel terrible about missing Neil Young when he was in town last year...  I'm so scared he's gonna kick the bucket or retire from touring before I get the chance to see him

[Mr. Gundam]

The last show I went to was Stars in October. And before that, it was Stars up in Canada at the end of June.

The Decemberists were here in Seattle tonight, but we couldn't go due to flying all day. 

[littlemathletics]

Met Ollie and his brother after the gig, the name does come from the Neo Geo game, both massive gamers, worked on Transformers as well at Melbourne House. I 'ed a lot.

Yeah, I remember hearing that. Actually, there's always been strong ties between the Australian music and games industries: the drummer from You Am I used to review Mega Drive games, for example.

They haven't played in Adelaide for a good year or so, unfortunately. In fact, they haven't played as a full band for a year next week, but they're definitely still together. I'll go to their next gig though, for sure.

[Eric P]

legendary pink dots 

i was too poor to see them when they played nyc



my last concert was Health and Video Hippos

my next concert is probably Of Montreal dec 16th.

[Eric P]

I am seeing Vampire Weekend on Tuesday.  Maybe The Raveonettes in January, probably nothing after that for a while.

last time they played the RnR Hotel it was all straight album versions.  w/o the strings.  so there were long bits of basically nothing going on.

let me know if that's changed.

[E-DuB]

-Going to see Neil Young on Thursday

nice!  I saw him with Crazy Horse a few years ago on the Greendale tour.  Those fogies still had it!

Well this is it man, a lot of the guys that were in their forties and fifties when I was a teen are getting on in years now and I want to see them before time fully takes over

[MyNameIsMethodis]

Never been to a concert 

[Propagandhim]

before that show last night, I caught deerhoof...probably the worst out of the 6 or so times I've seen them, but still alright.  They've been touring the world for about 3 years straight, so I imagine they're a little burnt out.

Noise Rock - when inaudible Grindcore becomes too trendy.

really? really?

   Well, I guess some people really enjoy the sound of it..but i'm willing to bet a lot of folks listen to it because it's a true aberrant genre of music. 

[TakingBackSunday]

I am seeing Vampire Weekend on Tuesday.  Maybe The Raveonettes in January, probably nothing after that for a while.

last time they played the RnR Hotel it was all straight album versions.  w/o the strings.  so there were long bits of basically nothing going on.

let me know if that's changed.

You talking about Vampire Weekend?  That'd be a shame.

[ch1nchilla]

I am seeing Vampire Weekend on Tuesday.  Maybe The Raveonettes in January, probably nothing after that for a while.

last time they played the RnR Hotel it was all straight album versions.  w/o the strings.  so there were long bits of basically nothing going on.

let me know if that's changed.

That's strange... I saw them in Providence, RI, they definitely didn't deviate from the album at all, but they had the strings and everything from what I recall. Pretty good concert overall, IMO.

[Don Flamenco]

before that show last night, I caught deerhoof...probably the worst out of the 6 or so times I've seen them, but still alright.  They've been touring the world for about 3 years straight, so I imagine they're a little burnt out.

Noise Rock - when inaudible Grindcore becomes too trendy.

really? really?

   Well, I guess some people really enjoy the sound of it..but i'm willing to bet a lot of folks listen to it because it's a true aberrant genre of music. 

I'll admit that's part of my enjoyment of the truly practically unlistenable noise--just that people are doing it (and jeez, even getting a following for it) is interesting to me.  I'm like a food lover who seeks out really weird shit to eat.  But I only see it live--I would not just pop in an AIDS Wolf disc at home.  Part of the fun is the spectacle and experience of being there.  

I dunno about trendiness, I've been seeing this shit for years and noise to grindcore or vice versa seems more like a lateral move.   One seems to encompass the art scene more, while the other is more associated with metal...both have very trendy aspects.

[Robo]

I am seeing Vampire Weekend on Tuesday.  Maybe The Raveonettes in January, probably nothing after that for a while.

last time they played the RnR Hotel it was all straight album versions.  w/o the strings.  so there were long bits of basically nothing going on.

let me know if that's changed.

That's strange... I saw them in Providence, RI, they definitely didn't deviate from the album at all, but they had the strings and everything from what I recall. Pretty good concert overall, IMO.

When was this show?  I've read pretty frequently that they only bust out the strings for special occasions (television appearances, holiday shows, etc) and play the material completely straight regardless of the presence of strings or not.  They're on a new tour now though, I think, and undoubtedly have much deeper pockets (relatively), so maybe they've changed it up a bit.

[ch1nchilla]

I think in April.

[Robo]

Well, it was actually shockingly good -- one of the best sounding shows I've seen at the 9:30 Club.  Kudos to the sound man.  All the old material was fantastic, keyboards standing-in for the string sections went quite well, and they played a decent amount of new stuff, some of which was up to par with the old, but most falls a bit short.  I think we're in for yet another (surprise) sophomore slump.

[TakingBackSunday]

What does your "yet another" imply?

I hope you're not a Neon Bible hater 

[Robo]

I actually like Neon Bible better than Funeral.

I just meant that it's not a big shock or anything; it's pretty much standard fare for bands to have a less-than-stellar follow-up to a well received album.

[TakingBackSunday]

People who like Neon Bible better > everyone else

RoboJ

I know what you mean though, I hear ya

[Phoenix Dark]

I actually like Neon Bible better than Funeral.

I just meant that it's not a big shock or anything; it's pretty much standard fare for bands to have a less-than-stellar follow-up to a well received album.

especially in hip hop

[ch1nchilla]

I actually like Neon Bible better than Funeral.

I just meant that it's not a big shock or anything; it's pretty much standard fare for bands to have a less-than-stellar follow-up to a well received album.

especially in hip hop

Except for...

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[TakingBackSunday]

And Shad

[TEEEPO]

Well, it was actually shockingly good -- one of the best sounding shows I've seen at the 9:30 Club.  Kudos to the sound man.  All the old material was fantastic, keyboards standing-in for the string sections went quite well, and they played a decent amount of new stuff, some of which was up to par with the old, but most falls a bit short.  I think we're in for yet another (surprise) sophomore slump.

you can thank the entirely new pa system.

legendary pink dots 

i was too poor to see them when they played nyc



my last concert was Health and Video Hippos

my next concert is probably Of Montreal dec 16th.

ahh lucky you, you're in nyc now 
and dude, their is flower travellin band on 9th and suicide on the 11th between now and the 16th!

how was the health show. i forgot the exact reason why i missed it, i know i had a good reason at that moment, but i'm really regretting it now.

[Eric P]

health was incredible.  it sounded nothing like the album, but in their recent Giant Robot interview (issue 45, also has King Khan interview) they said because people don't play the album loud enough.  then they went on to bitch about people's primary usage of laptops as their stereos and lamented ear buds and ipods.  it all makes sense, really.

i was absolutely blown away with their show, but i hear that the show is very similar each time, so if you see it once, you've seen all you have to see and that all the things which look improvised are actually carefully constructed set pieces.

HOWEVER, it's still a great show.

my next concert is actually going to be Dan Deacon recreating his albums all live with people pulled in from damn near every baltimore band.

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NOT SOLD OUT YET

 Dec 11 brooklyn show with 15 person ensemble
Body:   Dearest Internet,

On December 11th I'll be doing my first show of my new set with an
ensemble of live performers. I'm both very excited and really nervous.

While most of songs are ones I have been playing live for a while, it
will nonetheless be our "first show.
" The set will mainly be material
off my new album, Bromst, which is coming out March 24th on Carpark
Records.
The ensemble is made up of these musicians:

Percussion:
Eric Beach (So Percussion)
Denny Bowen (Double Dagger, Smarthgrowth)
Jeremy Hyman (Ponytail, Ultimate Reality)
Kevin O'Meara )Videohippos, Ultimate Reality)
Rich O'Meara (ko'mm)
Josh Quillen (So Percussion)
Adam Sliwinski (So Percussion)
Jason Treuting (So Percussion)

Synthesizers, Keyboards and Electronics:
Benny Boeldt (Adventure)
William Cashion (Future Islands)
Dan Deacon (me)
Chester Gwazda (Nuclear Power Pants)
Gerrit Welmers (Future Islands)

Guitar:
Matt Papiach (Ecstatic Sunshine/White Williams)
Ken Seeno (Ponytail)

Its taken a long time to split up all the parts and arrange what was
written for electronics and transcribe it into playable parts for
skilled humans. I'm super pumped for this as I loved skilled humans.

In addition to the ensemble I'll still be doing be doing some songs
solo where its more appropriate. I also designed and built a tent.
Here is the information about the performance:

Thursday December 11th, doors at 7:30pm
also performing are Dirty Projectors, So Percussion
All Ages atBROOKLYN MASONIC TEMPLE
Fort Greene Brooklyn 317 Clermont Ave at Lafayette Ave.


OK, I hope all of you are doing well and learning/learned how to do
all the things you wanted to learn.
Its getting really cold where I
live. Its nice.
See you in the future,

your pal,
dan

this tour is hitting sonar if you dc people want to catch it

[TEEEPO]

i need to somehow make the masonic memorial in alexandria a venue.

[Eric P]

parking would be a bitch

but they do hold stuff there

it's a matter of getting in touch and convincing them to have your concert

[Robo]

Well, it was actually shockingly good -- one of the best sounding shows I've seen at the 9:30 Club.  Kudos to the sound man.  All the old material was fantastic, keyboards standing-in for the string sections went quite well, and they played a decent amount of new stuff, some of which was up to par with the old, but most falls a bit short.  I think we're in for yet another (surprise) sophomore slump.

you can thank the entirely new pa system.

I knew I had someone to thank.  When was that installed?

[patrickula]

The Masonic Memorial is right next to the King Street metro...  I would go 
I'm also curious to hear when the PA was changed in the 9:30 club.  The sound seemed pretty good the last time I was there, but it was my first time on the balcony so I couldn't really compare.

[GilloD]

I'll also be at that Dan Deacon show which means maybe we can have a weird "INTERNET COMES TO LIFE" meet-up. My roommate and my wife will be along, too, so it shouldn't be too creepy.

But tonight: BORIS.

[Don Flamenco]

my next concert is actually going to be Dan Deacon recreating his albums all live with people pulled in from damn near every baltimore band.

2       BOOST MOBILE + JellyNYC in partnership with NEW YORK MAGAZINE
present featuring THE SECRET SOCIETY SHOWS : Dan Deacon / Dirty
Projectors / So Percussion

http://www.ticketweb.com/t3/sale/SaleEventDetail?dispatch=loadSelectionData&eventId=347344

NOT SOLD OUT YET

 Dec 11 brooklyn show with 15 person ensemble
Body:   Dearest Internet,

On December 11th I'll be doing my first show of my new set with an
ensemble of live performers. I'm both very excited and really nervous.

While most of songs are ones I have been playing live for a while, it
will nonetheless be our "first show.
" The set will mainly be material
off my new album, Bromst, which is coming out March 24th on Carpark
Records.
The ensemble is made up of these musicians:

Percussion:
Eric Beach (So Percussion)
Denny Bowen (Double Dagger, Smarthgrowth)
Jeremy Hyman (Ponytail, Ultimate Reality)
Kevin O'Meara )Videohippos, Ultimate Reality)
Rich O'Meara (ko'mm)
Josh Quillen (So Percussion)
Adam Sliwinski (So Percussion)
Jason Treuting (So Percussion)

Synthesizers, Keyboards and Electronics:
Benny Boeldt (Adventure)
William Cashion (Future Islands)
Dan Deacon (me)
Chester Gwazda (Nuclear Power Pants)
Gerrit Welmers (Future Islands)

Guitar:
Matt Papiach (Ecstatic Sunshine/White Williams)
Ken Seeno (Ponytail)

Its taken a long time to split up all the parts and arrange what was
written for electronics and transcribe it into playable parts for
skilled humans. I'm super pumped for this as I loved skilled humans.

In addition to the ensemble I'll still be doing be doing some songs
solo where its more appropriate. I also designed and built a tent.
Here is the information about the performance:

Thursday December 11th, doors at 7:30pm
also performing are Dirty Projectors, So Percussion
All Ages atBROOKLYN MASONIC TEMPLE
Fort Greene Brooklyn 317 Clermont Ave at Lafayette Ave.


OK, I hope all of you are doing well and learning/learned how to do
all the things you wanted to learn.
Its getting really cold where I
live. Its nice.
See you in the future,

your pal,
dan

this tour is hitting sonar if you dc people want to catch it

     I would love to see this.   

edit: no Chicago show and I'm visiting New York after Christmas. fuck. :'( :'(

[TakingBackSunday]

Dan Deacon

[Don Flamenco]

^^^the truth.

kinda wish I had caught him before he started playing bigger places, but w/e. 


if anyone knows of any particularly good shows happening in NYC between 12/29 and 1/3, lemme know.  Nothing for NYE though...probably gonna spend it at some random loft party again.

[Eric P]

www.ohmyrockness.com may be your best bet for "what's happening"

it doesn't list everything though.

full deacon tour info here.  sadly no chicago

DAN DEACON - 2008 Tour Dates
Dec 11 Brooklyn, NY Brooklyn Masonic Temple #
Dec 13 Denver, CO Rhinoceropolis
Dec 19 Baltimore, MD Sonar +
Dec 29 Las Vegas, NV House of Blues *

[lordmaji]

Saw Nick Cave at the Riviera Theatre in Chicago in Sept. It was pretty cool, but I was so dehydrated and wasn't eating very much that I ended up passing out and had to be carried out of the place into the backroom by the medics. It was pretty fucked up.

[Don Flamenco]

Saw Nick Cave at the Riviera Theatre in Chicago in Sept. It was pretty cool, but I was so dehydrated and wasn't eating very much that I ended up passing out and had to be carried out of the place into the backroom by the medics. It was pretty fucked up.

that sucks.  I had that happen once at one of the first concerts I went to.  I was 14 and went with a friend to this all day show called the Q101 Jamboree.  It was in the summer.  Instead of drinking water, I ate snow cones all day.  Some time in the afternoon I threw up this neon blue-green stuff and passed out at the hosptial tent for a few hours.  Then my mom had to pick us up early, so we had to miss the headlining acts-- Hole and Sonic Youth.   




My top 4 groups I haven't seen yet, but want to catch in the next year (no particular order):
--Dan Deacon
--Radiohead
--Shellac
--Lightning Bolt

Want to see again:
--Melt Banana - omg so good and intense
--Medeski Martin and Wood (an acoustic show...they are at their best when they aren't catering to the jam band crowd with pseudo-funk)
--Jackie O Motherfucker - i don't do drugs often, but there's nothing quite like getting stoned and seeing JOMF. 

[Robo]

Don't worry about it.  Nick Cave is used to bitches fainting at his presence.