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I think we should have this one.
If we talk about the next gigs we are going to, we also need a place where we can talk about how it was.
So. My last gig was Kaizer`s Orchestra on Saturday.
Can`t say anything about it though. It was a festival and the two "opening acts" took so long that I had to leave before Kaizer went on, because it would have meant that I wouldn`t have been at my friend`s birthday party before 2:30 a.m. and I was already late big time.
Shithouse!!
How was your last gig?
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Posted 18 July 2005 - 05:10 AM
claas, on Jul 18 2005, 10:02 AM, said:
So. My last gig was Kaizer`s Orchestra on Saturday.
awwww.. u forgot to remind me of this one!!! shame that!!!
on topic
last one : Namosh / gus gus
location berghain /berlin
omg
Namosh is a wonderful entertainer doing lovely minimalized electronics and lyrics and dances
gus gus from iceland: ohhh i expected sooo much from them... but they turned out to be boring and again boring "serious" techno
resident dj's were horrible , too, folks in there (berghain seems to be techno/e-pragnant place) just stupid ravers or tourists...
lame!!!
poor namosh... he was just great
singer of the vanishing was watching him, too but left then immediatly... i should have done that , too
but i waited until 3.30 :ph34r: in the morning for gus gus to play
arghhh... never again!
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Posted 18 July 2005 - 05:19 AM
Last one was Pixies/Weezer/The Frays July 9th in Toronto
here's a review that I wrote for another site....
On a rather mild July day in the more crowded than usual city of Toronto, I got a chance to see me favorite band, yet again, for the fourth time in nine months. This is quite cool being that just a year and a half ago I thought I would never get the chance to see them.
The show was held at The Molson Amphitheatre within Ontario Place. As I mentioned before, the city, and especially that area, was very crowded due to this show and the fact that the Indy car races happened to be going on that same weekend. There were at least two or three times the popular amusement park's usual visitors on this day. Needless to say getting there and getting in and out was a bitch, but luckily this venue had assigned seating so there was no risk of getting stuck at the back. I took my seat in the left section first row of seats above the floor with a great view of the stage and prepared for what I expected to be a great show.
The first band up was called The Frays. They hailed from Colorado and it was their first time in Canada. There were four members, playing guitar, bass, drums, and keyboard respectively. The keyboard player/vocalist was wearing a stupid hat. I know these odd facts are boring, but they're a lot more interesting than this band's music was. My favorite thing about them, though, was that they only played four songs.
Now some Pixies fans are pretty crazy. Like I said, this was my fourth time seeing them and I've experienced some pretty strange things at those previous shows. This show was no different as four especially nerdy Pixies fans actually managed to climb up on stage and play a few songs. They called themselves Weezer. They opened with a wonderful number entitled "Say It Ain't So" which ignited most of the younger people in the audience, causing each one to make a W with their index fingers and thumbs. Within the next seven songs they also played "Undone (The Sweater Song)," "Getchoo," and "El Scorcho." This was shaping up to be a great setlist, but then things turned ugly. They played mostly crap off the new album and nothing else off the Blue or Pink(erton) albums except for the obligatory "Buddy Holly." They didn't even sound very good. Before playing "El Scorcho" Rivers said "we got a lot of requests to play this last time we were in Toronto, but we hadn't been practicing it so we couldn't do it." Well it sounded like they still hadn't been practicing, and that goes for almost all of the songs they played. To their credit, the rendition of "Island In The Sun" wasn't half bad and was probably the highlight of their performance, but in keeping with their pre-decided theme of disappointment they closed with, of all things, "Hash Pipe" and an extended feedback "solo." Weezer may have two pretty good albums, but they suck live.
Setlist:
Say It Ain't So
Photograph
Undone
Peace
Pity
Getchoo
El Scorcho
Hold Me
Perfect Situation
Death & Destruction
Island
Drugs
Beverly Hills
Buddy Holly
Haunt You
Hash Pipe
This was quite an odd combination of bands, at least as far as the fans were concerned. At every other Pixies show that I had been to it was all Pixies fanatics, but at least five Weezer fans noticed my Pixies shirt and said something to the effect of "hey, I've never heard of the Pixies. Can you tell me what they sound like?" Oh the blasphemy! That's like a Jesus freak having never heard of God. I spoke slowly, choose my words carefully, and attempted to explain in a way that was correct, but that they could still understand. "Like Nirvana, except they don't suck." "Like Weezer, but much harder and faster with occasional outbursts of screaming." "Have you ever seen Fight Club?" Yeah, it was difficult, but I think I convinced each one to stay. Many didn't get the chance to speak with me, though, and left before the Pixies even took the stage. That was fine with me, I moved down to the floor and took their seats.
After a short wait, Frank Black, Kim Deal, Joey Santiago, and David Lovering took the stage. Kim said a quick "hey" and then they went right into "Velouria." I found the fact that they chose this song to open with particularly hilarious, as it's basically the template for every Weezer song. They also played new addition to the sets of the summer tour "Stormy Weather" which sounded a lot better than the already great album version. There was a great stretch in the early to middle part of the set that included especially powerful versions of "Bone Machine," "Tame," "Caribou," and "Crackity Jones." After "Crackity Jones" Kim remarked "sorry my fingers can't move that fast anymore," but it sounded great to me. One thing I noticed was that many of the Weezer fans, while seeming to enjoy the performance, were not moving around very much. I'm sure this made me in all my rocking-out glory easier for the security to spot when they kicked me back to my seat immediately after "Allison." My trek back up to the first level was accompanied by "Debaser." After this Frank picked up his accoustic for the final stretch. The two biggest highlights of the show were included in this. One being "La La Love You" which was so much fun and the other being "Wave Of Mutilation (UK Surf)" with alternating vocal lines between Frank and Kim. Frank did cut Kim off a couple times and at the end she said "hey, you were stealing my lines!" Aww, she's so cute. The end of the show was probably the most energetic part and included such greats as "Here Comes Your Man," "Nimrod's Son," "Vamos," and "Where Is My Mind." They came back to play "Gigantic" for the encore and finished with each band member saying goodnight to the others during the usually instrumental ending of that song. "Goodnight Kimmy." "Goodnight Charles." As this was going on fireworks began going off in another section of the park, this incited cheers from the crowd and I thought it was a very fitting end to an excellent performance. The Pixies are one of the best live bands on the planet. If you haven't seen them, go see them. If you have seen them, go see them again.
Setlist:
Velouria
I Bleed
Stormy Weather
Subbacultcha
Gouge Away
Bone Machine
Tame
Hey
Caribou
Wave Of Mutilation
Crackity Jones
Monkey Gone To Heaven
River Euphrates
Allison
Debaser
In Heaven
Wave Of Mutilation (UK Surf)
La La Love You
Here Comes Your Man
Ed Is Dead
Mr. Grieves
The Holiday Song
Nimrod's Son
Vamos
Where Is My Mind?
Gigantic
here's a review that I wrote for another site....
On a rather mild July day in the more crowded than usual city of Toronto, I got a chance to see me favorite band, yet again, for the fourth time in nine months. This is quite cool being that just a year and a half ago I thought I would never get the chance to see them.
The show was held at The Molson Amphitheatre within Ontario Place. As I mentioned before, the city, and especially that area, was very crowded due to this show and the fact that the Indy car races happened to be going on that same weekend. There were at least two or three times the popular amusement park's usual visitors on this day. Needless to say getting there and getting in and out was a bitch, but luckily this venue had assigned seating so there was no risk of getting stuck at the back. I took my seat in the left section first row of seats above the floor with a great view of the stage and prepared for what I expected to be a great show.
The first band up was called The Frays. They hailed from Colorado and it was their first time in Canada. There were four members, playing guitar, bass, drums, and keyboard respectively. The keyboard player/vocalist was wearing a stupid hat. I know these odd facts are boring, but they're a lot more interesting than this band's music was. My favorite thing about them, though, was that they only played four songs.
Now some Pixies fans are pretty crazy. Like I said, this was my fourth time seeing them and I've experienced some pretty strange things at those previous shows. This show was no different as four especially nerdy Pixies fans actually managed to climb up on stage and play a few songs. They called themselves Weezer. They opened with a wonderful number entitled "Say It Ain't So" which ignited most of the younger people in the audience, causing each one to make a W with their index fingers and thumbs. Within the next seven songs they also played "Undone (The Sweater Song)," "Getchoo," and "El Scorcho." This was shaping up to be a great setlist, but then things turned ugly. They played mostly crap off the new album and nothing else off the Blue or Pink(erton) albums except for the obligatory "Buddy Holly." They didn't even sound very good. Before playing "El Scorcho" Rivers said "we got a lot of requests to play this last time we were in Toronto, but we hadn't been practicing it so we couldn't do it." Well it sounded like they still hadn't been practicing, and that goes for almost all of the songs they played. To their credit, the rendition of "Island In The Sun" wasn't half bad and was probably the highlight of their performance, but in keeping with their pre-decided theme of disappointment they closed with, of all things, "Hash Pipe" and an extended feedback "solo." Weezer may have two pretty good albums, but they suck live.
Setlist:
Say It Ain't So
Photograph
Undone
Peace
Pity
Getchoo
El Scorcho
Hold Me
Perfect Situation
Death & Destruction
Island
Drugs
Beverly Hills
Buddy Holly
Haunt You
Hash Pipe
This was quite an odd combination of bands, at least as far as the fans were concerned. At every other Pixies show that I had been to it was all Pixies fanatics, but at least five Weezer fans noticed my Pixies shirt and said something to the effect of "hey, I've never heard of the Pixies. Can you tell me what they sound like?" Oh the blasphemy! That's like a Jesus freak having never heard of God. I spoke slowly, choose my words carefully, and attempted to explain in a way that was correct, but that they could still understand. "Like Nirvana, except they don't suck." "Like Weezer, but much harder and faster with occasional outbursts of screaming." "Have you ever seen Fight Club?" Yeah, it was difficult, but I think I convinced each one to stay. Many didn't get the chance to speak with me, though, and left before the Pixies even took the stage. That was fine with me, I moved down to the floor and took their seats.
After a short wait, Frank Black, Kim Deal, Joey Santiago, and David Lovering took the stage. Kim said a quick "hey" and then they went right into "Velouria." I found the fact that they chose this song to open with particularly hilarious, as it's basically the template for every Weezer song. They also played new addition to the sets of the summer tour "Stormy Weather" which sounded a lot better than the already great album version. There was a great stretch in the early to middle part of the set that included especially powerful versions of "Bone Machine," "Tame," "Caribou," and "Crackity Jones." After "Crackity Jones" Kim remarked "sorry my fingers can't move that fast anymore," but it sounded great to me. One thing I noticed was that many of the Weezer fans, while seeming to enjoy the performance, were not moving around very much. I'm sure this made me in all my rocking-out glory easier for the security to spot when they kicked me back to my seat immediately after "Allison." My trek back up to the first level was accompanied by "Debaser." After this Frank picked up his accoustic for the final stretch. The two biggest highlights of the show were included in this. One being "La La Love You" which was so much fun and the other being "Wave Of Mutilation (UK Surf)" with alternating vocal lines between Frank and Kim. Frank did cut Kim off a couple times and at the end she said "hey, you were stealing my lines!" Aww, she's so cute. The end of the show was probably the most energetic part and included such greats as "Here Comes Your Man," "Nimrod's Son," "Vamos," and "Where Is My Mind." They came back to play "Gigantic" for the encore and finished with each band member saying goodnight to the others during the usually instrumental ending of that song. "Goodnight Kimmy." "Goodnight Charles." As this was going on fireworks began going off in another section of the park, this incited cheers from the crowd and I thought it was a very fitting end to an excellent performance. The Pixies are one of the best live bands on the planet. If you haven't seen them, go see them. If you have seen them, go see them again.
Setlist:
Velouria
I Bleed
Stormy Weather
Subbacultcha
Gouge Away
Bone Machine
Tame
Hey
Caribou
Wave Of Mutilation
Crackity Jones
Monkey Gone To Heaven
River Euphrates
Allison
Debaser
In Heaven
Wave Of Mutilation (UK Surf)
La La Love You
Here Comes Your Man
Ed Is Dead
Mr. Grieves
The Holiday Song
Nimrod's Son
Vamos
Where Is My Mind?
Gigantic
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Posted 19 July 2005 - 08:40 AM
my last gig was rilo kiley at the schocken in stuttgart yesterday.
and it was really great. :)
the support act was awesome although the crowd kept on talking and talking and talking... ( :angry: )
then rilo kiley entered the stage and played a wonderful show but suddenly everything became black in front of my eyes (that might have happened because it was so warm in there and i was ill the last days) but the guy who was support act was really lovely and cared for me and so i got a bottle of water for free! :) :D
...all in all i can say: wonderful people playing wonderful music!! ^_^
and it was really great. :)
the support act was awesome although the crowd kept on talking and talking and talking... ( :angry: )
then rilo kiley entered the stage and played a wonderful show but suddenly everything became black in front of my eyes (that might have happened because it was so warm in there and i was ill the last days) but the guy who was support act was really lovely and cared for me and so i got a bottle of water for free! :) :D
...all in all i can say: wonderful people playing wonderful music!! ^_^
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Posted 21 July 2005 - 04:25 PM
My last gig was brilliant!!
Was a festival, short list,a few wop bands, and then Soulwax, Moby, but the greatest super mega gig i was waiting for was The Chemical Brothers!!
Moby was good, i found him very concentrated on speech,I love his music, even thought that the best of him came out on "Play". Soulwax are really cool, their sound is very dancing, and their last album is great.....But the chems!! They were just awesome,as usual, I couldn't stop jumping and dancing.
I will never have enough of chemical concert, even if my ears says the opposite.
L.
Was a festival, short list,a few wop bands, and then Soulwax, Moby, but the greatest super mega gig i was waiting for was The Chemical Brothers!!
Moby was good, i found him very concentrated on speech,I love his music, even thought that the best of him came out on "Play". Soulwax are really cool, their sound is very dancing, and their last album is great.....But the chems!! They were just awesome,as usual, I couldn't stop jumping and dancing.
I will never have enough of chemical concert, even if my ears says the opposite.
L.
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Posted 21 July 2005 - 06:03 PM
foggy, on Jul 21 2005, 10:25 PM, said:
Soulwax are really cool, their sound is very dancing, and their last album is great.....But the chems!! They were just awesome,as usual, I couldn't stop jumping and dancing.
Haha, Soulwax are better than the Chemical Brothers live, in personal experience. Whilst the Soulwax have at least stage presence and capture the feeling of a live gig, the Chemical Brothers seem to just 'playback'. Either way, both are worth catching live.
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Posted 22 July 2005 - 01:05 AM
TheNew, on Jul 22 2005, 12:03 AM, said:
Haha, Soulwax are better than the Chemical Brothers live, in personal experience. Whilst the Soulwax have at least stage presence and capture the feeling of a live gig, the Chemical Brothers seem to just 'playback'. Either way, both are worth catching live.
Yeah, you 'r right My Darling!..... but the problem is that i have never compare any band live with a djset or gig of chems, or with any other dj concert live. I said that Cause i love to dance, and they were the ONE that night.
I know the presence onstage is necessary,i mean not only the body.
I think the chemical put all they have to make you feel machines less cold possible.
But yes, I do prefer a gig with a BAND who plays for real.
L.
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Posted 22 July 2005 - 07:07 AM
foggy, on Jul 22 2005, 07:05 AM, said:
Yeah, you 'r right My Darling!..... but the problem is that i have never compare any band live with a djset or gig of chems, or with any other dj concert live. I said that Cause i love to dance, and they were the ONE that night.
I know the presence onstage is necessary,i mean not only the body.
I think the chemical put all they have to make you feel machines less cold possible.
But yes, I do prefer a gig with a BAND who plays for real.
L.
I know the presence onstage is necessary,i mean not only the body.
I think the chemical put all they have to make you feel machines less cold possible.
But yes, I do prefer a gig with a BAND who plays for real.
L.
Haha, I guess it would be more fair to compare 2Many DJ's rather than Soulwax with the Chemical Brothers, although it would be fair to say that all three artists are synonymous with dancing. With the right crowd, it can be pretty incredible.
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Posted 22 July 2005 - 11:17 AM
Last night was Thunderbirds Are Now! opening for Enon (which was a total mistake). TAN! had amazing energy and the best part of the Enon show was their encore when - you guessed it - TAN! jumped up and through a dance show during their last 2 songs.
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Posted 22 July 2005 - 12:12 PM
I saw Paola Turci in concert last night.
[A shame I wasn’t on time for Meg, the singer of 99 Posse. I like also her voice.]
It was good to hear Paola. She had great energy on stage and sang all the most famous songs of hers. Very good performance at the open air.
She is an Italian P.J. Harvey to me.
http://img47.imageshack.us/img47/5779/paolaturci4pk.png
[A shame I wasn’t on time for Meg, the singer of 99 Posse. I like also her voice.]
It was good to hear Paola. She had great energy on stage and sang all the most famous songs of hers. Very good performance at the open air.
She is an Italian P.J. Harvey to me.
http://img47.imageshack.us/img47/5779/paolaturci4pk.png
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Posted 24 July 2005 - 02:11 PM
Last one was Patti Smith Meltdown 2005 - Carbon/Silicon & Rachid Taha with BRMC Have to left before BRMC which was a shame, but great to see Carbon/Silicon and Patti Smith. Yet the mainman appeared to be Rachid Taha, it's quite fun, though I much preferred seeing Mick Jones...Only if Paul Simonon was painting The Thames nearby...
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Posted 24 July 2005 - 10:17 PM
the academy is.. at tla in philly, july 23.
scremo-type band. not really my bag, but my friend invited me to go. not too terrible. the lead singer of one the opening bands reminded me of jason schwartzman which is a plus in my book. moshing at the concert, and like usual, started by drunk white suburban kids. got punched in the left boob, right where the heart is. kinda sucked. i got kicked/stepped on my right ankle. still sore. pinched a hot guy's ass. got asked by two guys if i would make out with my (girl)friend. all the bands that night did put a lot of energy into their performances.
scremo-type band. not really my bag, but my friend invited me to go. not too terrible. the lead singer of one the opening bands reminded me of jason schwartzman which is a plus in my book. moshing at the concert, and like usual, started by drunk white suburban kids. got punched in the left boob, right where the heart is. kinda sucked. i got kicked/stepped on my right ankle. still sore. pinched a hot guy's ass. got asked by two guys if i would make out with my (girl)friend. all the bands that night did put a lot of energy into their performances.
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Posted 25 July 2005 - 04:05 AM
I went to the Vice magazine launch party last saturday, because the Babyshambles were announced to play there.
Now guess: they did not. But I saw Art Brut, they were really good!
I enjoyed that night, met some people there and I had that bracelet to get free drinks ;)
Now guess: they did not. But I saw Art Brut, they were really good!
I enjoyed that night, met some people there and I had that bracelet to get free drinks ;)
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Posted 25 July 2005 - 04:19 PM
claas, on Jul 18 2005, 12:02 PM, said:
So. My last gig was Kaizer`s Orchestra on Saturday.
Can`t say anything about it though. It was a festival and the two "opening acts" took so long that I had to leave before Kaizer went on, because it would have meant that I wouldn`t have been at my friend`s birthday party before 2:30 a.m. and I was already late big time.
Shithouse!!
Can`t say anything about it though. It was a festival and the two "opening acts" took so long that I had to leave before Kaizer went on, because it would have meant that I wouldn`t have been at my friend`s birthday party before 2:30 a.m. and I was already late big time.
Shithouse!!
I was there too, except I skipped the horrible support bands and only went there for Kaizers. They were okay, just a bit too much interaction with the crowd (which consisted entirely of freaks) for my taste.
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Posted 25 July 2005 - 06:07 PM
lamestain, on Jul 25 2005, 10:19 PM, said:
I was there too, except I skipped the horrible support bands and only went there for Kaizers. They were okay, just a bit too much interaction with the crowd (which consisted entirely of freaks) for my taste.
yeah the audience was like "world music lovers". yikes.
so freeeeeee!!!! so wiiiiiiiild! so passionaaaaaaate!! so grooooooooooovy!
"look!!! my shirt is all wet from the wild and passionate dancing to the rythm of the core! I am soooo happy" ( I feel like Homer Simpson..)
one with mother earth my fucking ass.
lucky you then. I like them better at smaller venues with their own crowd anyway.