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Post by blahblahblah on Feb 21, 2013 18:38:01 GMT -4
Atlas Genius - Feb 20, 2013 Music Hall of Williamsburg, Brooklyn, N.Y.
1. Symptoms 2. On a Day 3. All These Girls 4. If So 5. Centred On You 6. Back Seat 7. When It Was Now 8. Don't Make a Scene 9. Electric
Encore: 10. Through the Glass 11. Trojans
Openers were Gospels, who were awesome. They sounded funk-infused indie rock. I have trouble locating them on the web though, aside from one song they posted on SoundCloud. Get on with the times! Atlas Genius were great, I liked them from seeing the Silversun Pickups show last year (plus, couldn't go wrong with $15 + fees). It was also their album release show (they played the entire album, but in different order) and they sold out. Will need to purchase said album soon.
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Post by halo19 on Feb 22, 2013 3:55:54 GMT -4
I saw the Hives last night, lucky for me because I naturally prefer them to Pink (but what a pairing!) and this means it cost in the $20 range. Sure, I liked them more in my teens but I still find the music enjoyable and Howlin' Pelle is so hilarious!
Set: 01. Come On! 02. Try It Again 03. Take Back the Toys 04. 1000 Answers 05. Main Offender 06. Walk Idiot Walk 07. My Time Is Coming 08. I Want More 09. No Pun Intended 10. Wait a Minute 11. Die, All Right! 12. Won't Be Long 13. Hate to Say I Told You So 14. Two-Timing Touch and Broken Bones 15. Bigger Hole to Fill 16. Patrolling Days
presumably, encore went (based off headline sets): Tick Tick Boom Insane (song not on standard new album) Go Right Ahead
My favorite Hives album is Tyrannosaurus Hives and I kind of was hoping for Diabolic Scheme and A Little More for Little You since it was my first time seeing them. Boy, it was loud that night! My hearing was getting bad as I left the venue. Quite a few people left after HTSITYS. At least 3 songs per album from Veni Vidi Vicious to present were played. I guess the openers were Austin locals. I quite enjoyed the Flesh Lights.
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Post by halo19 on Feb 23, 2013 3:36:32 GMT -4
01. The Resistance 02. Paperthin Hymn 03. We Owe This to Ourselves 04. Someone Anyone 05. Never Take Friendship Personal 06. Little Tyrants 07. Other Side 08. Dismantle.Repair 09. I'd Like to Die 10. The Unwinding Cable Car 11. Impossible 12. Modern Age 13. Reclusion 14. Feel Good Drag 15. Godspeed 16. Self-Starter
encore: 17. (*Fin)
Vital was an instant classic with me and my favorite album of last year so all they needed was to book a show in my city and I'd be there. I'm glad about whoever uploaded the setlist on setlist.fm because it was so loud in that my video clips were rather distorted. About 7 songs would have otherwise come unidentified. Cities is my second favorite Anberlin album so it's good to also see a healthy representation of it. The crowd was pretty enthusiastic.
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Post by Pipa on Feb 23, 2013 16:45:21 GMT -4
I quite enjoyed the Flesh Lights. I bet you did.
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Post by blahblahblah on Feb 25, 2013 2:00:32 GMT -4
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Post by blahblahblah on Feb 28, 2013 2:05:48 GMT -4
Solange - Feb 25, 2013 Webster Hall, New York, N.Y.
1. Some Things Never Seem To f***ing Work 2. Don't Let Me Down 3. T.O.N.Y. 4. Bad Girls 5. I Could Fall In Love (Selena cover) 6. Lovers In The Parking Lot 7. Crush (Don't Fight The Feeling) 8. Look Good With Trouble 9. Locked In Closets 10. Losing You
Encore: 11. Sandcastle Disco
Opening act was Kelela, who was a solo neo-soul female artist singing to a backing track. She was okay, her voice was fine, but her lyrics were rather elementary, I could even predict the next lines of her songs.
Solange had a really short set. She started late at around 10:15pm, and ended at 11:05pm including encore. It was her second show in the city and both were sold out. Apparently Beyoncé went to show her support during the first one. Solange was backed by a band, including her latest collaborator Dev Hynes (also known as Lightspeed Champion, or Blood Orange), who switched between guitar and keyboard. She basically played her latest EP in full along 3 songs from her other two albums. I guess she kinda wants to forget those albums happened. Dev's influence was quite evident in the songs from her EP, which were very 90s-sounding, much like Blood Orange's album. Since Solange never became as nearly as big as her sister, she could do whatever the hell she wants. She doesn't have quite the bold voice as Beyoncé, as hers is much more controlled. No crazy choreography either, just coordinated sways with Dev when he's on the guitar. The crowd was decent, as it was full of gays and African-American women.
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Post by blahblahblah on Apr 14, 2013 16:21:16 GMT -4
[spoiler text=Alicia Keys - Set the World on Fire Tour - Apr 5, 2013 Barclays Center, Brooklyn, N.Y.] 1. Karma 2. You Don't Know My Name 3. Tears Always Win 4. Listen to Your Heart 5. Like You'll Never See Me Again 6. A Woman's Worth 7. Diary / Love You Down 8. Un-Thinkable (I'm Ready) 9. Try Sleeping With A Broken Heart 10. 101 11. Fallin' 12. I'll Be There for You/You're All I Need to Get By (with Method Man) 13. When It's Over 14. Limitedless 15. Fire We Make (with Maxwell) 16. Unbreakable 17. Brand New Me 18. If I Ain't Got You 19. No One 20. New Day 21. Girl On Fire Encore: 22. Empire State Of Mind (Part II) Broken Down Opener was Miguel, I didn't keep track of the songs he did, but he was amazing. I was really looking forward to seeing him because his album was awesome. Loved his energy and loved his voice, despite the fact that we had nosebleed seats and couldn't even see the screens. J. Cole showed up as a surprise guest on their song "Power Trip". Alicia Keys was pretty decent, but nothing too out of the ordinary. She played it safe for the most part. It was awesome that she brought out surprise guests Maxwell and Method Man for a couple of songs, with the former's collaboration totally stealing the show. I guess the show is her homecoming. As usual, she alternates between sitting on various pianos, and even danced a bit with her backup dancers. My boyfriend who is a pianist ruined my image of her by pointing out how she has a backup keyboardist who was playing most of the songs. He noticed that the sounds were from a Roland and not a Yamaha, which was the piano Alicia was on. Goddammit! She did however, not strain her voice too much, which she sometimes does, so at least that was good. She didn't do much with "Diary" though, which was the one song I was looking forward to hear. She didn't have the signature "call and answer" style going on for it.[/spoiler] [spoiler text=Green Day with Best Coast - ¡Uno! ¡Dos! ¡Tré! tour - Jan 16, 2013 Apr 7, 2013 Barclays Center, Brooklyn, N.Y.] Best Coast1. Crazy for You 2. Goodbye 3. Summer Mood 4. Last Year 5. The Only Place 6. Why I Cry 7. Our Deal 8. I Want To 9. Do You Love Me Like You Used To 10. When I'm with You 11. Boyfriend Green Day1. 99 Revolutions 2. Know Your Enemy 3. Stay The Night 4. Stop When The Red Lights Flash 5. Letterbomb 6. Oh Love 7. Holiday 8. Boulevard Of Broken Dreams 9. Burnout 10. Welcome To Paradise 11. Geek Stink Breath 12. Knowledge 13. When I Come Around 14. Going To Pasalacqua 15. Brain Stew 16. St. Jimmy 17. Longview 18. Basket Case 19. She 20. King For A Day 21. Shout / (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction / Hey Jude 22. X-Kid 23. Minority Encore: 24. American Idiot 25. Jesus Of Suburbia 26. Brutal Love Never heard of Best Coast before, but apparently they're this surf-rock band from California (duh), with a female lead singer. They sounded pretty good, so I'll probably have to check them out. Although their songs and lyrics are rather simple. The show was originally scheduled for January, but it got pushed back because of Billie Joe Armstrong's rehab, following the infamous outburst. I'm mad that I bought tickets early, because I ended up in the Level 200s since I was cheaping-out. Turns out, they weren't selling very well, and every level eventually went down to the same price! :madface: They couldn't even fill out the GA, but I guess maybe there were a bunch of people not making it to the concert following the rescheduling. I wasn't sure what to expect because they're touring for a trio of new albums, but they have so much material. Very, very odd setlist. It unfortunately, was not as long as the last time I saw them. Only one song from 21st Century Breakdown? "St. Jimmy"? No "Good Riddance"?! Whoa! Throughout the show, Billie Joe made many comments such as "Life ain't pretty, but sometimes it can be beautiful!" He also referenced the infamous incident. When he was riling up the crowd, he made comments like "These days there are computer screens telling you what to do, but you know what to do here!". Of course, he couldn't stop singing praises about the city and how there's no place like New York. There was no short of audience interaction either, as he invited a 12 year old kid on to the stage to sing "Know Your Enemy" before instructing him to stage-dive, inviting a girl on stage to play 3 chords on a guitar for "Knowledge" (she got to keep the guitar too!), and another girl singing the last verse of "Longview". He also hosed the first few rows of the audience (I've never seen this at an indoor venue), shot a toilet paper gun, and a t-shirt cannon. Yeah, they can still put on a great show.[/spoiler]
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Post by blahblahblah on Apr 16, 2013 1:16:57 GMT -4
[spoiler text=Muse with Biffy Clyro - The 2nd Law North American Tour - Apr. 15, 2013 Madison Square Garden, New York, N.Y.] Biffy Clyro (stolen from setlist.fm) 1. Stingin' Belle 2. Biblical 3. Sounds Like Balloons 4. That Golden Rule 5. Spanish Radio 6. Many of Horror 7. Bubbles 8. Black Chandelier 9. Mountains Muse1. The 2nd Law: Isolated System 2. Supremacy 3. Map Of The Problematique 4. Supermassive Black Hole 5. Resistance 6. Panic Station - (Star-Spangled Banner Intro) 7. Knights of Cydonia - (Man With A Harmonica Intro) 8. Monty Jam / Explorers 9. Follow Me 10. United States Of Eurasia 11. Liquid State 12. Madness - (House Of The Rising Sun riff) 13. Time Is Running Out 14. Undisclosed Desires 15. Stockholm Syndrome 16. The 2nd Law: Unsustainable 17. Uprising Encore: 18. Starlight 19. Survival Thank god I signed up on the fans club mailing list and had access to the pre-sale. Tickets for the show quickly sold out that they had to add a second show. There were also two tiers of GA apparently. Didn't realize they do that kinda stuff. Biffy Clyro was alright. I described them as: "looks like a metal band, has guitar finales like a hardcore rock band, but the rest of the time sounds like a pop-rock band." I listened to their album the night before and I realized that have a song on the alternative charts, they remind me of 90s pop-rock bands like Third-Eye Blind or Matchbox Twenty. For an opener, they sounded really good on stage, and they actually had quite a bit of production going on for them too with the lights and utilizing much of the stage. I may have to listen to them a bit more. Muse managed to outdo themselves in stage production. Last tour, they had the three towers going on (which totally obstructed their opening band). This time, they had a stack of video screens that form a pyramid shape when all the components are lowered, as well as video screens lining the front of the stage, and around the back of the stage. Sometimes the screens would be on top of them, sometimes they would play inside the pyramid, and sometimes they were beside the pyramid. It was an incredible visual experience, along with lasers. Lots of lasers! Matt even had the glasses that spell out the words of "Madness" like the lyric video on YouTube. All three of them kept switching up the instruments, it was rather exciting to see the variety. Looking at the playlist from the last time I saw them, this setlist was a bit of a disappointment with the lack of "Hysteria" and "Feeling Good", both are amongst my favourites. I wish they would have been played them instead of either "United States Of Eurasia" or "Resistance", I'm probably one of the few people who doesn't care for either of them much. Chris sang lead on "Liquid State" and it was fine. I didn't really like the two the songs he did on the album, but he surprised me by handling himself quite well on stage. I still don't think he should sing any more leads though Matt dedicated "Starlight" to the people of Boston in light of the incident earlier today, and he also mentioned it when he played "The Star-Spangled Banner" on his guitar.[/spoiler]
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Post by blahblahblah on Apr 17, 2013 22:04:38 GMT -4
[spoiler text=Muse with Biffy Clyro - The 2nd Law North American Tour - Apr. 15, 2013 Madison Square Garden, New York, N.Y.] Biffy Clyro (stolen from setlist.fm) 1. Stingin' Belle 2. Biblical 3. Sounds Like Balloons 4. That Golden Rule 5. Spanish Radio 6. Many of Horror 7. Bubbles 8. Black Chandelier 9. Mountains Muse1. The 2nd Law: Isolated System 2. Supremacy 3. Map Of The Problematique 4. Supermassive Black Hole 5. Resistance 6. Panic Station - (Star-Spangled Banner Intro) 7. Knights of Cydonia - (Man With A Harmonica Intro) 8. Monty Jam / Explorers 9. Follow Me 10. United States Of Eurasia 11. Liquid State 12. Madness - (House Of The Rising Sun riff) 13. Time Is Running Out 14. Undisclosed Desires 15. Stockholm Syndrome 16. The 2nd Law: Unsustainable 17. Uprising Encore: 18. Starlight 19. Survival Thank god I signed up on the fans club mailing list and had access to the pre-sale. Tickets for the show quickly sold out that they had to add a second show. There were also two tiers of GA apparently. Didn't realize they do that kinda stuff. Biffy Clyro was alright. I described them as: "looks like a metal band, has guitar finales like a hardcore rock band, but the rest of the time sounds like a pop-rock band." I listened to their album the night before and I realized that have a song on the alternative charts, they remind me of 90s pop-rock bands like Third-Eye Blind or Matchbox Twenty. For an opener, they sounded really good on stage, and they actually had quite a bit of production going on for them too with the lights and utilizing much of the stage. I may have to listen to them a bit more. Muse managed to outdo themselves in stage production. Last tour, they had the three towers going on (which totally obstructed their opening band). This time, they had a stack of video screens that form a pyramid shape when all the components are lowered, as well as video screens lining the front of the stage, and around the back of the stage. Sometimes the screens would be on top of them, sometimes they would play inside the pyramid, and sometimes they were beside the pyramid. It was an incredible visual experience, along with lasers. Lots of lasers! Matt even had the glasses that spell out the words of "Madness" like the lyric video on YouTube. All three of them kept switching up the instruments, it was rather exciting to see the variety. Looking at the playlist from the last time I saw them, this setlist was a bit of a disappointment with the lack of "Hysteria" and "Feeling Good", both are amongst my favourites. I wish they would have been played them instead of either "United States Of Eurasia" or "Resistance", I'm probably one of the few people who doesn't care for either of them much. Chris sang lead on "Liquid State" and it was fine. I didn't really like the two the songs he did on the album, but he surprised me by handling himself quite well on stage. I still don't think he should sing any more leads though Matt dedicated "Starlight" to the people of Boston in light of the incident earlier today, and he also mentioned it when he played "The Star-Spangled Banner" on his guitar. [/spoiler][/quote] After comparing to the setlist from the second show at the Gardens, I'm mad I didn't go that one instead! :madface: "Hysteria", "Plug In Baby", "Feeling Good" and "Sun Burn". Seriously?! What the hell!!!
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Post by crash46 on Apr 19, 2013 2:27:54 GMT -4
Good God, I have some catching up to do!
[spoiler text=Muse (with Dead Sara) - 3/2/2013 Joe Louis Arena, Detroit, MI] The 2nd Law: Unsustainable Supremacy Map of the Problematique Supermassive Black Hole Panic Station Resistance Hysteria Knights of Cydonia Monty Jam Explorers Follow Me Sunburn Liquid State Madness Undisclosed Desires Time Is Running Out New Born The 2nd Law: Isolated System Uprising
Encore: Starlight Survival
I think it's awesome how they could just switch the two title tracks that are played at the beginning and end of each set, since in our show, "Isolated System" was where the screens became a pyramid, which happened near the end of the set. Did they do this right out of the gate? Also awesome was that this was the tour debut of "Sunburn", which obviously was completely unexpected, and I don't think I'd ever seen it before. It's always been a struggle getting anything out of the Showbiz record, even 9 years/four albums ago.
I don't know enough Dead Sara tracks but with "Weatherman" being one of my 20 or so favorite tracks of 2012, I was excited to find out that they'd been booked as the opening act. Then after I saw Sunny's wall post about the opening act performing topless (without mentioning any band names), naturally my first thought was Dead Sara, and it only took about a second and a half for me to realize how too good to be true that would have been![/spoiler]
[spoiler text=The Gaslight Anthem (with The Bouncing Souls and Cory Branan) - 3/3/13 The State Theater - Detroit, MI] High Lonesome Howl American Slang Film Noir Handwritten Señor and the Queen 45 Desire Biloxi Parish Too Much Blood The Patient Ferris Wheel The Queen of Lower Chelsea Once Upon A Time (Robert Bradley's Blackwater Surprise cover) Miles Davis and the Cool Blue Dahlia Mulholland Drive Meet Me by the River's Edge Wooderson Changing of the Guards (Bob Dylan cover) Wherefore Art Thou, Elvis? Great Expectations
Encore: Here Comes My Man Astro Zombies (Misfits cover) Mae The Backseat
In my buildup of excitement leading up to the show, I could only think of prior reviews of Gaslight shows that had previously been posted here, all of which led me to believe I'd be watching a Marathon performance since at least one additional LP has been released since all those other shows. Therefore, I was MINDBLOWN that I exited this concert having not seen a performance of "The '59 Sound". That is in no way comparable to the "cool" kind of omission I've seen or heard about in the past such as Puddle of Mudd skipping "Blurry" in a show sponsored by a Hot AC radio station. It was a gut-punch, and THE ONLY thing I heard anyone talking about after the show was how they didn't play "The '59 Sound".
I was dumbfounded (to a lesser extent) at how long of a set The Bouncing Souls were given. And how I had never even heard of them, ever, in spite of them apparently being around over twenty years, and people all over the audience familiar with and moshing with their music, and my general approval with their sound, although they most certainly did not leave me wanting more.
I never could hear that Cory Branan's name but he was a solo folk guitarist/vocalist who had some really humorous lyrics in many of his songs--especially those early on in the set, but again, by the end of his performance, I had never heard more sounds of murmuring out of the crowd during a music performance. But how could you blame them; it was just one guy playing a stringed instrument and singing folk tunes. Definitely didn't hold the attention of the audience for long.[/spoiler]
[spoiler text=Garbage (with io echo) - 3/31/13 The House of Blues - Cleveland, OH] ...AKA Easter Sunday!
Automatic Systematic Habit I Think I'm Paranoid Blood for Poppies Hammering in My Head Push It Control Why Do You Love Me Queer #1 Crush I Hate Love Cup of Coffee Cherry Lips (Go Baby Go!) Battle in Me The Trick Is to Keep Breathing When I Grow Up Only Happy When It Rains Vow Beloved Freak
Encore: Special Stupid Girl You Look So Fine
This was my first Garbage concert, and after about ten seconds of being puzzled over the idea of a band performing a show on Easter Sunday, I decided that it was f***ing awesome and the show ascended even more deeply into the "can't miss" category.
Shirley Manson is a dream. I have never seen a more enchanting frontperson of a band in my life. As much as I love Garbage's music and their stellar performance that evening, I think the parts of the show between songs with Shirley's words of wisdom were just as entertaining as anything else that happened. Even the obligatory talking about the tour/the latest album/the opening act was riveting, but she also kept doing shots and got crazier and crazier (in a good way) as the night went on. All sorts of Easter-specific anecdotes, the likes of which will never again be seen, unless I happen to see them on future Easter Sundays, and what are the odds of that. An inspiring speech about how ridiculous it is to have fear of aging (easy for her to say!), talking about her crazy parents, and dancing around the stage doing bunny hops and making up holiday tunes. After two drinks she was definitely not a loser, but after three drinks she was a star. So glad I was able to duck out and make the trip to this show.[/spoiler]
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Post by blahblahblah on Apr 19, 2013 14:40:17 GMT -4
Good God, I have some catching up to do! [spoiler text=Muse (with Dead Sara) - 3/2/2013 Joe Louis Arena, Detroit, MI] The 2nd Law: Unsustainable Supremacy Map of the Problematique Supermassive Black Hole Panic Station Resistance Hysteria Knights of Cydonia Monty Jam Explorers Follow Me Sunburn Liquid State Madness Undisclosed Desires Time Is Running Out New Born The 2nd Law: Isolated System Uprising Encore: Starlight Survival I think it's awesome how they could just switch the two title tracks that are played at the beginning and end of each set, since in our show, "Isolated System" was where the screens became a pyramid, which happened near the end of the set. Did they do this right out of the gate? Also awesome was that this was the tour debut of "Sunburn", which obviously was completely unexpected, and I don't think I'd ever seen it before. It's always been a struggle getting anything out of the Showbiz record, even 9 years/four albums ago. I don't know enough Dead Sara tracks but with "Weatherman" being one of my 20 or so favorite tracks of 2012, I was excited to find out that they'd been booked as the opening act. Then after I saw Sunny's wall post about the opening act performing topless (without mentioning any band names), naturally my first thought was Dead Sara, and it only took about a second and a half for me to realize how too good to be true that would have been! [/spoiler][/spoiler][/quote] Yeah, I though that was weird that they switched it for the other NYC show too! For our show, when it started, screens went down forming the pyramid with the video clip of a girl running. I didn't even get to see them until the screens went back up when they started playing "Supremacy." When they got to "Unsustainable", it felt like a jam session in between the two songs as the intro had the pyramid thing too of the woman talking, then it went up to show the band playing, and it flowed quite well. Ha! Apparently Biffy Clyro was supposed to open for them for the remainder of their North American tour, but the lead singer had some health problems, and Dead Sara is replacing them as of tonight.
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Post by radical347 on May 20, 2013 14:33:08 GMT -4
Yesterday was Live 105's BFD. The Main Stage didn't start until the Festival Stage was over, so there was no need to worry about overlapping. Also, they actually had two Festival Stages right next to each other, and alternated bands on each one so we didn't have to wait half an hour between sets for the next band to play. (Especially since most of the Festival Stage acts were only half an hour.) THAT was a brilliant idea and I'd like to see more shows set up like that. But, the Local Stage and Subsonic Tent went on all day, so we had to make a couple of choices of Subsonic vs. bands in the Festival or Main Stage. Crystal Method got sick and had to cancel and the "Secret Guest to Be Announced" ended up being the Stone Temple Pilots with Chester Bennington on Vocals... (Who we opted not to see in favor of C2C.) We saw the entire (or most of) sets for: Gold Fields: We saw them first and they actually moved them over to the Subsonic Tent, at 1 PM. Great way to kick off BFD. Reminded me of a somewhat shoegazey Talking Heads. Atlas Genius: They looked good, had good energy...but just sounded ok. A little bit of a disappointment as this was one that I had high hopes for. Capital Cities: Amazing. High energy, great sound, trumpet was awesome, cute choreography, and kept things classy (i.e. no random F-bombs every other song, which seemed to be required from just about every other band here, and at most music festivals for that matter.) They had their act together extremely well...I wouldn't be surprised if they headlined this in a few years. Airborne Toxic Event: Higher energy than last time I saw them which was in 09, but IMO it didn't entirely get put to good use. 1/3 of their half hour set was unnecessary remakes, including a cringeworthy version of "American Girl." (Then again, there aren't too many versions of that song that aren't cringeworthy, including the original.) I mean if you're doing a full set then that's fine, but they had a couple of singles they should have played instead...like "All I Ever Wanted," "Timeless". Fitz & the Tantrums: I'm so proud of them because they finally pulled it off. Last time I saw them (about two years ago) "Moneygrabber" was a complete failure (and virtually every live version on AAA sampler CDs doesn't sound too good), he flopped around stage awkwardly, although their other tracks sounded fine. But this time, they got everything right. Awolnation: Perhaps the only real disappointment of the event. Not that I was expecting much...but they were pretty awful. Granted most of their songs are pretty odd so they'll sound weird anyway, but they'd have to pull them off live...and they didn't. Even the not particularly odd "Not Your Fault" sounded bad. They were the opening act on the main stage. They should have been on the Festival stage (maybe swap with Jimmy Eat World, who was the last act on that stage) or even in the Subsonic Tent. Wallpaper: Wasn't sure what to expect from these guys (and girl), but they were a lot of fun. H1pst3rs from Oakland that had the crowd dancing the entire time. C2C: They were a real treat to see. They looked pretty similar to the setup from turntable.fm, but with real Euro-hipster deco clothing and people going through real motions! LOL. Their noise was pretty interesting, they sampled a LOT of different styles of music (blues, techno, accordian, smooth jazz even) and mixed in turntable scratches and effects...and it somehow worked. I couldn't find too many other US tour dates for them--only KROQ's weenie fest--so I'm so glad they played at BFD. 30 Seconds to Mars: They were supposed to be the headliners but Passion Pit came late so they switched them. 30 STM really should have been the headliners, though. A bunch of their music is hit or miss to me but they put on a really good show and were great at getting audience response. I'm glad they played "Night of the Hunter" and "Closer to the Edge." Along with the confetti they blasted out during "Up in the Air" they even brought on a couple DOZEN people from the audience onstage at the end and had them sing along! LOL! Passion Pit: We saw them at Not to Silent Night and IMO he was a little better but he's still nowhere near ready to be a headliner (or next-to-headliner.) His band sounds good, as before, but he's still a little awkward (but better) and doesn't really pull off the bells & whistles that 30STM did. Bands that we partially saw: The Neighborhood, Jimmy Eat World, Of Monsters & Men. We opted not to see Silversun Pickups or the Stone Temple Chester Benningtons on the main stage in favor of Wallpaper and C2C in the Subsonic Tent who were going on at the same time. The former because the SSPU's seem to appear in about 90% of these events and the latter...well, yeah. We had lawn seats for the main stage (all of the other stages are standing room only) and during 30 Seconds to Mars's set, these very nice people suddenly came up to us and gave us their tickets (which were front center row 12 seats) because they had to leave! That was a complete surprise, and of course it made the day that much more awesome!
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Post by radical347 on Oct 7, 2013 13:35:15 GMT -4
The summer of retro awesome: [spoiler text=Wang Chung, August 3, 2013 Santa Clara County Fairgrounds, San Jose CA] 1. City of Light 2. Fire In The Twilight 3. Let's Get Along 4. Space Junk 5. Don't Let Go 6. To Live and Die in L.A. 7. Rent Free 8. Let's Go 9. Dance Hall Days 10. Everybody Have Fun Tonight Encore: 11. I Can Hardly Wait Free with $6 Admission to the fair! Lol. (Although, we were probably some of the few people who went not for the fair but for Wang Chung) WC did what any self-respecting has-beens would do and focused all their first and second tier hits, with only a handful of their new songs. They still sounded good though, their performance was a lot of fun, and it was nice to hear everyone sing along to Everybody Have Fun Tonight. [/spoiler] [spoiler text=Depeche Mode & Crystal Castles - September 26, 2013 Shoreline Amphitheatre - Mountain View, CA] 1. Welcome to My World 2. Angel 3. Walking in My Shoes 4. Precious 5. Black Celebration 6. Policy of Truth 7. Barrel of a Gun 8. The Child Inside 9. But Not Tonight (Acoustic; Sung by Martin) 10. Heaven 11. Soothe My Soul 12. A Pain That I'm Used To ('Jacques Lu Cont's Remix' version) 13. A Question of Time 14. Enjoy the Silence 15. Personal Jesus Encore: 16. Home (Acoustic; Sung by Martin) 17. Shake the Disease (Acoustic; Sung by Martin) 18. Just Can't Get Enough 19. Never Let Me Down Again The audience was full of 40-something goths...lol. Crystal Castles were one of the best openers that I've seen. I was a little disappointed though that they didn't at least get Dave Gahan or Martin L. Gore to sing Not in Love (I didn't realistically expect Robert Smith.) Depeche Mode did not disappoint, and I'm so glad they didn't cancel two nights before like they did four years ago. Dave Gahan's voice sounds good, considering. But Martin L. Gore completely surprised me by sounding even better, enough to make me wonder why he's not the lead singer. "Heaven" sounded much better live than on the radio. "Soothe My Soul" is so samey to "Personal Jesus" that people started singing along to the latter when the former came on...LOL. I was thrilled to get "Precious," (although the sad-looking dogs they put on the screen during that song reached Sarah McLesbian ASPCA commercial-style cheezeball) "Black Celebration," and "Never Let Me Down Again," but disappointed they left out "Strangelove." [/spoiler] [spoiler text=Iggy & the Stooges - September 28, 2013 St. James Park, San Jose CA] 1. Raw Power 2. Gimme Danger 3. Gun 4. 1970 5. Search and Destroy 6. Fun House 7. Beyond the Law 8. Johanna 9. Ready to Die 10. I Wanna Be Your Dog 11. No Fun 12. The Passenger 13. I Got a Right 14. Cock in My Pocket 15. Your Pretty Face Is Going to Hell 16. Sex & Money 17. Louie, Louie This isn't official as we didn't buy tickets, but we did watch the show. They were playing in St. James Park, which is normally filled with homeless people, drug dealers, and prostitution...lol. Also I wondered how tickets were going to work as it's not a real venue. It turns out that they just put up a stage in the middle of the park and put up a fence around it, except the stage was way higher so we could stand outside the fence and still have a complete view of Iggy & the S's. In fact, from our vantage point we had a better view of them than the people standing in the back of the "official" area. Sweet! This was the centerpiece of the music part of the new C2SV convention (Creative Convergence Silicon Valley.) It's their attempt to bring SXSW to San Jose, and although it's nowhere near as big I must say they did well for themselves. They tied them in as the headliners since one of the Stooges became an exec at a Silicon Valley tech firm. Iggy, at age 66, was running around shirtless and had a lot of energy. [/spoiler] [spoiler=Pet Shop Boys - October 5, 2013 Fox Theater, Oakland CA] 1. Axis 2. One More Chance / A Face Like That 3. Opportunities (Let's Make Lots of Money) 4. Memory of the Future 5. Fugitive 6. Integral 7. I Wouldn't Normally Do This Kind of Thing 8. Suburbia 9. I'm Not Scared 10. Fluorescent 11. West End Girls 12. Somewhere (Leonard Bernstein cover) 13. Leaving 14. Thursday 15. Love Etc. 16. I Get Excited (You Get Excited Too) 17. Rent 18. Miracles 19. It's a Sin 20. Domino Dancing 21. Always on My Mind (Brenda Lee cover) Encore: 22. Go West (Village People cover) 23. Vocal / It's Alright DJ Jacques Lu Cont opened, and his set was nice but went on a little too long. The Pet Shop Boys were predictably awesome, and had probably the best costumes and stage show I've ever seen at a concert. The backdrop was modern chic, it made me feel like I was at a swanky minimalist hotel lounge...lol. They had a few dancers who wore masks/helmets such as horse skulls with horns, disco balls, dunce hats and pumpkin-like heads. The PSBs wore these too. They sounded as good as ever, with a mix of their hits, b-sides and newer stuff, and as this was the San Francisco market, the audience went crazy for them. I mean the entire audience was even singing along to Domino Dancing. [/spoiler]
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Post by radical347 on Nov 5, 2013 2:15:55 GMT -4
Live 105 has announced their Not So Silent 2 Nights: Night One is incredibly strong. Night Two, meh. It stands up on its own, but they WAAAAAY overhyped it. They announced the lineup for Night One last Monday 10/28, one by one by playing two songs per artists to introduce the lineup. Capital Cities, Arctic Monkeys, AFI, Queens of the Stone Age, Vampire Weekend, Kings of Leon - Holy $hit, with the exception of CC who is cool nonetheless, these are all very much established artists. This night will sell out. Then they said they'd make us wait until today (11/4) for the lineup for Night Two, and it will be at least as good as Night One. Well, we get...Neighbourhood (new), Bastille (new), Lorde (new), Alt-J (might as well be new), Phoenix (ok, established but still has yet to have a legit non-alternative hit), and The Arcade Fire (see Phoenix, although at least it could be said that this is the original h1pst3r band.) WTF? And, about an hour before they announced the lineup, on their FB page we got: "From Dallas on Twitter (@dallassf): "One LIVE 105 street teamer just said 'Shut. The. F**k. Up. HOW?' when he found out who our #NSSN2013 Night 2 headliner is. Announcement at 5 PM." The Arcade Fire, while cool, does not warrant that type of response. They tour fairly often and were a last minute addition to KFOG's Bridge School Benefit, it cannot be that difficult to get them to play a show. "HOW?" would be a better question if they somehow managed to get a band back together like, say, The Smiths. Anyway, I already got my tickets for Night One. I might check out Night Two if I win tix, but won't try too hard.
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Post by crash46 on Nov 6, 2013 18:24:46 GMT -4
Yeah, since I'd gotten a bookface post on my wall about AFI being a part of that, I noticed that whole day 1 looks pretty killer, and then saw that there was also a day 2, even though no word on who was actually going to be there. I thought it was absurd how they waited that long to reveal it. Especially considering, like you said, it wasn't even that amazing. Very solid, but if they were to do like KROQ where you can only buy in to one day or the other, day 1 is the obvious choice. So this all is who KROQ and KNDD will more or less be getting for their holiday shows too .
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Post by radical347 on Nov 11, 2013 15:11:36 GMT -4
So this all is who KROQ and KNDD will more or less be getting for their holiday shows too . Correct you are! KNDD/Seattle Deck the Hall Ball, 12/3Vampire Weekend Phoenix The Head & the Heart Alt-J Arctic Monkeys Lorde Foals Chvrches KKDO/Sacramento Electric Christmas, 12/4Cage the Elephant Alt-J Grouplove Capital Cities The Features MS MR KROQ/Los Angeles Almost Acoustic Christmas Night 1, 12/7Kings of Leon Vampire Weekend Queens of the Stone Age AFI Arctic Monkeys Cage the Elephant Grouplove New Politics Foals Night 2, 12/8The Arcade Fire Phoenix The Neighborhood Capital Cities Lorde Portugal.The Man Fitz & the Tantrums Atlas Genius Bastille (Yep...this night, like Live 105's, pales in comparison to Night 1. And KROQ's Night 1 is already sold out.) 91X/San Diego Wrex the Halls, 12/8Queens of the Stone Age Vampire Weekend Cage the Elephant Arctic Monkeys Alt-J The Silent Comedy J. Roddy Walston & the Business (I'm guessing the last two are local bands) Live hasn't announced the lineup for their "Club NSSN" on Thursday 12/5 yet, but looking at these...I'm going to predict Cage the Elephant, Foals, and Chvrches. Edit: Not the Foals, they'll be in Ventura. Tame Impala, maybe.
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Post by halo19 on Jan 16, 2014 13:55:54 GMT -4
AFI's set for this current leg of the tour looked identical from the previous night.
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Post by radical347 on Jun 6, 2014 14:58:13 GMT -4
Getting caught up here (and I'm going to skip most of the setlists): Cut Copy: 11/2/13 @ The Fox Theater, Oakland CA Thomas Dolby's Invisible Lighthouse Tour: 11/21/13 @ The Swedish American Hall, San Francisco CA Biffy Clyro w/ Morning Parade: 3/12/14 @ The Great American Music Hall, San Francisco CA Fanfarlo w/ Lilies On Mars: 3/30/14 @ The Tractor Tavern, Seattle WA Chromeo: 4/12/14 @ The Independent, San Francisco CA White Lies: 4/16/14 @ The New Parish, Oakland CA Broken Bells w/ Au Revoir Simone: 4/19/14 @ The Fox Theater, Oakland CA I didn't bother posting most of the openers unless they were good and/or not a DJ set. The new trend of DJ sets replacing openers in most cases is annoying. Cut Copy redeemed themselves from their previous concert I saw a few years ago. It helped that they didn't play most of Zonoscope; only the singles. Also they didn't ruin Lights & Music this time. Thomas Dolby's tour included a filming and live narration of his new movie, the Invisible Lighthouse. The concept was brilliant. He also held a useless interview with some techie and played a couple of his songs at the end, one of which, to my delight, was Airhead. We went to Biffy Clyro w/ Morning Parade entirely for Morning Parade. Biffy Clyro was annoying and I don't see the appeal of screaming over entirely bland rock music, although I do have to admit they have their following. We went to Fanfarlo w/ Lilies on Mars primarily because we were in Seattle and wanted to experience an authentic hipster concert (lol). They did not disappoint, and Lilies on Mars who we'd never heard of was really good. Rather than "Two Guys & A MacBook" like most alternative bands are these days, were "Two Girls & a MacBook" from Italy. Chromeo played at a ~500 size venue which sold out within minutes, but I won tickets, ha ha. After seeing them I know where Capital Cities got their ideas from. They advertised an opener whose name shall not be mentioned because she was described as being a real musician but instead we got a DJ set from her. :-\ White Lies was very good. Worth heading to the East Bay on a weeknight and getting back way later than we should have. Broken Bells was good, although we were in the very last row. They probably would have been better if we were up closer. A couple music festivals (Both of which free tickets were acquired ): BottleRock Napa: 5/30-5/31 @ Napa Expo, Napa CA Friday: TV On the Radio: Good energy, but points off for having a 1.5 hour set without playing "Will Do" and waiting until the end to play "Wolf Like Me." The Cure: EPIC performance and setlist. Robert Smith & the rest of the band still sounded as good as ever. They went on for 2.5 hours and 34 songs (see below) before the organizers pulled their plug: 1. Shake Dog Shake 2. Fascination Street 3. alt.end (First time since 2009) 4. The End of the World 5. Lovesong 6. Sleep When I'm Dead 7. Push 8. In Between Days 9. Just Like Heaven 10. Catch 11. Before Three (First time since 2004) 12. From the Edge of the Deep Green Sea 13. Pictures of You 14. Lullaby 15. High 16. Never Enough (First time since 2008) 17. Wrong Number 18. The Caterpillar 19. The Walk 20. Mint Car 21. Friday I'm in Love 22. Doing the Unstuck 23. Bananafishbones 24. Want 25. The Hungry Ghost 26. One Hundred Years 27. Give Me It Encore 1: 28. A Forest Encore 2: 29. The Lovecats 30. Hot Hot Hot!!! 31. Let's Go to Bed 32. Freakshow 33. Close to Me 34. Why Can't I Be You? (Vocals pulled right away but audience was still singing along; sound pulled after about a minute) ^^^Now THAT's what I call a setlist. 34 songs, including most of their hits, lesser singles, and a bunch of deeper album tracks. I was glad we got Alt.End & Never Enough for the first time in years, and of all my favorite songs by them there was only one they didn't play: Disintegration. Word is they were planning on doing "Boys Don't Cry" as the final song in a 3rd encore. One more concert achieved from my New Wave greats bucket list. The only ones left are Duran Duran & Simple Minds. Saturday: Howie Day: The only band this weekend that I've seen before (and this was time #4) Has a real band now; mostly abandoning his "one-man band" gimmick for somewhat generic Hot AC fodder. He still sounded good though & finally doesn't look like he's 12 anymore. Disappointingly didn't play "Perfect Time of Day"; in fact I think he's only played it one of the four times I've seen him. Matt & Kim: A little too much. Kim informed us that she usually doesn't like to swallow, but makes exceptions for Matt. Weezer: I like Weezer, but could never bring myself to love them, due to virtually every single song of their sounding almost exactly the same. Even "Island in the Sun" is like a more boring version of the rest of their songs, in my opinion. But kudos to 100% of their set being songs that people could sing along with. OutKast: We only stayed for the first hour (~15 songs) because we wanted to catch a couple songs by Heart and then head out before all 10,000 other people there did. But they were awesome & we got to see Rosa Parks, Ms. Jackson, Hey Ya, and The Way You Move. Heart: We only caught two songs by them on the way out, although just our luck that those two were These Dreams & Alone. They apparently didn't play Magic Man at all. On the original poster Band of Horses & M Ward were listed who I would have been interested in but both ended up getting pulled from the final lineup. We didn't go Sunday, due to the lack of bands of interest and also due to: BFD: 6/1 @ Shoreline Amphitheater & Parking Lot, Mountain View CA Now...considering that it was their 20th Anniversary show, they REALLY dropped the ball. A couple glaringly obvious problems from the lineup: - Not a single truly established alternative band/performer.
- MIA being the 2nd headliner. WTF? She hasn't done a thing since flip off the camera two years ago, and although "Bad Girls" was a lesser hit on alt., her one major hit song is way more Pop than Alternative.
- Fitz & the Tantrums being on the main stage, in the 3rd headliner position, while being on the exact same set of songs they were last year on the Bud Light stage.
- Walk the Moon being the Bud Light stage headliner, with only a single that was last relevant 2 years ago ("Anna Sun") and a single that was never relevant ("Tightrope"). Oh they were also on the Bud Light stage 2 years ago, with the exact same set of songs too.
- A couple of bands on the Bud Light stage that should have been in the Subsonic Tent (Cherub), local stage (Finish Ticket), or even less.
- Nobody interesting at all in the Subsonic tent.
I like a lot of the bands (or at least I like the one song that was just released by most of the bands...again, ) but BFD has always had a really good mix of established and new, heavy hitters & up and coming, rock & electronica, big & small. This year, all of them except MIA have TWO or less albums, and even the up-and-coming ones this year weren't nearly as interesting as some of last year's (Capital Cities, Neighborhood.). I would have taken an established band from the 80s, 90s, or even early 2000s. To put things in perspective, last year Jimmy Eat World was on the Bud Light stage. The comments on Live 105's page echoed this. Until now I had not seen a concert by them where the overwhelming majority of FB comments (or even anywhere near the majority) were negative. It still sold out, partially due to them having multiple ticket giveaway events, and partially due to people wanting to go to a low priced summer festival (to be fair, regular ticket price was $35 -- and for most single-band concerts, tickets cost more than that). Foster is fine as a headliner but it really would have helped if they could have cemented it by bringing in a more established alternative band to co-headline with FTP, like they did in San Diego for 91Xfest (311 & Foster) or even in LA for KROQ's Weenie Roast (Beck & Foster...although they also made Avicii a headliner, and they were also deservedly panned for it). Also both 91X and KROQ got Fall Out Boy, who, while not my favorite alternative band in the world, would have done wonders for making KITS's summer lineup more credible. Anyway. Bands we saw: Bud Light Stage: Big Data: Hot Mess. Birds of Tokyo: Pretty good, may have a bright future. Bleachers: THIS is the band that made BFD worth it this year. Great guitar work, vocals, energy. Their one song on the radio is cute but when they came on stage they not only owned it, but the audience as well. Cherub: Completely useless. Two people standing there with electronic bleeps in the background. Their "remake" of Calvin Harris "Feel So Close" was basically a bad karaoke version of it and perhaps one of the most useless things I've seen in my life. Kongos: They were ok for the most part (a bit one-dimensional), but their performance of "Come With Me Now" was very good. They'll probably continue to have a following. MS MR: Respectable performance. Main Stage: New Politics: Another bright spot, surprisingly. They didn't have much to work with as they were on for a short set on the main stage which was really far away from most people, and it was still too light outside to turn the screens on. But they sounded great & captured our attention from far away, and featured antics like a no-hands headstand. The lawn was completely packed for their performance. Phantogram: Sounded fine, even better live than on the radio. But a smaller stage would have done them better. The lawn was still pretty packed, Fitz & the Tantrums: Also useless. Tried to be "that band", the party band, that tried to get everyone singing along and all pepped up...but failed miserably because nobody cared. Lol. Lots of people left. MIA: Her performance was fine but it made no sense at this type of show. Essentially consisted of two songs; 5 min. of Paper Planes and 35 min. of everything else. Also from far away between her and her backup dancers we couldn't really tell which one she was. Lots more people left. Foster the People: By this point, the lawn was only about half full. After putting up with the previous two acts, FTP better have been worth it. And they were good, although we liked Bleachers and New Politics better. It may have helped if they didn't play so many songs off their disappointing 2nd album; the songs they played from the 1st one were great.
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