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Post by blahblahblah on May 21, 2013 11:46:54 GMT -4
Final update from 5/5/13: 43 40 WALLPAPER Good 4 It 653 591 62 0.834 44 42 CAPITAL CITIES Safe And Sound 603 457 146 2.317 48 47 AWOLNATION Sail 391 348 43 0.927 EDIT: Come to think of it...Capital Cities does belong here. (Passion Pit should be, too.) Wallpaper probably does too, but I'm just shocked that anyone's playing them. The only place I've heard them before is the occasional spin on Live 105's new music or techno programs. But Awolnation makes no sense here. To be fair, Wallpaper.'s "f***ing Best Song Everrr" did hit the 30's last year. They were promoting the hell out of that song on MTV for the revival of Liquid Television and I saw an ad for it on Spotify. As for "Sail", I think it's hilarious whenever I think I'm already late at catching on a song (for me it was late 2012), pop radio picks it up even later than I do.
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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 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 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 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 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 Feb 25, 2013 2:00:32 GMT -4
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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 blahblahblah on Feb 11, 2013 2:14:35 GMT -4
[spoiler text=Passion Pit with Matt & Kim and Icona Pop - Feb 8, 2012 Madison Square Garden, New York, N.Y.] Icona Pop 1. Manners 2. Good For You 3. Top Rated 4. I Love It
Matt & Kim 1. Block After Block 2. Let's Go 3. Now 4. Daylight 5. Cameras 6. Lessons Learned
Passion Pit 1. I'll Be Alright 2. The Reeling 3. Carried Away 4. Moth's Wings 5. Love Is Greed 6. It's Not My Fault, I'm Happy 7. American Blood 8. Constant Conversations 9. Take A Walk 10. Cry Like A Ghost 11. To Kingdom Come 12. Eyes As Candles 13. Make Light 14. Folds In Your Hands 15. Mirrored Sea 16. Little Secrets
Encore: 17. Sleepyhead
It was certainly nice to see Icona Pop and Matt & Kim again, considering I enjoyed seeing both of them just months before in separate shows. I was a little disappointed at the short set by Icona Pop. They started right on time (at 8pm), which also meant the arena was fairly empty at that point. I guess they did all they could, and given the lack of props on the stage, they could only do so much playing to a venue much bigger than what they're used to. They definitely had problems getting everyone engaged. But, I still liked them, and their music is awesome. And, apparently they now have a song on the Pop chart, thanks to that TV show, Girls.
Matt & Kim were once again awesome, and lots of fun. They took no time to set up (maybe 10 minutes? This should happen more often!). They felt right at home even though this was the largest venue they have ever played. They did a great job involving the audience with banters and once again, Kim jumped to the crowd and was shaking her ass while having her feet held up by audience members. The audience was certainly feeling them and they were certainly the highlight of the evening. It felt like the headlining show I went to see them before, but with a truncated playlist.
Passion Pit was fine. They sounded decent, but they lacked stage presence. It was mostly because the lead singer looked awkward as hell. It kinda seemed like he was uncomfortable throughout the entire set. He kept walking back and forth from one end of the stage to another (as Davey pointed out). I read reports about how he had to halt their tour earlier to receive treatment for his bi-polar, so perhaps this may have to do with it. Or maybe the band just rose so quickly, that they haven't been able to adapt to such a large crowd. Nonetheless, they manage to sell out Madison Square Garden, that's something they'll have to get used to. And hey, at least they didn't do a lame encore by getting the newer singles out of the way pretty early in the set![/spoiler]
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Post by blahblahblah on Feb 3, 2013 17:42:05 GMT -4
[spoiler text=fun. with Andrew McMahon - Feb 2, 2012 Radio City Music Hall, New York, N.Y.] Andrew McMahon 1. The Resolution 2. I Woke Up In A Car 3. Amy, I 4. The Mixed Tape 5. Astronaut 6. Swim 7. Keep Rising 8. Learn To Dance 9. La La Lie 10. Dark Blue
fun. 1. Out On The Town 2. One Foot 3. All The Pretty Girls 4. Why Am I The One 5. At Least I'm Not As Sad (As I Used To Be) 6. All Alone 7. It Gets Better 8. Barlights 9. All Alright 10. The Gambler 11. Carry On 12. What The f*** 13. We Are Young
Encore: 14. Some Nights 15. Stars
Second Encore: 16. You Can't Always Get What You Want
I was really looking forward to this concert because I've never been inside the iconic Radio City Music Hall (which is beautiful), and I've been wanting to see them in a while and they kept selling out. Thankfully, I signed up to their mailing list and was able to get in on the fan pre-sale. I managed to get myself a seat in the pit (there was no GA for this show) and I was literally on the second row from the stage!
I didn't know who was opening, and then when I saw it was Andrew McMahon, it didn't click that he was formerly the lead singer of Something Corporate and Jack's Mannequin until he mentioned that he was playing a mixture of songs from his previous bands and new material he's been writing. He has formed a new band using just his name this time. He was pretty solid and I enjoyed hearing them play. I guess I should revisit has work in the past because I haven't been too familiar with them, but they sounded decent enough.
fun. was amazing. I was a little skeptical on how they would sound live since their latest album sounded like it used some studio magic. But no, they pulled it off and they sounded like they did on record. Nate's voice was auto-tuned for some songs when appropriate (like on "Some Nights" and "It Gets Better"). They were filled with energy, had great banter, and kept the crowd interested the entire time. The show was a bit like their "homecoming" since they were from this city, and Radio City was the biggest venue they have played here so far. Having "Some Nights" in the encore was lame, but at least they had a second encore.
Coming up are Passion Pit w/Matt & Kim and Icona Pop (2/8), Atlat Genius (2/20), Solange (2/25), Lady Gaga (3/6), Alicia Keys w/Miguel (4/5), Green Day (4/7 postponed from January), Muse (4/15).
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Post by blahblahblah on Jan 14, 2013 15:16:08 GMT -4
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Post by blahblahblah on Jan 2, 2013 18:02:36 GMT -4
Okay, I lied. It's actually way more work to produce a video show despite what I said. You can't cleverly edit takes if you screw up a line. I fear by the time I finish it, the interest to watch it would be gone. For now, you can listen to the Top 108 of 2012 YouTube playlist here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=HfyWQ2AEBic&list=PLXbyoYedYhHfzxBxvPa5VY6z9V0vPUdqS&autoplay=1I added some short commentary (there's a character limit to each video) for some of the entries of the countdown, if you care enough: www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXbyoYedYhHfzxBxvPa5VY6z9V0vPUdqSI also fudged the chart a little bit this year, because the number of old songs on the list was getting ridiculous and it was preventing some songs I like from 2012 to show up. I removed songs that were more than 2 years old. I will eventually post both the fudged and un-fudged versions of the charts here.
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Post by blahblahblah on Dec 27, 2012 20:19:03 GMT -4
And without further ado... Sunny's Top 123 of 20111. Foster The People " Pumped Up Kicks" (69 plays)2. Foster The People " Helena Beat" (44 plays)3. Lady Gaga " The Edge of Glory" (41 plays)3. Britney Spears " Till The World Ends" 5. Lady Gaga " Born This Way" (40 plays)5. Two Door Cinema Club " What You Know" 7. Robyn " Indestructible" (39 plays)7. Muse " Undisclosed Desires" 9. Neon Trees " Animal" (38 plays)9. Robyn " Call Your Girlfriend" 11. Kanye West " All Of The Lights" (36 plays)12. Nicki Minaj " Super Bass" (35 plays)13. Lykke Li " Get Some" (33 plays)13. Jay-Z & Kanye West featuring Otis Redding " Otis" 15. Linkin Park " Waiting For The End" (32 plays)16. Martin Solveig & Dragonette " Hello" (31 plays)17. Foo Fighters " Rope" Deadmau5 Remix (29 plays)17. Muse " Uprising" 19. Tinie Tempah featuring Eric Turner " Written In The Stars" (28 plays)20. Cee Lo Green " Bright Lights Bigger City" Remix featuring Wiz Khalifa (27 plays)20. Taio Cruz featuring Travie McCoy " Higher" 22. Robyn " Dancing On My Own (Radio Version)" (26 plays)23. Kenna featuring Shimmy Hoffa " Chains" (25 plays)23. Lykke Li " I Follow Rivers" 25. Kid Cudi featuring Kanye West " Erase Me" (24 plays)25. Neon Trees " Your Surrender" Alternate Video Version27. Lady Gaga " Judas" (23 plays)28. Ke$ha " Blow" (22 plays)28. Jay-Z featuring Alicia Keys / Alicia Keys " Empire State Of Mind" / " Empire State Of Mind (Part II) Broken Down" 28. Cee Lo Green " f*** You" 28. Britney Spears " I Wanna Go" 28. Kanye West featuring Jay-Z, Rick Ross, Bon Iver & Nicki Minaj " Monster" 28. Kanye West featuring Pusha T " Runaway" 34. Dev featuring The Cataracs " Bass Down Low" (21 plays)34. Britney Spears " Hold It Against Me" 34. OneRepublic " Marchin On (Patriot Remix)" 34. (Far*East Movement featuring) Ryan Tedder " Rocketeer (Rapless Edit - Short)" I created a rapless version of the song.34. Lykke Li " Sadness Is A Blessing" 39. Jay-Z & Kanye West " Niggas In Paris" (20 plays)39. Edward Maya & Vika Jigulina / Edward Maya & Mia Martina " Stereo Love" Edward Maya & Mia Martina Version41. B.o.B featuring Hayley Williams / B.o.B. featuring Hayley Williams & Eminem " Airplanes" / " Airplanes (Part 2)" (19 plays)41. Matt & Kim " Block After Block" 41. Incubus " Promises, Promises" 41. Two Door Cinema Club " Something Good Can Work" 41. Lady Gaga " Yoü And I" 46. Neon Trees " 1983" (18 plays)46. Incubus " Adolescents" 46. 30 Seconds To Mars " Closer To The Edge" 46. Don Omar featuring Lucenzo " Danza Kuduro" 46. Adele " Rolling In The Deep" 51. Wiz Khalifa " Black & Yellow" (17 plays)51. The Black Keys " Howlin' For You" 51. La Roux " In For The Kill" Remix featuring Kanye West51. Two Door Cinema Club " Undercover Martyn" 55. Amy Winehouse featuring Jay-Z " Rehab (Remix)" Original Version (16 plays)55. Cobra Starship featuring Sabi " You Make Me Feel..." 57. Two Door Cinema Club " Cigarettes In The Theatre" (15 plays)57. Mumford & Sons " Little Lion Man" 57. Chris Brown featuring Lil Wayne & Busta Rhymes " Look At Me Now" 57. Beastie Boys " Make Some Noise" 57. Lady Gaga " Marry The Night" 57. David Guetta featuring Kid Cudi " Memories" 57. My Chemical Romance " Sing" 57. Foo Fighters " Walk" 65. Foster The People " Call It What You Want" (14 plays)65. Two Door Cinema Club " Come Back Home" 65. Diddy-Dirty Money featuring Skylar Grey " Coming Home" 65. Kid Cudi vs. Crookers " Day 'N' Nite (Crookers Remix)" Original Version65. Mat Kearney " Hey Mama" 65. Khia " My Neck, My Back (Lick It)" 65. Lady Antebellum " Need You Now (Jason Nevins Rhythm Radio Mix)" 65. Rihanna " Only Girl (In The World)" 65. Sleigh Bells " Rill Rill" 65. Adele " Rumour Has It" 65. Adele " Someone Like You" 76. Katy Perry featuring Kanye West " E.T." (13 plays)76. Foster The People " Houdini" 76. The Lonely Island featuring Akon " I Just Had Sex" 76. Sleigh Bells " Infinity Guitars" 76. Muse " Supermassive Black Hole" 76. Mumford & Sons " The Cave" 76. Yolanda Be Cool & DCUP " We No Speak Americano" 76. M.I.A. " XXXO" 76. Lykke Li " Youth Knows No Pain" 85. Duck Sauce " Barbara Streisand" (12 plays)85. Two Door Cinema Club " Do You Want It All?" 85. Drake, Kanye West, Lil Wayne & Eminem " Forever" 85. Rebecca Black " Friday" 85. OneRepublic " Good Life" 85. Two Door Cinema Club " I Can Talk" 85. Dev " In The Dark" 85. Bruno Mars " Just The Way You Are" 85. Far*East Movement featuring The Cataracs & Dev " Like A G6" 85. Lykke Li " Rich Kids Blues" 95. Green Day " 21 Guns" Cast Version featuring The Cast Of American Idiot (11 plays)95. Lil Wayne featuring Cory Gunz " 6 Foot 7 Foot" 95. A Day To Remember " All Signs Point To Lauderdale" 95. Incubus " Are You In?" 95. New Boyz featuring The Cataracs & Dev " Back Seat" 95. Lady Gaga " Bad Romance" 95. La Roux " Bulletproof" 95. Justice " D.A.N.C.E." 95. Florence + The Machine " Dog Days Are Over" Version 195. Foster The People " Don't Stop (Color On The Walls)" 95. Two Door Cinema Club " Eat That Up, It's Good For You" 95. Muse " Feeling Good" 95. Pitbull featuring Ne-Yo, Afrojack & Nayer " Give Me Everything" 95. Lady Gaga " Government Hooker" 95. Incubus " Love Hurts" 95. Kelly Rowland featuring Lil Wayne " Motivation" 95. David Guetta featuring Estelle " One Love" 95. Kid Cudi featuring MGMT & Ratatat " Pursuit Of Happiness" 95. Rihanna featuring Britney Spears " S&M (Remix)" Original Video Version95. Muse " Starlight" 95. Rye Rye featuring M.I.A. " Sunshine" 95. Glee Cast featuring Darren Criss " Teenage Dream (Glee Cast Version)" 95. Red Hot Chili Peppers " The Adventures Of Rain Dance Maggie" 95. Two Door Cinema Club " This Is The Life" 95. Enrique Iglesias featuring Ludacris & DJ Frank E " Tonight (I'm f***in' You)" 95. Alicia Keys " Un-Thinkable (I'm Ready)" 95. Mark Ronson featuring Amy Winehouse " Valerie" 95. David Guetta featuring Rihanna " Who's That Chick?" Alternate Video Version95. Two Door Cinema Club " You're Not Stubborn" Close calls (#124 - 10 plays): - Mark Ronson & The Business Intl. featuring Q-Tip & MNDR " Bang Bang Bang" - Calvin Harris featuring Kelis " Bounce" - P!nk " f***in' Perfect" - Yeah Yeah Yeahs " Heads Will Roll" - N*E*R*D " Hypnotize U" - Alexandra Stan " Mr. Saxobeat" - Wiz Khalifa " No Sleep" - Mat Kearney " Nothing Left To Lose" - Major Lazer featuring Vyvz Kartel " Pon De Floor" - Sleigh Bells " Tell 'Em" - Bruno Mars " The Lazy Song (New Version)" - Ke$ha " TiK ToK" - Natalia Kills " Wonderland" Once again, the list is available as a playlist in reverse order on YouTube: www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXbyoYedYhHdxtQZAZgWf0XkrRjgKfupgI just realized that in YouTube playlists, you can actually record "introductions" between songs. So for the 2012 list, since it doesn't require that much work to record it, I'll just use that and make my own video show as I am really lazy right now.
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Post by blahblahblah on Dec 27, 2012 11:54:12 GMT -4
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Post by blahblahblah on Dec 27, 2012 2:48:54 GMT -4
I've already compiled the 2010 list, but for some odd reason I never have gotten around to posting it. The rest will come soon enough. As with the 2009 list, these lists are based solely on my iTunes play counts, which would explain the outliers, especially if they're from artists I saw live that year as I tend to throw their albums on repeat before seeing them. Different versions of songs are counted as one, and the version with the highest count is listed. Ties are not broken. Sunny's Top 101 of 20101. M.I.A. " XXXO" (59 plays)2. Alicia Keys / Jay-Z featuring Alicia Keys " Empire State Of Mind (Part II) Broken Down" / " Empire State Of Mind" (56 plays)3. Lady Gaga " Bad Romance" (47 plays)4. Green Day featuring The Cast Of American Idiot " 21 Guns" Original Version (43 plays)5. Muse " Undisclosed Desires" (42 plays)6. Lady Antebellum " Need You Now (Jason Nevins Rhythm Radio Mix)" (38 plays)6. Lady Gaga featuring Beyoncé " Telephone" 8. La Roux " Bulletproof" (36 plays)9. B.o.B. featuring Hayley Williams & Eminem " Airplanes (Part 2)" / " Airplanes" (35 plays)10. Glee Cast featuring Chris Colfer " Defying Gravity (Chris Colfer Solo Version)" Original Duet Version (34 plays)10. Ke$ha " Your Love Is My Drug" 10. Muse " Uprising" 13. Christina Aguilera " Not Myself Tonight" (33 plays)14. David Guetta featuring Kid Cudi " Memories" (32 plays)15. OneRepublic " All The Right Moves" (31 plays)16. Alicia Keys featuring Beyoncé " Put It In A Love Song" (29 plays)16. Alicia Keys " Un-Thinkable (I'm Ready)" 16. M.I.A. " Born Free" (NSFW) 16. Neon Trees " Animal" 20. David Guetta & Chris Willis featuring Fergie & LMFAO " Gettin' Over You" (28 plays)21. 30 Seconds To Mars " Kings And Queens" (25 plays)21. Kid Cudi vs. Crookers " Day 'N' Nite (Crookers Remix)" Original Version23. Alicia Keys " Try Sleeping With A Broken Heart" (24 plays)23. Ke$ha " TiK ToK" 23. Muse " Resistance" 26. Kanye West featuring Pusha T " Runaway" (23 plays)26. Lady Gaga " Poker Face" 26. Robyn " Dancing On My Own" 29. 3OH!3 " Starstrukk" Radio Remix featuring Katy Perry (22 plays)29. Kelis " Acapella" 31. 30 Seconds To Mars " This Is War" (21 plays)31. AFI " Beautiful Thieves" 31. B.o.B. featuring Bruno Mars " Nothin' On You" 31. Cee Lo Green " f*** You" 31. Kanye West featuring Dwele " Power" The actual song if you want to hear more than 1:43 of it31. Kelly Rowland featuring David Guetta " Commander" 31. Silversun Pickups " Panic Switch" 31. Taio Cruz " Dynamite" 39. Duffy featuring The Game " Mercy (Remix)" Original music video: Version 1 - Int'l Version, Version 2 - US Version (20 plays)39. Timbaland featuring Katy Perry " If We Ever Meet Again" 41. Ke$ha featuring 3OH!3 " Blah Blah Blah" (19 plays)41. Lady Gaga " Alejandro" 41. Timabaland featuring Justin Timberlake " Carry Out" 44. Jay-Z featuring Swizz Beatz " On To The Next One" (18 plays)44. OneRepublic " Marchin On" Video Version - Patriot Remix46. Drake, Kanye West, Lil Wayne & Eminem " Forever" (17 plays)46. Gorillaz featuring Bobby Womack & Mos Def " Stylo" 46. Green Day " Last Night On Earth" 46. Madonna " Celebration (Benny Benassi Edit)" 46. Michael Bublé " Haven't Met You Yet" 46. Muse " Starlight" 46. Robin Thicke " Sex Therapy (Robin Mix)" 46. Weezer " (If You're Ever Wondering If I Want You To) I Want You To" 54. David Guetta featuring Kelly Rowland " When Love Takes Over" (16 plays)54. Glee Cast " Halo / Walking On Sunshine (Glee Version)" 54. Incubus " Love Hurts" 54. Kanye West featuring Jay-Z, Rick Ross, Bon Iver & Nicki Minaj " Monster" 54. Mat Kearney " All I Have" 59. 30 Seconds To Mars " Closer To The Edge" (15 plays)59. Far*East Movement featuring Dev & The Cataracs " Like A G6" 59. Glee Cast " Don't Stop Believin' (Glee Version)" 59. Kings Of Leon " Use Somebody" 59. Mark Ronson & The Business Intl. featuring Q-Tip & MNDR " Bang Bang Bang" 59. N*E*R*D featuring Nelly Furtado " Hot N Fun" 59. Shakira featuring Lil Wayne " Give It Up To Me" 66. 3OH!3 featuring Ke$ha " My First Kiss" (14 plays)66. Cobra Starship featuring Leighton Meester " Good Girls Go Bad" 66. Kings Of Leon " Sex On Fire" 66. OneRepublic " Secrets" 66. Robin Thicke featuring Nicki Minaj " Shakin' It 4 Daddy" 66. Rye Rye featuring M.I.A. " Sunshine" 66. Timbaland featuring SoShy & Nelly Furtado " Morning After Dark" 66. Yeah Yeah Yeahs " Heads Will Roll" 74. AFI " Medicate" (13 plays)74. Antoine Dodson featuring The Gregory Brothers " The Bed Intruder Song" 74. Drake " Find Your Love" 74. Green Day " Last Of The American Girls" 74. Kid Cudi featuring Kanye West & Common " Make Her Say" 74. LCD Soundsystem " Drunk Girls" 74. LMFAO featuring Lil Jon " Shots" 74. Mat Kearney " Undeniable" 74. The Script " Breakeven" 83. Alicia Keys " Doesn't Mean Anything" (12 plays)83. David Guetta featuring Akon " Sexy Bitch" 83. Enrique Iglesias featuring Pitbull " I Like It" 83. Glee Cast featuring Mark Salling " Sweet Caroline (Glee Version)" 83. Green Day " Jesus Of Suburbia" 83. John Legend " P.D.A. (We Just Don't Care)" 83. Kelis " Scream" 83. Lady Gaga " LoveGame" 83. Major Lazer featuring Nina Sky & Ricky Blaze " Keep It Goin' Louder" Alternate Video Version83. Muse " Supermassive Black Hole" 83. P!nk " Raise Your Glass" 83. Paramore " Brick By Boring Brick" 83. Paramore " The Only Exception" 83. Silversun Pickups " Substitution" 83. Taio Cruz featuring Ludacris " Break Your Heart" 83. The Killers " Mr. Brightside" 83. The Lonely Island " Jizz In My Pants" 83. The Ting Tings " That's Not My Name" Alternate Video Version83. Usher featuring will.i.am " OMG" Close calls (#102 - 11 plays): - AFI " Love Like Winter" - Beyoncé " Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)" - Bruno Mars " Just The Way You Are" - Duffy " Warwick Avenue" - Estelle featuring Kanye West " American Boy" - Glee Cast " Mercy (Glee Version)" - Jason Derülo " In My Head" - Jay Sean featuring Sean Paul & Lil Jon " Do You Remember" - John Mayer " Heartbreak Warfare" - Katy Perry " Teenage Dream" - Kevin Rudolf featuring Birdman, Jay Sean & Lil Wayne " I Made It (Cash Money Heroes)" - Kylie Minogue " Can't Get You Out Of My Head" - Lostprophets " Rooftops (A Liberation Broadcast)" - M.I.A. " Bamboo Banga" - M.I.A. " The Message" - Mat Kearney " Closer To Love" - Paramore " Ignorance" - Sarah McLachlan " U Want Me 2" - Silversun Pickups " Lazy Eye" - Travie McCoy featuring Bruno Mars " Billionaire" - Trey Songz featuring Fabolous " Say Aah" - VV Brown " Shark In The Water" - Whitney Houston " Million Dollar Bill"
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Post by blahblahblah on Dec 27, 2012 1:07:57 GMT -4
I will probably post something here at some point (although I'm already getting to the meat of it on my Facebook page), but it occurred to me last night how much this whole group exercise is missing without Nick here. Agreed. I realize I haven't posted any lists since 2009, which was based on my iTunes plays. I have been keeping backups of my play counts for the last few years, so I just need to compile them and I'll post them too. As for this year's list, I'll have to wait until the year is over before I can get to them.
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Post by blahblahblah on Dec 25, 2012 13:22:56 GMT -4
It had nowhere to go but down to begin with. Plus it's time for the new single. I may never hear this song now...but I'm not tired enough of Ke%ha to promise that I'll never go out of my way just to check it out once. But c'mon, the reason this song is being dropped is absolutely ludicrous! Your country is ridiculous! So in the end, a Capital One commercial, of all things, is what rescued her career from the dumps. Citibank. Actually when she performed the song on the American Music Awards, they showed that commercial followed by her Reebok Classics commercial that uses the same damn song! Hey, if fun. got their career started by having their song featured on Glee and a Chevy commercial; Carly Rae Jepsen only got her song known south of the border because Justin Bieber tweeted it; Alex Clare only has a career because of an Internet Explorer commercial; this ain't so bad! So does Adam Levine have street cred now? or is it just 50 Cent tryin' to pull an Owl City. You're forgetting that he was already featured on a Kanye West single before (holy crap, that was 7 years ago?!!), and during that time, he was even featured on a track with the Ying Yang Twins!
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Post by blahblahblah on Dec 11, 2012 20:22:34 GMT -4
To be fair, "Midnight City" was by far the least musically interesting song during M83's set (there are only minimal bass and synth during the verses!), there's only so much they can do about that.
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Post by blahblahblah on Dec 7, 2012 2:20:34 GMT -4
Marina & the Diamonds w/Icona Pop - Dec 6, 2012 Terminal 5, New York, N.Y.
Icona Pop: 1. Manners 2. Nights Like This 3. Good For You 4. Top Rated 5. Ready For The Weekend 6. I Love It
Marina & the Diamonds: 1. Homewrecker 2. Oh No! 4. Mowgli's Road 5. Lies 6. I Am Not A Robot 7. The State of Dreaming 8. Power & Control 9. Bubblegum Bitch 10. Starring Role 11. Obsessions 12. Valley of the Dolls 13. Sex Yeah 14. Primadonna 15. Shampain 16. Hollywood 17. Radioactive 18. Fear and Loathing
Encore: 19. Teen Idle 20. How to Be a Heartbreaker
There's been a lot of hype about Icona Pop lately, with some music publications claiming they will be the next big thing in pop music. They're a Swedish female duo, they both sing and they both DJ. They were really energetic and put on a really solid performance and they had a lot of fans there in the audience too. This was probably one of those few shows where the opening act was just as popular as the headliner. I definitely will have to check out the rest of their music. I thought "I Love It" sounded so familiar... turns out it was used as the theme song to Snooki & JWOWW. That's why. :X
I wasn't really a huge fan of Marina & the Diamonds, but the tickets were relatively cheap ($27) and my friend who saw her in Seattle told me that I had to see her, and so I did. Prior to listening to her latest album, I really only knew her from her single "Primadonna", which was okay (and a minor Top 40 hit). I later realized that I actually heard of her before. I once saw her video for "Shampain" on PunchMuch a couple years ago, which was one of the sister channels of MuchMusic in Canada. It was an homage to "Thriller", but about drinking. And the spelling of the song title was memorable.
I didn't realize she was that popular, but she managed to sell out two shows here. And they're not just randomly kids who went because they have nothing to do, most of the crowd were singing to ALL her songs. Her audience was mostly females and gays, which I guess isn't surprising, because she is kind of a pop diva, even though she doesn't dance at all. She was a really good performer though. Her voice was stunning and consistent. Her style of music was interesting... it was like 80s/early 90s pop, but again with a really good voice. I definitely appreciate her a lot more now that I've seen her perform.
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Post by blahblahblah on Dec 1, 2012 12:21:05 GMT -4
Ever since moving to New York, I hate shopping on weekends, let alone Black Friday! Not to mention, I actually had to work that day. I wish I had known KidRobot had an online sale, or else I would have jumped on it. I ended up shopping online only, and I bought Dance Central 3 for Xbox 360 Kinect $15 from the Microsoft Store, a Cuisinart Ice Cream Maker for $20 (because, why not?) and from Amazon.com, CDs from Frank Ocean and Alex Clare for $5 each, a USB thumb drive and a bunch of < $10 Blu-rays.
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Post by blahblahblah on Dec 1, 2012 3:37:55 GMT -4
Sam Sparro - Nov 30, 2012 Webster Hall, New York, N.Y.
1. We Could Fly 2. The Shallow End 3. Yellow Orange Rays 4. Let The Love In 5. Clingwrap 6. Sally 7. Happiness / Happiness (The Magician Remix) 8. Shady 9. Shades Of Grey 10. Sick 11. Paradise People 12. I Wish I Never Met You 13. Black And Gold
Encore: 14. 21st Century Life
I don't think I've ever seen that many African-American gays in one setting before, it was such a fun crowd! The opening act was Jessica 6. I didn't realize it was a band until I looked them up just now, as the lead singer was singing and dancing with two back-ups, and the other two band members were off to the side. I thought they were just a touring band. The lead singer was dressed up like a drag queen (and I guess danced like one too), her voice was a bit inconsistent, but their style of modern disco with R&B was very interesting. Her and her two dancers were really working it.
Sam Sparro has such a stunning voice, it's a shame that he hasn't been gotten much success aside from having "Black And Gold" feature in movies, TV shows, DJ Hero 2 and a Grammy nomination for Best Dance Recording. But man, he could sing! Songs spanned from both of his albums. His new album has much more of a funk influence. He definitely got the crowd dancing. Probably one of the best $20 shows I've ever been to.
Next week I'll be closing off my concert year with Marina & the Diamonds w/Icona Pop (12/6). And in the new year, I'll be seeing Purity Ring (1/11), Green Day (1/16 - will probably be postponed based on Billy Joe's recent meltdown and rehab stint), fun. (2/2), Passion Pit w/Matt & Kim (2/6), Lady Gaga (3/6) and Muse (4/15).
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Post by blahblahblah on Nov 23, 2012 18:12:56 GMT -4
I don't know much from Matt and/& Kim (just "Cameras", really, along with the ability to know it's them if I hear it), but I really want to see those fellas, if only to see how well they pull off the Ben Folds "extremely white dudes tryin' to be street" act. I didn't realize it before I read this but every track I've heard from them could be transformed into a hip-hop track with not too much work. Plus your writeup is a good sell. They're really your typical post-gentrification Brooklyn white kids. A lot of their songs definitely have heavy hip-hop influences, which isn't surprising, considering they rely mostly on a synthesizer and drums. Hell, they even have a song featuring both Soulja Boy Tell 'Em and Andrew W.K. on the same track! What really got my attention is their ridiculously awesome music videos, including one where they strip completely naked in the middle of Times Square in February ( www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJkymylTNU4) and a guerrilla style video where they put on impromptu performances in various busy places all over New York ( www.youtube.com/watch?v=6hz8fuw5adc). I already got tickets to see Passion Pit and them on Feb 8. Damn those Taco Bell Doritos Locos commercials have gotten me to like them.
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Post by blahblahblah on Nov 16, 2012 3:01:21 GMT -4
Matt & Kim - Nov 15, 2012 Terminal 5, New York, N.Y.
1. Block After Block 2. It's Alright 3. Let Me Clear My Throat / Red Paint 4. Grand 5. It's A Fact (Printed Stained) 6. Good Ol' Fashion Nightmare / Jump On It 7. Tonight 8. Now 9. Turn This Boat Around 10. Silver Tiles / Niggas In Paris 11. Yea Yeah / Better Off Alone 12. Cameras / Move Bitch 13. Ten Dollars I Found 14. Overexposed 15. Daylight 16. Let's Go 17. Lessons Learned
Encore: 18. The Next Episode / Good For Great
Opener was Oberhofer, who were okay. They had some really good songs so they have potential, but they weren't very consistent. I would listen to them again though.
Matt & Kim were incredibly entertaining and adorable. Kim kept jumping up on her drums set to get the crowd going whenever there's a break on the drums. They talked between almost every song with a lot of fun banters. They also were playing around by mashing-up other songs in between verses of their own songs, including some hip-hop songs, as I indicated on the setlist. Sometimes in between songs, they would do a bit of a dance break by playing some hip-hop track, and Matt would do this one dance he knows and it was very white. It sorta resembled the Soulja Boy.
I feel like I'm getting too old to be in the pit for any non-21+ shows now. I think I should start going to the balcony if I attend any more non-21+ shows. So many annoying and obnoxious goddamn high school kids. A fight almost broke out when Matt threw a t-shirt into the crowd (which isn't even signed!), and a guy beside me fainted after he took one hit off someone else's joint. Ugh. Damn spoiled Upper West Side kids.
Overall, great performances, and no lame encores!
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Post by blahblahblah on Nov 6, 2012 2:56:46 GMT -4
[spoiler text=Shiny Toy Guns - Nov 5, 2012 Santos Party House, New York, N.Y.] 1. Wait For Me 2. Rainy Monday 3. Carrie 4. Ghost Town 5. Somewhere To Hide 6. Starts With One 7. Jackie Will Save Me 8. Mercy 9. If I Lost You 10. Stripped 11. Waiting Alone 12. Le Disko 13. Chemistry Of A Car Crash 14. Frozen Oceans 15. Don't Cry Out 16. Ricochet! 17. Speaking Japanese 18. Rocketship
Encore 19. Major Tom (Coming Home) 20. Fading Listening 21. You Are The One
This was originally scheduled for Oct. 30, but was postponed to Nov. 3, then Nov. 5 due to Hurricane Post-Tropical Storm Sandy. The PATH (rapid transit between NJ and NY) is still not running, so the band actually offered to pick fans up from Hoboken to New York, so they wouldn't have to deal with paying cab fares. How cool is that?
The venue is actually owned by Andrew W.K., and it was tiny. I read online afterwards that its capacity was 600, but it certainly seemed smaller than that. I was surprised though, I thought they were a bit bigger than that, especially in a place like NYC.
Unsurprisingly, their second album was barely represented in the setlist with just the singles and "Frozen Oceans" (which was truncated, anyway). Carah just doesn't have the same vocal style to sing on Sisely's tracks. It just didn't sound right especially during the screaming parts of "Ricochet!" Clearly, "We Are Pilots" have been their best album, and the crowded reacted accordingly. Overall, a solid show. MNDR was awesome again, I'll have to buy her album now. She's got that electro-pop style, which I dig. She was being a bit of a diva, which wasn't really that bad. She refused to continue playing until her mic was fixed, and she responded to someone at the front heckling her. She even took a guy's cell phone away, because he was on it while she was on playing. Amazing.[/spoiler]
Openers: COLOURMUSIC (I missed), Static Summer (bad), MNDR (good)
Coming up for the rest of the year: Matt & Kim w/Oberhofer (11/15), Sam Sparro (11/30), Marina & the Diamonds w/Icona Pop (12/6)
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Post by blahblahblah on Oct 16, 2012 1:31:17 GMT -4
[spoiler text=Santigold - Oct 13, 2012 Roseland Ballroom, New York, N.Y.] 1. GO! 2. L.E.S. Artistes 3. Lights Out 4. Say Aha 5. Get It Up 6. Hold The Line 7. Disparate Youth 8. This Isn't Our Parade 9. Anne 10. The Riot's Gone 11. I'm A Lady 12. The Keepers 13. Creator 14. Freak Like Me 15. Starstruck 16. Brooklyn Go Hard / Shove It 17. Fame 18. Big Mouth Encore: 19. Look At These Hoes[/spoiler] Opener was MNDR, which was a surprise because they never announced who it was gonna be. I have heard of them before, when they sang on Mark Ronson & The Business Intl.'s "Bang Bang Bang" and I love that song. Although I'm not sure if I like the fact that I'll have to see them again later this month when they open for Shiny Toy Guns. I'm not even a huge fan of Santigold, but she put on a great show. She had her signature 2 emotionless dancers doing very unique jerky dance moves with a dancehall influence. The thing that really impressed me the most is that maybe half her songs (especially the ones produced by Switch or Diplo) are driven by samples or synthetic instruments, and she could have easily copped out and got a DJ to spin a backing track while she sings over it. Instead, her band actually tapped out the samples to all her songs live. She was full of energy, despite of style of lack-of-caring vocals. She manage to keep the energy going even on the more mellow songs, which a lot of artists aren't able to, and annoying people start talking over them. The show may have been cut short, because she took over an hour to come out, and when she left before the encore, she quickly returned and mentioned, "They told us we don't have any time to play games!" [spoiler text=Silversun Pickups - Oct 15, 2012 Terminal 5, New York, N.Y.] 1. Skin Graph 2. The Royal We 3. Bloody Mary (Nerve Endings) 4. Simmer 5. Gun-Shy Sunshine 6. Substitution 7. Mean Spirits 8. The Pit 9. Three Seed 10. Panic Switch 11. Dots And Dashes (Enough Already) 12. Lazy Eye Encore: 13. Make Believe 14. Out Of Breath 15. Well Thought Out Twinkles [/spoiler] Openers were Atlas Genius and Cloud Nothings. I really liked the former, and really didn't care for the latter, although apparently both AV Club and Pitchfork have been praising the hell out of them. The rest of the crowd didn't get them either, not to mention they were an odd pairing with Silversun Pickups. I want to like them, because they were jamming a lot between songs, but the vocals were just bad. Silversun Pickups were amazing. The last time I see them was 2 years ago when they opened for Muse, but I didn't realize that Brian was such an entertaining character! He was pretty hilarious and really got the crowd going. Nikki has been temporarily replaced on tour, because she's pregnant. Nonetheless, it was a solid performance.
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Post by blahblahblah on Oct 3, 2012 23:54:49 GMT -4
[spoiler text=M83 - Oct 2, 2012 Hammerstein Ballroom, New York, N.Y.] 1. Intro 2. Teen Angst 3. Reunion 4. Sitting 5. Year One, One UFO 6. We Own The Sky 7. Steve McQueen 8. Wait 9. Graveyard Girl 10. This Bright Flash 11. Midnight City 12. My Tears Are Becoming a Sea Encore: 13. A Guitar and a Heart 14. Kim & Jessie 15. Outro 16. Couleurs Openers were Sun Airway, and I didn't think they were anything special. The venue was really weird, the setup was like a play theatre, with balconies and mezzanines. They had different sections of "General Admission", all priced the same but I guess you get assigned to the section depending on when you bought your ticket. The floor had no seats, and I was on the mezzanine which had seats, but they were unassigned. The setup sucked for the opener, because it felt like I was watching other people watching the concerts. For the main show, it was fine though. The crowd wasn't very good, there were way too many Jersey bro-types. Some guys were obviously tripping out. However, the show still rocked. I was wondering what the setlist was going to be like, because I only just recently listened to their pre- Hurry Up, We're Dreaming material, and they were really different. A lot of their songs had much more of an ambient sound, but they didn't really play that. The band was really solid, and I think sounded much better live than on their albums. They had a really high production value light show with lasers, a sax player (well I guess they had to, for "Midnight City", duh), and even a string section. Well worth the rather high ticket price ($57), for a non-stadium show.[/spoiler]
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Post by blahblahblah on Sept 29, 2012 0:28:26 GMT -4
[spoiler text=Two Door Cinema Club - Sept 28, 2012 Central Park SummerStage - Rumsey Playfield] 1. Sleep Alone 2. Undercover Martyn 3. Do You Want It All? 4. This Is The Life 5. Wake Up 6. You're Not Stubborn 7. Sun 8. Spring 9. I Can Talk 10. Costume Party 11. Next Year 12. Something Good Can Work 13. Handshake 14. Eat That Up, It's Good For You
Encore: 15. Someday 16. Come Back Home 17. What You Know
Openers were Guards (who I didn't think were very good, at all) and Friends (they were okay).[/spoiler]
Coming up: M83 (10/2; I probably won't be able to recognize most of the songs), Santigold (10/13), Silversun Pickups (10/15), Major Lazer (10/27; this will probably be a DJ set), Shiny Toy Guns w/MNDR (10/30), Matt & Kim w/Oberhofer (11/15), and maybe Sam Sparro (11/30)
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Post by blahblahblah on Sept 11, 2012 12:28:41 GMT -4
62 45 PSY Gangnam Style 465 135 330 5.325 Bwaha... oh dear.
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Post by blahblahblah on Aug 17, 2012 18:14:40 GMT -4
Sleigh Bells at Converse City Carnage - Pier 63, Hudson River Park
1. Demons 2. Crown On The Ground 3. True Shred Guitar 4. Kids 5. End Of The Line 6. Born To Lose 7. Comeback Kid 8. Straight A's 9. Leader Of The Pack 10. Tell 'Em 11. Treats 12. Infinity Guitars 13. Rill Rill 14. Never Say Die 15. Riot Rhythm 16. A/B Machines
Mr. Dream, Jel and Rye Rye opened.
Coming up: Two Door Cinema Club (Sept 28), M83 (Oct 2), Major Lazer (Oct 27), Matt & Kim (Nov 15)
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Post by blahblahblah on Jul 11, 2012 1:25:29 GMT -4
Neon Trees tonight, again.
1. Moving In The Dark 2. Teenage Sounds 3. Sins Of My Youth 4. 1983 5. Mad Love 6. Weekend 7. Your Surrender (Acoustic) 8. Trust 9. Lessons In Love 10. Love And Affection 11. In The Next Room 12. Animal
Encore 13. I Am The DJ 14. Everybody Talks
Pretty similar setlist from last time with songs switched around. I was still impressed, although I hate going to 16+ shows. It may as well have been an all-ages show. :rolleyes: Coming up, a free show from Sleigh Bells (July 21) and M83 (Oct 2).
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