Primal Scream roll call

so who is the opener? What are they like?

The opener is Kuroma.  There are sound samples on their (his?) website:

http://www.kuromamusic.com/index.html

The website seems to lack a bio, but I found this article/interview online:

http://www.thetripwire.com/features/2008/10/17/on-the-cover-interview-kuroma/

I'm digging the songs over on the Kuroma website, the band's material will fit in nicely with Primal Scream set.  The mini bio is it's the  project of the bass player who was a foundering member in the Whigs and has also toured with MGMT…

took a look over a few setlists from this tour and it looks to be a great mix…..so i'll be going to this tonight

Seems like a lot of folks are going - are we still sure there are going to be tickets at the door?  Definitely don't want to miss this…

I would be SO shocked if it was even close to selling out. There were maybe 150 people at the Philly show.

bearman wrote:
I would be SO shocked if it was even close to selling out. There were maybe 150 people at the Philly show.

Wow.  That's a real shame.

I guess this is one of the reasons why Pulp, Suede, Manic Street Preachers, etc. never tour the US!

That is sad (re. the Philly attendance)… I remember Primal Scream's show circa "Exterminator" as pretty well-attended.

In fact, there were even noisy meathead types who looked like they would have gladly beaten up the members of Primal Scream in high school, had they been given the chance.

For anyone else looking to catch up on what Primal Scream have been up to since "Exterminator":

Complete discography at discogs.com: http://www.discogs.com/artist/Primal+Scream

Evil Heat - 2002 - sound samples: http://www.amazon.com/Riot-City-Blues-Primal-Scream/dp/B000GRTQXY/ref=ntt_mus_ep_dpt_3

Dirty Hits [best-of compilation] - 2003

Riot City Blues - 2006 - sound samples: http://www.amazon.com/Riot-City-Blues-Primal-Scream/dp/B000GRTQXY/ref=ntt_mus_ep_dpt_3

Beautiful Future - 2008 [apparently no sound samples on amazon.com]

Got wrote:
I liked them better in their Xterminator and Evil Heat days…but thinking about going to this…toss up between this, or staying in Baltimore to see Asobi Seksu.

Asobi Seksu seem to play in this area pretty frequently – who knows when you'll get to see Primal Scream again?

They've cancelled their last few appearances. Asobi, that is.

Christine wrote:
That is sad (re. the Philly attendance)… I remember Primal Scream's show circa "Exterminator" as pretty well-attended.

In fact, there were even noisy meathead types who looked like they would have gladly beaten up the members of Primal Scream in high school, had they been given the chance.

For the Primal Scream show in Chicago at the metro the club was giving away tickets to the show if you were on the mailing list.  Just shows they aren't selling out or selling well for their shows.

Massive show start to finish with the cool bonus of getting to hear the guitarist from Little Barrie as a member of the Scream….  Last four songs, Swastika Eyes, Movin' On Up, Rocks and <draws blank on song title> was fantastic

That was the best closing sequence of songs I've seen in a long while!



Agreed about the whole thing being phenominal, though.
The title you're having trouble thinking of is "Accelerator."

amazing show. Here is the full setlist if anyone is curious (taken from a copy from the stage)

kill all hippies
can't go back
miss lucifer
country girl
jailbird
bomb drops
beautiful future
deep hit
exterminator
suicide bomb
sick city
shoot speed/light kill
swastika eyes
movin on up
rocks
accelerator

got to meet most of the band afterward, talked alot with Barry, very nice guy. all of them were ace folks.

great setlist and great show. they really did blaze through all the songs

had high hopes for this show, but it was a big letdown.  'kill all hippies,' 'swastika eyes,' 'movin' on up,' were great.  the rest of the set was a drag.  the band didn't sound that tight, mani's bass needed to be louder, and the vocals were pretty shite.

all that country/rockability stuff was always going to be boring.  too bad they played so much of it.

wc wrote:

all that country/rockability stuff was always going to be boring.&nbsp; too bad they played so much of it.

uh you don't know much about music, seeing as none of their stuff resembles country or rockabilly… try garage rock ala The Stooges or MC5 or blues rock ala The Rolling Stones.

Awesome show!  Just wished more people had shown up.  It's really a treat seeing a band this good playing a small venue like 9:30.  If anyone wasn't digging the show then…  well, they suck - etc. blah blah blah.
But yeah!  Cool!  Fucking Primal Scream!!  Great set list too!!!