Just Announced Commentary - 2011 Edition

killsaly wrote:
I only got into them recently and still have only heard "My Father Will Guide Me up a Rope to the Sky".  So, what other albums are must haves?

"Various Failures" is also a good entry point (and I don't usually recommend compilations/b-side collections, but this one is good).

Great Annihilator but I'd start with Various Failures if you're new to them.

Sweet, Ill check those out later.  I dont know why I havent yet. 

It's been said before on here, but it needs to be said again: it's seriously hilarious how anemic the Fillmore Silver Spring's schedule is.

It really is unbelievably weak.

as a montgomery county resident, please remind me how many of my tax dollars went to subsidize this state-of-the-art performing arts facility, which was to attract the most cutting-edge and sought-after artists in order to provide superior entertainment options for the citizens of MoCo and generally serve the public interest?

yeah, thanks.  and yes, i WOULD like a public inquiry into this debacle - why thank you!

Just relax and enjoy the Buckcherry show.

Are they selling tickets though?  The handful of shows I've been to there were all quite full, but I'll admit I have no idea who most of the bands on the schedule are.  I have no idea how well they draw.  I'm sure LN and the MoCo government don't care who's playing, as long as people are showing up and not causing riots.

I wonder if they're having a hard time getting better acts because of being outside of the city?  I've seen a few acts at Strathmore who made jokes about playing "Washington DC Area."

Why would this be the case?

Bombay wrote:

I wonder if they're having a hard time getting better acts because of being outside of the city? 

re: Fillmore.  At the Opeth/Mastodon/Ghost show in May, they were handing out tickets to the Meshuggah/Baroness/Decapitated show a few weeks later.  Both shows were face value $25, and both shows felt pretty full, but I guess they were having trouble selling tickets to the second show.

Also, at Meshuggah, someone in the audience mentioned that they were handing out tickets to the Danzig show a few weeks later, but I didn't see that myself.

I imagine the first thing non-locals think when they hear that a show is in Silver Spring, MD is "Where the hell is that?"  Maybe acts think the draw is better  in a big city rather than a suburb they know nothing about?  I don't know - It was just a random thought.

James wrote:
Why would this be the case?

Bombay wrote:

I wonder if they're having a hard time getting better acts because of being outside of the city? 

Do acts that play spaces the size of the Fillmore and the 9:30 book their own shows?

Seth must just be offering free hotel rooms, hotter hookers, and better blow.

Bombay wrote:
I imagine the first thing non-locals think when they hear that a show is in Silver Spring, MD is "Where the hell is that?"   Maybe acts think the draw is better  in a big city rather than a suburb they know nothing about?   I don't know - It was just a random thought.

James wrote:
Why would this be the case?

Bombay wrote:

I wonder if they're having a hard time getting better acts because of being outside of the city? 

My, how times have changed. Conor Oberst playing Live Nation shows.

showlistdc wrote:
FILLMORE SILVER SPRING
* Wednesday, 1 August 2012 - Static X, Prong, Davey Suicide, and 9Electric
* Friday, 31 August 2012 - August Burns Red, the Color Morale, and Overseer

WARNER THEATRE
* Thursday, 15 November 2012 - Conor Oberst (of Bright Eyes)

6th AND I
* Thursday, 27 September 2012 - Beth Orton
* Tuesday, 30 October 2012 - Xavier Rudd

I highly doubt being outside the city is what is causing acts to not want to play there.  MPP gets bigger acts than either place so there goes that theory.

I am sure it is building relationships with booking agents,  amount of money bands get, potential to be promoted at bigger venues by IMP in the future.  And Live Nation not really knowing what they were doing.  Didn't live nation used to run Rams Head Live?  how did that work out? 

azaghal1981 wrote:
My, how times have changed. Conor Oberst playing Live Nation shows.

showlistdc wrote:
FILLMORE SILVER SPRING
* Wednesday, 1 August 2012 - Static X, Prong, Davey Suicide, and 9Electric
* Friday, 31 August 2012 - August Burns Red, the Color Morale, and Overseer

WARNER THEATRE
* Thursday, 15 November 2012 - Conor Oberst (of Bright Eyes)

6th AND I
* Thursday, 27 September 2012 - Beth Orton
* Tuesday, 30 October 2012 - Xavier Rudd

Well Warner theater is a nice venue.  I remember when IMP regularly booked bands there.  I think that was my favorite place to see a show in DC.

Being out if the city was a concern back in the day. Or at least people claimed it was when I wrote a paper about it in college.

Who knows. I wish I could just laugh at the Fillmore but being a county taxpayer makes it tough.

I don't think bands really care where they play.. they play for money… based on the acts the Fillmore is getting it seems like they're not paying much if at all…  a lot of those shows they are probably not paying anything.. I mean Nayas? I'm glad to see them playing a good sized venue but they are a small local latin rock/reggae band.

It doesn't seem like the FIllmore in Silver Spring is doing much differently from their venue in NYC (Irvign Plaza)… I notice that B52s andn Jesus and the Mary Chain are both playing Irving.. JAMC is actually playing two shows at 45 a ticket… It seems to me that they must have felt it was risky having them play the Fillmore and the 930 mus t have made them a better offer because somehow I don't think the Reid brothers care much about where they're playing although maybe they have fond memories of the 930 club? ….the show has not sold out I believe..B52s is at Wolftrap packaged with Squeeze.

Live Nation seems to have become rather risk averse.. they're just not booking much anywhere.. not at Jiffy Lube, not at the Warner and not at the Fillmore.. not at the Irving Plaza in NYC etc.

There must be something in the water, as it's been awhile since I've been excited by a number of upcoming shows at once.  Maybe some of my favorite bands all got together to ensure I left the house more often or something….

Anyways, excited for

Bigger Lovers in Philly
Saint Etienne
Ash
Sloan
Carl Craig

and several broken link CAPTCHs on the ticketsalternative site was really getting on my nerves today..

You can catch a free Yo La Tengo show in Philly tomorrow before the Bigger Lovers show…

kosmo wrote:
There must be something in the water, as it's been awhile since I've been excited by a number of upcoming shows at once.  Maybe some of my favorite bands all got together to ensure I left the house more often or something….

Anyways, excited for

Bigger Lovers in Philly
Saint Etienne
Ash
Sloan
Carl Craig