Post Show Banter >>>>

First Thursday was hot and buggy, so we only saw Mikaela Davis and Wild Child and a moment of Jackie Greene. Enjoyable, all.

Then, EZTV at Ottobar, who I really liked. Slightly low energy for me, but made up for with catchy guitar and harmonies and a fun Pretenders cover.

Ex Hex was usual goodness. Sprinkled in a few new songs off of the upcoming new record. Joe was kind enough to swipe me a poster off the wall. Met Haggis, as well.

Lindsay/Snailmail was in attendance, and looks exhausted from her worldwide touring/global domination.

TheREALHunter wrote:
The Jesus Lizard show last night…holy fucking shit…26 songs 3 encores, fucking relentless. 

and while it was technically "sold out" I'd be curious as to how many tickets ended up not being used (as of yesterday afternoon there were 60 $6 tickets alone on stubhub in addition to all of the ones selling for more and the Facebook event page had plenty of ticket sale posts) as it was full but not nuts to butts uncomfortably full like most sold out Black Cat shows are, made for a far more enjoyable viewing experience.

Loved loved LOVED this show. Probably my favorite that I've seen. And I saw them at the old club in December 1993. That was great, but this was just unreal. Agreed. Relentless. Shattering. Pummeling. I'd say that they are one of the most underrated bands ever. David Yow is like the bastard lovechild of Mark E. Smith, Iggy Pop, and Jim Morrison when he was drunk off his ass. And I mean that in a very positive way. And so great to finally meet you K8teebug!

Great to meet you as well! Agreed. Was a fabulous show. Really needed that rock and roll in my face.

bearman🐻 wrote:

TheREALHunter wrote:
The Jesus Lizard show last night…holy fucking shit…26 songs 3 encores, fucking relentless. 

and while it was technically "sold out" I'd be curious as to how many tickets ended up not being used (as of yesterday afternoon there were 60 $6 tickets alone on stubhub in addition to all of the ones selling for more and the Facebook event page had plenty of ticket sale posts) as it was full but not nuts to butts uncomfortably full like most sold out Black Cat shows are, made for a far more enjoyable viewing experience.

Loved loved LOVED this show. Probably my favorite that I've seen. And I saw them at the old club in December 1993. That was great, but this was just unreal. Agreed. Relentless. Shattering. Pummeling. I'd say that they are one of the most underrated bands ever. David Yow is like the bastard lovechild of Mark E. Smith, Iggy Pop, and Jim Morrison when he was drunk off his ass. And I mean that in a very positive way. And so great to finally meet you K8teebug!

This is not a band that I'd ever want to sit around the house listening to (and I'd probably have dozens of obscenities directed my way if I did), but your review definitely made we want to see them live sometime. Thanks!

I hit the Stone Throw down in RVA on Saturday. Despite the 90% prediction of rain, it didn't happen.

I arrived a bit late, so missed almost all of the Futurebirds. I heard the last song as I was approaching the venue, but they were off the stage by the time I reached the stage. I liked what I heard, I'll probably check them out at RNR in November.

Next up was Anitibalas. Before that came on, Stone Founder Greg Koch preached to his "Brothers and Sisters in Craft Beer", and then introduced the mayor, who introduced Antibalas by proclaiming, "Ladies and Gentleman, a very popular band, Antibalas." So good of him to give them such a ringing endorsement. Are they even very popular? Anyway, they were very good, first time seeing them and I enjoyed them. They left us with a message to practice "deep unconditional love."

Next up was No BS Brass Band. Upstart locals. Lots of horns like Antibalas, but a different sound. I didn't really care for them, and it made it worse that they had to follow Antibalas.

Finally DBT played. Not my favorite set ever by them, but they were solid as always. Patterson borrowed a line from Patti Smith, telling us the "Love each other, Motherfuckers." and also urged up to "Vote these assholes out of office."

I have to say, there were a lot of unloveable motherfuckers in the crowd. Does everyone in RVA smoke cigarettes? (A thousand people smoking tobacco and not one smell of weed.) Also, drunk, blobby out of shape 20somethings walking up and standing/dancing a foot from your face, even though it wasn't crowded. People swigging their $5 beers from a plastic cup, then throwing the cup on the ground when a recycling bin is 20 feet away. Sorry motherfucker, you don't get my deep unconditional love.

Space wrote:
and then introduced the mayor, who introduced Antibalas by proclaiming, "Ladies and Gentleman, a very popular band, Antibalas."

That's funny.

Space wrote: Does everyone in RVA smoke cigarettes?

I am literally the last person in RVA who does not smoke.

Killing Joke was really fun.  Love Like Blood was a nice treat
Jaz is such a kook, but looked to be having a great time, really getting the crowd amped up
there were some hardcore fans there…lot of young ones too
geordie's guitar sounded great and youth was pounding on the bass
Asteroid was tight
despite all the bordie attendance, I met none

going from a 40th anniversary tour to a 50th tonight with MC5
should go to Paul Simon this week for a 60th anniversary tour

Agreed Killing Joke were great though personally I could have done without the low rent Marilyn Manson wannabe opener.

TheREALHunter wrote:
I could have done without the low rent Marilyn Manson wannabe opener.

SHOTS FIRED, Maryland man’s son!

TheREALHunter wrote:
Agreed Killing Joke were great though personally I could have done without the low rent Marilyn Manson wannabe opener.

got there for the last notes of their set…timed it perfectly

but nothing from Fire Dances? Revelations? Brighter than a Thousand Sus?

that was a big bummer IMO, those and nighttime were in heavy rotation in casa de teenage sidehatch
the bass was tweeked up a bit, I agree…

Standing dead center about 6 people back I thought Youth's bass was a bit overbearing last night.  When Geordie cut through he did sound good, but it wasn't often enough for me. Guess they were having monitor issues lat night?

Setlist was predicatbly heavy on the usual stuff with a couple of curveballs thrown in. Four from the debut but nothing from Fire Dances? Revelations? Brighter than a Thousand Suns? Extremities…..? I think "Asteroid" and "European Super State" may be two of my least favorites over their entire catalog.

Still….glad I went. I've never seen Jaz appear as happy as he did last night.

Julian, wrote:

Space wrote: Does everyone in RVA smoke cigarettes?

I am literally the last person in RVA who does not smoke.

2nd to last person.

betao wrote:
2nd to last person.

No, you do, you just don't know it yet.

I really enjoyed the Killing Joke show but the sound sucked so much. :(

Killing Joke were so so SO GOOD last night. Jaz was remarkably more active as a frontman than I thought he would be; in all of the videos I've seen of shows, he's seems pretty stationary, but not last night. And his demeanor during songs was so intense. Loved the setlist; highlights for me were The Wait, Butcher, Wardance, Asteroid, and Pandemonium. Would like to have seen more from mid-late 80s era, but they've got so much material with only so much time to play, I suppose.

I thought the audience was rather tame; I was towards the front, and was surprised there wasn't any moshing or anything (minus 5 people near the front). Seemed like everyone was just nodding along. It was kinda disappointing, especially when older hits like Requiem and Wardance were played.

Also thought the sound was good, or at least comparable to what I've heard in live recordings. I've been listening to XXV: The Gathering religiously since 2011, and the guitar and bass work sounded exactly like the recording.

I had a blast, and it was worth the eight year/two cancelled shows wait.

Jesus Lizard in Philly was something….feral. I don't think I can unsee what I saw that night. Great show though!

Killing Joke was awesome. I was in the middle, about 5-6 rows back and it sounded lovely to me. The drums were immense! I heard the guitar and bass just fine as well. Jaz was a sight to behold. He looked so happy to be up on stage. He also looked quite daft as well. I was at their Philly show last time around and this show was WAY better! I was also bummed they skipped around their discography as they did that in Philly as well. I love all their records so it is hard to pick tracks but I would have liked to hear something from Democracy and/or Hosannas From The Basements of Hell. The S/T 2003 material fucking rocked though. I am surprised the crowd just stood there stiff. Closing with Pandemonium was rad. I also loved when Youth came out for the encore puffing on some weed and commented how Baltimore has great bud. What a character.

TheREALHunter wrote:
Agreed Killing Joke were great though personally I could have done without the low rent Marilyn Manson wannabe opener.

<PIG> was not my cup of tea for an opener either and he did remind me of Marilyn Manson quite a bit too. I had no idea who he was so I looked into him further and he is a founding member of KMFDM. He still plays with them on and off I guess. He has a long discography and worked with basically everyone in the industrial scene. Who knew! Maybe Manson was influenced by him?

Can confirm.

I'm sad that more people didn't attend MC50, though in the end it was a healthy turnout, but not as robust as it deserved. That being said, what a band. Wayne Kramer didn't disappoint, and I thought everyone else was phenomenal. So happy for Brendan Canty, who got a hero's welcome from the audience during band introductions. All in all, I just loved the show and I love the guys…really lovely, decent, smart people. Bombay, great to see you as always and I'll see you on Saturday!

bearman&#128059; wrote:
I&#039;m sad that more people didn&#039;t attend MC50, though in the end it was a healthy turnout, but not as robust as it deserved. That being said, what a band. Wayne Kramer didn&#039;t disappoint, and I thought everyone else was phenomenal. So happy for Brendan Canty, who got a hero&#039;s welcome from the audience during band introductions. All in all, I just loved the show and I love the guys…really lovely, decent, smart people. Bombay, great to see you as always and I&#039;ll see you on Saturday!

was some serious rocking…Wayne was incredible.  I hope I'm half as enthusiastic at 70!  The band was tight
crowd was small, but fine with me.
Sound was good IMO…but had my earplugs in the entire time

also The Detroit Cobras rocked hard too

Paul Simon was wonderful at Capital One on Friday night.  It delivered every element people might desire in a Paul Simon farewell-tour gig, I thought.  Paul was personable and energetic and brought along an excellent, sprawling band.  He played the big hits (sans "Mrs. Robinson") and a few cool deeper cuts (loved "Can't Run But" in its string-heavy new-album arrangement).

Van Morrison at Jiffy Lube Live…a bit more complex.  He sounded amazing, I thought, but obviously Van is not one for fan service in terms of either the set list or stage banter.  And the people around me (in section 304) seemed miserable, only springing to partial life for "Moondance," "Brown Eyed Girl," and "Gloria."  And many complained the entire damn time re:  the (admittedly ornery) decision to not utilize the jumbo screens.  I wish I sat closer and was able to lose myself a bit more in the show.  But I love, love, love Van Morrison, and he definitely delivered a stirring performance.