Post Show Banter >>>>

Caught the Ottobar show last night.  Arrived late and missed out on most of the first band's set.  Mellotron or something?  Liked what I heard.

Cloud Nothings tore thru their set as usual but Dylan's amp went out late in the set (mid-song) so the rest of the band jammed for what seemed like 10 minutes while he tried to fix things.  He may have been frustrated but I really enjoyed it.

The crowd was surprisingly tame but I blame that on being a Sunday.

Song is called "Wasted Days". The amp went out third to last song and bassist had tantrum…in return the crowd did not ask for an encore.

I'm a fan of the music, the Weird Al-like vocals-not so much.

A Classic Education (the other opener) were great…but very short set :(

StoneTheCrow wrote:

Cloud Nothings tore thru their set as usual but Dylan's amp went out late in the set (mid-song) so the rest of the band jammed for what seemed like 10 minutes while he tried to fix things. 

Sorry to hear about their amp problems last night.  Was it crowded?  I was surprised to hear that they were shocked at the sell out in DC.

K8teebug wrote:
Sorry to hear about their amp problems last night.  Was it crowded?  I was surprised to hear that they were shocked at the sell out in DC.

I was there last night too.  Ottobar maybe half full? (i was at the very front so was hard for me to tell). 

I thought they were great.  Wasted Days was my favourite.    I also thought once or twice that they would lose nothing by becoming an instrumental only band. 

crowd was tame, and all left the second it was over, i agree cause of the sunday thing.

the lead guitarist was very nice after the show too. :)

They were one of the nicest bands I ever met.  I hope they made it to Koco's pub for crabcakes :)

oops…they're closed sunday and monday!  oh well. 

Vas wrote:
Song is called "Wasted Days". The amp went out third to last song and bassist had tantrum…in return the crowd did not ask for an encore.

The drummer started taking his cymbals apart the second they finished their last song.  At that point I knew an encore wasn't happening so I went back and grabbed some vinyl.

Their other guitarist had problems after Wasted Days and I think at that point they'd just had it.  Shame, too, because they were all clearly in great moods at the onset.

I guess it was the bassist's turn to man their merch table - he was nice as hell.  I wanted to give the guitarist grief for stirring up trouble at the Mind Spiders show at SXSW but I just grabbed my stuff and went home.

They were all out after the Red Palace show.  Played all of Attack on Memory and three of their old songs for an encore.  Wasted Days just killed.  Killed!  Crowd was pretty into the show too. 

Plus, the loud muffins shirt is funny and cute.

StoneTheCrow wrote:
Mellotron or something?  Liked what I heard.

Was it Dead Mellotron? He's a cool Shoegaze guy from Kentucky. Have been playing his music on Air Atlantic Underground Radio for a few years now.


I still want to hear (read) about both Alcest shows and A Place To Bury Strangers, even though I know it will drive me crazy.

It was Dead Mellotron.  I see him listed as repping Baltimore now.  As for Alcest; dark, smoky, fuzzy, hard, pretty, melodic, great. I have a few pics I was going to put up later as well.

I missed Alcest but APTBS have improved greatly as a live unit. Only played a few older songs. Most of their material was off the last LP and EP; both of which I am not as familiar. They still do the noise jam in the middle of "I've Waited My Life…" which is still pretty cool.
And Wild Flag were in incredible form. Best DC show to date. Television and Margin Walker covers, four new songs and the whole album.

Yeah - Wild Flag were great. Nice to hear Carrie channel her inner Guy. But they still make me pine for S-K.

did anyone make it to Temper Trap this past saturday?

anyone see Of Monsters and Men?

anyone make it to Oompah Loompah?

Ill throw in a "did anyone make it" as well… Swervedriver?

I was going to go, but then found out they played at 9:00, and it was already 8:30, so I stayed home.  I should have checked earlier, I just assumed they wouldnt play until 11 or so, since it was a Friday night.

Real Estate was fucking awesome last night.  So tight sounding.  New stuff sounds really good.

Guitarist said "Baltimore is always a better crowd than DC for some reason"

i dont know what it is about a band walking on stage to a Grateful Dead song that makes me respect them a bit more.  especially when they dont sound like GD.

sonickteam wrote:
"Baltimore is always a better crowd than DC for some reason"

Ain't that the truth.

Great show.  I thought Twerps were really good, too, tho I hate the band's name.  Nice sized crowd.  Had to be close to a sell out, tho they had tix at the door.

if baltimore is such a great crowd . . . why can't a single band sell out a single show at a single venue?

What does that have to do with the "quality" of the crowd?