Post Show Banter >>>>

K8teebug wrote:

Julian, wrote:
If anyone was on the fence about Hum on Tuesday do yourself a favor and get a ticket. Concert of the year contender. So effing good.

Where are they playing?

930 tonite. I saw them at kings in Raleigh.

Hum was good.

Failure was better.

StoneTheCrow wrote:
Hum was good.

Failure was better.

I liked the whole show. Nothing was excellent as an opener for this. I really enjoyed the heavy riffing of Hum. Failure was spot on, no doubt! Really healthy crowd for a Tuesday night!

I didn't want to spoil the setlist in case anyone didn't want to know but here's what we got in Raleigh:

Afternoon With The Axolotls
The Pod
Iron Clad Lou
Stars
Suicide Machine
Comin' Home
Isle of the Cheetah
Green to Me
Inklings
I Hate It Too
—-
I'd Like Your Hair Long
The Scientists

It was a fun show.  I was not feeling that great, so I bounced after twenty minutes of Failure (I did enjoy what I heard though).  Hum were awesome (bucket list).  Nothing was sweet. 

Personal highlight:  I Hate It Too

Julian, wrote:
The Scientists

they did a Coldplay cover?

sweetcell wrote:

Julian, wrote:
The Scientists

they did a Coldplay cover?

No, I mistyped. They played a cover of Guided By Voices' I Am A Scientist.

Julian, wrote:

sweetcell wrote:

Julian, wrote:
The Scientists

they did a Coldplay cover?

No, I mistyped. They played a cover of Guided By Voices' I Am A Scientist.

I really thought that was a T.Dobly cover?

Sidehatch wrote:

Julian, wrote:

sweetcell wrote:

Julian, wrote:
The Scientists

they did a Coldplay cover?

No, I mistyped. They played a cover of Guided By Voices' I Am A Scientist.

I really thought that was a T.Dobly cover?

No, you're thinking of Video Killed the Radio Star.

my face still hurts from laughing at jim gaffigan @ wolf trap wednesday night.
his opener ted alexandro was great as well, his music teacher/classical radio DJ material was too true and his web show is really funny.
took a while to get out of there, but worth it.

Went to see the Crue/Alice Cooper on Friday night. Oh. My. God. Bar none the most elaborate stage setup I've ever seen in my entire life. Colored flames, pyro, Tommy Lee's drums on a rollercoaster, robotic arms that swing Nikki and Vince over the audience, a flaming pentagram…absolutely ridiculous, over the top, and amazing. Even if you can't stand their music (and really, they're not a great band…but that doesn't stop them from pretending to be, and almost succeeding), it's one of the best bangs for the buck I've gotten from a concert. $49 for a bird's eye view, and you really didn't want to be too close to all the pyro. Plus, for being 67, Alice Cooper is a show-stealer. His band are a powerhouse and his set was the jewel of the evening. They ripped through 13 songs and it's everything you would hope or want. I'd have to add that he's a fine example of the benefits of golf and clean living. I'd put Alice up there with Iggy Pop in terms of sheer vitality and proving that you can be in retirement age and still look and sound like a much younger person. (Well, Iggy looks like a chewed-up dog toy, but he's still pretty strong as hell.) Anyway, I laughed til I cried, and I'm beyond happy that I went to see this. For as much as I stand by my statement that Wire was the best concert I've seen this year, this is a top 10 for sure…maybe a top 5. I've never seen anything like this, and I doubt I ever will again. Spectacular.

Phish - Night One:




Phish - Night Two:

Lyle Lovett and Large Band were really fun on Friday night at the Trap.

Hot August in Baltimore County was, well, really too hot. Punch Brothers were troopers without their Bass player. Adam of the Counting Crows has really figured out a way to strip all of the joy out of his repertoire. Pigeons Playing Ping Pong were a funtime, and Bagley knows them!!!

Anyone else make it to Royal Headache?  They were a blast. Didn't care for any of the opening acts, tho.

No copies of the new album, unfortunately. That was a bummer.

I dug Royal Headache and Young Trynas. I didn't like the other two.

There was an, unusual, smell at the show last night.  Vas and I both noticed it, azaghal didn't.

Did you smell anything?  I am blaming it on the Sheer Mag fans…

Royal Headache were excellent. Young Trynas were fun (full disclosure: I have a friend in that band)

Sheer Mag are great at sounding like Thin Lizzy but I don't need to hear a young-ish band that sounds like Thin Lizzy in 2015. I'd rather just listen to Thin Lizzy.

I really enjoyed Windjammer. My first time at Pier6 - couldn't have asked for better weather.  I got there right after gates opened - there were like 10 other people.  Spent the next few hours just chilling by the water until my friends showed up.  I had seats, but a large group of my friends had lawn tickets, so I just went back and forth between the two.  I guess the only downside was not being able to get close (seats suck) - but everything did sound better under the pavilion compared to the lawn.  I did end up drinking too much - $6 "happy hour" beer prices until 7pm may have had something to do with it.

I also enjoyed Windjammer. Got there around 4:30p. Hung out before at Union Brewery which was a lot of fun too. Weather was great. Thought it was great sets by the three headliners. Never thought I would like a guy named DJ James Nasty but I have to give him credit – he got a bunch of white people to dance unabashedly awkwardly in a pavilion.

Was a little surprised from my vantage point in 204 how empty the concert seemed until about the middle of Beach House. Seemed like a lot of people bought tickets only for Future Islands (or maybe they were hanging out with Haggis? on the lawn until then).

Unfortunately I was too sick to go to a festival Saturday (and still too sick to go to work today)… I am pretty bummed out that I missed it.  Thankfully I had seen all the artists on the lineup that I wanted to see, already (everyone but Beach House) and some more than once.  I am more bummed that I missed a primo chance to hang with Julian than missing the music.