This week rollcall

tune-yards did two shows in one night on a saturday and she and her band went on at 10:30 pm for the late show, doors at 9. I'm hoping M83 will play more than an hour.

P.S.: Active Child sucks

gosh if M83 plays hour long sets then never mind

joe: late show.

i have no idea how long M83 will play for, but based on that schedule they'll only have an hour or 1:15 for the early show.  if they play longer than that, then the second show will start later than scheduled.  i certainly hope they play for more than an hour. 

obviously they don't have the same time contraint for the late show, hopefully we get a longer set ;D  i forget how long their set was on the last tour.

i might have an extra for the late show.  i most likely won't know for sure until friday.

Yeah this.


I would say the late schedule will look like this. 9:00 doors, 9:45 Active Child, 10:45-11 M83, 12-12:15 end of show.

Darth wrote:
Historically, shows at the Black Cat tend to start later and end later on Fridays, like 12:00 or 12:15, because the Metro runs later. I suspect there'll be a longer gap between the openers and M83 in the later set. I'd be surprised if M83 took the stage before 10:30.

If anyone has extra ticket to M83, please PM me.

W/R/T last tour, I am not quite sure on the exact length of the show but I wanna say it was on the shorter side. I was able to catch it all and make it in time to the Velvet for The Homosexuals.

I'm getting excited for Boris on Saturday. I have not seen Liturgy yet so that will be cool as well. Anyone else gonna be there?

I started the week with plans only to go to the Little Dragon show on Sat. 10/29 and possibly the DJ Rekha show that follows it.

Then I ended up seeing Matthew Sweet at the Birchmere last night (a friend won free tickets), and will be catching Medeski, Martin, and Wood with Antibalas tonight.

A busier-than-anticipated week!

Christine wrote:
I started the week with plans only to go to the Little Dragon show on Sat. 10/29 and possibly the DJ Rekha show that follows it.

Then I ended up seeing Matthew Sweet at the Birchmere last night (a friend won free tickets), and will be catching Medeski, Martin, and Wood with Antibalas tonight.

A busier-than-anticipated week!

cool.. i'll be at mmw tonight too.. i usually am around the left side bar facing the stage..p-rob wearing a hat

Saw Wild Flag and Dum Dum Girls last week – agree that Wild Flag was better the first time, both in the actual playing and that the songs were all brand new and were such a delightful surprise.  But I enjoyed the show last week as well.

Then, what the hell was up with the Dum Dum Girls?  I have two albums, music is fun.  Thought it would be a no-brainer post-DC United fun time on a Saturday night.  Man, not the case – no fizz, no energy, no…nothing.  Very disappointing.

Saw Matthew Sweet last night – "Girlfriend" is a great, great album so it was great for me.  Do no like the Birchmere for a power pop show.  I wanted to show more enthusiasm than I could.

Seeing Naked and Famous Friday.  Fingers crossed for a good show.

Then I've got nothing until Joy Formidable/Social D/Foo at Verizon.

Oh yeah, also saw the Wombats and Postelles last Friday.  Early show.  Enjoyed both – perfect for an early Friday show, got my energy up for later Friday night festivities around town.  I'd see the Wombats again…

Anyone catch Portugul. the Man?

nkotb wrote:
Oh man, the only thing worse than wearing a band's shirt to their show is wearing a shirt of their PREVIOUS bands!  ;)

so in this scale, where does bands wearing their own shirts on stage rank?

Bags wrote:
Saw Wild Flag and Dum Dum Girls last week – agree that Wild Flag was better the first time, both in the actual playing and that the songs were all brand new and were such a delightful surprise.  But I enjoyed the show last week as well.

Aw, I missed you, Bags! I was there too, but I didn't see you. I agree Wild Flag wasn't as tight as the first show, but the song they played to end their main set was pretty awesome with Carrie knocking over the mic stand and generally going nuts. That was better than anything in the first show, but the first show was better overall, I'd agree. Splitting hairs though. For my money, these two Wild Flag shows were two of the top 5 shows of the year so far.

It's a proven FACT that only two groups of people can wear their own shirts:

1) Members of hard rock/metal bands.

2) Pro Wrestlers.

sweetcell wrote:

nkotb wrote:
Oh man, the only thing worse than wearing a band's shirt to their show is wearing a shirt of their PREVIOUS bands!  ;)

so in this scale, where does bands wearing their own shirts on stage rank?

xneverwherex wrote:
Fanfarlo @ Mercury Lounge Thurs night.

does anyone know if casiokids has an upcoming dc show this coming weekend? or what is going on thats worth checking out?

This is at Comet if nothing else listed here is your bag.


Saturday, October 29

10:00pm 

Foul Swoops, Wax Idols (HoZac), Terry Malts (Slumberland)

sweetcell wrote:
i might have an extra for the late show.  i most likely won't know for sure until friday.

confirmed, i'm flying solo tonight.  who needs?  selling at cost, of course, but wouldn't object to a thank-you beer ;D (sold)

for those going here are the set times..



BlackCatDC Black Cat
Pay attn! EARLY SHOW: 6:30- @ActiveChild 7:40- @M83music | LATE SHOW: 9:45- @ActiveChild 10:55- @M83music #bothshowsaretotallysoldout

anxiously
awaiting the m83 reviews cause this kid had to work.  :-*

It was a solid show. Songs were played really well. Song selection was not my favorite though. "Teen Angst" was the only thing they played off their best album, IMO. They also played nothing from Dead Cities. Some of the Saturdays = Youth material was reworked/remixed and the new stuff translated really well live though I still have not fully embraced Anthony's new vocal approach. They appear to be going for a big arena rock type sound which would have sounded better in a bigger room. It felt to me like the BC system was not able to do it justice. 930 next time, Seth?

quick recap: these were the first shows of the tour, so there were still working out some of the kinks.  anthony said that the early show was crap, and after their first song they had to stop the show while a roadie came out and fixed a keyboard/cable problem.  the female vocals (morgan) were too loud in the mix for the first few songs, but eventually they got it right.  that being said, it was a solid show.  played a good mix of new & old, with the new stuff sounding good.  if i had left after the main set, i would have though it was a solid show but not top-10-of-the-year material.  the encore, however, was amazing.  not quite mind-blowing, but up there.  morgan's vocals on skin of the night were perfect, and couleurs turned the place into a big dance party.  all the way through i thought to myself, "FINALLY!".  i got my $15's value in those 10 minutes.

setlist:
Intro
Midnight City
Kim and Jessie
Teen Angst
Run Into Flowers
Wait
We Own The Sky
Reunion
Claudia Lewis
Year One, One UFO
Steve McQueen
Outro
Encore:
Skin Of The Night
Couleurs
(http://www.setlist.fm/setlist/m83/2011/black-cat-washington-dc-23d1ac5f.html)

azaghal1981 wrote:
They appear to be going for a big arena rock type sound which would have sounded better in a bigger room. It felt to me like the BC system was not able to do it justice. 930 next time, Seth?

YES PLEASE.  i was unimpressed with the black cat last night.  all in all, it's a very average venue and some things about it are down-right shitty.  the ceiling is too low, the PA is unimpressive, the sight lines are bad unless you're up front, people talk too much, and it feels run down.  last night, the only good thing about the BC that came to mind was the bands it books - if you're into smaller/less mainstream/indie'er/etc bands, then i'd understand one someone loves the BC.  but given the choice between seeing a band at the 930 and the BC, would anyone choose the BC?

saw the early show. occasional stage banter apologizing that they were off.  i guess i didn't notice much, i was pretty blown away by their energy.

would see them again in a heartbeat at 930. agree with the shittyness of BC's sight lines. Thought the sound was good though.

sweetcell wrote:

azaghal1981 wrote:
They appear to be going for a big arena rock type sound which would have sounded better in a bigger room. It felt to me like the BC system was not able to do it justice. 930 next time, Seth?

YES PLEASE.  i was unimpressed with the black cat last night.  all in all, it's a very average venue and some things about it are down-right shitty.  the ceiling is too low, the PA is unimpressive, the sight lines are bad unless you're up front, people talk too much, and it feels run down.  last night, the only good thing about the BC that came to mind was the bands it books - if you're into smaller/less mainstream/indie'er/etc bands, then i'd understand one someone loves the BC.  but given the choice between seeing a band at the 930 and the BC, would anyone choose the BC?