This week rollcall

hutch wrote:

DotTheEyes wrote:
I loved, loved (x10) the Spiritualized show last night.  They are a top-ten band for me, and this was my first time seeing Pierce and his band live, and it completely met and shot beyond my expectations.

Maybe the best show I have attended at the 9:30 Club.

whoaaa nelly someone still basking in the afterglow!

nice!

well it was spiritualized…so it's possible he is still tripping  ;)

Possibly - Terrence Hannum/Richard Youngs at BC Backstage on Tuesday
Probably - Hampdenfest to see Celebration, Raindeer, and Roomrunner on Saturday.  I plan on bringing my girlfriend's teenage brother to it (it will be his first ever show).

nah, sorry, just took the two– to be honest, I thought the show was good except for the two backup singers, who were routinely off-key and/or not blending at all with Jason Pierce.  Granted, he's not the easiest person to harmonize with, but their vocals were so grating to me that it had a negative impact on my enjoyment of the show.  I thought the songs they did without those two were the best parts of the set (and notably, my two videos deliberately did not feature the backup singers).

Yada wrote:

showlistdc wrote:
Spiritualized videos from 9:30 show:

nice, anymore?

either savages or the comet ping pong show tomorrow.  opinions are welcome.
and black cat anniversary friday night

for me this week:

Tue - either Savages or Richard Youngs (depending on set times, I might try to do both)
Thu - maybe Borracho/Corsair @ the Pinch
Fri - Black Cat show (yay for David Yow!)
Sat - Black Cat show

gotta say this has been the longest dry spell in concerts i can remember..

luckily things will be kicking back up soon…

showlistdc wrote:
Tue - either Savages or Richard Youngs (depending on set times, I might try to do both)

Ill say hi if you are at Youngs!  It should be fairly early (8 pm doors, only two artists. Also both will probably play relatively short sets).

Edit: Oh the 930 show is fairly early too… You probably can make Savages then to Young while skipping Terrence's set.  I am mainly going for Terrence.

Usually autumn is jam-packed with absolutely tons of shows that I'm dying to see…but it seems like there's a bunch of bands skipping DC this year. Was hoping My Bloody Valentine wouldn't be one of those bands too, but you can add them to the Arctic Monkeys, Peter Hook, The Stooges, etc.

Richard Youngs then Scout.

stevewizzle wrote:
either savages or the comet ping pong show tomorrow.  opinions are welcome.
and black cat anniversary friday night

killsaly wrote:

showlistdc wrote:
Tue - either Savages or Richard Youngs (depending on set times, I might try to do both)

Ill say hi if you are at Youngs!  It should be fairly early (8 pm doors, only two artists. Also both will probably play relatively short sets).

Edit: Oh the 930 show is fairly early too… You probably can make Savages then to Young while skipping Terrence's set.  I am mainly going for Terrence.

Richard Youngs plays for a while.

post hopscotch shows in DC this week

The Rosebuds
Majical Cloudz
Richard Youngs
Scout Niblett
Califone

I'll probably hit Richard Youngs again and definitely Scout Niblett.

Every band on your list was at Hopscotch!

yeah but only saw one of the five I mentioned.

also going to the Black Cat anniversary shows Friday/Saturday.

I know who you saw! Just commenting on the amount of post-Hopscotch bands touring through DC this week!

azaghal1981 wrote:
Richard Youngs plays for a while.

Not sure why i was thinking he would play 40 minutes or less…

Can't believe that was the first time I've seen X. I swear, I've had tickets for their last three or four DC-area shows, and missed every single one.  Good stuff…those guys are the real deal.

Blondie was pretty blah after, I thought…but that's a tough act to follow.

nkotb wrote:
Blondie was pretty blah after, I thought…but that's a tough act to follow.

unfortunately I agree…It was fun to see her, but it was pretty boring and the mix pretty muddy
I did really like Atomic and the other guitarist was kicking the jams pretty hard
I really didn't like the new songs at all

Sidehatch wrote:

nkotb wrote:
Blondie was pretty blah after, I thought…but that's a tough act to follow.

unfortunately I agree…It was fun to see her, but it was pretty boring and the mix pretty muddy
I did really like Atomic and the other guitarist was kicking the jams pretty hard
I really didn't like the new songs at all

I'm not too sorry I left for Blondie then. I saw them in 1997 and I'm glad I checked that box, but after X I just wanted to eat some dinner. I enjoyed X tremendously and thought that after the first few songs they really put on what was one of my favorite shows I've seen them do. Great setlist. Nice choice of tunes from "Under the Big Black Sun", which is the LP I go back to the most.

azaghal1981 wrote:
Richard Youngs then Scout.

stevewizzle wrote:
either savages or the comet ping pong show tomorrow.  opinions are welcome.
and black cat anniversary friday night

that's a hike!  i'm shying towards savages. never heard of richard youngs… will give him a listen today.

I was real tempted by that Blondie/X show but couldn't muster the energy to do it because I saw X with the Fags about 7 or 8 years ago and they were incredible and then again with the Rollins Band about 3 or 4 years ago and they were pretty awful

Blondie is just not that good live..they never where!

and lets remember Debbie Harry is 68!

its nice to see Clem Burke… he's a really good drummer actually.. has even drummed for Bob Dylan…