This week rollcall

killsaly wrote:
A couple maybes…
Multicult/Psychic Teens/A Guide to Rational Living/Seaton XOXO at the Crown tonight
Danny Brown on Sunday

I ended up skipping these two to go to Mazzy Star/Psychic Ills for free (thank goodness it was free, Psychic Ills were great but I was not impressed with Mazzy Star and left 30 minutes into their set).

Only one this week: Animal Collective on Sunday!!! I finally get to see them this year (I was one of the ones with a ticket to the first of the three summer 930 shows, the one that the club lost power at before they could play and we all got refunds).

killsaly wrote:

killsaly wrote:
A couple maybes…
Multicult/Psychic Teens/A Guide to Rational Living/Seaton XOXO at the Crown tonight
Danny Brown on Sunday

I ended up skipping these two to go to Mazzy Star/Psychic Ills for free (thank goodness it was free, Psychic Ills were great but I was not impressed with Mazzy Star and left 30 minutes into their set).

Only one this week: Animal Collective on Sunday!!! I finally get to see them this year (I was one of the ones with a ticket to the first of the three summer 930 shows, the one that the club lost power at before they could play and we all got refunds).

oh no! what was wrong with mazzy star… i wish i could have gone

isn't hope sandoval as beguiling as ever?

on a mazzy star related topic i just found the lp by opal…its snazzy

He is just not a fan and The Fillmore gave Joe a shitton of extra tickets.


Os Mutantes were a lot of fun. It sounded like the current band had been constant for a while. They were tighter than I imagined they would be. Faithfully played everything I was hoping to hear and the new stuff was decent although I'm not rushing out to get the new record. They could've done with a little less jamming; 90 minute set could've easily been paired down to 70 but that's a minor gripe. I'd catch Capsula again if I were to have the chance. Killer Argentinian space rock that very easily won over the crowd.

What was wrong with it…  Nothing really, I just didnt like it.  I thought it was incredibly boring and I even commented to showlist during the first song that I didnt think I could take more than 30 minutes of it (I think I was there for 40).  It was fine, but it just didnt appeal to me.  I am sure a lot of people had the opposite opinion; Joe and Emmanuel both thought it was amazing.  Joe told me I would have liked the end, when they cranked it up a bit,  but it was too little, too late at that point - as I was already at my house by that time. 

(and as Az said, I am not a fan, and that set did nothing to turn me into a fan)

How did it sell? I was a little surprised they played there. Thought it was too big.

killsaly wrote:
What was wrong with it…  Nothing really, I just didnt like it.  I thought it was incredibly boring and I even commented to showlist during the first song that I didnt think I could take more than 30 minutes of it (I think I was there for 40).  It was fine, but it just didnt appeal to me.  I am sure a lot of people had the opposite opinion; Joe and Emmanuel both thought it was amazing.  Joe told me I would have liked the end, when they cranked it up a bit,  but it was too little, too late at that point - as I was already at my house by that time. 

(and as Az said, I am not a fan, and that set did nothing to turn me into a fan)

oh i see…well mazzy star is not a band to go see if you're not into that type of music..you'll fall asleep of boredom

i kind of like it though…..just have to be in the mood…. i think its called "slowcore" for a reason! :)

I do like some of that type of music (like Low).  I didn't, however, like Mazzy Star live.

to be fair, killsaly had already planned to leave early even before they went on stage…

I understand leaving before a headliner band you don't care to see. I've done it before.

killsaly wrote:
I do like some of that type of music (like Low).  I didn't, however, like Mazzy Star live.

well that is unacceptable!


kidding kidding.. ;D

Vas wrote:
to be fair, killsaly had already planned to leave early even before they went on stage…

I planned on leaving early only if I didn't like them.  If I was enraptured by their music, I would have stayed. 

hutch wrote:

killsaly wrote:
I do like some of that type of music (like Low).  I didn't, however, like Mazzy Star live.

well that is unacceptable!
kidding kidding.. ;D

You do not like Low?

Anyways, anyone else going to Animal Collective? 

azaghal1981 wrote:
How did it sell? I was a little surprised they played there. Thought it was too big.

It was very full.  It would've sold out 9:30.  I think Lincoln or Strathmore would've been a better venue– their sparse/dark setup with projections really calls for a seated venue– but the Fillmore was certainly the right size venue for them.  Lots of people talking throughout the set, though.

possibly Temples on Wed @ Dc9. Really like their T.Rex sound.  Hard to believe they are the states with just two UK singles to their name

I was at the Mazzy Star show; had never seen them before, or really even heard much…

But I really enjoyed the show, and was very happy to have attended.

One funny thing…I was upstairs (stage Right) standing next to the VIP seated areas. There are video monitors there. 2 out of the 3 monitors that I could see went into standby screensaver mode during Mazzy's set; My guess is that the image coming from the video feed was so dark and unchanging that the software detected that there was no signal? Is that possible?

this week for me:

tonight - caspian / 65daysofstatic
tomorrow - agrimonia
friday - maybe fates warning

Hardly any talking from where I was standing (about 15 feet away center). I can imagine lots of talking in the back?  I was quite afraid of a walk out but overall, great respectable audience.  She did make a hand gesture in the middle of the set to someone who was taking a picture with flash…

I was too young to see them in 96 and I'm glad I finally got to see them.
Great setlist, too…Halah and Blue Flower were my favorites.
Audio recording coming soon…Emmanuel recorded the whole set.

Vas wrote:
Hardly any talking from where I was standing (about 15 feet away center). I can imagine lots of talking in the back?  I was quite afraid of a walk out but overall, great respectable audience.  She did make a hand gesture in the middle of the set to someone who was taking a picture with flash…

I was too young to see them in 96 and I'm glad I finally got to see them.
Great setlist, too…Halah and Blue Flower were my favorites.
Audio recording coming soon…Emmanuel recorded the whole set.

Yes, in the middle the crowd was quiet, more than I expected for this type of venue.

I was not too familiar with Mazzy Star, but I liked the show and the type of music. Can't say I really have favorite songs in the set. I like Low very much as well, although I think they are rather different except for the slow aspect. What I want to see is a Bedhead reunion :)

Still a bit sad I missed Os Mutantes, but I am pretty sure I heard before all the older tracks that they probably played this time.

No shows this week, in fact until Goblin and Dinosaur Jr. in December.

Since Goblin is an "early show", I thought I could probably make it to Howe Gelb later. But now I see that his show was removed from the Iota calender (?). It is also not on his calender.

Did you get your Dinosaur Jr ticket?  It sold out a couple of days ago…

killsaly wrote:
Did you get your Dinosaur Jr ticket?  It sold out a couple of days ago…

Yes, I got this one early  :)

Nice, I will see you there!

I might add in a Saturday show this week and go to the WINT3RFR3$H party at Metro Gallery (Amber Valentine, DDM, Lemz, James Nasty).