*raises hand*
Hives Roll Call
I'll be there…after having seen a lackluster show in Chicago (Morrissey w/the Killers), I could use something with a little energy.
what was lackluster about it?
Originally posted by bunnyman:
I'll be there…after having seen a lackluster show in Chicago (Morrissey w/the Killers), I could use something with a little energy.
I'm going. I'd like to get there early enough to see at least some of Reigning Sound's set but I'm not sure if that'll happen.
Present
My complaints about the Morrissey show: mainly that it was very downtempo and lacked an energy that is usually there at his concerts. However, a lot of people commented that they had seen him earlier in the year and this was better. Also, a couple of drunks made it difficult initially to enjoy the show. I managed to get away from them thankfully. The highlights were definitely "Such a Little Thing Makes Such a Big Difference", "There Is a Light That Never Goes Out", "I Know It's Gonna Happen Someday" and then they started off "Subway Train" by the NY Dolls and went into "Everyday is Like Sunday". The band wasn't cohesive for the first half of the show, then they got it together though. Nice to see Boz and Gary still on guitar and bass.
Damn. I missed getting tix. Just like last time at the Black Cat. Damn damn damn.
I'll be there along with a gaggle of others, including the entire Exit Clov crew (aren't I lucky). Listened to a promo of the new Sahara hotnights CD, its ok. What's the skinny on Reigning Sound? They worth seeing?
I'll be there with a few friends. Can't make until Sahara – we've got a dinner beforehand.
I've been told to go. So…I should be there - when? Depends on set times…
I'm heading to New York in the morning….hate to miss the show but that's the way scheduling happens!….I was been cranking the new Hives disc all weekend while I was at the beach and it was pretty damn cool….look for then to do their one hour set and leave everyone drained…..have fun!…
Originally posted by Sugartastic Tee Silk:Hope you have a ticket already! Since there are three bands playing, I'm guessing the first one will begin around 8:15/8:30pm with the Hives going on between 10-10:30pm.
I've been told to go. So…I should be there - when? Depends on set times…
Yeah, I'm not expecting more than an hour from the guys, probably closer to 45 minutes.
looks like I'll be there thanks to the generosity of a friend
anyone know if there are parking tickets left? - time for an faq question
anyone know if there are parking tickets left? - time for an faq question
Originally posted by brennser:Just checked on Tickets.com and it appears there are parking tickets left. The sold out message doesn't come up.
anyone know if there are parking tickets left? - time for an faq question
Present…
there there there!!! who's going to don their black and white regalia :roll:
I enjoy this Rolling Stone review because of the capsule explanation of the other garage bands (second paragraph)….
The Hives
Tyrannosaurus Hives
3.5 stars
Originally released: 2004
Universal Music Group
For the stellar garage-rock class of 2002, it's time to show and prove. The Hives blew out of Sweden a couple of years ago, riding the maniac guitar attack "Hate to Say I Told You So," part of a wave of hot young bands giving rock & roll a desperately needed kick in the ass. Like the Strokes, the Stripes and the Vines, the Hives arrived in style. They had matching black-and-white suits, party-commando lyrics, a drummer who must have done time, cheap Detroit-style punk riffs and madman vocalist Howlin' Pelle Almqvist. They also had a killer single: "Hate to Say I Told You So" was a Swedish version of Blur ripping Pavement ripping Big Black ripping the Music Machine ripping the Stones – and an instant classic.
Now the Hives face the same question as their garage comrades: What do you do for an encore? Well, if you're the Strokes, you could streamline your original rhythmic concept on a sharp new bunch of songs and prove yourselves as groove masters. If you're the White Stripes, you could stretch out stylistically, indulge all your sickest pretensions and prove you can get away with anything except letting the drummer sing. You could also get drastically better (the Von Bondies), have your lead singer lose his mind on drugs (the Libertines), try to sell your fans weak outtakes from your first album (the Vines) or attempt a song titled "Hong Kong Fury" (the Datsuns). Or you could just plain suck as bad as any of the new-metal dinosaurs you were supposed to replace (Jet).
But the Hives have a smart strategy: They strip it down beyond minimalism, refining their sound to an elemental buzz and blast with a scientific sense of precision. Tyrannosaurus Hives is so tight and efficient, it makes Veni Vidi Vicious sound almost like it came from a jam band. It adds Devo-like keyboards to the same mechanically engineered herky-jerk riff, set on "stun," for a filler-free half-hour of fast thrills – thirty minutes and five seconds, actually. Almqvist has a violent relationship with the English language, screaming over the top as high-speed riffs such as "Abra Cadaver," "Walk Idiot Walk," "Antidote" and "See Through Head" go slamming into one another like an ugly day at the go-kart track.
The only stylistic departure is a great one – the near-ballad "Diabolic Scheme," a brazenly synthed-up rip of James Brown's "It's a Man's Man's Man's World." Almqvist lets his tortured wail fly ("I had time well spent/I got your mind well bent") over a fake string section and a guitar solo that eerily replicates the sound of the late Robert Quine. Elsewhere, the Hives are more at home just revving the tempo and letting the staccato guitars beat each other senseless, as in the album's finest moment, "B Is for Brutus," which takes less than three minutes to play and might have even taken longer to write. The Hives may be hard-partying rock animals, but from the sound of Tyrannosaurus Hives, they're also a tribute to the precision and power of Swedish engineering.
ROB SHEFFIELD
(Posted Aug 05, 2004)
The Hives
Tyrannosaurus Hives
3.5 stars
Originally released: 2004
Universal Music Group
For the stellar garage-rock class of 2002, it's time to show and prove. The Hives blew out of Sweden a couple of years ago, riding the maniac guitar attack "Hate to Say I Told You So," part of a wave of hot young bands giving rock & roll a desperately needed kick in the ass. Like the Strokes, the Stripes and the Vines, the Hives arrived in style. They had matching black-and-white suits, party-commando lyrics, a drummer who must have done time, cheap Detroit-style punk riffs and madman vocalist Howlin' Pelle Almqvist. They also had a killer single: "Hate to Say I Told You So" was a Swedish version of Blur ripping Pavement ripping Big Black ripping the Music Machine ripping the Stones – and an instant classic.
Now the Hives face the same question as their garage comrades: What do you do for an encore? Well, if you're the Strokes, you could streamline your original rhythmic concept on a sharp new bunch of songs and prove yourselves as groove masters. If you're the White Stripes, you could stretch out stylistically, indulge all your sickest pretensions and prove you can get away with anything except letting the drummer sing. You could also get drastically better (the Von Bondies), have your lead singer lose his mind on drugs (the Libertines), try to sell your fans weak outtakes from your first album (the Vines) or attempt a song titled "Hong Kong Fury" (the Datsuns). Or you could just plain suck as bad as any of the new-metal dinosaurs you were supposed to replace (Jet).
But the Hives have a smart strategy: They strip it down beyond minimalism, refining their sound to an elemental buzz and blast with a scientific sense of precision. Tyrannosaurus Hives is so tight and efficient, it makes Veni Vidi Vicious sound almost like it came from a jam band. It adds Devo-like keyboards to the same mechanically engineered herky-jerk riff, set on "stun," for a filler-free half-hour of fast thrills – thirty minutes and five seconds, actually. Almqvist has a violent relationship with the English language, screaming over the top as high-speed riffs such as "Abra Cadaver," "Walk Idiot Walk," "Antidote" and "See Through Head" go slamming into one another like an ugly day at the go-kart track.
The only stylistic departure is a great one – the near-ballad "Diabolic Scheme," a brazenly synthed-up rip of James Brown's "It's a Man's Man's Man's World." Almqvist lets his tortured wail fly ("I had time well spent/I got your mind well bent") over a fake string section and a guitar solo that eerily replicates the sound of the late Robert Quine. Elsewhere, the Hives are more at home just revving the tempo and letting the staccato guitars beat each other senseless, as in the album's finest moment, "B Is for Brutus," which takes less than three minutes to play and might have even taken longer to write. The Hives may be hard-partying rock animals, but from the sound of Tyrannosaurus Hives, they're also a tribute to the precision and power of Swedish engineering.
ROB SHEFFIELD
(Posted Aug 05, 2004)
me
yep
thanks for the info!
Originally posted by Random Citizen:
Originally posted by brennser:Just checked on Tickets.com and it appears there are parking tickets left. The sold out message doesn't come up.
anyone know if there are parking tickets left? - time for an faq question