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Battles were absolutely fantastic last night. Haven't seen them for a few years, so glad to end that drought.
I didn't care for La Di Da Di as much as their previous records, but they are still tight as a group and bring it live. The new songs translate very well live.
I had work, as was worried I wouldn't get to the show in time. After struggling with parking for 10 minutes, finally find a place and make it to the venue. Less then 3 minutes of arriving, Battles takes the stage. Whew! Only real complaint of the night was they only played for an hour and ten minutes.
Few minutes into the show, felt a tap on my shoulder and it was EAP!
Even with my elevated view of the stage, I'm still amazed by how Battles create their sound live. There is so much looping, it's crazy. Would love to sit down with them and just geek out on some of the stuff.
Post by abefroman1 on Oct 15, 2015 10:26:59 GMT -5
Chance the Rapper last night was wonderful. If you thought his Bonnaroo show was fun, his new tour is all that and more. A great mix of 10 days, Acid Rap, Surf and he even threw in his verse from Action Bronson's "Blue". The Social Experiment is so tight, and the video animations and light show were on point. Chance was as energetic as always. The show was in a decent sized theater (approx 5000), it sold out Kansas City the same night there was a baseball playoff game 5 just a few miles down the highway. Felt like an arena show packed into a theater. He is a hell of a performer. Even if you casually like his music GO to the show, the songs really come alive with the Social Experiment backing him.
Post by abefroman1 on Oct 15, 2015 10:33:30 GMT -5
Oh and because of the crowd, I firmly believe that next time Chance plays Bonnaroo it will be either What Pre-headline or Which LN. Not many acts can sell out Kansas City on a weekday. The ones that do end up on top lines of festivals in other cities.
Post by theeimportance on Oct 15, 2015 11:33:30 GMT -5
If possible, do yourself a favor and see the mighty DUNGEN. My god can they play! They released what is probably my favorite or second favorite album of the year, but live they're a whole 'nother level. If you like psych music (especially Innerspeaker-era Tame Impala), rock, 60s, jam, blah blah blah SEE THEM. The fact they're playing like 200-500 person venues this tour (and probably every tour before) is an insult to these amazingly talented musicians.
Quilt are opening a good number of their shows too. Great Boston based band, sound like Buffalo Springfield and Gram Parson-era Byrds.
My only regret was that I had to leave before what I think wold have been an encore because I was gonna shit my pants. But luckily, according to setlist.fm they didn't do an encore so I guess it was a good choice to bail.
As of late: Mutemath - Amazing (OPENER) Quiet Entertainer - Solid, fantastic considering he is also is a deaf DJ) TVontheRadio - Decent (OPENER) Boots - Terrible Thee Oh Sees x2 - Always a rage good time (except the sinus infection I got from all the dust picking up)
Oh and because of the crowd, I firmly believe that next time Chance plays Bonnaroo it will be either What Pre-headline or Which LN. Not many acts can sell out Kansas City on a weekday. The ones that do end up on top lines of festivals in other cities.
I would personally like to see Chance over throw Kanye in the hip hop relevancy category. Chance brings a vibrant, bright, crowd-loving show. True entertainer for the people. Im not betting on it because Kanye's roots are deep.
Post by congratulations on Oct 17, 2015 17:33:10 GMT -5
Saw Mac Demarco last night in Atlanta, venue was dope, got front row!!!! Openers were rad as fuck, and this show was my favorite yet!!! So fucking cool!!! Plus I met him. So, life = made.
2017: 2/24 Twenty One Pilots 4/1 Radiohead 6/7 Glass Animals 9/10 Modest Mouse 9/21 Arcade Fire 9/29 Kings of Leon 10/3 Foster the People 10/17 The xx 10/22 LCD Soundsystem 11/8 Bon Iver
I saw the funky Meters with Irma Thomas and Allen Toussaint for free at the Crescent City Blues & BBQ Festival this past Saturday. The sit ins were really good, but the encore was the highlight, with Hey Pocky Way>Ain't No Use
Saw Kenny Neal and Swamp Dogg before the Meters and they were good.
Chill vibe in Lafayette Square off St. Charles in NOLA. Lotsa dildos there so we had to relocate a couple of times. Like, a few minutes before the Meters this crew of loud mouth young Chad & Ashley preps set up right on top of us, like trying to put their blanket on top of ours and take our space. Who the fuck does that? Wayyyy too close, then they started yapping nonstop. We moved to an open area then had a crew of 14 year old girls literally try to sit at our feet while we are dancing all over the place. "Nah, move". Had some drunk fat guy fall on my gf trying to set his beer down basically on top of her bag? wtf is wrong with people at shows these days?
Once we got away from said dildos we had an amazing time.
The Feyoncé and I saw Paul McCartney on Saturday for the first time ever. Not much I can say that hasn't been said a thousand times before, but it was pretty incredible. My only complaint would be some members of the audience. Like, obviously Macca's going to attract an older demographic, but if you're telling people to sit down during Hey Jude, you can fuck off back to your care center. Other than that, it was an amazing experience.
So Jaz, how was your Chance experience? The smile in your FB pic says it was everything you dreamed of
I was excited for you yesterday, know how much you love Chance!
It was great! This was the fourth time I've seen him (not including the Superjam), and he still brings out an incredible amount of energy. Towards the end of the show I was only two or three people back from the rail so it was great to finally get to see him up close.
The meet-and-greet was a little underwhelming. It was really just giving Chance daps and a hug and having your picture taken with him all in the span of five seconds before moving on. It was pretty impersonal and there was no talking with him, but that might have been for the best because it kept my pants clean.
5.5/four tet, daphni b2b floating points, avalon emerson 5.12/neil young 5.19/mannequin pussy 5.21/serpentwithfeet 5.25/hozier 6.12-16/bonnaroo 6.28/goose 6.29/goose 9.17/the national + the war on drugs 9.23/sigur ros 9.27-29/making time 10.17/air
Post by 10goldbees on Oct 23, 2015 22:04:03 GMT -5
I saw Wet and Tobias Jesso Jr the other day and it was excellent. I've been really digging Wet for a few years now so it was great to see them. I actually am more familiar with them than Jesso Jr but I liked TJJ's album so I figured it was worth a shot.
Well TJJ and his band was awesome. He had a few brass instruments on top of the traditional piano, bass, guitar and drums. They kept it suuuuper loose the whole night. He was talking with the crowd the whole time, did a bunch of covers, came out to the Curb Your Enthusiasm theme, etc. The highlight was definitely at the end of the show when they kept doing the end of Crocodile tears in the various formats--late night band, metal band, ska band, etc. They played so long that the venue told them "One more song" around midnight.
So basically go see this tour if you can. I definitely got my money's worth.
I saw a great new band, Seratones, at a tiny no-cover bar recently. They just released their first single on Fat Possum records and have been getting some attention from NPR. They've been opening some dates for St. Paul and the Broken Bones and Houndmouth
If the Black Keys, Alabama Shakes, and Fly Golden Eagle are your thing, you should definitely check out this band. They definitely rock.
I heard the Seratones on BBC6. Great new band that I hope blows up. Easily could be a Bonnaroo Thursday or New Music Lounge act considering they are from the south and are connected to some Bonnaroo vets.
Literally just got back from the first show of Kendrick Lamar's Kunta Groove Sessions tour in Atlanta. Needless to say it was incredible. It was incredible seeing Kendrick finally perform TPAB songs and incredible seeing him play such a small intimate venue. There were two really big surprises for me, one was how rowdy the crowd was. Here I am expecting more to "groove" than to mosh. This was not the case and I'll get a little more into that later. Second was him performing GKMC songs. I don't think anyone really expected that. He opened up with an awesome jam that led into "For Free" which led into "Wesley's Theory" and then I think a portion of "Institutionalized" and then all the sudden "Backseat Freestyle" comes out of nowhere. I think the general conscious of the crowd was like "wooaahhhhh!!! okay then I'm happy with this also!".
I camped out 4th in line at around 2:45 today. Predictably there were some line crashers and people getting in with their friends like 30 minutes before doors. So I went from being 4th to like 11th, and then when I got in they had already let in VIP. So instead of getting that rail like I expected, I was like 6th or 7th row back. But that was okay....it didn't kill my vibe. First off was some random DJ, which is almost to be expected at a lot of rap shows. He played some "bangers" and everyone proceeded to mosh sorta, or whatever you consider a cluster of people jumping up and down and into each other. I gotta say though, this part of the show was really awkward. Mainly because here's this guy playing music and yelling "Are ya'll ready to see Jay Rock!?" and instead of transitioning into Jay Rock's set, the DJ plays his last song and the lights come up. Effectively killing all of the energy created while we waited another 20 minutes for Jay Rock. Jay Rock came out, and no surprises in his set really. Just him and his DJ (a different DJ) performing and the crowd nodding their heads along to all of his songs. Unfortunately at no point in the night did I get to hear Jay Rock's verse on Money Trees. He didn't do it in his set, and he didn't do it when Kendrick performed Money Trees. Oh well.
Then there was Kendrick. Oh the amazingness that was Kendrick. Him and his band sounded great of course. The TPABF songs sounded great and there were a lot of really cool extra moments of the band playing some really awesome stuff. As I said before, he didn't just perform TPAB like most people expected, but I think he did perform every song off the album. He also performed the hits off of GKMC (Backseat Freestyle, Money Trees, M.A.A.D City, Swimming Pools and Bitch Don't Kill My Vibe). Nothing off of Section 80 unfortunately. It was basically just like seeing what should be a normal Kendrick show but in a much smaller venue. Which I guess brings me to the slightly disappointing stuff. While his band was good, they still weren't doing anything too complex. There weren't any backup singers or any live horns like we've seen on his late show performances. All of the singing parts were still backtracked. It really made me think that he could have just done that show at Bonnaroo and all of his festival shows this summer. I guess he really didn't have time to rehearse a lot of it, but the show he did tonight could have still worked. It was also a little sad to hear him say on stage that he'll probably never perform a lot of these TPAB songs again. Especially at the end when he turned to his band and said "this might be the last time we ever perform this, so lets kill this shit" and proceeded to perform "Alright". I really refuse to believe he'll never perform "Alright" again after this tour, but it was sad to hear him say on stage that he most likely will not be performing a lot of these songs again (minus the other Kunta Groove Sessions tour dates). But yeah that was my experience. The crowd was definitely rowdy during Kendrick, lots of jumping, moshing ect. I don't know if that's how all of the crowds are going to react, but it kind of makes me happy to see that this is basically normal at rap concerts now. Anyways yup that's how it was. I've also definitely acknowledged "Alright" as being one of my favorite songs of all time.
I was at Kendrick too. That show was incredible. It was absolutely the show everyone was hoping to get after hearing TPAB. I don't have much else to add besides that his stage presence and performing chops were seriously improved from the last time I saw him. Basically it was a freaking blast.
Oh and I don't know if I've ever seen a crowd go crazier than the Alright encore. I feel like my feet didn't touch the ground for the whole song.
He played last night in New Orleans. That sold out immediately because it was at The Civic which only holds 1000-1200 people. I was at Bob Moses, but I knew a couple of people going before they headed over to Suwanee. Here is the paper's write-up which agrees with what you guys are saying. The only error is they mentioned Florence Welch was in attendance from "Arcade Fire." C'mon man!
Kendrick Lamar's performance at the Civic Theatre in New Orleans sold out in a flash. And that, the artist said, was exactly what he intended.
Sidling onstage Wednesday (Oct. 28) through the slats of a clear vinyl backdrop, awash in red neon light, Lamar's entrance was almost as understated as the news that he'd be in New Orleans in the first place.
When the concert was announced just a week ago, the approximately 1,200 available tickets sold almost immediately. The big idea behind the quick announcement and small setting? Do everything possible to make sure the people inside that venue are there for the right reasons.
"I think it's been damn near two years since I seen y'all, New Orleans," he said later, clearly forgetting for a moment his stop at Essence Fest in July. "To see y'all in this fashion, this ... intimate? I've been all the way around the world and back — (performing for) 80,000 or 100,000 people — but nothing feels like my core fan base right here. It doesn't matter if you're black, white, green, yellow, purple, you're a part of the movement."
From the very moment Lamar edged his way onto his stage, dressed simply in a black beanie, black shirt and black pants, the MC from Compton, Calif., conjured images and sounds to illustrate what informs his music.
Rarely standing still, he moved emphatically, beating out the sounds of the band behind him or moving his body to the rhythm of his own syllables. Lamar's voice is evocative, rapid-fire, but nonetheless eloquent.
His audience, filled with a diverse crowd that even included Arcade Fire (Florence & the Machine!) and upcoming Voodoo Fest performer Florence Welch, played its part, responding wildly to the coy smiles and hand-raising directives from Lamar. Like jell-o under our feet, the false floor often bounced hard enough to hit the real foundation below.
The show, the second stop on his "Kunta's Groove Sessions" tour, features a drummer, bassist, guitarist, keyboard player and a DJ, and is aimed at Lamar's diehards. With the 2015 release "To Pimp a Butterfly" as the core of the set list, Lamar's social consciousness was front and center as he and his band blurred the lines between R&B and funk, rap and spoken word. Within a setting that practically ensures the audience knows every word — the effect was powerful.
From the rasping, plaintive sounds of his frustration in "For Sale?" to the silence he used to truncate "Momma," Lamar was in command of his audience, his band, himself.
"This might be my first and last time performing this album only — I want y'all to remember this moment. More than anything, because this album is not only good music, real s--- is there," he said, pausing to talk about the pressure of the music industry and what pushes him through it. "When I was done making this album, I felt like this whole weight lifted off my chest on a personal level, because these past three years have been a complete 360, and the struggle trying to convince myself I had the potential they said I had.
"When you come from a small block in Compton — when you come from a small block in New Orleans — bad s--- will leave you institutionalized no matter where you land. ... You're still stuck seeing all the bodies you seen, all the shoot-outs you seen. When people tell me I'm great, to be 100 percent honest with you, I still believe I'm ... stuck in my city."
Lamar kicked off into "King Kunta," and touched on the last several tracks of "To Pimp a Butterfly," landing on "The Blacker the Berry" before disappearing behind the vinyl curtain.
His band went silent, and as the echoes of Lamar's meditation on violence within and against African-Americans communities soaked in, a cry rang out and a chant started.
The words of Lamar's anthem-like "Alright" have likewise been absorbed and shouted in protests against police harassment and brutality and at "Black Lives Matter" events. At the Civic in New Orleans, they were used to draw Lamar out for an encore.
He re-emerged, and bowed.
"I must say, the other cities got it wrong for their money," he laughed gently. "I've always got a special spot for y'all. I feel like I can relate to y'all with the s--- we've been through. We share the same spirit. The same soul. With that being said, I wanna make sure..."
He played last night in New Orleans. That sold out immediately because it was at The Civic which only holds 1000-1200 people. I was at Bob Moses, but I knew a couple of people going before they headed over to Suwanee. Here is the paper's write-up which agrees with what you guys are saying. The only error is they mentioned Florence Welch was in attendance from "Arcade Fire." C'mon man!
Kendrick Lamar's performance at the Civic Theatre in New Orleans sold out in a flash. And that, the artist said, was exactly what he intended.
Sidling onstage Wednesday (Oct. 28) through the slats of a clear vinyl backdrop, awash in red neon light, Lamar's entrance was almost as understated as the news that he'd be in New Orleans in the first place.
When the concert was announced just a week ago, the approximately 1,200 available tickets sold almost immediately. The big idea behind the quick announcement and small setting? Do everything possible to make sure the people inside that venue are there for the right reasons.
"I think it's been damn near two years since I seen y'all, New Orleans," he said later, clearly forgetting for a moment his stop at Essence Fest in July. "To see y'all in this fashion, this ... intimate? I've been all the way around the world and back — (performing for) 80,000 or 100,000 people — but nothing feels like my core fan base right here. It doesn't matter if you're black, white, green, yellow, purple, you're a part of the movement."
From the very moment Lamar edged his way onto his stage, dressed simply in a black beanie, black shirt and black pants, the MC from Compton, Calif., conjured images and sounds to illustrate what informs his music.
Rarely standing still, he moved emphatically, beating out the sounds of the band behind him or moving his body to the rhythm of his own syllables. Lamar's voice is evocative, rapid-fire, but nonetheless eloquent.
His audience, filled with a diverse crowd that even included Arcade Fire (Florence & the Machine!) and upcoming Voodoo Fest performer Florence Welch, played its part, responding wildly to the coy smiles and hand-raising directives from Lamar. Like jell-o under our feet, the false floor often bounced hard enough to hit the real foundation below.
The show, the second stop on his "Kunta's Groove Sessions" tour, features a drummer, bassist, guitarist, keyboard player and a DJ, and is aimed at Lamar's diehards. With the 2015 release "To Pimp a Butterfly" as the core of the set list, Lamar's social consciousness was front and center as he and his band blurred the lines between R&B and funk, rap and spoken word. Within a setting that practically ensures the audience knows every word — the effect was powerful.
From the rasping, plaintive sounds of his frustration in "For Sale?" to the silence he used to truncate "Momma," Lamar was in command of his audience, his band, himself.
"This might be my first and last time performing this album only — I want y'all to remember this moment. More than anything, because this album is not only good music, real s--- is there," he said, pausing to talk about the pressure of the music industry and what pushes him through it. "When I was done making this album, I felt like this whole weight lifted off my chest on a personal level, because these past three years have been a complete 360, and the struggle trying to convince myself I had the potential they said I had.
"When you come from a small block in Compton — when you come from a small block in New Orleans — bad s--- will leave you institutionalized no matter where you land. ... You're still stuck seeing all the bodies you seen, all the shoot-outs you seen. When people tell me I'm great, to be 100 percent honest with you, I still believe I'm ... stuck in my city."
Lamar kicked off into "King Kunta," and touched on the last several tracks of "To Pimp a Butterfly," landing on "The Blacker the Berry" before disappearing behind the vinyl curtain.
His band went silent, and as the echoes of Lamar's meditation on violence within and against African-Americans communities soaked in, a cry rang out and a chant started.
The words of Lamar's anthem-like "Alright" have likewise been absorbed and shouted in protests against police harassment and brutality and at "Black Lives Matter" events. At the Civic in New Orleans, they were used to draw Lamar out for an encore.
He re-emerged, and bowed.
"I must say, the other cities got it wrong for their money," he laughed gently. "I've always got a special spot for y'all. I feel like I can relate to y'all with the s--- we've been through. We share the same spirit. The same soul. With that being said, I wanna make sure..."
He was cut off. His fans did the talking for him.
"We gon' be alright."
"We gon' be alright."
"We gon' be alright."
Yeah this is basically the exact stuff he said on stage in Atlanta. The crowd starting the "We gon be alright" chant at the end also happened
i saw sufjan last night for the third time on this tour. it was just as beautiful and emotional as when i saw him in the spring. hotline bling was the stuff of my dreams. then i got in my car, and hotline bling was on the radio. i sped across the city to catch the end of big freedia, who also closed the set with hotline bling. and i ran into wannaberoo'ing! i experienced the full range of emotions in a few hours, and got truly draked. it seems like a wise use of several vacation hours from work.
i saw sufjan last night for the third time on this tour. it was just as beautiful and emotional as when i saw him in the spring. hotline bling was the stuff of my dreams. then i got in my car, and hotline bling was on the radio. i sped across the city to catch the end of big freedia, who also closed the set with hotline bling. and i ran into wannaberoo'ing! i experienced the full range of emotions in a few hours, and got truly draked. it seems like a wise use of several vacation hours from work.
Your three Drakes is wild, almost as wild as that bounce party. I blame ncbst3 for everything that happened last night. And she didn't even show. We need to run into each other more often, beebee!
Went to Ben Folds & yMusic last night with /usr/bin/simp (he won tickets and was nice enough to give me the other). Both of us were really surprised at how good it was. The man certainly knows how to put on a show.
Went to Ben Folds & yMusic last night with /usr/bin/simp (he won tickets and was nice enough to give me the other). Both of us were really surprised at how good it was. The man certainly knows how to put on a show.
I was really intrigued by and wanted to catch that set at Bonnaroo. There was just a too many good thinhs going on in that time slot.
Went to Ben Folds & yMusic last night with /usr/bin/simp (he won tickets and was nice enough to give me the other). Both of us were really surprised at how good it was. The man certainly knows how to put on a show.
I was really intrigued by and wanted to catch that set at Bonnaroo. There was just a too many good thinhs going on in that time slot.
I swung by it at Bonnaroo for a minute but didn't really get into it. I think it's a show that was definitely better served by being in a theater setting.
i saw sufjan last night for the third time on this tour. it was just as beautiful and emotional as when i saw him in the spring. hotline bling was the stuff of my dreams. then i got in my car, and hotline bling was on the radio. i sped across the city to catch the end of big freedia, who also closed the set with hotline bling. and i ran into wannaberoo'ing! i experienced the full range of emotions in a few hours, and got truly draked. it seems like a wise use of several vacation hours from work.
Your three Drakes is wild, almost as wild as that bounce party. I blame ncbst3 for everything that happened last night. And she didn't even show. We need to run into each other more often, beebee!
I failed so hard this night...getting old sucks. Glad it was a good show though
Saw Kendrick in Chicago. You all already got the gushing reviews so I won't waste your time talking about that, but I do have to keep harping on the band. I haven't seen many live bands for rap shows, outside of The Roots, that interpreted the production better than those guys did. Unreal.
Side note: I actually felt the crowd reaction was very odd. The mixed tones of some of the songs led to just this general crowd reaction that seemed like it didn't really know what to make of Kendrick's presentation. Didn't ruin the show too much, if at all, but it was just an odd idiosyncrasy of the show for sure.