dub wrote:John came down here and did a solo tour with Scott Kelly before Green/Yellow got released (they were actually the first few shows he'd done alone). I really loved some of those songs just acoustic, he has a fantastic voice. But when they recorded them... argh, talk about throwing in everything but the kitchen sink. Still curious about the new one though.
Shellac were fantastic. It was amusing to see a crowd of people who all seemed to think they were the smartest person in the room.
Currently all my GAS money is going into the ROADBURN fund.
Dude. It would be awesome to go to Roadburn.
Why can't somebody do that Converge - Bloodmoon thing here in the states. Fuck. That seems so rad.
Plus Neurosis and Cult of Luna. And a thousand other acts I'd like to see.
dub wrote:John came down here and did a solo tour with Scott Kelly before Green/Yellow got released (they were actually the first few shows he'd done alone). I really loved some of those songs just acoustic, he has a fantastic voice. But when they recorded them... argh, talk about throwing in everything but the kitchen sink. Still curious about the new one though.
Shellac were fantastic. It was amusing to see a crowd of people who all seemed to think they were the smartest person in the room.
Currently all my GAS money is going into the ROADBURN fund.
Yo. Teach me how to buy tickets and I'll buy you a beer or five.
dub wrote:John came down here and did a solo tour with Scott Kelly before Green/Yellow got released (they were actually the first few shows he'd done alone). I really loved some of those songs just acoustic, he has a fantastic voice. But when they recorded them... argh, talk about throwing in everything but the kitchen sink. Still curious about the new one though.
Shellac were fantastic. It was amusing to see a crowd of people who all seemed to think they were the smartest person in the room.
Currently all my GAS money is going into the ROADBURN fund.
Yo. Teach me how to buy tickets and I'll buy you a beer or five.
If it wasn't a grand to fly there. Plus I don't think my wife is into planning a vacation around a sweet ass music fest.
Well, you guys have awesome stuff like MDF, and Neurosis are doing their anniversary show in San Fran with fucking SLEEP and SHELLAC.
I feel immensely privileged that I have been able to see so many of my favourite acts without having to leave the country (including Jason Molina twice before his death). The last ten years have been really great for tours hitting NZ, now that record sales don't mean shit, band's aren't looking at us and going "oh I sold fifty records there, no way I'll tour" (and I have to begrudgingly thank Peter Jackson for stirring interest for people to come too)...
But when it came to that short list of bands I really have to see before I die, I knew getting all the members of Neurosis onto a plane to play a tiny venue at the end of the earth probably wasn't on the cards. I left it too late to sort out my passport when they came through Australia last year, so I knew I had to pull finger for this. Two nights covering their entire discography? At one of the finest festivals on earth, with a bunch of great bands... All I have to do is put the GAS on hold for a few months. The modular can wait. aha
The Cure / Twilight Sad in Montreal in June. I never got the chance in their best years, but it's a band I'll feel just a little more complete for having seen at all.
D.o.S. wrote:It is going to be rad. We should meet up,
I'll be down.
Need to start researching local stuff to check out, my gf has a habit of running off and doing everything by herself. So I will no doubt have the spare time, aha.
daseb wrote:I actually find his guitar playing super interesting but it's in the service of 'emo' that seems super bland and unthreatening, and has had a massive unexpected revival in the last five years here. Didn't really like it at the time, find it baffling now. There's only so many pretty white boys you can see hunched over a telecaster twinkling away before you start wishing for a couple of pimples, a distortion pedal and a song about Nicaraguan death squads or something.
Honest to god, there are people in their 20s in my city who think 'electric pink' era Promise Ring is deserving of a reissue rather than being quietly shelved away in the attic next to the photos of the great uncle who was in the SS.
dub wrote:John came down here and did a solo tour with Scott Kelly before Green/Yellow got released (they were actually the first few shows he'd done alone). I really loved some of those songs just acoustic, he has a fantastic voice. But when they recorded them... argh, talk about throwing in everything but the kitchen sink. Still curious about the new one though.
Shellac were fantastic. It was amusing to see a crowd of people who all seemed to think they were the smartest person in the room.
Currently all my GAS money is going into the ROADBURN fund.
They're playing in Birmingahm in (I believe) early April... IDK if it's even too late to order a ticket... I haven't got enough expendable income to be making plans for trips out of town and shit as it is, tho, and the idea that I'll miss out on this is kind of making me crazy...
I love (luuuurve) old (pre-Harmony Corruption) ND, but new ND sucks. I never really cared that much about le Melvins to begin with. I've seen MB twice, though, and I'd love to see them again. Even if I don't like Nupalm Death, I'm sure they still put on a really good show, and the same goes for Melvins, who I'm mostly just indifferent about. All in all, though, it seems very worthwhile to me for the experience alone, and Melt-Banana make it worthwhile even if I had 0 interest in the other acts. I'm starved for music here in Huntsville as it is. Listening to a friend of mine who lives in Berlin go on about all the amazing events he's too spoiled on the glut of things going on in B-Town to give a fuck about is just, like... ARGH!
The older material just seemed really boring live. This could also be because I worked myself into a really weird headspace and began having an existential crisis while having a beer and waiting for them to play some of the older songs that rock a little harder. (It's been a long day at work).
