i saw shrinebuilder saturday!!!!!

[magiclawnchair]

yeah, its a few days late but i saw SHRINEBUILDER on saturday. twice!!!

they played two shows at the empty bottle in chicago. 8pm with rwake and 11pm with yakuza. both opening bands were decent, but fuck me, shrinebuilder kicks ass. i really liked the album but after seeing them play it i cant stop listening to it. they are like OM on steriods with awesome guitars!!! al and dale together are as tight as can be and i can never get enough wino... oh yeah, scott kelly is good too!!!

if you have a chance to see them do it!!!

wino with ebow 11-14-09


al and dale 11-14-09


wino's board.....


sorry for the crappy iphone picks, but its better than nothing....

have a great day!

[Dexterecus]

You have no idea how much I wish to be you...

[Lesniak]

You're iPhone pix turned out better than mine. I wasn't too enthralled by Rwake, but Yakuza impressed.

Wino was pretty damn cool between sets - out front talking to anyone. Very cool pair of sets!

[nad]

8pm with rwake and 11pm with yakuza.

I still haven't heard Shrinebuilder (I'll get to them some day), but HOLY LIVING FUCK I need to catch this tour if it comes out my way. Um. If it's even a tour I suppose. Perhaps not. Either way. I love those two bands. Ahem. Yes. Quite. Rather. Indeed. Etc. Plus, I mean, you know, Wino is pretty much the most amazing dude ever. Well, one of the most amazing dudes ever. Top 25 material really.

[Lesniak]

I only see one (European) date on their calendar for 2010, and they have one track streaming at their myspace page: http://www.myspace.com/shrinebuildergroup

[Bellyheart]

Who...

[brummy]

i was listening to a shrinebuilder album today. not to be a dick or anything buuuuuut do they sample Om or did they just rip them off really bad? i dunno, maybe i listen to too much music, but i heard a lot of melvins and neurosis in there and to be honest id rather just listen to neurosis

[Lesniak]

[Enoch-Fox]

Members

Scott "Wino" Weinrich: Guitar/Vocals - The Hidden Hand, Spirit Caravan, Saint Vitus, The Obsessed
Al Cisneros: Bass/Vocals - Om, Sleep, Asbestosdeath
Scott Kelly: Guitar/Vocals - Neurosis, Tribes of Neurot, Blood and Time
Dale Crover: Drums - Melvins, Altamont, The Men of Porn

[magiclawnchair]

You're iPhone pix turned out better than mine. I wasn't too enthralled by Rwake, but Yakuza impressed.

Wino was pretty damn cool between sets - out front talking to anyone. Very cool pair of sets!

hey you in chicagoland lesniak???

rwake had a woman screaming and playing some keys...

yakuza was LOUD!!!! the guitarist was playing a sexy transparent blue sg that was sexy and LOUD!!!

I was a bit pissed as the LP sold out before the end of the first show...

I really really really hope they make another album some day!!!

[brummy]

Members

Scott "Wino" Weinrich: Guitar/Vocals - The Hidden Hand, Spirit Caravan, Saint Vitus, The Obsessed
Al Cisneros: Bass/Vocals - Om, Sleep, Asbestosdeath
Scott Kelly: Guitar/Vocals - Neurosis, Tribes of Neurot, Blood and Time
Dale Crover: Drums - Melvins, Altamont, The Men of Porn

Oh so it's a supergroup that likes to reference themselves. weirdbeard.

[Lesniak]

No - not in Chicagoland, I'm in the Springfield area. I rolled up to catch the shows with my brother in law (who came in from Ft. Wayne). Felt kinda hipster by drinking at Exit the night before.

Finally caught WIno - I was at the first two Templars of Doom Fests in Indy and was all excited to see Place of Skulls - right after Wino left (still a good set, but...). I had tix to see Mastodon w/ Hidden Hand opening at Pop's in St. Louis : show canceled due to Mastodon getting an opening slot for Iron Maiden in Europe.

Anywho, Rwake was, imho, dull. Enjoyed the prog & experimental Yakuza stuff more than the screeching vocal part.