I'm worried that the audience behavior and demographics will be more interesting than Death Grips' performance.

You make a good point. #noided

Mega stoked for BJ. #Bonnaroo

Stoked about going to TBD Fest in Sacramento! Pretty Lights, Chromeo, Chance the Rapper, Tears for Fears, Death Grips, Cut Copy, Glitch Mob, etc!!

I got 20% off too using my friend's promo code! Code is CALASIAN for anyone else who wants to use it.

The Robert Cray Band on 6-11-15: Only my second time seeing him. First time was in May 1989 on the 'Don't Be Afraid Of The Dark' tour. Looking forward to it.

Rush on 7-27-15 ( :tramp:) ! Can't wait! By contrast, 'R40' Live' will be my 16th time seeing them. Every tour since 1984's 'Grace Under Pressure'. Wouldn't miss it for the world!

Robert Cray is great. Saw him open for Clapton in the 80's. Killer.

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Don't know most of the groups on here but the ones that I do know make me quite excited for this one. The ones I don't know are probably great too since it seems to be mostly local experimental acts (wish I had known about it earlier so that I could play).

+1 on Robert Cray, dudes a great showman. I'm seeing Rush on the 12th, day after tomorrow. I've been seeing pics and hearing about the tour from people on FB that are in different parts of the country. Yesterday, a friend who was working one of the shows posted a pic of them, saying they were currently playing Jacobs Ladder. It's making me moist.

Going to see Hozier tonight with some friends. Not really the kind of music I'm typically into, but the ticket was free and there will be alcohol.

Seeing Yoni Wolf and Senergeti next month. :love:

Free Hozier is better than just staying home.

Stan Ridgway is so awesome live. Bet it will be a great one.

Gross. :yikes:

What's the problem?

Hosier is rather hideous. Beyond that not much.

I'm REALLY going to try to make it to these in the next couple days...

Moon Hooch - 6/13
Run The Jewels - 6/14
The Helio Sequence - 6/17
Wolf Alice - 6/18
Jaga Jazzist - 6/20
OM - 6/21
Creepoid - 6/23 (already bought tickets to this)
Giant Squid - 6/25
Blind Idiot God - 6/30

Besides Creepoid, I plan to see at least three of these. Which ones is the question.

Moon Hooch, RTj, and OM would be my choices. All great live shows from what I've heard/seen.

You'll love it, man. He puts on a great show. Just make sure you're familiar with some of his deeper cuts if you want to get the best experience.

Run The Jewels is a bit pricey but I've never been to a hip hop show so I would like that to be my first. I agree with the others. They're the cheaper ones too.

Just found out I got a job in Colorado so I don't have to move. Now I have to get all those tickets for Red Rocks shows I have passed up. Starting with Wilco. Yes, I love good Dad rock.

OM is incredible live.....

just saying :)

Yeah. I'm going to try to make it to this. It's cheap as f*ck and it looks like I won't be making Run The Jewels tonight.

Well if you're missing RTJ (bummer) and you still want to hit up three shows I'd go see Giant Squid or Jaga Jazzist.

Treasure Island Music Festival | October 17-18, 2015 | SF, CA

^seriously considering this....mainly just waiting for people to say...."ill go with you"

Run The Jewels and Drive Like Jehu areb the main reason i want to go

Im going to Foo fighters on Friday :) cant fing wait for that one :D

Finally back from Bonnaroo, and let me tell you, shit got weird.

First Night: saw Unlocking The Truth, heavy metal band consisting of 3 young black boys aged 14-17 from Brooklyn that are absolute prodigies. Talked to the drummer for about 20 minutes. These kids are signed to Sony Records for Christ sakes! Never seen so many crowd-surfers at once too. Then stayed at the same tent, saw Strand Of Oaks which I'd never heard their music before but goddamn did they put on one hell of a show. Might be my favorite show of the weekend. The intensity, the crowd, it was truly something unique. Listening to their last record as I write this. Then stayed for Iceage which honestly I was disappointed by, they only did songs from their last record. I yelled out New Brigade and the singer and guitarist gave eachother a nervous look :laughing: Saw the Growlers, frontman of the week. Now this is where it started to get difficult to go on. I'm watching Courtney Barnett waiting for Mac Demarco, and I've been up 40 hours at this point, no sleep. I start nodding off knowing quite well I need to go back to camp, so I crowd surfed the fuck out of their during her set. Went to the tent, drank 3 beers and passed out. Although I know couldn't physically do it, I'll always regret missing Mac Demarco.

Second Night: Saw Against Me!. Laura rocked my damn face off, didn't expect less. Moshed a bit. Then Alabama Shakes, that big ladies got some serious sass, and soul. Then, KENDRICK fucking LAMAR. The dude had us standing at attention, he hypnotized the whole fucking audience. I shushed this one chick for talking when he was :laughing: and she did!:rofl:From there, I ran from the main stage to This Tent and caught Run The Jewels, naturally. Glad I did. Then to cap the night off, caught Flying Lotus. He's doing this whole LED transparent screen thing in front of him that shows really trippy visuals, it blew my mind, and I wasn't on drugs, I promise.

Third Night: saw a lame band called Trampled By Turtles, then saw an even lamer band called Hozier, made my way to the front of the crowd at the main stage and witnessed My Morning Jacket do their mothafucking thang. Headed to Slayer after and destroyed my body in that pit. Nobodies been in a real mosh pit until you've been in a fucking Slayer pit. Blood, sweat, and anger was all I could smell afterwards. Stayed at that tent to see D'Angelo & the Vanguard. D'angelo was well over 30 minutes late after it should've started but I'm so glad I stayed 'cause he put on the funkiest, grooviest, most far out show I've ever been too. Not to mention I was front row.

Fourth Night: stayed at the main stage all day, caught Twenty One Pilots just so I could get a good spot for literally every band afterwards but actually was pleasantly surprised by the band, they put on a fantastic set. Then of course, Spoon. Very lo-key, but still amazed at how some of their songs sound much different live than recorded. They sounded great, also the guitarist seemed legitimately manic as well. Loved it. At this point I'm front row for Florence & the Machine and Billy Joel so I was very happy. Florence put on an energetic set, running through the crowd and hopping about on stage. Her ankles certainly healed up since Coachella. Dat voice too, hot damn. And last but nowhere near least, Billy Joel. Played the hits, revolving piano, brought out this dude named Chainsaw to sing Highway To Hell as Billy played guitar, so many goddamn glow sticks being flung around. Solid set that was. 358 days left till Bonnaroo 2016. Best 4 days of the year.

^Insanely jealous you got to see Growlers and AM!, sucks you missed Demarco. I was supposed to see him back in April but lost my ****in 80$ ticket. I know them feels.

I'm there. It's supposedly a bitch to get to if you don't have a car though.

I'll probably see Dead Meadow tomorrow... just a jammy space psych rock band.

Edit: AND Kendrick and Flying Lotus and RTJ?? Jelly.

You were at a music festival and you weren't on drugs? I just don't understand your approach, man. And Slayer moshpits, holy hell are those ****ing intense. When I saw them I took three percocet beforehand not to get high, but so that I could be a crazy mother****er in the pit and also to be able to drag myself out of it at the end without collapsing in pain. Though I didn't notice for obvious reasons, I put some permanent damage in my shoulder that I used as an excuse to get a medical marijuana card (thank you Slayer).

RTJ, Spoon, and Lamar sound like great shows. Saw The Growlers at a house party (they're local) and they put on a great show. They got really experimental at the end of the set that I saw, with the guitarist beating the **** out of his reverb box and the drummer throwing his sticks at his drums while the singer wailed. Reeeeeeaaaaalllllyy different from their studio albums.

Glad you had fun man.

hmmmm....i thought about that....it seems to me to be basically impossible to get to if you don't have a car....lucky i have one :)

None. Is that, like, blasphemy here?

It's horrible man, missing Demarco. The whole point of seeing those 5 bands before Mac was to see fucking MAC. Couldn't tho.

Thaaanks Frown. Drugs aren't my business, unless we're talking about the potent, and of course Jim Bean. I dropped acid and ate shrooms last year at Bonnaroo and honestly, wasn't worth my money. Except possibly the shrooms for Kanye West, that was so worth it. The color of his skin started to turn purple. Also the Growlers look like dudes I could totally fucking hang with.

Caught Death Grips in Vancouver on Saturday, Commodore Ballroom, bizzare show. No opening act, they just played Fashion Week in its entirety over the speakers before their set. The audience was absolutely feral, more aggressive than the vast majority of metal shows I've been to. Outrageously primal atmosphere, dark red stage lighting only for the entire hour and a half set, breath and smoke sifting around Ride's skeletal silhouette as he frantically paces back and forth, stirring the audience like a viscous mob. The stage straight up looked like the gates of Hell. Terrifying.

Their performance was fantastic, all three of them were on point, maximum energy and effort.

How much was your ticket?

Around $30 after taxes.

Well, it's official. I have a new favorite band.

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Creepoid - Cemetery High Rise Slum

Saw Creepoid last night at their album release show. Blown away would be an understatement. I'm going to go see them Saturday as well. They're playing an acoustic set at Vintage Vinyl in Fords, NJ.

I can't get over how amazing they were. It's like a time machine where I'm transported back to the 90s with romantic shoegazey fuzz rock. I love them so much.

probably seeing Hundred Waters, Son Lux, Loscil and Ben Frost tonight. Godspeed tomorrow. really pumped about loscil and frost as they are both amazing, seen hundred waters before and love them and theyre playing in a church so why not. don't really know son lux but theyre just kind of a placeholder until the loscil show.

might also see oxbow and lightning bolt after godspeed tomorrow as well 8)

punk show friday. viet cong, drive like Jehu and television play Saturday during the day and th night is still up in the air woop woop

How are you not breaking out in hives over excitement? Have you seen Godspeed yet? Prepare your soul and bring a good pair of earplugs. They loud.

First off: **** you. Second: have fun man, that sounds like one hell of a lineup.

oh im stoked. never seen them before but ya gonna need earplugs, went to ben frost without them and good lord that was a mistake.

hundred waters were god damn amazing again. somehow better than before. they dance remixed Caverns which was awesome, and would just go on tangents of mashing their instruments as loud as they could during the set. it was amazing. blew me away. plus the church is just a great venue. cant wait to see godspeed in it.

son lux wasn't that great but w/e. didn't really like the guys voice. it was like muse if they were electronic.

loscil was great as expected. just an entrancing show. didn't even realize it was over until he was off stage. ben frost probably blew my eardrums in a good way. everything was shaking. couldn't walk straight. 100% recommend seeing this guy live it was incredible atmosphere. solid start to the festival, probably already better than last years.