What Shows Have You Been To Lately?

**Goofle** · 05-12-2014, 02:15 PM

Saw these in my favourite local (Dog & Partridge) this weekend without any idea they were performing. I don't know the name of the band either, they just started playing when we were in another room and sounded great, so we decided to have a proper look.

Kind of reminded me of Holly Golightly, but also elements of Amy Winehouse. They were genuinely really good. Need to find out who they are.

Also, hot singer and bassist.

Edit: Ohh ohh ohh ohh Shauna Mackin. Twitter is great.

Carpe Mortem · 05-12-2014, 03:51 PM

That Dio tribute I attended was quiiiite tits, good times. There was a band who wasn't at last years whose name escapes me but their vocalist had **** tons of energy and I applaud him. He even got the crowd involved for 'Kill the King' going back and forth. As a drunk person headbanging and at times singing possibly louder than the actual vocalists... I really appreciated it.

I attended another show awhile ago, a benefit for a dude well loved on the local scene who couldn't afford cancer treatment. He regrettably passed away, so RIP. But they used the money to instead send a talented teenager to school for guitar and the kid came on stage with my buddy's excellent band of talented old men. Like a deer in headlights, his eyes haha. It was his first time on stage. But he did really well.

Overall a great night and it had been too long since I metal'ed it up. Singing Dio loudly is a highlight in my life. Great bands, great crowd, great buddies.

Carpe Mortem · 05-12-2014, 08:50 PM

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Coachella!

Dude, you WENT to Coachella? What little I know about it, I thought it was kind of a closed party thing. As in not anybody can go.

**Frownland** · 05-12-2014, 09:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Carpe Mortem

Dude, you WENT to Coachella? What little I know about it, I thought it was kind of a closed party thing. As in not anybody can go.

Anyone can buy tickets, but they're like 200-300 dollars from what I've seen

**Frownland** · 05-25-2014, 02:53 AM

Jandek

If you don't know already, Jandek makes some crazy dissonant outsider music that touches on freak folk and the general avant garde music. He's released albums since the late 70s under his Corwood label, so nobody really knew his true identity for quite a while. Well, he broke his elusive stint in the early 2000s to play his first show, and one of the attempts to reveal Jandek for his true self ended up to be true. Who is Jandek? Well his birth certificate says Sterling Richard Smith.

Knowing his true identity honestly does nothing for me, because he's just another standard guy, wouldn't be able to pick him out from a crowd. However, if you put his music against others it would be a bold faced lie if you said he sounds like the others. This is the attitude that he brought to the show: extremely dissonant, very strange, supremely disoriented music.

I've been a Janny-D fan for years long, and since he's only been doing shows for about a decade I recognize how rare it is to see him. He's had quite the influence on my playing, something that I actually took real note of after seeing him tbh. Our mind went to the same place at a lot of points when I was listening to him jam out. Now I had listened to him a lot when I redeveloped my style (also known as the period after I discovered jazz and avant-garde music). So I would never miss a minute of a live performance, right?

Well as much as overwhelming will and praying to a god you're skeptical of existing, we ended up around 30 minutes late of the performance, and they started right on time instead of being douchebags and starting a half hour late

. This is the one time I've been sad that the performers I'm about to see aren't dicks.

Jandek's group consisted of three women (gee, I wonder how they got the job, I noticed they were rather cute) and ole Jan-Dee. There was one lady who played violin in a wasted John Cale-esque way that was very pleasing, one who acted like she was on ecstasy, dry humped Jandek (but who wouldn't, tbh), and played guitar, and another that was on the bass for the whole time I was there who rightly kicked the asses of many. Jandek started off on bass, then moved to drums, then on to guitar. He should really stick with the guitar because he was incredible at raping that Stratocaster and I was loving every minute of it. When he was on the drums, the chick that was clearly on a lot of drugs (I mean they all obviously were, but she was blasted and we and she and they and them knew it) took up the guitar.

The music that the group played was fantastic. I would have liked to be more jacked up because my hobby is being the most blasted guy in the crowd, but this was still quite the experience sober. I am kicking myself for missing the first part of the show, if it was only half as great as the part that I saw, it probably would have been one of the better shows of my life. But since I haven't been to many shows and the shows I have been to were supremely epic, Imma give this one a 8/10 and say it was only the second worst concert I've been to. Even though I missed a great part of the show and the guitarist girl could have stepped it up, I still thought it was fantastic though!

Ninetales · 05-26-2014, 01:27 PM

I cant even imagine what a Jandek (or Janny-D/ole Jan-Dee if you prefer) concert would be like. Like, I would think the ideal atmosphere would be a small room with no light and instead of standing and jumping or waving arms, it would just be you on the ground in the fetal position as he played a seemingly broken guitar somewhere around you. idk maybe im old school in my concert beliefs.

I once heard someone use the term "decay folk" to describe Jandek's music. Everything is rotting.

**Frownland** · 05-27-2014, 10:25 AM

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Originally Posted by Ninetales

I cant even imagine what a Jandek (or Janny-D/ole Jan-Dee if you prefer) concert would be like. Like, I would think the ideal atmosphere would be a small room with no light and instead of standing and jumping or waving arms, it would just be you on the ground in the fetal position as he played a seemingly broken guitar somewhere around you. idk maybe im old school in my concert beliefs.

I once heard someone use the term "decay folk" to describe Jandek's music. Everything is rotting.

The venue that he played was good for the music, but there was seating in the middle. It would have been better if it as all standing room. I remember at the end of the show, they turned off the projectors, the other musicians left the stage, and Jandek stood silhouetted ominously at the front of the stage for a few minutes. Perfect way to end a Jandek show.

Mojo · 06-05-2014, 02:00 PM

I recently was very lucky enough to see two great bands in one evening. It wasn't initially supposed to be that way, it was just the case that I agreed to go and see Swans and then later found out Melt-Banana were also booked to play another venue nearby the same night.

Thankfully the venues were very cool, and very sensible, and talked to one another to come to an agreement, and time their sets so that people could go to both.

PS the photographs I used are not mine, but rather belong to a very talented local photographer. You can find the full sets here and here.

Swans

Hoults Yard is among the more unique of venues I've been to. It is quite literally a warehouse in the middle of an industrial estate, in the middle of nowhere. The 'box office' is a portable cabin, the toilets are outside, but inside is a rather large gig space and bar. It's intimate, but it isn't a tiny venue, hence how it was able to house Swans, rather than a local band or two. With only the beams overhead, no obstructions between the stage and the back wall, and no residential surrounding area, there is an unfiltered, harsh projection of sound that makes it no surprise there are complimentary earplugs available behind the bar.

Swans were nothing but professional. Both hypnotic in their slower, newer material and brutal in their louder moments. They played for just shy of two hours and I could have easily stayed and watched another two hours.

Setlist;

Frankie M
A Little God In My Hands
Oxygen
Don't Go
Just a Little Boy
The Apostate
Bring the Sun / Black Hole Man

Melt-Banana

We had about twenty minutes to dash on to the next venue, where Melt-Banana's set had been pushed back especially to accomodate those going to Swans. It was worth the double bill. Whereas Swans almost put me to sleep, in a repetitive, meditative sense, Melt-Banana woke me up - and kept me awake most of the night.

There was no delicately crafted masterpieces, but rather sudden, short, brutal bursts of noise/grind that allowed them to rattle through 20+ tracks in under an hour, including two encores.

Very energetic, positive, fun music from a duo who genuinely just look happy to to be touring and playing it. A great way to end a night.

bob. · 06-05-2014, 02:14 PM

thanks for the setlist sir

sounds like it was an amazing experience

Melt Banana is so much fun live....Yako has so much energy

only two of them huih?

Mojo · 06-05-2014, 03:35 PM

Yeah, no live drummer. The drums were programmed. It was still an incredible show.

05-12-2014, 03:51 PM	#92 (permalink)
Carpe Mortem Crusher of tiny Nords Join Date: Mar 2014 Location: Ugly Bag of Mostly Water Posts: 1,363	That Dio tribute I attended was quiiiite tits, good times. There was a band who wasn't at last years whose name escapes me but their vocalist had ** tons of energy and I applaud him. He even got the crowd involved for 'Kill the King' going back and forth. As a drunk person headbanging and at times singing possibly louder than the actual vocalists... I really appreciated it. I attended another show awhile ago, a benefit for a dude well loved on the local scene who couldn't afford cancer treatment. He regrettably passed away, so RIP. But they used the money to instead send a talented teenager to school for guitar and the kid came on stage with my buddy's excellent band of talented old men. Like a deer in headlights, his eyes haha. It was his first time on stage. But he did really well. Overall a great night and it had been too long since I metal'ed it up. Singing Dio loudly is a highlight in my life. Great bands, great crowd, great buddies. __________________ [SIG][/SIG] Mirth is King** Be Loving & Open With My Emotions

05-25-2014, 02:53 AM	#95 (permalink)
Frownland SOPHIE FOREVER Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: East of the Southern North American West Posts: 35,548	Jandek If you don't know already, Jandek makes some crazy dissonant outsider music that touches on freak folk and the general avant garde music. He's released albums since the late 70s under his Corwood label, so nobody really knew his true identity for quite a while. Well, he broke his elusive stint in the early 2000s to play his first show, and one of the attempts to reveal Jandek for his true self ended up to be true. Who is Jandek? Well his birth certificate says Sterling Richard Smith. Knowing his true identity honestly does nothing for me, because he's just another standard guy, wouldn't be able to pick him out from a crowd. However, if you put his music against others it would be a bold faced lie if you said he sounds like the others. This is the attitude that he brought to the show: extremely dissonant, very strange, supremely disoriented music. I've been a Janny-D fan for years long, and since he's only been doing shows for about a decade I recognize how rare it is to see him. He's had quite the influence on my playing, something that I actually took real note of after seeing him tbh. Our mind went to the same place at a lot of points when I was listening to him jam out. Now I had listened to him a lot when I redeveloped my style (also known as the period after I discovered jazz and avant-garde music). So I would never miss a minute of a live performance, right? Well as much as overwhelming will and praying to a god you're skeptical of existing, we ended up around 30 minutes late of the performance, and they started right on time instead of being douchebags and starting a half hour late . This is the one time I've been sad that the performers I'm about to see aren't dicks. Jandek's group consisted of three women (gee, I wonder how they got the job, I noticed they were rather cute) and ole Jan-Dee. There was one lady who played violin in a wasted John Cale-esque way that was very pleasing, one who acted like she was on ecstasy, dry humped Jandek (but who wouldn't, tbh), and played guitar, and another that was on the bass for the whole time I was there who rightly kicked the asses of many. Jandek started off on bass, then moved to drums, then on to guitar. He should really stick with the guitar because he was incredible at raping that Stratocaster and I was loving every minute of it. When he was on the drums, the chick that was clearly on a lot of drugs (I mean they all obviously were, but she was blasted and we and she and they and them knew it) took up the guitar. The music that the group played was fantastic. I would have liked to be more jacked up because my hobby is being the most blasted guy in the crowd, but this was still quite the experience sober. I am kicking myself for missing the first part of the show, if it was only half as great as the part that I saw, it probably would have been one of the better shows of my life. But since I haven't been to many shows and the shows I have been to were supremely epic, Imma give this one a 8/10 and say it was only the second worst concert I've been to. Even though I missed a great part of the show and the guitarist girl could have stepped it up, I still thought it was fantastic though! __________________ Studies show that when a given norm is changed in the face of the unchanging, the remaining contradictions will parallel the truth. d e a f b o x Last edited by Frownland; 05-25-2014 at 03:05 AM.

06-05-2014, 02:00 PM	#98 (permalink)
Mojo Melancholia Eternally Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: England Posts: 5,018	I recently was very lucky enough to see two great bands in one evening. It wasn't initially supposed to be that way, it was just the case that I agreed to go and see Swans and then later found out Melt-Banana were also booked to play another venue nearby the same night. Thankfully the venues were very cool, and very sensible, and talked to one another to come to an agreement, and time their sets so that people could go to both. PS the photographs I used are not mine, but rather belong to a very talented local photographer. You can find the full sets here and here. Swans Hoults Yard is among the more unique of venues I've been to. It is quite literally a warehouse in the middle of an industrial estate, in the middle of nowhere. The 'box office' is a portable cabin, the toilets are outside, but inside is a rather large gig space and bar. It's intimate, but it isn't a tiny venue, hence how it was able to house Swans, rather than a local band or two. With only the beams overhead, no obstructions between the stage and the back wall, and no residential surrounding area, there is an unfiltered, harsh projection of sound that makes it no surprise there are complimentary earplugs available behind the bar. Swans were nothing but professional. Both hypnotic in their slower, newer material and brutal in their louder moments. They played for just shy of two hours and I could have easily stayed and watched another two hours. Setlist; Frankie M A Little God In My Hands Oxygen Don't Go Just a Little Boy The Apostate Bring the Sun / Black Hole Man Melt-Banana We had about twenty minutes to dash on to the next venue, where Melt-Banana's set had been pushed back especially to accomodate those going to Swans. It was worth the double bill. Whereas Swans almost put me to sleep, in a repetitive, meditative sense, Melt-Banana woke me up - and kept me awake most of the night. There was no delicately crafted masterpieces, but rather sudden, short, brutal bursts of noise/grind that allowed them to rattle through 20+ tracks in under an hour, including two encores. Very energetic, positive, fun music from a duo who genuinely just look happy to to be touring and playing it. A great way to end a night. __________________ Last.FM \| Echoes and Dust

06-05-2014, 02:14 PM	#99 (permalink)
bob. Still sends his reguards. Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Trying to get out of the cat town.... Posts: 5,039	thanks for the setlist sir sounds like it was an amazing experience Melt Banana is so much fun live....Yako has so much energy only two of them huih? __________________ A kiss is the beginning of cannibalism. Reach out, pierce the fine fabric of the sheltering sky, take repose.

06-05-2014, 03:35 PM	#100 (permalink)
Mojo Melancholia Eternally Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: England Posts: 5,018	Yeah, no live drummer. The drums were programmed. It was still an incredible show. __________________ Last.FM \| Echoes and Dust

05-26-2014, 01:27 PM	#96 (permalink)
Ninetales Music Addict Join Date: Jun 2013 Location: livin wild Posts: 2,179	I cant even imagine what a Jandek (or Janny-D/ole Jan-Dee if you prefer) concert would be like. Like, I would think the ideal atmosphere would be a small room with no light and instead of standing and jumping or waving arms, it would just be you on the ground in the fetal position as he played a seemingly broken guitar somewhere around you. idk maybe im old school in my concert beliefs. I once heard someone use the term "decay folk" to describe Jandek's music. Everything is rotting.