What Shows Have You Been To Lately?

Psy-Fi · 06-22-2016, 06:36 AM

I saw The Remains a few weeks ago. I'd never seen them before and they rarely play shows so I decided to check them out. Great set of 60's era covers and originals from their brief time together in the mid 60's as well as one song from an album they made in the mid 90's.

Muck and the Mires opened the show. I saw them open for The Sonics last year and thought they were a fairly mediocre garage rock band with a 60's era vibe. This time they played more power pop type rock and were enjoyable enough that I'd be willing to see them again as a headlining act. The Cal Cali Band followed them with a set of popular 60's era covers, The Remains were next and The Lyres closed out the show.

I didn't take any photos or video of the performance but I did make an audio recording of The Remains entire set. Here are 3 original songs of theirs from the show...

Spoiler for Audio via YouTube:

**Janszoon** · 06-23-2016, 11:16 PM

Nails
Second time seeing them so far this year. They were great, again. This time they seemed less noisy and more heavy, a tank rolling over the audience. They have a great, unpretentious stage presence which I also dig. There were a bunch of other bands that opened but we got there late and hung out by the bar until Nails came on so I can't really comment on the openers. I did get a sweet Nails shirt though.

**Exo** · 06-24-2016, 08:06 AM

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Originally Posted by Janszoon

Nails
Second time seeing them so far this year. They were great, again. This time they seemed less noisy and more heavy, a tank rolling over the audience. They have a great, unpretentious stage presence which I also dig. There we a bunch if other bands that opened but we got there late and hung out by the bar until Nails came on so I can't really comment on the openers. I did get a sweet Nails shirt though.

I caught some of their set the other night due to them playing literally the floor above Creepoid. I liked them. Hell of a lot better than that horrible horrible Superheaven.

Psy-Fi · 06-24-2016, 01:25 PM

Some recent video I shot during a great show by blues harmonica player Sugar Blue. He's probably best known for playing harmonica with the Rolling Stones on their Some Girls album, and he also played on their Emotional Rescue and Tattoo You albums as well. He plays with various musicians and bands as a session musician and has several solo albums to his credit. He was backed up by Rico McFarland on guitar & vocals, Ilaria Lantieri (Sugar Blue's wife) bass & vocals, and C.J. Tucker on drums.

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Ol’ Qwerty Bastard · 07-17-2016, 08:16 AM

Saw Thundercat and River Tiber last night at a local jazz fest. Thundercat was great, and I was impressed by the amount of free improv he and his bandmates worked into their set, and just how well they pulled it off. On top of that, he played a few tracks from TPAB and they sounded great live.

All in all I felt it was a pretty strong show, and for being my first jazz show of any sorts, it definitely has me interested in seeking out more in the future.

**Frownland** · 07-17-2016, 08:21 AM

Jazz is infinitely better live, glad you dug it.

Ol’ Qwerty Bastard · 07-17-2016, 08:25 AM

I've never had a live experience like it, and I didn't expect that going into it. At the beginning everyone was seated, just watching River Tiber (he was a decent opening act I guess) but by the time Thundercat arrived we were all crowded around the stage (outdoor venue) and throughout his whole set people were just dancing and having a good time. Their was a really strong energy and just overall positivity to the show that I've never seen live, I really enjoyed it for that reason.

Also, there were a couple dudes who were clearly on shrooms or dropping acid as they started a mosh pit of interpretive dance in the middle of the crowd, seriously wish I had of caught it on camera.

**Frownland** · 07-17-2016, 08:28 AM

I've been one of those guys more than once.

Ol’ Qwerty Bastard · 08-01-2016, 08:20 AM

Okay I'm going to try and refrain from dragging this post on too long, but I'm on my way back from Osheaga, and I felt like bragging about how mother****ing awesome it was. If you hate "Pitchfork" bands, you'll probably just want to skip this post because I mean, it is an indie fest afterall.

Day 1:

The first day there we showed up fairly early and I'm glad we did because the line outside was absolutely nuts. We waited a good hour + just to make it through the bag checks/security. Best shows I saw were SOPHIE (who even spoke on mic, apperently for the first time ever) The Underachievers, and Vince Staples. I managed to get front row for the Underachievers and AK pointed at me during their set so that was a cool moment to have.

Day 2: Showed up quite a bit later on day 2 because I wasn't too fussed about the line-up early on. The only "big" shows I caught were Kaytranada, who had a good set but the crowd was so packed that we couldn't even dance, and Future. I managed to push my way up to just a few rows back for Future, and it was definitely worth it. All of his interactions with the crowd felt super generic and rehearsed, but it was a blast nonetheless simply because of how into it everybody was.

Day 3: Started off seeing Skepta, got absolutely soaked by the water cannons, almost ruined my phone, and had a pretty decent mosh pit (seriously, who would have thought the few hundred white kids at a Skepta show would mosh?) I missed Man though, which I was kind of upset about considering it's the best cut off his new album. After that I went and caught Grimes set. She's so cute I kind of wanted to cry, and all my friends ditched me for another show so I was totally alone in a mix of gay couples and girls who had dragged their boyfriends there. She called it about ten minutes early because she was sick, she even ran off stage to throw up and one point. She still put on a pretty good show though, and when she started screeching at the top of her lungs during Scream, the look on all the faces around me were absolutely hilarious.

Lastly, I saw Radiohead. Without going on too long, it was the best concert experience I've had. I know Radiohead get a fair amount of **** on here (as well as a ton of praise) but I've always considered them to be one of my favourite groups, and one of the pillars of the development of my taste in music. Their set was well over 2 hours, and they started by playing their new album in full. I'm still in awe of the visuals they used, and when combined with how much you could really "feel" the music, it was truly an experience to remember. They ran through some of their hits off of earlier releases as well, and Idioteque got the biggest pop of the whole festival without a doubt.

TL;DR: My first experience at a full festival was ****ing brilliant and now I'm torn on whether I want to go back next year or try and maybe visit the States for something even bigger.

Tristan_Geoff · 08-01-2016, 08:43 AM

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Originally Posted by Qwertyy

Okay I'm going to try and refrain from dragging this post on too long, but I'm on my way back from Osheaga, and I felt like bragging about how mother****ing awesome it was. If you hate "Pitchfork" bands, you'll probably just want to skip this post because I mean, it is an indie fest afterall.

Day 1:

The first day there we showed up fairly early and I'm glad we did because the line outside was absolutely nuts. We waited a good hour + just to make it through the bag checks/security. Best shows I saw were SOPHIE (who even spoke on mic, apperently for the first time ever) The Underachievers, and Vince Staples. I managed to get front row for the Underachievers and AK pointed at me during their set so that was a cool moment to have.

Day 2: Showed up quite a bit later on day 2 because I wasn't too fussed about the line-up early on. The only "big" shows I caught were Kaytranada, who had a good set but the crowd was so packed that we couldn't even dance, and Future. I managed to push my way up to just a few rows back for Future, and it was definitely worth it. All of his interactions with the crowd felt super generic and rehearsed, but it was a blast nonetheless simply because of how into it everybody was.

Day 3: Started off seeing Skepta, got absolutely soaked by the water cannons, almost ruined my phone, and had a pretty decent mosh pit (seriously, who would have thought the few hundred white kids at a Skepta show would mosh?) I missed Man though, which I was kind of upset about considering it's the best cut off his new album. After that I went and caught Grimes set. She's so cute I kind of wanted to cry, and all my friends ditched me for another show so I was totally alone in a mix of gay couples and girls who had dragged their boyfriends there. She called it about ten minutes early because she was sick, she even ran off stage to throw up and one point. She still put on a pretty good show though, and when she started screeching at the top of her lungs during Scream, the look on all the faces around me were absolutely hilarious.

Lastly, I saw Radiohead. Without going on too long, it was the best concert experience I've had. I know Radiohead get a fair amount of **** on here (as well as a ton of praise) but I've always considered them to be one of my favourite groups, and one of the pillars of the development of my taste in music. Their set was well over 2 hours, and they started by playing their new album in full. I'm still in awe of the visuals they used, and when combined with how much you could really "feel" the music, it was truly an experience to remember. They ran through some of their hits off of earlier releases as well, and Idioteque got the biggest pop of the whole festival without a doubt.

TL;DR: My first experience at a full festival was ****ing brilliant and now I'm torn on whether I want to go back next year or try and maybe visit the States for something even bigger.

Damn. Hopscotch isn't gonna have Radiohead or Grimes. Still looking forward to it but I think you have me beat on Brand New there. My hats off to you.

06-23-2016, 11:16 PM	#272 (permalink)
Janszoon Mate, Spawn & Die Join Date: May 2007 Location: The Rapping Community Posts: 24,593	Nails Second time seeing them so far this year. They were great, again. This time they seemed less noisy and more heavy, a tank rolling over the audience. They have a great, unpretentious stage presence which I also dig. There were a bunch of other bands that opened but we got there late and hung out by the bar until Nails came on so I can't really comment on the openers. I did get a sweet Nails shirt though. __________________ A Night in the Life of the Invisible Man Time & Place 25 Albums You Should Hear Before the Moon Crashes into the Earth and We All Die last.fm Last edited by Janszoon; 06-24-2016 at 10:50 AM.

07-17-2016, 08:21 AM	#276 (permalink)
Frownland SOPHIE FOREVER Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: East of the Southern North American West Posts: 35,548	Jazz is infinitely better live, glad you dug it. __________________ 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

07-17-2016, 08:28 AM	#278 (permalink)
Frownland SOPHIE FOREVER Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: East of the Southern North American West Posts: 35,548	I've been one of those guys more than once. __________________ 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