What Shows Have You Been To Lately?

**Frownland** · 01-28-2019, 07:49 AM

Sangam

3 white dudes playing Western-tinged Indian classical music on cello, sitar, and tablas. Started off a bit safe but it got sick as **** when they opened up a little bit. Tabla player was on fire and high as hell. It was neat.

OccultHawk · 07-02-2019, 08:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Frownland

Sangam

3 white dudes playing Western-tinged Indian classical music on cello, sitar, and tablas. Started off a bit safe but it got sick as **** when they opened up a little bit. Tabla player was on fire and high as hell. It was neat.

Is this the band

https://sangam.bandcamp.com

Because this is something worth getting excited over.

**Marie Monday** · 01-28-2019, 01:49 PM

So I saw Patti Smith yesterday and it was awesome.
I was surprised how good her voice was, she still sounds beautiful. Anyway her being old was not a serious obstacle; of course the concert moved at a slightly slower pace than average, with Patti sipping tea and making jokes between the songs, but that's fine as long as the performances are still vibrant. She's very lively and witty still, dances around a bit, sings passionately.

At some point someone in the audience fainted (there were many old people in the audience of course) and she was very cool and adequate about it. She took him onto the stage and proceeded to make fun of it ("Things that people do to get on the stage" and later "You might notice I have a cough. Don't worry, I'm not sick, it's not contagious, and if I feel really bad I'll get up on my own stage") There was a pretty playful vibe to the whole concert.

The setlist was surprising, lots of poems and fragments from her written work (which worked pretty well, introducing Because the Night with a fragment from her book Just Kids was a high point) and odes to William Blake and Andrei Tarkowski. She also did some covers, from Neil Young (a straightforward but beautiful cover of After the Gold Rush) to U2 (!?). She didn't play a single song from Horses, which was a pity, but I could appreciate the I'll-do-whatever-the-****-I-want attitude (audience members: *requested songs from Horses* Patti: "I'm not gonna play any of those f*cking songs"). She clearly doesn't just want to do a greatest hits routine, which is cool. Everything she did play was great, except the U2 cover, which came from one of those Songs of Innocence/Experience albums and was meh, but seeing Patti play a U2 song was pretty funny (and disorienting, because she didn't introduce it beforehand so the whole song I was wondering what the **** they were playing).

On the whole I'd say seeing her is still worth it

ziggywas · 01-31-2019, 12:49 PM

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Originally Posted by MariaExpressesHerself

So I saw Patti Smith yesterday and it was awesome.
I was surprised how good her voice was, she still sounds beautiful. Anyway her being old was not a serious obstacle; of course the concert moved at a slightly slower pace than average, with Patti sipping tea and making jokes between the songs, but that's fine as long as the performances are still vibrant. She's very lively and witty still, dances around a bit, sings passionately.

At some point someone in the audience fainted (there were many old people in the audience of course) and she was very cool and adequate about it. She took him onto the stage and proceeded to make fun of it ("Things that people do to get on the stage" and later "You might notice I have a cough. Don't worry, I'm not sick, it's not contagious, and if I feel really bad I'll get up on my own stage") There was a pretty playful vibe to the whole concert.

The setlist was surprising, lots of poems and fragments from her written work (which worked pretty well, introducing Because the Night with a fragment from her book Just Kids was a high point) and odes to William Blake and Andrei Tarkowski. She also did some covers, from Neil Young (a straightforward but beautiful cover of After the Gold Rush) to U2 (!?). She didn't play a single song from Horses, which was a pity, but I could appreciate the I'll-do-whatever-the-****-I-want attitude (audience members: *requested songs from Horses* Patti: "I'm not gonna play any of those f*cking songs"). She clearly doesn't just want to do a greatest hits routine, which is cool. Everything she did play was great, except the U2 cover, which came from one of those Songs of Innocence/Experience albums and was meh, but seeing Patti play a U2 song was pretty funny (and disorienting, because she didn't introduce it beforehand so the whole song I was wondering what the **** they were playing).

On the whole I'd say seeing her is still worth it

good to hear that,
glad you liked it....

windsock · 01-31-2019, 01:34 PM

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Originally Posted by ziggywas

good to hear that,
glad you liked it....

Patti?

**Marie Monday** · 01-31-2019, 01:57 PM

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Originally Posted by windsock

Patti?

OMG

ziggywas · 02-01-2019, 01:06 PM

ok so i was acting as her self appointed adversary.

seriously tho i m really glad to know she still up to it!

its so sad to see great musicians playing not-so-great shows, boring shows or even humiliating themselves onstage when they get old.

**Frownland** · 03-27-2019, 05:30 PM

So Big Ears was obviously awesome. Ended up seeing:

Derek Gripper
Oren Ambarchi
Yunohana Variations with YoshimiO, Susan Ibarra, and Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe
Moor Mother
Alien Flower Sutra (Rob Mazurek and Emmett Kelly)
Mary Halvorson's Code Girl
Evan Parker, Matt Wright, Mark Nauseef, Adam Linsen, Ned Rothenberg - Trance Map +
The Comet Is Coming
Meredith Monk & Vocal Ensemble Cellular Songs
Jlin
Fire!
Columbia Icefield
Kara-Lis Coverdale Pipe Organ Concert
KTL
Thumbscrew
This Is Not This Heat
serpentwithfeet
Makaya McCraven
Jerusalem In My Heart
Alvin Lucier and the Ever Present Orchestra feat. Stephen O'Malley and Oren Ambarchi
Irreversible Entanglements
Wadada Leo Smit's Nda. Performing "Divine Love" with Bobby Naughton and Dwight Andrews
The Art Ensemble of Chicago

Some Standouts:
This Is Not This Heat was obviously ****ing huge. They started off with Test Card running before they came on stage and broke into Horizontal Hold. Then they performed their whole s/t and almost all of Deceit before ending on Health and Efficiency. Horizontal Hold unfortunately started off with Bullen's guitar amp unplugged or something which was whack and I would've made a few different mixing decisions, but otherwise it was a perfect show.

Irreversible Entanglements played an incredible set to a tightly packed tiny room. Seems like they've taken on a lot more of an energetic approach than on their debut, looking forward to their next one and catching them again.

Yunohana Variations put on an awesome performance full of brilliant and surprising improvisations.

The Evan Parker etc. show was an insane experience. Great collection of performers making it sound like you're another planet.

Jlin was off the hook. Left that show absolutely buzzing.

All three Mary Halvorson shows I saw (Columbia Icefield, Thumbscrew, and Code Girl) were brilliant. Columbia Icefield was my favourite of the bunch. Susan Alcorn really kicked ass on that performance and Michael Formanek killed it on bass during all three of the shows. My one complaint about Halvorson is that she's too serviceable to the other musicians, I want to hear her shred and take over more.

Jerusalem In My Heart had dizzying visuals and can tear it up on whatever oud type instrument he plays. Live electronics, a heavy foot pedal set up, and a vocal tube for manipulation helped him build the dense atmosphere.

The Art Ensemble of Chicago was, as rostasi said in the Your Day thread, more of an Art Ensemble/AACM big band. They started off with some wild improvisations before diving into some more composed pieces that absolutely threw me for a loop, from Moor Mother's appearance to the throat singing to the overall classical direction of the piece. It was incredible.

I could go on but I'll leave it at that. Also met up with rostasi and he's even cooler in person than he is on the forum, believe it or not.

**Exo** · 03-28-2019, 08:54 AM

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I could go on but I'll leave it at that. Also met up with rostasi and he's even cooler in person than he is on the forum, believe it or not.

I'm going to try to make it next year and the three of us can hang out and rub each others bellies.

Swoop_Doza · 03-27-2019, 07:03 PM

I don't really go out to concerts much anymore but the last show I saw Coheed and Cambria last month. It was an awesome show, especially because they added a lot of the screaming vocals to the earlier songs, which they typically avoid doing these days. Great energy. Claudio said we were a really good crowd so it nice to know we were our part, as an audience, to make the band feel welcomed.

01-28-2019, 07:49 AM	#1 (permalink)
Frownland SOPHIE FOREVER Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: East of the Southern North American West Posts: 35,541	Sangam 3 white dudes playing Western-tinged Indian classical music on cello, sitar, and tablas. Started off a bit safe but it got sick as **** when they opened up a little bit. Tabla player was on fire and high as hell. It was neat. __________________ 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

03-27-2019, 05:30 PM	#8 (permalink)
Frownland SOPHIE FOREVER Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: East of the Southern North American West Posts: 35,541	So Big Ears was obviously awesome. Ended up seeing: Derek Gripper Oren Ambarchi Yunohana Variations with YoshimiO, Susan Ibarra, and Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe Moor Mother Alien Flower Sutra (Rob Mazurek and Emmett Kelly) Mary Halvorson's Code Girl Evan Parker, Matt Wright, Mark Nauseef, Adam Linsen, Ned Rothenberg - Trance Map + The Comet Is Coming Meredith Monk & Vocal Ensemble Cellular Songs Jlin Fire! Columbia Icefield Kara-Lis Coverdale Pipe Organ Concert KTL Thumbscrew This Is Not This Heat serpentwithfeet Makaya McCraven Jerusalem In My Heart Alvin Lucier and the Ever Present Orchestra feat. Stephen O'Malley and Oren Ambarchi Irreversible Entanglements Wadada Leo Smit's Nda. Performing "Divine Love" with Bobby Naughton and Dwight Andrews The Art Ensemble of Chicago Some Standouts: This Is Not This Heat was obviously **ing huge. They started off with Test Card running before they came on stage and broke into Horizontal Hold. Then they performed their whole s/t and almost all of Deceit before ending on Health and Efficiency. Horizontal Hold unfortunately started off with Bullen's guitar amp unplugged or something which was whack and I would've made a few different mixing decisions, but otherwise it was a perfect show. Irreversible Entanglements played an incredible set to a tightly packed tiny room. Seems like they've taken on a lot more of an energetic approach than on their debut, looking forward to their next one and catching them again. Yunohana Variations put on an awesome performance full of brilliant and surprising improvisations. The Evan Parker etc. show was an insane experience. Great collection of performers making it sound like you're another planet. Jlin was off the hook. Left that show absolutely buzzing. All three Mary Halvorson shows I saw (Columbia Icefield, Thumbscrew, and Code Girl) were brilliant. Columbia Icefield was my favourite of the bunch. Susan Alcorn really kicked ass on that performance and Michael Formanek killed it on bass during all three of the shows. My one complaint about Halvorson is that she's too serviceable to the other musicians, I want to hear her shred and take over more. Jerusalem In My Heart had dizzying visuals and can tear it up on whatever oud type instrument he plays. Live electronics, a heavy foot pedal set up, and a vocal tube for manipulation helped him build the dense atmosphere. The Art Ensemble of Chicago** was, as rostasi said in the Your Day thread, more of an Art Ensemble/AACM big band. They started off with some wild improvisations before diving into some more composed pieces that absolutely threw me for a loop, from Moor Mother's appearance to the throat singing to the overall classical direction of the piece. It was incredible. I could go on but I'll leave it at that. Also met up with rostasi and he's even cooler in person than he is on the forum, believe it or not. __________________ 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

02-01-2019, 01:06 PM	#7 (permalink)
ziggywas Music Addict Join Date: Jan 2019 Posts: 289	ok so i was acting as her self appointed adversary. seriously tho i m really glad to know she still up to it! its so sad to see great musicians playing not-so-great shows, boring shows or even humiliating themselves onstage when they get old.

03-27-2019, 07:03 PM	#10 (permalink)
Swoop_Doza Groupie Join Date: Mar 2019 Location: Ohio Posts: 4	I don't really go out to concerts much anymore but the last show I saw Coheed and Cambria last month. It was an awesome show, especially because they added a lot of the screaming vocals to the earlier songs, which they typically avoid doing these days. Great energy. Claudio said we were a really good crowd so it nice to know we were our part, as an audience, to make the band feel welcomed.