concerts....who you seeing?

rshetts2 · Post by **rshetts2** » Tue Sep 03, 2013 1:53 pm

Lost my Steely Dan post in the great outage of '13 so Ill just summarize for those who may want to see the show. It was great! They toured with an incredibly skilled band but heads above the rest was the drummer. He was insanely good. Ive seen some of the greats live like Moon, Peart and Bonham and this kid could easily hold his own with these guys, he was that good. Very fun show. If you like Steely Dan at all go see it.

Enough · Post by **Enough** » Tue Sep 03, 2013 2:09 pm

Macklemore and Ryan Lewis ended up being the second largest concert in Fort Collins history after the Rolling Stones many moons ago. It was an amazing show. It was really cool, when he got to his gay rights song "Same Love" it got the loudest applause for the entire night from what was in general an insanely loud crowd. After the song he talked about how excited he is for how far this civil rights struggle of our era can go/has already gone and asked anyone else who agreed that people should be allowed to love whoever they love by holding your arm with an index finger pointing up-- and I am thinking nearly all 15,000 people did so screaming their asses off with approval like they just saw the Beatles sing Hey Jude. It was an amazing experience.

The other funny story is a bunch of college freshman girls at that concert told my wife and I how great it is that we still get out and do stuff like going to see Macklemore. Talk about feeling old, lol!

silverjon · Post by **silverjon** » Tue Sep 03, 2013 5:52 pm

Saw Murder By Death again on Friday night. Best show yet, since the last time they were here and headlining, the venue was kinda sucky.

Also of note were opening band 4onthefloor of Minneapolis. They were actually missing their drummer due to border crossing issues, but still not lacking percussion as each member is set up with a kick drum. Sounds a bit gimmicky, but I ended up really liking them.
http://4otf.com/" target="_blank

This tour hits Seattle tonight and many US dates remain to come, looks like. Murder By Death are amazing.

LordMortis · Post by **LordMortis** » Tue Sep 03, 2013 6:30 pm

silverjon wrote:Saw Murder By Death again on Friday night. Best show yet, since the last time they were here and headlining, the venue was kinda sucky.

Also of note were opening band 4onthefloor of Minneapolis. They were actually missing their drummer due to border crossing issues, but still not lacking percussion as each member is set up with a kick drum. Sounds a bit gimmicky, but I ended up really liking them.
http://4otf.com/" target="_blank

This tour hits Seattle tonight and many US dates remain to come, looks like. Murder By Death are amazing.

Speaking of Border Crossing Issues. How is this affecting your small venues?

http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2013/08/29 ... 37452.html" target="_blank

That just sounds crazy to me. Most of these small club musicians don't even make $250 a person a night.

Sectoid · Post by **Sectoid** » Tue Sep 03, 2013 7:49 pm

I just passed on seeing Depeche Mode. A friend of mine had an extra ticket and asked on Facebook if anyone wanted it. Due to my limited mobility and the fact it was at the Barclay Center in Brooklyn on Friday, I did the honorable thing and told a friend of mine to call him instead of taking the ticket myself. She got the ticket. I just hope this isn't one of those moments of regret.

Stupid Cancer...I hate you.

silverjon · Post by **silverjon** » Tue Sep 03, 2013 7:51 pm

Ouch, I have been out of the loop. I have no idea.

Sectoid · Post by **Sectoid** » Wed Sep 04, 2013 2:27 pm

silverjon wrote:Ouch, I have been out of the loop. I have no idea.

It's ok. You can check out the Oww, my crotch thread for the story.

hitbyambulance · Post by **hitbyambulance** » Sat Sep 07, 2013 4:46 am

Adam Ant is playing tomorrow and i kinda want to go... i like the new album; best 'solo' record he's released.

Nik Turner is going to be here, i just found out - i am excited for this one. tickets were all of $12. some incarnation of Hawkwind was touring the US in 1993 or '94, but the Minneapolis show was 21+ and i wasn't old enough... i think it was cancelled anyways. i don't think they've been back since?

coming up:

The Mission
The Orb
Jarboe
Pet Shop Boys (also recently released a very good album)
The Waterboys
The Legendary Pink Dots
Goblin

Rumpy · Post by **Rumpy** » Sun Sep 08, 2013 6:07 pm

In a few days, I'll be seeing east coast singer Lennie Gallant at a free concert. Been looking forward to this all summer as I've been familiar with his stuff for awhile. And he's had a song covered by Jimmy Buffett.

If We Had a Fire
47 Angels On Her Front Lawn

SlapBone · Post by **SlapBone** » Tue Sep 10, 2013 10:01 pm

Hell yeah!!!

High on Fire at HoB Houston.

Skinypupy · Post by **Skinypupy** » Mon Sep 16, 2013 12:09 pm

Amon Amarth, Skeletonwitch, and Enslaved doing a US tour this winter. Going to be a facemelter, for sure.

Bummed I have to miss Legendary Pink Dots tomorrow night. Have our annual team dinner at work.

Carpet_pissr · Post by **Carpet_pissr** » Mon Sep 16, 2013 2:47 pm

Wife saw Mumford and Sons last week, said it was probably the best concert she had ever been to (and she's seen a few).

Isgrimnur · Post by **Isgrimnur** » Mon Sep 16, 2013 2:48 pm

They're coming back through on Wednesday for the makeup performance. Glad to hear it's a good show.

YellowKing · Post by **YellowKing** » Sat Sep 21, 2013 12:51 am

Going to see Brett Dennen the last weekend of October. Small venue, should be pretty cool. When he released his first album I told a good friend of mine (Wayne) to check it out and he ended up loving it. We wore that album out at work. He passed away in an accident a few years later so every time I hear Brett Dennen I think of him. I really want to go because Wayne would have been right there with me, first in line. This one will be for you buddy!

Xmann · Post by **Xmann** » Sat Sep 21, 2013 9:53 am

You beat me to it Skinypupy, I'm all over that Amon Amarth show.

They'll be at the same venue I saw them at last year. Awesome live band.

Z-Corn · Post by **Z-Corn** » Wed Oct 02, 2013 4:42 pm

Monster Magnet is touring the US for the first time in 10 years and the tour opens in my home town.

The Bull God is going to be Invoked that night...

Jeff V · Post by **Jeff V** » Wed Oct 02, 2013 4:47 pm

When browsing the internet to see if there were any local happenings in support of Filipino American Heritage Month, I discovered Lea Salonga is playing at a south suburban university. She is sort of like a Filipino Celine Dion; while her voice is good, that music style doesn't really interest me. I saw her on a lot of talk shows though and she is very entertaining even when not singing.

I mentioned this to a Filipina here at work and her eyes lit up...she wanted more information. I better stop talking about it or we'll never find a baby sitter.

SlapBone · Post by **SlapBone** » Wed Oct 02, 2013 9:57 pm

Saw Holy Grail for the third time this weekend. They were opening up for Orange Goblin - fans of stoner metal should not miss this.

Jeff V · Post by **Jeff V** » Thu Oct 03, 2013 2:01 pm

Ah, good, I get to avoid the Filipina diva. In spite of a large number of recordings I bought for my wife, it turns out she doesn't like her nearly as much as her former roommate assured me she did. Not really enough to spend $35 to go see.

So the concert slate for the foreseeable future includes likely Ooompah bands at various Oktoberfests over the next few weeks.

LordMortis · Post by **LordMortis** » Thu Oct 03, 2013 2:19 pm

I might be the only person on these boards to listen to them and I have no idea what the live show is like (I was sick the last time they were in town) but their star is rising fast and their studio sound is at the top. They've got that Fleet Foxes/Of Monsters and Men/Lumineers vibe going only they're way more listenable from top to bottom IMO and at this point in their careers they're way more accessible. (Six months ago they were play 100 person venues for $10 a pop... And I'm still annoyed I missed them the last three times they were in town)

http://www.lordhuron.com/live/" target="_blank

Izzy, in particular based on what you say you like, I think you would really want to catch them in Dallas.

https://play.spotify.com/album/6zmmMSHLKk3CacdH3SwEGQ" target="_blank

Toe · Post by **Toe** » Fri Oct 04, 2013 6:39 pm

I just learned of this band earlier this week, gonna go see Lake Street Dive at a small venue in nashville tuesday night. Here they are last year at the pickathon. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v8tjJWvH8XU" target="_blank

Edit: Update after seeing the show. They were pretty damn good I thought. The lead singer, Rachel Price, was amazing. She could be Scarlett Johanson's jazzy sister. The guitarist/trumpet guy I felt was turned up too loud when playing his guitar, and sometimes I thought the other members were a tad too loud, slightly drowning out rachel's phenomenal voice. Overall, that had a few meh songs, but 85% or so where really awesome. Most of their stuff was original but they did do a few covers which were Rich Girl, I Want You Back, and Faith. Recommend checking them out if you are into their style of music.

LordMortis · Post by **LordMortis** » Mon Oct 07, 2013 2:59 pm

Be forewarned, even though the Pixies are touring again next year, they will be sans Kim Deal, even though seating is $74 for the good GA area and $52 for the cheap seats locally.

http://www.examiner.com/article/the-pix ... r-for-2014" target="_blank

Crazy.

Exodor · Post by **Exodor** » Mon Oct 07, 2013 3:38 pm

LordMortis wrote:Be forewarned, even though the Pixies are touring again next year, they will be sans Kim Deal, even though seating is $74 for the good GA area and $52 for the cheap seats locally.

They're playing the local Opera house. Not the venue for Pixies. Seeing Dead Can Dance there was awesome but Pixies?

Meh.

Friday night was Tanya Donnely's performance as part of Portland's Wordstock Festival

Our seats were...close:

There were four separate performers so she only did four of her songs (although "Honeychain" was a nice surprise) but still - considering her recent retirement talk this was probably my last chance to see her and I wasn't about to miss it.

LordMortis · Post by **LordMortis** » Mon Oct 07, 2013 3:43 pm

That's where I tend to see most shows from. That's part of why it's hard for me to go to arena shows. (Though redrun and I are going to seen NIN tonight, and that's my arena show for the year) The other part is warranting the price.

I'm sad at the volume of shows I've been passing. Fuck my back and being exhausted all of the time. It's fricken annoying.

Isgrimnur · Post by **Isgrimnur** » Mon Oct 07, 2013 11:15 pm

Just picked up tickets for Imagine Dragons at the American Airlines Center for February 21st.

Fretmute · Post by **Fretmute** » Mon Oct 07, 2013 11:39 pm

Isgrimnur wrote:Just picked up tickets for Imagine Dragons at the American Airlines Center for February 21st.

Imagine Dragons can book the AAC? Man. I am out of touch.

[edit] - This Will Destroy You is playing next week. That's on my agenda.

YellowKing · Post by **YellowKing** » Tue Oct 29, 2013 11:25 pm

Just got back from the Brett Dennen show. Incredible show for the stupid cheap price we paid ($15). Small venue (300-400 folks), right near the stage.

I love seeing artists who you can tell are giving it all they've got in each and every song, and not just phoning it in. His whole show was song after song of him leaving it all out on the stage. The opening act was even killer (Noah Gundersen and his sis), and Brett brought them out during the encore to do two more songs with him.

All said he played for a solid two hours, and combined with the excellent opener we got 3 hours of kick-ass live music for half of what it would cost us to go to a movie. Good times!

Carpet_pissr · Post by **Carpet_pissr** » Tue Oct 29, 2013 11:33 pm

Has anyone seen the current Pearl Jam tour? Seeing them tomorrow night in Charlotte...just wondering if it's good, if they have been playing stuff off the new album mostly, or older tunes, etc. Not that it will change my going of course.

I will say that I tend to get fired up when I hear about certain artists coming to a nearby venue, but then when it comes to actually making the effort to 1. get babysitter, 2. plan trip (if necessary), 3. realize that I will either be driving home REAL late in heavy traffic, or have to get a hotel night, etc...sometimes most of the time wish I had never booked the tickets.

Damn, I'm old.

LordMortis · Post by **LordMortis** » Thu Oct 31, 2013 11:20 am

Haven't seen munch. Haven't done much. If I can get the energy the following are on my list though:

Sleeper Agent Tue 2/4/2014 <<< Definitely. Need to get tix before they sell out
Lord Huron Fri 1/31/2014 <<< Definitely. Need to get tix before they sell out
Creepshow (Reverend Horton Heat and Nekromantix) Sat 1/18/2014 <<< Definitely. Need to get tix before they sell out
Anthony Raneri with Nina Diaz Saturday 12/7/2013
Lucero and Titus Andronicus (Nov 16 and 17) Sat 11/16/2013
Mazzy Star Fri 11/15/2013
Cymbals Eat Guitars Thu 11/14/2013
Sleigh Bells Tues 11/12/2013 <<< Not sure if they sold out yet or not
Limousines Sat 11/2/2013 <<< We'll see what my energy is like this weekend if they don't sell out.

There are probably other things but I have been out of touch for a good long while, so I only see shows when I'm explicitly emailed about them. I don't go looking any more.

Skinypupy · Post by **Skinypupy** » Thu Oct 31, 2013 11:32 am

One of my training programs that was cancelled due to the government shutdown rescheduled this morning...on the exact same day I had tickets to the NIN show in Denver. God dammit.

LordMortis · Post by **LordMortis** » Thu Oct 31, 2013 11:36 am

Skinypupy wrote:One of my training programs that was cancelled due to the government shutdown rescheduled this morning...on the exact same day I had tickets to the NIN show in Denver. God dammit.

Wow. That's an expensive show to have to bail on.

My sis tells me the Pups are touring.

Skinypupy · Post by **Skinypupy** » Thu Oct 31, 2013 11:40 am

LordMortis wrote:
Skinypupy wrote:One of my training programs that was cancelled due to the government shutdown rescheduled this morning...on the exact same day I had tickets to the NIN show in Denver. God dammit.
Wow. That's an expensive show to have to bail on.

Yup...$120 floor tickets through StubHub. Most I've ever paid for a show. Hoping to be able to sell them though.

My sis tells me the Pups are touring.

Was just announced this week. They'll be here on Feb 26.

Dramatist · Post by **Dramatist** » Thu Oct 31, 2013 1:14 pm

Got my tickets to Cut/Copy for the 9th in Houston. I am very excited.

Exodor · Post by **Exodor** » Thu Oct 31, 2013 3:14 pm

I'm finding myself cutting back on concerts just because of a lack of time and energy.

I'm going to miss Mazzy Star next month because I just can't make it to another event - and because they're playing the Crystal Ballroom which is far too large/ noisy a venue for them. I'm skipping seeing the Pixies (-1) because they're playing the wrong venue, too.

Maybe I'm just getting old and cranky.

LordMortis · Post by **LordMortis** » Thu Oct 31, 2013 3:43 pm

Exodor wrote:I'm finding myself cutting back on concerts just because of a lack of time and energy.

I'm going to miss Mazzy Star next month because I just can't make it to another event - and because they're playing the Crystal Ballroom which is far too large/ noisy a venue for them. I'm skipping seeing the Pixies (-1) because they're playing the wrong venue, too.

Maybe I'm just getting old and cranky.

I cut back a couple of years back. Time, energy, and my back... and my socially anxious side decided I had had enough and enforce this behavior.

I've also become more and more of a venue snob as I see less and less shows and I was already venue snobby before I cut back.

Carpet_pissr · Post by **Carpet_pissr** » Thu Oct 31, 2013 4:04 pm

LordMortis wrote:
Exodor wrote:I'm finding myself cutting back on concerts just because of a lack of time and energy.

I'm going to miss Mazzy Star next month because I just can't make it to another event - and because they're playing the Crystal Ballroom which is far too large/ noisy a venue for them. I'm skipping seeing the Pixies (-1) because they're playing the wrong venue, too.

Maybe I'm just getting old and cranky.
I cut back a couple of years back. Time, energy, and my back... and my socially anxious side decided I had had enough and enforce this behavior.

I've also become more and more of a venue snob as I see less and less shows and I was already venue snobby before I cut back.

Ha! This is me exactly, and it drives my wife crazy, who loves going to concerts.

I got home from the Pearl Jam concert last night at about 1:45a, I guess, which for me, is not that late (I get up around 6:30 every AM), but man...the energy it sucked out of me...felt like it was 4:30am instead of 1:30a. And I am also a bit of a sound snob, so of course that was my first complaint. I know, it's a rock concert. They're loud...get over it.

And I don't dance at concerts like some do (wife included). Sometimes I feel like I am the only person in the place that is so intent on and interested in actually hearing the artist perform his/her music, that I don't want to sing with, dance to, or otherwise yell and holler (maybe after songs), because I'm not there to hear ME!

Damn that sounds like an old grouch, and not a little bit anti-social, AMIRIGHT?!

I told the wife that I am done with arena concerts from now on (I think I have said that three times to her already), and am sticking to the smaller names, at the smaller venues. Case in point: got to see Alpha Rev recently, standing literally right in front of them, in a bar. Amazing lead singer. In between those two, I saw Brandi Carlile a couple years ago, in a church converted into an acoustically awesome sound stage - TINY venue, and of course the sound was amazing. Was able to get so close, I caught one of her guitar picks. So much less stress in those situations than the big stadium or arena tours (though I certainly don't regret a few of those I went to, notably U2, 2x).

See if you can pick me out in this smiley representation of me at the PJ concert last night:

LordMortis · Post by **LordMortis** » Thu Oct 31, 2013 4:14 pm

Carpet_pissr wrote:
LordMortis wrote:
Exodor wrote:I'm finding myself cutting back on concerts just because of a lack of time and energy.

I'm going to miss Mazzy Star next month because I just can't make it to another event - and because they're playing the Crystal Ballroom which is far too large/ noisy a venue for them. I'm skipping seeing the Pixies (-1) because they're playing the wrong venue, too.

Maybe I'm just getting old and cranky.
I cut back a couple of years back. Time, energy, and my back... and my socially anxious side decided I had had enough and enforce this behavior.

I've also become more and more of a venue snob as I see less and less shows and I was already venue snobby before I cut back.
Ha! This is me exactly, and it drives my wife crazy, who loves going to concerts.

I got home from the Pearl Jam concert last night at about 1:45a, I guess, which for me, is not that late (I get up around 6:30 every AM), but man...the energy it sucked out of me...felt like it was 4:30am instead of 1:30a. And I am also a bit of a sound snob, so of course that was my first complaint. I know, it's a rock concert. They're loud...get over it.

And I don't dance at concerts like some do (wife included). Sometimes I feel like I am the only person in the place that is so intent on and interested in actually hearing the artist perform his/her music, that I don't want to sing with, dance to, or otherwise yell and holler (maybe after songs), because I'm not there to hear ME!

Damn that sounds like an old grouch, and not a little bit anti-social, AMIRIGHT?! I told the wife that I am done with arena concerts from now on (I think I have said that three times to her already), and am sticking to the smaller names, at the smaller venues. Case in point: got to see Alpha Rev recently, standing literally right in front of them, in a bar. Amazing lead singer. In between those two, I saw Brandi Carlile a couple years ago, in a church converted into an acoustically awesome sound stage - TINY venue, and of course the sound was amazing. Was able to get so close, I caught one of her guitar picks. So much less stress in those situations than the big stadium or arena tours (though I certainly don't regret a few of those I went to, notably U2, 2x).

A capacity of 2500 seems to be my thresh hold unless there are extenuating circumstances. A capacity of 300 is about what I really like. I also want elbow room in a room of 300 or of 2500. What makes no sense to my snobby mind is that the 300 person show where the artists are really performing for me is only ten to fifteen dollars a pop but when they perform fleas in a circus to 35,000 people or more it's $75 to $150 a pop. My only problem with my 300 person venues are that they inevitably only have a half dozen chairs and my back can't take standing around for three to five hours any more.

Dramatist · Post by **Dramatist** » Fri Nov 08, 2013 2:57 pm

I'm going to see Cut Copy tomorrow night with my daughter in Houston. I'm very excited, I hear they put on a great show.

LordMortis · Post by **LordMortis** » Fri Nov 08, 2013 3:00 pm

I'm debating seeing Flatfoot 56 tomorrow but I also have to go to a retirement party and I know I'm seeing Sleighbells next week and am also debating Mazzy Star... and Cymbals Eat Guitars... And Lucero with Titus Andronicus... That's just way too much for a guy who rarely drags his out to do one thing a month any more.

Carpet_pissr · Post by **Carpet_pissr** » Fri Nov 08, 2013 3:05 pm

LordMortis wrote:What makes no sense to my snobby mind is that the 300 person show where the artists are really performing for me is only ten to fifteen dollars a pop but when they perform fleas in a circus to 35,000 people or more it's $75 to $150 a pop.

Demand/popularity.

300 person shows also probably don't necessitate a ticket broker (like Ticketmaster, for one), who takes a big cut of course. Venue size goes up, costs go up as well - security, staff, electrical, etc.