What Shows Have You Been To Lately?

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.

Ol’ Qwerty Bastard · 08-01-2016, 08:45 AM

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Originally Posted by Tristan Geoff

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.

Brand New were at Osheaga last year and I tried to hard to go but ended up not being able to. I'm hoping they come back shortly, but it's hard to say.

I'm pretty sure you posted the lineup awhile back, but who is headlining Hopscotch?

Tristan_Geoff · 08-01-2016, 09:37 AM

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Originally Posted by Qwertyy

Brand New were at Osheaga last year and I tried to hard to go but ended up not being able to. I'm hoping they come back shortly, but it's hard to say.

I'm pretty sure you posted the lineup awhile back, but who is headlining Hopscotch?

Erykah Badu, Converge, Television, Beach House, Andrew Bird, Young Thug, Anderson.Paak, Vince Staples, Yob, Twin Peaks, Beach Slang, Vhol, Coathangers, Cobalt, Car Seat Headrest, LVL Up, Milo, Amanda X, Ricky Eat Acid, and Baroness.

At least those are the biggest names there but I can't find out who exactly is headlining or not.

**Janszoon** · 09-10-2016, 09:24 PM

Pig Destroyer
I skipped the openers but PD were great—tight as hell as always. Both times I've seen these guys, Adam Jarvis' drumming has blown me away. This time the core band were also playing with John Jarvis on bass and Blake Harrison on electronics. Aside from electronics, Harrison seems like he's become PD's equivalent of Bez from Happy Mondays—an entertaining and funny cheerleader who helps get the crowd more riled up. Anyway, great times were had.

Tristan_Geoff · 09-11-2016, 11:27 AM

Car Seat Headrest is indeed amazing live. As is Ricky Eat Acid and Anderson .Paak.

**Janszoon** · 09-11-2016, 01:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Tristan Geoff

Car Seat Headrest is indeed amazing live.

I just got an album by them a couple weeks. I still need to give it a full listen.

Justthefacts · 09-11-2016, 02:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Janszoon

I just got an album by them a couple weeks. I still need to give it a full listen.

Teens Of Denial is standard indie fare but it has it's audience, I'd check it out if I were you.

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Janszoon Mate, Spawn & Die Join Date: May 2007 Location: The Rapping Community Posts: 24,593	Pig Destroyer I skipped the openers but PD were great—tight as hell as always. Both times I've seen these guys, Adam Jarvis' drumming has blown me away. This time the core band were also playing with John Jarvis on bass and Blake Harrison on electronics. Aside from electronics, Harrison seems like he's become PD's equivalent of Bez from Happy Mondays—an entertaining and funny cheerleader who helps get the crowd more riled up. Anyway, great times were had. __________________ 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