What Shows Have You Been To Lately?

**Janszoon** · 02-07-2018, 05:15 PM

Igorrr
I saw Igorrr this past Friday. The Philadelphia show was the first time he has ever played in the US—pretty awesome to be there for that. It was at a relatively small venue where I had a great view. I wasn't sure what kind of setup he had and it turned out to be two singers, a drummer, and him behind a table full of gear.

The opener was Spotlights—a shoegaze band with some heavy, heavy doom elements—and they were pretty great as well.

**Exo** · 02-07-2018, 05:33 PM

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The opener was Spotlights—a shoegaze band with some heavy, heavy doom elements—and they were pretty great as well.

I like that band. Good show. Wish I coulda made it.

**Frownland** · 02-12-2018, 09:55 PM

Last night, I saw Sir Richard Bishop, Eyvind King & Jessika Kenney, and The Youngs at Zebulon Cafe.

The doors opened about an hour late (not complaining--I like the opportunity to get to a decent but manageable level of drunk and seal a deal before the show). The Youngs put on a uh...interesting set. They're an experimental acoustic husband and wife duo but when their show started, only Timothy Young came on stage. He sat there for a moment with his guitar in his lap.

"The Youngs are pretty much over," he told us. "After tonight I think I'm pretty much going to get a divorce. If anyone has a better idea for the set, you're free to come up and do it." Then he stared at us with his guitar sitting in his lap. Sir Richard Bishop went up to him and asked him if he was alright and if he was going to do this for the next 45 minutes before going back off stage. The venue dimmed the lights on him and turned on the music after about 15 minutes before he signed off. He got a lot of applause. I would have given him the full time, it could have turned into an open mic/therapy session. I hope that Tim doesn't kill himself, he appeared rather distraught.

Eyvind Kang & Jessika Kenney are also a husband and wife duo, and both of them showed up! The show started with a poetic solo piece by violinist Eyvind Kang that had the audience in the palm. Then he went into the crowd and vocalist Jessika Kenney took the stage. Now, I had come to the show only knowing about Kang through his work with/for Zorn and by extension his solo stuff. I had reservations about Jessika because I've seen far too many scenarios where a band member or solo artist will have their wife or girlfriend sing despite them being painfully mediocre (if that sounds sexist to you, check out a few local jazz shows on a slow night). It also seems like people who are connected at the pisser are a lot less critical of each other's ideas than standard bandmates or ones who only **** every once in a while. The moment she started singing, Kenney used the low bar I had set as a jumping off point to reach the insurmountable levels of respect that she deserves. Meditative and powerful displays of extended voice technique filled the room. It was breathtaking. After a few minutes of Kenney's encapsulating solo performance, Kang started playing within the audience and around the venue. Kenney joined him and they both improvised within the venue, moving around as they leapt through a wide range of ideas and emotions. Highly recommended.

Sir Richard Bishop

Opened up with about ten minutes of excellent American primitivist (?) neoclassical jazz jam that runs through his solo work. Then he did a handful of Sun City Girls songs that I was too drunk to recognize. His performance of those tracks was spot on yet loose and heartful, but the magic of Sun City Girls is really in the dynamic of the band, especially when it comes to the vocals. Still enjoyed it quite a bit, but it was a letdown coming off of the excellent performance by Kang and Kenney.

saxpianoguitarjimmy · 02-13-2018, 07:05 AM

Ed Sheeran's coming to Australia soon, very keen to see him

EPOCH6 · 02-15-2018, 11:01 AM

Black Label Society - Commodore Ballroom - Vancouver, BC

Zakk Wylde was looking very healthy and playing very well last night. Might have been the loudest show I've ever been to, pretty muddy mix. They changed the key of a lot of songs to accommodate Zakk's ageing vocal range, worked fine in some tracks and took away from others (The Blessed Hellride). At one point, toward the end of the show, during Fire It Up, he jumped off stage mid-solo, strolled all of the way to the back of the venue, climbed up on the bar, and continued his solo atop the bar for what felt like 10 minutes straight. Meanwhile, his guitar tech is still on stage holding up Zakk's 100 ft patch cable above the heads of the audience.

Pretty much exactly what I was expecting, not the greatest live band by any stretch, especially in terms of mix, but Zakk Wylde is still a killer performer with a contagious amount of energy.

Corrosion of Conformity opened and they killed it, great set.

Treefire21 · 02-15-2018, 02:40 PM

I actually haven't been to a big name band concert, but a week ago I went and saw Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone in concert with the Des Moines symphony. It was quite a great time, and I saw my band teacher there.

**Goofle** · 02-28-2018, 09:08 PM

Nils Frahm was utterly fantastic. Absolutely smashed his set, had the whole venue immersed and is a pretty decent dude from the little I talked to him.

p.s. apparently, if a room is too cold you can't tune a piano/organ correctly. The more you know.

**Frownland** · 03-24-2018, 10:00 PM

Jpegmafia and Injury Reserve last night.

Jpegmafia opened, mostly playing stuff from Veteran but I think he did a track or two from Black Ben Carson. The crowd was a lot larger than I expected, and Jpegmafia was trippin about it the whole show too because he's still used to tiny audiences. He opened up with Real Nega and the whole place ****ing erupted. If these weren't a bunch of skinny hipsters, this **** would've been more violent than a Slayer show. I initially didn't mosh so that I could finish my beer, but he brought the pit right to me when he went into Thug Tears. When he did 1539 N. Calvert, he let the beat ride for a bit but the crowd was shouting the lyrics and that blew his mind. He's a great performer. Met him after the show, he's extremely friendly. He came up and complimented my Shabazz Palaces shirt, I asked him a bit about being in the studio with clipping. and if we was doing more **** with Freaky. Said he wanted Freaky on Veteran but Freaky's too lazy lol.

Injury Reserve had a more elaborate set. There were also a lot more chicks in the crowd for them too, which was nice for obvious reasons but also because it was nice to have a few shorter people in the audience to balance out all of the dicksweat from the Jpegmafia performance which was a bit of a sausagefest. Anyway, Injury Reserve played and they were cool. They obviously opened with Oh ****t. Crowd was hyped which made it more fun because even though they did virtually all of my favourite songs from Floss, they played some of their new **** that can drag on a bit. Stepa J. Grogs kept take breaks because he got winded but he did a great job when he was on. They did All This Money towards and threw a bunch of Harriet Tubman $20 bills into the crowd. They ended the show with Ritchie with a T in a see-through box that was reflective for most of the show and Parker Corey on top with his launchpad thingy then he breaks it open with a mic stand. They had some good crowd initiation too. Neat.

**Janszoon** · 06-08-2018, 11:56 PM

Too Many Zooz
I just got home from this. So. Much. Energy. They were great. All three of them seemed like they gave everything they had during every second of the show. The whole audience was dancing. How is it even possible for people to play horns and drums for such an extended period of time at such intensity without any breaks? This show made my day. Exo, thank you so much for introducing me to this band several years ago.

**Exo** · 06-11-2018, 05:24 PM

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Too Many Zooz
I just got home from this. So. Much. Energy. They were great. All three of them seemed like they gave everything they had during every second of the show. The whole audience was dancing. How is it even possible for people to play horns and drums for such an extended period of time at such intensity without any breaks? This show made my day. Exo, thank you so much for introducing me to this band several years ago.

You're welcome dude! Glad they were awesome and you had a good time.

02-07-2018, 05:15 PM	#371 (permalink)
Janszoon Mate, Spawn & Die Join Date: May 2007 Location: The Rapping Community Posts: 24,593	Igorrr I saw Igorrr this past Friday. The Philadelphia show was the first time he has ever played in the US—pretty awesome to be there for that. It was at a relatively small venue where I had a great view. I wasn't sure what kind of setup he had and it turned out to be two singers, a drummer, and him behind a table full of gear. The opener was Spotlights—a shoegaze band with some heavy, heavy doom elements—and they were pretty great as well. __________________ 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

02-12-2018, 09:55 PM	#373 (permalink)
Frownland SOPHIE FOREVER Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: East of the Southern North American West Posts: 35,541	Last night, I saw Sir Richard Bishop, Eyvind King & Jessika Kenney, and The Youngs at Zebulon Cafe. The doors opened about an hour late (not complaining--I like the opportunity to get to a decent but manageable level of drunk and seal a deal before the show). The Youngs put on a uh...interesting set. They're an experimental acoustic husband and wife duo but when their show started, only Timothy Young came on stage. He sat there for a moment with his guitar in his lap. "The Youngs are pretty much over," he told us. "After tonight I think I'm pretty much going to get a divorce. If anyone has a better idea for the set, you're free to come up and do it." Then he stared at us with his guitar sitting in his lap. Sir Richard Bishop went up to him and asked him if he was alright and if he was going to do this for the next 45 minutes before going back off stage. The venue dimmed the lights on him and turned on the music after about 15 minutes before he signed off. He got a lot of applause. I would have given him the full time, it could have turned into an open mic/therapy session. I hope that Tim doesn't kill himself, he appeared rather distraught. Eyvind Kang & Jessika Kenney are also a husband and wife duo, and both of them showed up! The show started with a poetic solo piece by violinist Eyvind Kang that had the audience in the palm. Then he went into the crowd and vocalist Jessika Kenney took the stage. Now, I had come to the show only knowing about Kang through his work with/for Zorn and by extension his solo stuff. I had reservations about Jessika because I've seen far too many scenarios where a band member or solo artist will have their wife or girlfriend sing despite them being painfully mediocre (if that sounds sexist to you, check out a few local jazz shows on a slow night). It also seems like people who are connected at the pisser are a lot less critical of each other's ideas than standard bandmates or ones who only ** every once in a while. The moment she started singing, Kenney used the low bar I had set as a jumping off point to reach the insurmountable levels of respect that she deserves. Meditative and powerful displays of extended voice technique filled the room. It was breathtaking. After a few minutes of Kenney's encapsulating solo performance, Kang started playing within the audience and around the venue. Kenney joined him and they both improvised within the venue, moving around as they leapt through a wide range of ideas and emotions. Highly recommended. Sir Richard Bishop** Opened up with about ten minutes of excellent American primitivist (?) neoclassical jazz jam that runs through his solo work. Then he did a handful of Sun City Girls songs that I was too drunk to recognize. His performance of those tracks was spot on yet loose and heartful, but the magic of Sun City Girls is really in the dynamic of the band, especially when it comes to the vocals. Still enjoyed it quite a bit, but it was a letdown coming off of the excellent performance by Kang and Kenney. __________________ 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

03-24-2018, 10:00 PM	#378 (permalink)
Frownland SOPHIE FOREVER Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: East of the Southern North American West Posts: 35,541	Jpegmafia and Injury Reserve last night. Jpegmafia opened, mostly playing stuff from Veteran but I think he did a track or two from Black Ben Carson. The crowd was a lot larger than I expected, and Jpegmafia was trippin about it the whole show too because he's still used to tiny audiences. He opened up with Real Nega and the whole place **ing erupted. If these weren't a bunch of skinny hipsters, this would've been more violent than a Slayer show. I initially didn't mosh so that I could finish my beer, but he brought the pit right to me when he went into Thug Tears. When he did 1539 N. Calvert, he let the beat ride for a bit but the crowd was shouting the lyrics and that blew his mind. He's a great performer. Met him after the show, he's extremely friendly. He came up and complimented my Shabazz Palaces shirt, I asked him a bit about being in the studio with clipping. and if we was doing more with Freaky. Said he wanted Freaky on Veteran but Freaky's too lazy lol. Injury Reserve had a more elaborate set. There were also a lot more chicks in the crowd for them too, which was nice for obvious reasons but also because it was nice to have a few shorter people in the audience to balance out all of the dicksweat from the Jpegmafia performance which was a bit of a sausagefest. Anyway, Injury Reserve played and they were cool. They obviously opened with Oh t. Crowd was hyped which made it more fun because even though they did virtually all of my favourite songs from Floss, they played some of their new ** that can drag on a bit. Stepa J. Grogs kept take breaks because he got winded but he did a great job when he was on. They did All This Money towards and threw a bunch of Harriet Tubman $20 bills into the crowd. They ended the show with Ritchie with a T in a see-through box that was reflective for most of the show and Parker Corey on top with his launchpad thingy then he breaks it open with a mic stand. They had some good crowd initiation too. 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

06-08-2018, 11:56 PM	#379 (permalink)
Janszoon Mate, Spawn & Die Join Date: May 2007 Location: The Rapping Community Posts: 24,593	Too Many Zooz I just got home from this. So. Much. Energy. They were great. All three of them seemed like they gave everything they had during every second of the show. The whole audience was dancing. How is it even possible for people to play horns and drums for such an extended period of time at such intensity without any breaks? This show made my day. Exo, thank you so much for introducing me to this band several years ago. __________________ 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

02-13-2018, 07:05 AM	#374 (permalink)
saxpianoguitarjimmy Groupie Join Date: Jan 2018 Posts: 8	Ed Sheeran's coming to Australia soon, very keen to see him

02-15-2018, 02:40 PM	#376 (permalink)
Treefire21 Groupie Join Date: Feb 2018 Posts: 11	I actually haven't been to a big name band concert, but a week ago I went and saw Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone in concert with the Des Moines symphony. It was quite a great time, and I saw my band teacher there.