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« Reply #15 on Jun 14, 2010, 10:16pm » | |
Jun 14, 2010, 7:36pm, ComesWithASword wrote:Thanks for asking!
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Haha, yeah. I didn't know whether this would be a good or a bad thing, but I'm glad it's a positive thing.
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« Reply #16 on Jun 23, 2010, 11:44am » | |
definitely one of my fave performances of the weekend.
they sound great live & yoni is a dancer
almost all of their set was from alopecia.
i don't remember their entire setlist.. but i know they played these songs:
- the vowels pt. 2
- these few presidents
- the hollows
- song of the sad assasin
- fatalist palmistry
pretty sure they also did..
- good friday
- a sky for shoeing horses under
- by torpedo or crohn's
but my memory isn't perfect.
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« Reply #17 on Jun 24, 2010, 8:12am » | |
So then, I should definitely make it a point to see them when I go to Pitchfork? Because that means missing part of Jon Spencer Blues Explosion and part of Wold Parade, and that's hard.
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« Reply #18 on Jun 24, 2010, 9:40am » | |
Wolf Parade blows live.
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« Reply #19 on Jun 24, 2010, 1:13pm » | |
Then that helps that decision!
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« Reply #20 on Jun 24, 2010, 1:13pm » | |
Then again I found Pavement great and you didn't, so who knows, I might love Wolf Parade! =P
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« Reply #21 on Jun 24, 2010, 2:12pm » | |
Yeah, but I hate Pavement's music. Spencer Krug is a fucking badass, but Wolf Parade sound like shit live. It's all muddy -- all the cool instrumentation, counter-melodies and interesting backbeats get lost in this unintelligible soup.
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« Reply #22 on Jun 24, 2010, 2:33pm » | |
aaaaah, gotcha. Thanks!
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« Reply #23 on Jun 24, 2010, 8:00pm » | |
even though i think you should at least catch part of why, I have no idea what that other guys is talking about Wolf Parade is great live.
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« Reply #24 on Jun 24, 2010, 9:08pm » | |
Jun 24, 2010, 2:12pm, Horned Gramma wrote:| Yeah, but I hate Pavement's music. Spencer Krug is a fucking badass, but Wolf Parade sound like shit live. It's all muddy -- all the cool instrumentation, counter-melodies and interesting backbeats get lost in this unintelligible soup. |
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The Crystal Ballroom can turn any band into unintelligible soup, depending on where you are standing. And Wolf Parade doesn't blow live, that would imply they sound like shit and have no stage presence, neither of which would be correct.
With that said, I don't recall any of their shows being musically memorable at all. I thought the Handsome Furs put on a more entertaining show, and Sunset Rubdown was just outstanding live. To think, the first time I saw Wolf Parade back in the day, I thought Spencer Krug was fourteen and annoying, and fourteen.
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« Reply #25 on Jun 28, 2010, 1:14pm » | |
Yeah, no, they're terrible live. And I didn't see them at the Crystal. Just a case of a good studio band that can't perform, trust me on this.
I'd really love to see Krug tour his Moonface project. To me, that is a hundred times more interesting than anything Wolf Parade has done.
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« Reply #26 on Jul 5, 2010, 6:13pm » | |
Saw WHY? this weekend as part of the Sled Island festival and they were GREAT!!! Fucking great. Very interesting dynmaic on stage...just five fucked weirdo's playing good music and being just generally strange. Really enjoyed their set.
Thanks to all that recommended them.
The other bands kicked ass as well. Fucked Up's Pink Eye got 100% naked infront of the crowd at 5:00pm...in front of hundreds of curious onlookers. Ted Leo was amazing as was The Thermals. Neither of them as good as their bar shows but whatever. Built to Spil was...well Built to Spill.
Girl Talk...SUCKED! What a fucking waste of a headliner spot. The sound was shit, the toilet paper thing he does was dumb and the crowd was just not into it. Really a shame. But what a great night otherwise.
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« Reply #27 on Jul 7, 2010, 6:11pm » | |
Jun 24, 2010, 9:08pm, know ID yuh wrote:
Jun 24, 2010, 2:12pm, Horned Gramma wrote:| Yeah, but I hate Pavement's music. Spencer Krug is a fucking badass, but Wolf Parade sound like shit live. It's all muddy -- all the cool instrumentation, counter-melodies and interesting backbeats get lost in this unintelligible soup. |
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The Crystal Ballroom can turn any band into unintelligible soup, depending on where you are standing. And Wolf Parade doesn't blow live, that would imply they sound like shit and have no stage presence, neither of which would be correct.
With that said, I don't recall any of their shows being musically memorable at all. I thought the Handsome Furs put on a more entertaining show, and Sunset Rubdown was just outstanding live. To think, the first time I saw Wolf Parade back in the day, I thought Spencer Krug was fourteen and annoying, and fourteen. |
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I haven't seen handsome furs live but I just don't feel the same way about wolf parade of Sunset Rubdown. I love a lot of the stuff Sunset Rubdown has put out (although dragonslayer did nothing for me), but I thought their show dragged on and the crowd really wasn't into it. On the other hand I've seen wolf parade twice and had a great time both times. Maybe they aren't the most exciting live performers but I think the crowd at the shows more than makes up for it. It says something that the whole crowd goes nuts and sings along for every single song on Apologies to Queen Mary. Maybe sitting in the back is boring but I have trouble imagining how you could be bored if you were up front jumping along with everyone else
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