I was going to agree with this just to spite gunther but I'm more of a mercury fan. I just saw their commentary on it and remembered that the bass in the Roseland is horrible.
Haha, just teasing. I just think the WW is the biggest piece of shit newspaper.
I accidentally witnessed what will go down as the best Thermals ending to a show. Smashing a guitar is so cliche, but he was having issues with his guitars near the end of the show, which lead to a 10 minute delay right before their last song. When his guitar went south during, "Here's Your Future," (their greatest song in my opinion), he smashed his guitar out of anger, then finished the song while the crowd hummed the riff. Then he crowd surfed with the remains of the guitar in his hands. If you are a Thermals fan, drool.
I ended up seeing Mad Rad and Yacht, both of which were really fun shows but the venues were shit. Both of the venues had no ventilation and it was a super hot weekend. The Branx, the venue that Yacht played at, probably got up to 105 degrees. I had to leave early because I was getting heat exhaustion. I was pretty pissed because Yacht was putting on a great show too.
I'm predicting the MusicfestNW headliners will be Silverson Pickups, Girl Talk, and Beirut (maybe that is more of an educated guess). Pretty underwhelming. I'm sure there will be a ton of awesome smaller bands, but it will be tough to justify a couple hundred for a VIP pass this year.
Agreed, Beirut is great, but having been lucky enough to see them thrice, they are not a band I would pay to see again. I don't like the Silverson Pickups, so that is a waste. I love Girl Talk shows, but I love My Morning Jacket shows more, and word on the street is they are playing Edgefield the same night (not a part of MusicFestNW). Depending on the schedule, I'll pay the cover at the smaller venues for the bands I really like, and skip Saturday all together to see MMJ.
I love MusicFestNW, but if I have no interest in attending any of the headliners, there is no reason to fork over a load of cash for a pass.
This guy will be at the MMJ show as well (if it's official).
Oh and also, in defense of cbats' post last year, I think Macklemore is boring as hell. The only good thing about Macklemore is when they have Andrew Joselyn on the violin. I know Andrew personally and he is one hell of musician.
Oh and also, in defense of cbats' post last year, I think Macklemore is boring as hell. The only good thing about Macklemore is when they have Andrew Joselyn on the violin. I know Andrew personally and he is one hell of musician.
Just once, I would like to hear something along the lines of, "Have you ever heard of the band [fill in the blank]? The drummer Matt is a friend of mine, not a very good drummer though. He's a terrible bass player too, poor guy has no coordination or musical ability. Actually, I wouldn't recommend seeing them live, because his faults make their shows unwatchable. He has an incurable venerial disease, and he shits his pants when he drinks too much. Totally cool guy though, we go way back."
I do not understand billing. How does silver sun pickups have the head spot when the 5 billed under all seem bigger. I will definitely try to make it this year. Especially because I have some friends in portland now.
I do not understand billing. How does silver sun pickups have the head spot when the 5 billed under all seem bigger.
Because Lazy Eye.
But yeah, not sure if I want to go this year. Will probably go to the free shows again, but I've already seen most of the bands that I would want to see on there.
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