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Post by Drew on Mar 26, 2014 21:20:17 GMT -8
You asked your ex-boyfriend to go to a festival with you? Maybe not the best idea.
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Post by Drew on Mar 26, 2014 19:14:35 GMT -8
Goldbeard's about to fall in love with Annie Clark.
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Post by Drew on Mar 26, 2014 15:32:23 GMT -8
I just finished listening to Mess and I can't believe that this is the same band that released They Threw Us All in a Trench and Stuck a Monument on Top. That album is the only one that I have ever listened to or owned by Liars. It's worlds apart, but in a good way. Looking forward to their set. Oddly, Mess is the most they've sounded like They Threw Us All in a Trench and Stuck a Monument on Top in years. Yeah, I suppose if you've ONLY heard those two Liars albums they sound different, but everything else they made is starkly different from those two. Drum's Not Dead is a singular piece of music, for instance.
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Post by Drew on Mar 26, 2014 14:30:43 GMT -8
Kraftwerk was good. The crowd was so OLD. It's the first time I've felt young at a concert in a long time. Every cool old person in the Bay Area was there.
It was the third night of three sold-out shows. To be honest, I think I was held back from fully appreciating it for three reasons:
1) Someone near me smelled like vomit 2) I just found out Florian left the band in 2008, and Ralf is the only original member in the lineup. It was sort of obvious during the show. I sort of felt like it was like seeing Ween without Gene. Ralf and Florian are Ralf and Florian. 3) Tickets were expensive. I didn't remember how much I paid until I printed my ticket yesterday. Too much, especially when compared to the incredible St. Vincent show I saw at the same venue two nights prior.
They sounded fantastic, and the Fox has great sound. They more or less faithfully reproduced their "hits" - I'm like a medium-range Kraftwerk fan and I knew almost every song. Even casual fans probably knew most songs. Not a lot of experimentation or crazy transitions or anything, though some very cool moments. The animations were cool at first, then dull, then sort of better. Honestly, Primus' 3D was way better. Hilariously, there were some EDM bros in the crowd dancing like they were watching Skrillex, which was amusing for me and everyone else in the audience.
The saddest part is that the whole time I was thinking about how much fun this would have been at the Gorge. It would have been really cool. Glad I saw it, but definitely didn't take me to new places.
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Post by Drew on Mar 25, 2014 12:30:58 GMT -8
St. Vincent tonight! Let's both ignore the amazing shows we're at and text each other selfies. LET'S DO IT Dude you're going to be blown away by that show. Crazy shit.
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Post by Drew on Mar 25, 2014 12:30:21 GMT -8
OSL is always stacked at the top and then doesn't have shit for an undercard. Which sort of makes sense for a festival in a city that gets toured ad nauseum. Last year I only saw Paul McCartney and the National one day, and only like three bands and NIN another day.
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Post by Drew on Mar 25, 2014 8:11:18 GMT -8
Outside Lands is rumored to be getting Bruce Springstreen and the E Street Band and Kanye this year. Rumors, but still.
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Post by Drew on Mar 25, 2014 8:09:39 GMT -8
Kraftwerk 3D TONIGHT
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Post by Drew on Mar 23, 2014 11:08:35 GMT -8
Yes that was incredible.
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Post by Drew on Mar 23, 2014 11:08:08 GMT -8
Aw damn I wish I would have seen this before Thursday, so I could lose miserably again. Seriously, I made 10 brackets on espn and none of them are in the top 50%. I'm SO BAD at fantasy sports.
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Post by Drew on Mar 23, 2014 10:56:04 GMT -8
Haha Kendrick Lamar. For real.
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Post by Drew on Mar 23, 2014 10:52:09 GMT -8
Adding:
The Notwist - Close to the Glass
The new Liars album is crazy too
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Post by Drew on Mar 18, 2014 6:30:05 GMT -8
Rimshot!
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Post by Drew on Mar 17, 2014 20:35:39 GMT -8
Back to Bottle Rocket. That's even more ridiculous than last year. This is the weirdest music festival. The best part is it costs like $600. It's made exclusively for 40-something rich people with no taste living in wine country...plus Deerhunter and Thee Oh Sees. Last year it was all that....plus Iron and Wine and Sharon Van Etten.
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Post by Drew on Mar 9, 2014 19:33:19 GMT -8
The Returned is brilliant. Probably the best show I watched last year. The American version is going to be an abomination.
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Post by Drew on Mar 9, 2014 19:27:45 GMT -8
Just listen to all of them. She only has two albums.
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Post by Drew on Mar 9, 2014 12:40:02 GMT -8
Adding:
Future Islands - Singles
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Post by Drew on Mar 9, 2014 12:37:12 GMT -8
Strongly like
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Post by Drew on Mar 9, 2014 0:46:04 GMT -8
Weenie likes Woodkid but I really didn't like his albums. That live setup looks cool but that's an expensive arrangement for someone on the 4th line.
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Post by Drew on Mar 4, 2014 9:59:21 GMT -8
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