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Old 09-06-13, 09:50 PM
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(9/5/13): Saves The Day/Into It. Over It. (@ Slim's)
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Gary Numan is in town this Wednesday. I still haven't decided if I'm going. How's his live show if anybody can comment?
Saw him at the Oakland show earlier this week. Nice big crowd showed up. It became hot as fuck and Gary was chugging the bottled water. He seemed to lose a lot of steam after the first 3-4 songs.

Not a fan of his longstanding NIN phase and I much preferred his 80's shows but hey, he's managed to stay relevant for the kids so it's all good in the end. Pretty aggressive, loud show with fantastic lighting. All his NIN songs sound the same to me and he's managed to NINify the five old-school hits he plays so it seemed like one boom-boom, head-swinging industrial song after the other. The poor sound mix made everything sound even more homogenous. His bass player is a ball of energy and seemed genuinely pumped to be playing. His current keyboard player is laughably bad and kept muffing simple lines, especially the piano solos during Are 'Friends' Electric, which was otherwise a killer finale to the show.
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09-07-13 Chicago, IL

Young The Giant
The Hold Steady
Superchunk
The Walkmen
Aimee Mann & Ted Leo
Jon Langford & Skull Orchard
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Just got home from a Willie Nile concert. The old man can really rock and he has an extremely talented band.
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The Pixies at the El Rey Theater. They still got it, even without Kim Deal. Only song I wished they had played was "Gouge Away". Otherwise, awesome fucking show.
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Megadeth and Maiden last Thursday.
Haven't been to a metal show since Ozzfest in '05, and I've never seen Maiden live. Awesome show, Maiden was never really on my radar (the only album I've owned was Mark of the Beast) but they really won me over. Can't wait until they come around again.
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(9/11/13): Rockstar Uproar Festival

Alice In Chains, Circa Survive and Coheed & Cambria were awesome. Coheed's drummer wasn't feeling well, so the band did a last minute Acoustic Set. Sounded great! Cladio's wife even joined in to help with the vocals/singing.
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Originally Posted by Supermallet
The Pixies at the El Rey Theater. They still got it, even without Kim Deal. Only song I wished they had played was "Gouge Away". Otherwise, awesome fucking show.
I saw The Pixies in '89ish open for Love and Rockets. A small portion of the audience knew who they were and they played half the show with the house lights on. Truly memorable show.
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I'm going to see The Avett Brothers Sat night. They put on such a great, joyful show. Can. Not. Wait.

I'm going with my 14 year old daughter. She's 14 and has seen Wilco 4 times, the Avett Bros, the Decemberists (twice), Robyn Hitchcock, Foxygen, Conor Oberst, Dr. Dog, Steely Dan, Yo La Tengo, Elvis Costello, Middle Brother, m. Ward, The Head and the Heart, Civil Wars, Dawes, Delta Spirit and others I can't remember.

At 14, I had seen Blue Oyster Cult once.
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Originally Posted by Supermallet
The Pixies at the El Rey Theater. They still got it, even without Kim Deal. Only song I wished they had played was "Gouge Away". Otherwise, awesome fucking show.
Saw them last on the Doolittle tour. So great live.

Saw blink on Tuesday... only really for nostalgic purposes, and it was a small show in a club.

Upcoming:
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9/19 - Yeah, Yeah, Yeahs
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10/16 - Coheed
10/21 - Pearl Jam
10/22 - Franz Ferdinand
11/13 - Manchester Orchestra
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I had seen The Pixies before years ago at Coachella (the first time Radiohead headlined, and The Cure). But this was in a much smaller venue.
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I've been on a concert drought this year. I fucked up and wasn't able to attend the STP w Chester rehearsal show (I won a contest on FB) Labor Day weekend . I saw the pics and the band literally played for 20 people (catered the event), so my bad for missing out on that.

As far as upcoming shows - I got my tickets to the L.A. show of The Sounds on October 24th.
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(9/13/13): Death In June (@ The Mezzanine)
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saw Muse last Wednesday over at Verizon - great show!
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Avett Brothers were fantastic as usual but wanted to say the opening band, Trombone Shorty, was one of those rare bands that started in a half empty "who the fuck is this?" venue to completely packed, on their feet, cheering house.
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(9/14/13): Agalloch/Worm Ouroboros/Lycus (@ Oakland Metro)

(9/15/13): Rock The Bells Festival (Day 2) (@ Shoreline Amphitheatre)
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Originally Posted by CRM114
I'm going to see The Avett Brothers Sat night. They put on such a great, joyful show. Can. Not. Wait.

I'm going with my 14 year old daughter. She's 14 and has seen Wilco 4 times, the Avett Bros, the Decemberists (twice), Robyn Hitchcock, Foxygen, Conor Oberst, Dr. Dog, Steely Dan, Yo La Tengo, Elvis Costello, Middle Brother, m. Ward, The Head and the Heart, Civil Wars, Dawes, Delta Spirit and others I can't remember.

At 14, I had seen Blue Oyster Cult once.
Jealous of the Decemberists. I only recently (within the last year) got into them and really enjoy them. It appears, as for now, that they are no longer touring. Colin Meloy has a solo tour going on, but nothing in Michigan that I could go to. Hopefully they resume touring again as I'd really like to check them out. The clips I've seen online really make it seem like they put on a fun show and get the audience engaged.
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They aren't touring right now, but I'm sure they will tour when they have a new record.

The best show I've seen by them was The Hazards of Love tour where they brought the singers from Lavender Diamond and My Brightest Diamond and played the whole album beginning to end. Then an intermission followed by a set of all their older stuff.
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They aren't touring right now, but I'm sure they will tour when they have a new record.

The best show I've seen by them was The Hazards of Love tour where they brought the singers from Lavender Diamond and My Brightest Diamond and played the whole album beginning to end. Then an intermission followed by a set of all their older stuff.
That's the concert that I'm jealous of. Hazards of Love was recommended to me as an accessible album to get me in. Instantly loved the album and sought out all of their other stuff. They are one of my most played artists on my iPod. I've seen many YouTube clips of concerts from that tour. Too bad they didn't put out a video of one of the better ones and release it for sale. Oh well....
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They aren't touring right now, but I'm sure they will tour when they have a new record.
I have tix for Colin Meloy's acoustic "camp fire" tour - he's in Chicago in November. Really looking forward to it...
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Hazards of Love the most accessible? I'd say that's their LEAST accessible.
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I always wanted to see John Williams performing his best known scores, so I attended this concert...http://www.sfsymphony.org/Buy-Ticket...-of-the-Movies

And it was fantastic. I've collected film score for years, but a good live performance makes me appreciate the hobby all over again.
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Magic Man and Walk The Moon last Saturday - excellent show with great energy.
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just saw Pet Shop Boys over at the Strathmore Music Center earlier tonight - wow, impressive concert
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Upcoming:
9/18 - Arctic Monkeys
9/19 - Yeah, Yeah, Yeahs
10/15 - NIN
10/16 - Coheed
10/21 - Pearl Jam
10/22 - Franz Ferdinand
11/13 - Manchester Orchestra[/QUOTE]


Lucky! I saw FF a few years ago, and it was a great show. I wish they'd play here again. Enjoy!!

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