Saturday night and I just got paid: upcoming concerts

[Trousers and Pat]

okay it's decision time: 2 free shows tonight, should I go see (1) very hip thing with squarepusher glasser and jamie xx or (2) something called "performance for four microwaves"

I kind of know which way I'm leaning here though

[alex]

I'd go see the microwaves, for sure.

Also, it's kind of exciting to see microwaves transform back into 'brown goods' after all these years. (This is in reference to a chapter called 'White Goods, Brown Goods' in Cynthia Cockburn's and Susan Omrod's seminal history of how gender and technology shaped each other in the making of the microwave oven, in which they show that microwaves were originally marketed as technologically exciting gadgets for men and sold among music systems and TVs before being reframed as household technologies, marketed at female customers and families and sold among fridges and washing machines. )

[Trousers and Pat]

I'd go see the microwaves, for sure.

Also, it's kind of exciting to see microwaves transform back into 'brown goods' after all these years. (This is in reference to a chapter called 'White Goods, Brown Goods' in Cynthia Cockburn's and Susan Omrod's seminal history of how gender and technology shaped each other in the making of the microwave oven, in which they show that microwaves were originally marketed as technologically exciting gadgets for men and sold among music systems and TVs before being reframed as household technologies, marketed at female customers and families and sold among fridges and washing machines. )

interesting. I think of microwaves almost more as a "gadget" these days than as a straight kitchen appliance... And I admit that I shudder a little to think of the "Performance for XBox, TV, Mini-fridge, and Microwave" currently taking place in dorm rooms across the country...

anyway looks like I'm called in to work tonight and can't see either.

[ellaguru]

Gillian Welch! 25 July!

(also new Gillian Welch album this month)

[mountmccabe]

Jealous!

I am seeing Times New Viking with local Snow Songs opening tonight.

And probably Bill Callahan on the 15th.

[dumbfish]

Archers of Loaf decided to play a show here a few months back. It sold out in 4 nanoseconds, leaving me in the cold. Checked the venue's website for something else today, and voila! A second show, for which I now have tix. Psyched.

[Trousers and Pat]

Going to this weirdo noise show soon, I guess you can stream it live here.

FRANCE VIRGULE CHEVAL Episod n°4 will be live streamed on this page. Happens what happens, it belongs to the acts of SEVRES MANUFACTURE DE GENERALE's god
LINE UP: DJOEW, Erik Minkkinen sera là feat. Lapin Kult Bros., International Noise Club, Baroque Non Baroque: about proportionism by Peter Fengler, Blue Sabbath Black Fiji & Pentothal, Dingbat Observatory, Popol Gluant, GBBG & his Arkestra

[Trousers and Pat]

Actually, I ate some wonton soup that tasted like puke so I'm going to stay home and watch ONLINE.

LPTJ, I am her if you need me!!!

[narlus]

if anyone is in NYC, make a point to get to see the Dinosaur Jr/OFF!/Fucked Up gig tonight, complete w/ on-stage interview by Henry Rollins.

last night in boston was awesome.

[auto-da-fey]

you know, I thought that looked awesome, but I just hate these "playing an entire album" shows, even from bands I love (and if I'm honest, Bug ranks pretty low in my Dino Jr canon). skipping it in Philly, a little ambivalently, but I mean, I also passed on GBV last week on account of this stupid classic-lineup/greatest-hits thing that was fun once but needs no revisiting from me, and they are an all-time favorite band.

if either show would just be a real, actual show with, like, some possibility of spontaneity, I'd be there in a heartbeat.

[narlus]

you know, I thought that looked awesome, but I just hate these "playing an entire album" shows, even from bands I love (and if I'm honest, Bug ranks pretty low in my Dino Jr canon). skipping it in Philly, a little ambivalently, but I mean, I also passed on GBV last week on account of this stupid classic-lineup/greatest-hits thing that was fun once but needs no revisiting from me, and they are an all-time favorite band.

if either show would just be a real, actual show with, like, some possibility of spontaneity, I'd be there in a heartbeat.

well i will say that they don't just do a rote playthrough, and yes..._Bug_ would probably be my 4th or 5th choice for an LP performance, but the entire night was excellent.

as far as GBV goes, did you ever see the 'classic' lineup? I did, once, and they played a ton of songs i never saw played live (Hey Aardvark, My Son Cool, Some Drilling Implied, Echoes Myron, Buzzards/Crows, A Good Flying Bird, etc). GBV shows are certainly not scripted.

who are some of the bands you do like seeing play live? most of the bands out tour seem to play 90% of the same songs from city to city...

[auto-da-fey]

city-to-city setlist inertia is fine, but I saw the setlist from GBV's Philly show from last week, and it was pretty much the same as it was when the classic-lineup shindig rolled through town a few months back (I swear they even played Hey Aardvark AND Dodging Invisible Rays both times) . . . which is fine, I mean, I'm all for them making as much money as possible and pleasing crowds who are more apt to want Bee Thousand and Alien Lanes than Earthquake Glue and left-field Suitcase 2 tracks. I loved seeing A Good Flying Bird and would be bummed without Echos Myron myself. it's just, the bigger picture of "classic lineup only" . . . not for me, I guess (same applied when Dino Jr reunited and stopped their coverage at 1989, actually--found that disappointing back in 2005, and assume same still applies?)
(would wholeheartedly agree that no GBV show is scripted--sets, perhaps, but not banter or behavior . . . which might have been enough to draw me out, except I hate outdoor shows too. it is possible I am just a hopeless curmudgeon regarding live shows).

that said, I appreciate bands like Superchunk or the Gandalfs live, where you're apt to get something from 2010 followed by something from 1996 followed by something from 2003. obviously, this doesn't apply to younger groups, but for expansive-catalog acts, I get the most out of it when there's a lot of those sorts of juxtapositions.

[narlus]

city-to-city setlist inertia is fine, but I saw the setlist from GBV's Philly show from last week, and it was pretty much the same as it was when the classic-lineup shindig rolled through town a few months back (I swear they even played Hey Aardvark AND Dodging Invisible Rays both times) . . . which is fine, I mean, I'm all for them making as much money as possible and pleasing crowds who are more apt to want Bee Thousand and Alien Lanes than Earthquake Glue and left-field Suitcase 2 tracks. I loved seeing A Good Flying Bird and would be bummed without Echos Myron myself. it's just, the bigger picture of "classic lineup only" . . . not for me, I guess (same applied when Dino Jr reunited and stopped their coverage at 1989, actually--found that disappointing back in 2005, and assume same still applies?)
(would wholeheartedly agree that no GBV show is scripted--sets, perhaps, but not banter or behavior . . . which might have been enough to draw me out, except I hate outdoor shows too. it is possible I am just a hopeless curmudgeon regarding live shows).

that said, I appreciate bands like Superchunk or the Gandalfs live, where you're apt to get something from 2010 followed by something from 1996 followed by something from 2003. obviously, this doesn't apply to younger groups, but for expansive-catalog acts, I get the most out of it when there's a lot of those sorts of juxtapositions.

yeah i hear you, but i would say bands like that are the exception...

Dino Jr has definitely been playing post-Lou songs, and they did "The Wagon" and "Out There" last night.

[Andrew_TSKS]

Yeah, I was gonna say, in fairness to Dino Jr, Lou did eventually learn a bunch of the post-Bug tracks, and they play a decent amount of Green Mind/Where You Been material now.

But I am pretty much on Whit's side where this is concerned. When a show is explicitly marketed with that whole "plays their classic album" nostalgia jukebox attitude, it is a big turnoff.

[auto-da-fey]

that is good to know about the post-Lou stuff, though I'm probably still too lazy to be arsed.

and narlus, you're probably right that my prefered style is the exception rather than the norm--which makes it no less preferable to me. it benefits the artists, too, IMO--I haven't cared much for recent Gandalfs albums (at least vis-a-vis the tapedeck era), but putting them into dialogue with the older stuff live generally worked to their benefit (with a few "pee-break-now" exceptions).

another performer that fits my model is Greg Dulli--always an impeccable combination of new, old, and cover songs.

[nonotyet]

AGH

Hello Friends,
Low is playing a free show in Chicago, IL tonight at Pritzker Pavilion in Millennium Park at 6:30pm with an opening set from Glen Hansard. Please note the show will go on rain or shine.

FUCKING DAY JOB AND LACK OF ANYTHING RESEMBLING EXTRA GAS MONIES

[nonotyet]

AND TIME MACHINE
THAT WAS LAST NIGHT



AGH

[narlus]

pretty good 3 day stretch, starting saturday:

urge overkill
bill callahan/ed askew
kurt vile/woods

[mountmccabe]

Heartless Bastards, acoustic, tonight.

Possibly the Kills/the Pains of Being Pure at Heart/A Place to Bury Strangers in August.

Two Gallants and Elbow in September (separate shows.)

Then ATP Asbury Park which includes Swans, Jeff Mangum and Portishead.

[Anne the Man]

No longer going to Modest Mouse cos I lost my ID and the promoters are heartless dicks. It's possible the show won't be that great and they wouldn't play all the stuff I liked anyway, but damn, being in a crowd while Float On, Dashboard, Fire It Up, Third Planet, King Rat, The Whale Song, People As Places As People or History Sticks To Your Feet played would've fucking slayyyed me.

[Thermofusion]

Dashboard

Oh man do I ever hate that song!

[davy]

I used to, but now I kinda dig it, especially since they've proven -- with last year's EP -- that "Dashboard" isn't necessarily Their New Direction. So on the level of a fun & silly sonic experiment, I can appreciate it.

[Thermofusion]

Not only do I hate that song, but my first time hearing it was on modern rock radio, and that experience was probably what made me stop paying attention to MM. I still like the old stuff, but I think I've also kind of grown out of it.

[davy]

Fair enough. That album as a whole took me out of the Modest Mouse game for a while, but I realized I still loved the older albums, and the recent EP restored a lot of my faith.

On topic, I've actually got stuff coming up! Three upcoming shows are taking place at the new Georgia Theatre, a historic venue here in Athens that burned down a couple years ago. They're doing a grand reopening all through August and the bill is incredible. I've already got tickets to these:

8/1 - The Glands
8/9 - J. Roddy Walston & The Business / Don Chambers + GOAT / Reptar (those last two are my favorite local bands)
9/7 - Michael Ian Black
9/8 - Bright Eyes (Still don't know for sure about this one. They haven't released anything worthwhile in at least 6 years.)
9/27 - Mason Jennings
9/28 - Cut Copy / Washed Out
10/22 - Wild Flag
10/29 - Truth & Salvage Co.

The Mason Jennings and Truth & Salvage shows are in North Carolina, so those may or may not happen. But the rest are Athens shows that I've already got tickets to.

[auto-da-fey]

so I guess tuneyards and Black Landlord are the two main attractions here, but anything else I should be aware of? this is free and within walking distance, so openminded about checking stuff out.