You people go to shows, right? What future shows are you excited about?

[BrittanyMarie]

I've seen Ladyhawk! From what I remember (it was a while ago), they were very good! Assuming this is the Ladyhawk that is on Jagjaguar and not the lady musician who is also known by that name but by all accounts is also very good.

I'm finalllllly gonna get to see Okkervil River in September. Woo!

[imagist42]

Damn you. I've been dying to see Okkervil River since I heard them, but as I'm almost sure I mentioned somewhere else, it seems all these (inter)nationally popular Austin bands only come home for the big festivals (ACL and SXSW), when I'm off at school or whatever. This has made it difficult to see quite a few bands I like.

[Nodaisho]

I'm considering going to an apocalyptica concert, early august. I would be thinking about the Melvins as well, but I am going to be otherwise occupied when they are in town.

[Spluff]

I think I'm going to go see Judas Priest.

Unfortunately, Cavalera Conspiracy are opening. This makes me sad.

[MadassAlex]

I'm also going to see Priest!

The same band is opening. : (

You'd think that of all bands, Priest could choose a wicked opener. But I suppose, in the end, they don't choose as much as the record execs do.

[glyphic]

This may or may not be awesome:

Thor Axe opening for So Many Dynamos tonight at the Stagger Inn in Edwardsville, Il.

Dynamos are doing a Weezer tribute set. In a hippy bar. I'm gonna drink newcastles and make fun of dreadlock'd dudes bitching about the music.

[Liz]

I'm finalllllly gonna get to see Okkervil River in September. Woo!

Me too! Yay! Also, Johnny is considering driving down here to see that same show, so you should help me nag him to ensure that he does.

[Ballard]

Aw fuck yeah. I'm sure you've heard enough about RH's live shows but still. Prepare to be blown away.

Seeing them at All Points West in August. So fucking excited.

[SuperSUGA]

I'm going to see My Bloody Valentine tonight.

Excited isn't the word.

[amok]

Not quite as cool as MBV but I'm seeing Stromkern tonight. oontz oontz

You'd think that of all bands, Priest could choose a wicked opener. But I suppose, in the end, they don't choose as much as the record execs do.

it could be worse. Maiden had Funeral For A Friend supporting once (I didn't go)

[valley_parade]

warped tour. very soon. I'm seeing nofx in new England later this year. Seeing less than jake + goldfinger on the shout it loud tour. those are the ones Im excited for the most.

Meh. There were only three bands on the whole of Warped this year I was excited about. And I'm not going to stand around all day to see three bands. I can see Street Dogs some other time, and I've already seen the Aggrolites when they opened for Dropkick Murphys last March. And Against Me!..eh. I guess I can deal without seeing them.

That said, I bought a pair of tickets for Sigur Ros yesterday! I have from now until September to find a cute ladyfriend to go with.

[sean]

So yeah, if all goes well today I will see Mission of Burma tonight. I'm not that familiar with their stuff but I'm excited anyway since I hear they always put on a great show.

Also, Yndi Halda really needs to announce a DC show. I really want to see them in August.

[SuperSUGA]

So MBV were awesome as expected. I've been to loud gigs before but the louds bits of this one made the room shake, let alone your clothes.

I proudly stood and soaked in "the holocaust" without the earplugs that were handed out. Was left with a strange feeling where I wanted to listen to radio static on the drive home.

[muffy]

Aside: (I can't do the clever typing thing to write your name properly - sorry!)

I'M GOING TO THAT TOO!

And shall check out zombie zombie.

I am so very excited..the line up is pretty much perfect

[Jimmy the Squid]

I went to the Splatterball last night, which I didn't think was going to be as awesome as it was, and discovered this awesome industrial band from Tokyo called Baal. They were really fucking awesome and they put on such an amazing show. My mind is still blown. Angelspit were ok but I think they could have been a little tighter, though given that the equipment at the Gaelic Club is pretty fucking terrible I'm not surprised that things kept fucking up for them.

[MobyDickhole]

I keep a pretty complete upcoming show list posted on my facebook for shows in the LA area.

I will spare all of you the full list but some of the coolest ones are:


July
8- Greg Laswell and Ed Harcourt playing a free show at Fingerprints Record Store in Long Beach
12- Ratatat at the Echo

August
5- Conor Oberst at the Troubadour
23,24- Suset Junction Street Festival- Broken Social Scene, Castledoor, Cold War Kids, Menomena, !!!, Black Keys, others
27- Radiohead in Chula Vista

September
9- Mogwai with Fuck Buttons at the Wiltern
23- Okkervil River at the Fonda
26- Silver Jews at the Echoplex

October
1- Stars at the Avalon
2- Sigur Ros at the Greek Theatre

[imagist42]

Holy hell. That's quite the list.

[BrittanyMarie]

I'm finalllllly gonna get to see Okkervil River in September. Woo!

Me too! Yay! Also, Johnny is considering driving down here to see that same show, so you should help me nag him to ensure that he does.

Neat! I PM'd him saying something about having a house and having TWO couches. I think it'd be fun though if he came down.

[Jeans]

I will be seeing Tortoise in August. Fuck yeah.

[Calaveth]

I've got nothing planned before Calexico comes here in...October? Hopefully something will show up before that. There are a couple of festivals, but no bands that I'm getting particularly excited about.

[valley_parade]

Oh man, I got all excited about Sigur Ros..but I'm seeing Wilco next month, too!

[Liz]

Neat! I PM'd him saying something about having a house and having TWO couches. I think it'd be fun though if he came down.

Nooooo Johnny has to stay with me. It is the only way!

Actually if that's what it takes to get him to join us I think I can live with it. He's a cool dude, you would really like him.

[David_Dovey]

Opeth, Meshuggah, Judas Priest all in September. Unfortunately Down are playing on the same night as Meshuggah.

I'm psyched that Cavalera Conspiracy is opening for Priest.

I find it strange that even though I rarely listen to metal anymore, it still makes up the vast majority of major international bands I see.

[imapiratearg]

Feist tomorrow!

Yay!

[Sam]

Maps+Atlases are opening for mewithoutyou on wednesday.


must find a way to go.

[MrSteevo]

There's a festival coming to my town:
www.Rifflandia.com
I'm kindof only going for Black Mountian and Blitzen Trappers, but I hope there will be some other great acts.
How are Black Mountian Live? Anyone heard?

[squawk]

Hey Los Angeles guy you forgot Gnarls Barkley w/ Deerhoof on July 27 at Hollywood Bowl
and also Beck, Spoon, and MGMT on September 20 at Hollywood Bowl

then again Hollywood Bowl kind of sucks

[Scarychips]

Karkwa, Malajube, Gatineau and Alexandre Desilets at the Francofolies.

Next time Final Fantasy comes which is supposed to be (if the rumours are true) at Pop Montreal in October.

Voila!

[Ballard]

Ooh I saw Malajube live at Celebrate Brooklyn last year after being into their studio albums for a while. They were terrific.

Their frontman is really shy and it's endearing.

[Scarychips]

Not to sound like an asshole but, it'll be the fourth time I'll see them. And it has always been better everytime.

[Nodaisho]

Dovey, where do you live? I thought you were in America, but I don't see any America tour dates for Down.

[yellowledbetter]

I want to go see Blind Melon play nearby with their new singer.
It's going to be interesting.

[Ballard]

Dovey's from someplace Australian.

[KvP]

Coming up I got:

Girl Talk in Boulder 7/11 (Big maybe).
Feist at the Fillmore Auditorium in Denver 7/15.
Nine Inch Nails at Red Rocks 10/2.
Monolith Festival on 10/13 and 10/14 (maybe, don't have tix yet).
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds 10/26.

[johnny5]

don't really have anything planned for july


radiohead (w/liars) - 8/27
jack johnson - 8/30 (this was not really my idea but i still enjoy it)
STREET SCENE - 9/19 - http://www.street-scene.com/ (good lineup)

[Liz]

Dovey, where do you live? I thought you were in America, but I don't see any America tour dates for Down.

The dude lives in Perth, yo. Yeah.

[Eli]

I'm seeing The Melvins at the end of the month, The Dandy Warhols in August, then the Monolith Festival in September.

There's also talk of seeing Boris (unlikely) and Spiritualized (maybe).

[Ballard]

The Dandy Warhols in August

Yesssss.

I was this close to scoring backstage passes for their New York show, as my lady friend works for EMI. But then they had to do a stupid thing like leave/get kicked off of their label.

[aScaryDog]

I'm excited about the Trinumeral Music and Arts Festival 8/8/08 this year.  They're doing 3 days in Deerfields near Asheville, NC.  Got this line up off their website: http://www.trinumeral.com

Galactic (featuring Boots Riley of the Coup), Particle, Lotus, GZA/Genius, EOTO with Michael Kang (of String Cheese Incident), Midnite, Kaki King, Danny Bedrosian & Secret Army (of Parliament Funkadelic), The Mahavishnu Project, DJ Le Spam (of Spam All-Stars), Telepath, The Afromotive, Dubconscious, Yo Mama's Big Fat Booty Band, Stephanie's Id, SeepeopleS featuring Matt McDonald (formerly of Perpetual Groove), Laura Reed and Deep Pocket, Snake Oil Medicine Show, Custard Pie, Jar-e, Scott Huckabay, Granola Funk Express (GFE), Junc Ops, Hope Massive, Sci Fi, The Mantras, The New Familiars, Josh Blake & The Money Band, Eulipion Ensemble, Incognito Mosquito,  Gavin McGowen, Eymarel, Entropy, The Jean Marie, Kung Fu Dynamite, Art Vandalay, The Malah, Crystal Kind, Crank County Daredevils, DJs Bowie, Par, Brettrock, Faux Real, Kool Large,  Focus, & Triz.

They also got just as much art and crazy performers as they do bands.  There's some dude who builds giant sandcastles!
Anyone else see some goodness?  I am so gonna be there! 

[David_Dovey]

The dude lives in Perth, yo. Yeah.

Word to your mother

[turtlspinr]

Repulsion, Municipal Waste, Darkest Hour and some other band.......

oh yea AT THE fucking GATES on July 26th

[pinkpiche]

Well I basically just had the greatest festival ever. And the best concerts ever. Radiohead, My Bloody Valentine, Mogwai, Band of Horses, Kings of Leon, Holy Fuck, Girl Talk... All GREAT shows.. Fuck. But I'm hungry for more.

2nd of August: Converge, Integrity and Coliseum
9th August: Sigur Rós, Mercury Rev, Guillemots & Figurines in ONE day
20th September: Bon Iver
27th November: Gogol Bordello

[Spluff]

Opeth, Meshuggah, Judas Priest all in September. Unfortunately Down are playing on the same night as Meshuggah.

I'm psyched that Cavalera Conspiracy is opening for Priest.

I find it strange that even though I rarely listen to metal anymore, it still makes up the vast majority of major international bands I see.

Holy shit, I didn't know that Opeth and Down were coming to Australia.

Man, and to think I wanted to save this money.

[EDIT- Damn it, Opeth are sold out. Damn it to heck.]

[David_Dovey]

Hey apparently Down aren't playing on the same night as Meshuggah, and I was just the recipient of bad info! TIME TO SPEND MORE MONEY, YO.

[the Goat]

Just got back from an Abe Vigoda/High Places/No Age show. If this tour is coming to your town, see it. It will be worth it, I promise.

[ViolentDove]

I was just writing a post about how pissed-off I was that Snowman are playing down the road from me next week before they piss off to London, but I couldn't go as it was on the same night as a house party in my house... then I noticed they're playing for two nights. So yeah, wooooo Snowman next week!

[imagist42]

YES YES YES just found out that Wintersleep are supporting when Wolf Parade comes by on the 25th. I am more excited for this show than is actually possible now.

[Sam]

yesss maps+atlases and mewithoutYou is all ages!

[Tom]

YES YES YES just found out that Wintersleep are supporting when Wolf Parade comes by on the 25th. I am more excited for this show than is actually possible now.

Damn you seriously.

[imagist42]

I'd say they should be supporting at a show near you, but then I remembered you're an Aussie.

yesss maps+atlases and mewithoutYou is all ages!

That's tonight right? I'd totally go but the only reason I'm not working is I caught some kind of stomach bug in California and still haven't recovered.