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McTaggart:
Unfortunately that's the limit of the music I'm going to see until probably the Mountain Goats in April (or August, I'm not sure). I saw them last time they came out too. I would go again even if John Darnielle just sat on the stage telling stories.

Caspian:

--- Quote from: McTaggart on 18 Feb 2008, 01:36 ---I saw them last night! We got a little more conversation at the start though. They were really good and had a ton of energy all the way through until just after they stopped playing when they seemed pretty drained. I'd never really listened to much of their recorded stuff before so I went in expecting just post-rock and nothing specific. They covered the whole spectrum of sounds I'd have expected blending between songs with plain and pure feedback, noise freakouts and repetitive time-delay stuff. They played about an hour and a half of beautiful, delicate melodies and roaring crescendos.

The venue was excellent too. It was at this temporary open-air venue that's been put up for the Perth International Arts Festival. There is basically a stage covered on top and loosely around the sides with white sails looking south away from the skyline of the city onto a bit of an open area that's a little bigger than the standing room you'd expect at a large club. Behind this there are a couple of small steps up and then an area a little larger than before with these comfy purple two or three person couches and little cushions and coffee-tables scattered about with tall orange curvy lamps along the edge. Then behind there on the wings there were small little grandstands with rows of seats and another section of couches in the center. It was all decorated really well and as you walk in from the back you're greeted by this big, bright painted pastel panel that sort of sets the mood for the whole place. It was really friendly and there was enough space for everyone whilst still being fairly cosy despite being pretty big. I'll try to remember to get pictures when I go see Sonic Youth there next weekend.

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Agreed, this was an excellent gig. I was right up at the front of the stage. Crowd was great, venue was great and EITS were KILLER. They played a basically perfect set list (4 out of 5 songs from Earth is Not a Cold Dead Place, which is great because it's easily my favourite album), and the whole thing was jus epic and soaring and really, really good, although exactly why the crowd cheered after every quiet bit was beyond me. Still! An absolutely killer show that I really, really enjoyed. Highlights would've been The only Moment we were Alone, First Breath after Coma, Memorial and some random tunes off How Strange, innocence that also dominated. Seeing as they're fairly tame on album I wasn't expecting too much beyond some pretty guitar interplay, but I was very surprised and absolutely loved it. Not as good as Sigur Ros or Sunn O))), but far better then anything else I've been too. 9/10.

Also, McTaggart- There's Mum (the icelandic band) coming next month.. and IMMORTAL. Don't tell me you're not going to see either of them.

Oh and on a final note, I saw Caribou a few weeks ago and that was pretty good times. Haven't heard anything by them before but I enjoyed it, less vocals and more shimmering distortion would've been good, though. 7/10.

McTaggart:
I was unaware of either of them. Also I've never really given either a good listen. Oh and the fact that my spending right now so far outweighs my income that everything I let myself do is a guilty pleasure.

pinkpiche:
Municipal Waste is BADASS live

TheFuriousWombat:
Dan Deacon played here at my school recently in the campus center's multi-purpose room (basically a pretty big, empty room). The show had an opener which I missed, a presentation of Ultimate Reality (a crazy video art thing with Dan Deacon playing and two drummers doing all sorts of crazy stuff. Very cool, that) and then Deacon himself. The fact that he plays pretty much in the midst of the audience, eschewing any kind of stage, is pretty awesome. He had a great rapport with the audience and the music was pretty frickin great. I'm not usually into this kinda scene but it was essentially a crazy dance party that lasted a good few hours. Deacon's a really nice guy and if this show was any indication a great performer. Not the best show I've seen recently but probably the most fun.

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