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doombilly:
I dream I keep going to amazing shows. The bands are great. Only nobody is ever there except for the bands. And maybe one of their girlfriend/boyfriends. Oh wait, no. That's not a dream. It is how I've spent the last 20 years. Sonofa..

Mr. Mojo:
*sigh* Sadly, the only kind of music around me is powerpop, and folk punk, which i both happen to dislike. So i don't really go to shows unless my Girlfriend drags me there.

imagist42:
Saw Wilco tonight. I didn't exactly like the location, but I won't go into that because my issues are strictly personal. Let us just say that Stubbs' outdoor venu is, objectively, a worthwhile venue with great sound. Anyway; opener was Retribution Gospel Choir, really awful name and at best mediocre lyrics, although they sure sounded fun and were an appropriate mood-setter for Wilco. Wilco played, roughly, an hour and a half set with a 20?-minute "encore" (no break really, just a minute for the band to grab drinks and get back on stage; I basically forget where the set ended and the encore began) followed by a 30-minute finisher. It was an odd crowd compared to what I expected, really; lots of older guys and couples in their thirties or forties, and consequently the set consisted mostly of older stuff. The main set pulled strongly from Summerteeth and Yankee Hotel Foxtrot, with even a couple tracks off A.M. Crowd favorites during the set and the first encore included opener "Via Chicago," "Hummingbird," "Shot in the Arm," "Passenger Side" (a real surprise for me), "Theologians." The first encore ended perfectly--as always--with "Spiders." This left the crowd fully energized, which made the second encore very interesting. They started by invited the members of Retribution Gospel to come out and play "California Stars" with them, then pulled out a few more crowd favorites--"Heavy Metal Drummer," "Hate It Here"--and eventually wound up just playing through pieces of Being There: "Kingpin," "Red-Eyed and Blue," "I Got You," "Monday." They were all very different from the studio versions, transformed into spectacular live jams for the current band over the years, and even Jeff seemed to be in his best form for them even after playing them all so many times. In fact, they only played five songs off Sky Blue Sky, which seemed low for a tour being touted as support for the album. I wasn't complaining, though; at the end I was, like everyone else, sad to see them go. In fact, I probably would have paid for another ticket entirely if they'd only come back to do all the songs off Yankee Hotel Foxtrot that they didn't (namely "Radio Cure" and "I Am Trying to Break Your Heart," but there were others).

DMart:
Ok, so I'm looking for a bit of feedback - who has seen the Black Keys, and what did you think? I've heard completely polarised opinions going both ways, and they're playing in about a month. I like their studio stuff, but I don't know if they're gonna be worth the $60 to see them live...

Liz:
So earlier in this thread I was freaking out about my favorite band playing a 21+ show here in Fargo making it impossible for me to go. Then I learned about the "secret entrance" and decided to try sneak it. And it worked. So.

Last night I saw Shearwater in concert and it was amazing. Now i know pretty much everyone here is all "OMG Okkervil River is soooo much better than Shearwater blah blah blah" but I think you are all silly. Then someone in this thread was all "Shearwater sucks live" and that made me sad, but you are wrong, person who said that. Their entire set was so goddamn good, I could have listened to them play all night. Their set was pretty much half from Palo Santo and half from their new album, Rook, which doesn't hit stores until June 3rd but they had on pre-release at the show, so I snagged a copy. Before the show Brittany (BrittanyMarie) and I sat and talked with Jordan, the newest band member, for a while. He was a pretty cool guy and even got me a set list later to add to my collection. After the show I talked with Kim for a while as well, and she was ridiculously sweet and just cute as all get out. All in all it was damn good time.

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