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TheFuriousWombat:
Where are you seeing SMZ? In Philly, perchance?
doombilly:
--- Quote from: Misconception on 15 May 2008, 13:01 ---It was SO GOOD. I was in heaven the whole time. And I found out that they are doing a headlining tour, one show of which will be in Toronto the day I would leave if I decide to attend Tronnocon.
Grrr. Boo. Hiss.
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a pack of wolves:
I saw The Paper Chase last night. I was intrigued as to how they'd manage to translate the controlled, somewhat theatrical feel of their music to a live setting with only four musicians. Turns out they do it by having a demented frontman, and it was just as full of anxiety, paranoia and tension as I was hoping. Brilliant. Vessels played before them, they've improved a lot since Pete joined the band. Good post rock. Black Mountain were headlining. They looked bored. I was bored. I left.
Pissed Jeans are playing tonight, and then it's the last two days of Chinchillafest. Hooray!
TheFuriousWombat:
Hmm, I'm not at all a fan of The Paper Chase and a large part of that was due to their live performance. I saw them open for EitS a couple of times which, to be fair, is a pretty bad pairing. I understand the band members are all friends but did EitS expect most of their fans to get into a TPC set? They were mistaken if they did. The crowd responded poorly and at one show some staggering asshole heckled the band. While it was a shitty thing to do, I was pretty much thinking a lot of what he was shouting. It was great when Munaf called the guy out when EitS took the stage. Nonetheless, I found it weird and boring and was very turned off by the front man. And it's not just that he was eccentric. I've seen, and absolutely loved, Deerhunter live for example. I definitely wouldn't call them "post-rock" either since that has very definite connotations that don't apply, in my opinion, to this band. Anywho, maybe it was just the shows I was at but just thought I'd throw in my rather different perspective.
a pack of wolves:
Maybe EITS just wanted to play with a band they like? One problem bands often run into is that promoters often just use the local bands that sound the most similar to them as supports and they end hearing the same kind of music night after night. I find it really boring to see myself. I don't want to have to sit through hours of bands all trying to do the exact same thing, it gets dull. Some things can be a bit much, putting I'm From Barcelona on with Anaal Nathrakh would be a bit silly (although I'd have a blast), but if I'm going to see a metalcore band then I don't want metalcore bands supporting. I'd rather see some emo, pop punk, grind and doom on instead.
Out of interest, what was it you didn't like about Congleton? Oh, and it was Vessels I described as post rock not The Paper Chase, just so you don't think I'm crazy.
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