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Kai:

--- Quote from: Sam on 26 May 2008, 19:14 ---i'm seeing swervedriver next tuesday.
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anytime anybody mentions this band, I immediately confuse them with Skrewdriver, and then very poignantly point out, "you know those guys are like, nazis, right?" Then everyone looks at me oddly. Good times!

Inlander:
I've started going to gigs again for the first time in months (I got kinda bummed out about going to gigs by myself). Last Friday I saw the Phoenix Foundation, from New Zealand, and they were fucking awesome. Like many people, I suspect, I've only heard of them through the soundtrack work they did for the film Eagle vs. Shark, so I was expecting a night of pleasant, low-key indie pop. What I wasn't expecting was a bunch of hirsute, blokey Kiwis to come on-stage and, in the friendliest and most cheerful way possible, rock the fuck out of the East Brunswick Club. Moral of the story: if you get a chance to see them live, take it!

imagist42:

--- Quote from: Sam on 24 Jun 2008, 17:47 ---
--- Quote from: imagist42 on 24 Jun 2008, 00:38 ---(I heard Emo's had good sound, but I didn't realize they meant loud sound or I'd have invested in ear plugs).

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seriously?

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I am not sure what you mean by this question. Did you wind up going, by the way?

imagist42:
No no I understand music is loud, it's not like I've never been to a gig before but Emo's is probably the loudest set-up I've heard so far (possibly because the acoustic design of the place is fantastic, especially with the variety in areas appropriate for dancing vs. lounging, so nothing is lost or muddled on the floor). This is not an inherently bad thing, but the mixing for the opening acts was loud in all the wrong places (as you said, probably due to the sound guy working on it) and I was unprepared. The mix for Islands, on the other hand, was great.

imagist42:
Oh my god Wolf Parade. If you ever get the chance to see Spencer Krug or Dan Boeckner do anything, take it.

That set was perfect, even if Wintersleep weren't opening. Actually, it might have been better, because half the drunktards who were only there to hear "I'll Believe in Anything" didn't even know who Wintersleep were and refused to try to get into them. I still enjoyed their set too, but I wouldn't have had to hear idiots scream "Wolf Parade" after every one of their songs.

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