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Ever wanted to know how that group you love sounds live? Here's your thread. Basically, anyone can ask and anyone who's seen them can answer.
The acts I'm curious about: Angels of Light, or Gira or Jarboe solo (actually, though I will never get to see them, I'd be interested in hearing stories from anyone who caught Swans live as well). I don't believe any of them are touring near me any time soon, but I can still hope. Also, the Go! Team. I'm seeing them in a couple weeks, and I haven't heard any of their stuff (though I have heard good things), so any opinions are welcome.
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I heard Tapes n Tapes are good live, can someone confirm this? I'm seeing them on the 25th.
Ps. Good idea The Hammered
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A Silver Mount Zion.
The Soviettes.
The Epoxies.
Against Me!
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I heard Tapes n Tapes are good live, can someone confirm this? I'm seeing them on the 25th.
I'm hoping to see them at Pitchfork Media Fest on the 28th. I dig their LP and hope they're good live.
If anyone is wondering, Arcade Fire is fucking amazing live.
The Wrens are really fucking good, too. First saw them at Intonation. Saw them once after that. Saw them, after that time, (for the 3rd total) at Northwestern University in some shithole auditorium. Front-row of about 300 people isn't hard to obtain. Best performance ever, by them.
Sigur Ros is breath-taking. Like "take-your-significant-other-to-the-show-because-you-two-are-going-to-have-the-most-incredible-sex-in-your-lives-after-the -show." Seriously.
The Decemberists are pretty hip, live. Saw them at Intonation Fest last year, where they made everyone stfu and crouch down then scream their asses off during "The Mariner's Revenge Song."
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If anyone is wondering, Arcade Fire is fucking amazing live.
I second that.
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The Decemberists are pretty hip, live. Saw them at Intonation Fest last year, where they made everyone stfu and crouch down then scream their asses off during "The Mariner's Revenge Song."
I had so much fun at that show.
But you say you're going to Pitchfork? Don't miss Man Man. Get as close as you can manage- best live performance I've ever seen. (Though it might not work as well at a big venue)
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Any Acid Mothers Temple live show is utterly beyond amazing.
I'm hopefully seeing Eagles of Death Metal on Sunday with Peaches, any thoughts on either of them?
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Is it worth paying to see the Eels and Smoosh tonight? And Sonic Youth next week?
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I heard they suck live.
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Eels usually depends on what you like. Currently, the "No Strings Attached" usually plays more rocking stuff than their "Eels With Strings" tour. But anything Eels play, they play it well.
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The Go! Team is a lot of fun live. In this day and age there aren't that many bands I'm willing to pay to see twice in a tour for a single album, but they were one of them. I'd recommend checking out the album, as well as the "bottle rocket" single with Ninja on vocals just so you get an idea for what they're going to be like live, because she's not really on the first album vocally, and she adds something extra to the live performances.
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Anybody here ever been to a SunnO))) concert? I'm going to see them live tommorow, and I've been told it would be brilliant.
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Is it worth paying to see the Eels and Smoosh tonight? And Sonic Youth next week?
I saw Sonic Youth last month, and they blew me away. It is more than worth it.
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I'm headin' over to Pitchfork too. QC MEET UP LOLZ.
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The Go! Team were pretty awesome at Glastonbury last year - lots of fun, lots of energy and a good deal of crowd interaction.
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SUNN0))) are incredible. But it's self-abuse to sit through their concert. It's not "fun." It's intense. You just sit there and sound louder than sound just keeps washing over and through you for 40 minutes or however long they play. You should completely void yourself of all human waste before they start, because you're going to need to during or afterwards regardless and you might as well get a head start. SUNN0))) literally rattle the shit out of you with the vibrations that are coming out of their amps.
Also, be very stoned if that's at all your sort of thing. And don't feel too much like a pussy if you have to leave early. Your eardrums and intestinal tract will forgive you.
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SUNN0))) are incredible. But it's self-abuse to sit through their concert. It's not "fun." It's intense. You just sit there and sound louder than sound just keeps washing over and through you for 40 minutes or however long they play. You should completely void yourself of all human waste before they start, because you're going to need to during or afterwards regardless and you might as well get a head start. SUNN0))) literally rattle the shit out of you with the vibrations that are coming out of their amps.
Also, be very stoned if that's at all your sort of thing. And don't feel too much like a pussy if you have to leave early. Your eardrums and intestinal tract will forgive you.
Very well put actually. I however was royally bored when I saw them at Roskilde 'o5.
The best live-band I've seen so far, must be The Psyke Project. One of the most hyperactive, outgoing frontmen I've ever seen.
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Actually it's not SunnO))). It's Stephen O'Malley, Oren Ambarchi & Attila Csihar live together, playing some of SunnO)))'s stuff and improvising together.
I'm pretty sure it'll be awsome.
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Against Me!
Against Me! are great live. I didn't like them, but I saw them open for the Bloodbrothers and was an instant fan. Lots of usual buzzwords like energy and stage presence except here it is true and awesome.
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The Go! Team is a lot of fun live. In this day and age there aren't that many bands I'm willing to pay to see twice in a tour for a single album, but they were one of them. I'd recommend checking out the album, as well as the "bottle rocket" single with Ninja on vocals just so you get an idea for what they're going to be like live, because she's not really on the first album vocally, and she adds something extra to the live performances.
Yay, thanks, I'm seeing them at Ashton Court this weekend. Also: Simple Minds! yay
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Against Me!
Against Me! are great live. I didn't like them, but I saw them open for the Bloodbrothers and was an instant fan. Lots of usual buzzwords like energy and stage presence except here it is true and awesome.
sweet man.
Their albums have gotten fairly weaker as they've progressed but I can not miss the band who did Reinventing Axl Rose.
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Against Me!
Against Me! are great live. I didn't like them, but I saw them open for the Bloodbrothers and was an instant fan. Lots of usual buzzwords like energy and stage presence except here it is true and awesome.
agreed, tom is really damn funny what with his quips and things. i have a recording of them opening for the blood brothers at henry fonda a few years ago if anyone wants it (pm me). the other thing fantastic about am! live is that most fans are excellent people, who just wanna have a good time. at most shows there are a ton of superdicks, not too many at against me! shows.
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Any Acid Mothers Temple live show is utterly beyond amazing.
I'm hopefully seeing Eagles of Death Metal on Sunday with Peaches, any thoughts on either of them?
Saw them on Tuesday. Eagles were not really my thing, but they are very good at what they do. Their fans seemed to be really into it.
Peaches was amazing! I hadn't seen her live before, but she was so much fun. Also I didn't know JD from Le Tigre is in her touring band.
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Sigur Ros are amazing live. If you have a chance to see them, GO! They are really really good.
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Bright eyes, as far as musical quality goes, are spectacular. If you're a fan of Connor (which I'm sure some of you arn't) go.
From what I saw of Islands (when opening for Metric, who are good if you're into them, lots and lots of energy) they are perhaps the funnest band in the world to watch.
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sonic youth is incredible.
acid mothers temple is incredible.
sunn is pretty entertaining, though i have no desire to ever see them again.
oren ambarchi is pretty bad.
i've missed angels of light more times than just about any other band, but i understand that they don't disappoint. as for live swans (which i never got to see, either) i think that this picture pretty much sums things up:
(http://www.younggodrecords.com/uploads/heresyourmoney.jpg)
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i can confirm that Against Me! is good live. i dont really listen to their music or anything but i saw them about 5 years ago and i saw them last year (or something) and they are fun to see.
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Gogol Bordello was utterly funkelicious live. Most positive energy I've experienced at a show.
RE: Man Man: I saw them opening for the Fiery Furnaces a few weeks ago; they were pretty cool. Pretty loose, as a band, but they more or less made up for it with wackiness.
I'm going to see Tom Waits at the Detroit Opera House this month. :) Been waiting to see him for about two years.
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Gogol Bordello was utterly funkelicious live. Most positive energy I've experienced at a show.
seconded. best show i've ever seen, no contest.
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A Silver Mount Zion.
The Soviettes.
The Epoxies.
Against Me!
AM!: the first time i saw against me! was a few years ago at some shitty bar, which is the best place to see them if you ask me. everyone in the room was totally into it and they fucking blew up. against me! had such incredible energy and everyone was jumping up and down and singing along arm in arm. it was one of the best shows ive ever been to. since then, ive seen them at least 4 times more and each show was worse than the last. their new material is utterly terrible, and the shows are so packed that as soon as they start playing the crowd becomes a huge, sweaty, heaving, swaying mass in which you are completely immobile. there is no dancing and there is no connection with the other fans. everyone just gets squashed. i saw them last month for the last time and it was terrible. the only good thing about it was their encore, because they played "impact," followed by "we laugh at danger," at which point i hopped on stage and stole tom's mic.
so i guess the point is that against me! nowadays tends to be entirely unenjoyable.
the soviettes: the only time ive seen them was at the tail end of the fest in gainesville, FL last year, so i was half asleep in a corner in the back of the room for half their set, but from what i gathered, they didnt seem like too much fun. if you dig their tunes it should be fun just jumping around singing along, but it might not be very moving.
the epoxies: they're pretty fun. they all wear goofy outfits and play really goofy instruments, and they all have lots of very positive energy, so they're always a good time.
a silver mt. zion: im seeing em in a week and a half, so maybe ill let you know then!
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I've heard very good things about Sufjan Stevens who I'm seeing in sept.
How about Built to Spill or Ben Kweller?
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Thanks to everyone who offered opinions about the Go! Team. I don't know if I'll be able to get their album before I go to see them, but I wouldn't mind being introduced to them by a live performance either.
as for live swans (which i never got to see, either) i think that this picture pretty much sums things up:
(http://www.younggodrecords.com/uploads/heresyourmoney.jpg)
That picture's great. Love the file name too.
Would that be Greed/Holy Money era, judging by the file name? I had the impression that they were done with that sort of thing by the nineties. I'll be getting a couple DVD-Rs from them (hopefully) soon, and I hear those have some live footage, which should be very nice. I've also seen a live clip of Like a Drug, which was great. They have a lot of live recordings available, actually, much more than most bands, but it's not the same as actually being there. Unfortunately, the only live Angels of Light recording that I'm aware of was issued in only 750 copies, and I don't have any doubt that any used copies would fetch high prices even if I could find them now (though I'll probably look around just in case).
mberan42, I was going to ask about the Decemberists but forgot. Thanks. I picked up Picaresque and the Tain recently and love them both. I'll definitely see them if I have the chance.
Regarding Sunn O))), I'm really not sure whether I'd see them or not if I had the chance. It sounds like an experience I'd love to have, but I'm worried about what they'd do to my poor ears.
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Just got back from the Stephen O'Malley, Oren Ambarchi & Attila Csihar show.
It was probably the best concert I've ever been to. I'm too tiered to write a review so youre going to have to take my word on it.
Also, Stephen O'Malley is a really nice person. I had a pleasent chat with him, he signed my copy of White 2 and got me on the invite list for their concert in Jerusalem on the 24th of July.
edit: I had ear plugs in my ears the whole time and I heared everything great. Did'nt miss one sound. But maybe that was because the sound man is pretty talented.
But bring ear plugs to a SunnO))) concert anyway.
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i saw the fiery furnaces live ans it was awful!
can anyone concur? disagree?
on a better note, the decemberists kick ass live!!
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I can disagree in one sentence or I can disagree in 500 words of Guiness fueled ranting about how Eleanor Friedberger is the centre of the entire universe.
Their old shows, with all the songs merging into each other, were AMAZING. The new tour, with a straight up heavy rock and roll thing, isn't to my tastes but its still great
Ted Leo and the Pharmacists live show can be summed by one of Jeph's fellow music comic people:
(http://www.nothingnice.com/comics/20050530.gif)
That its 100% true
Other bands that rock live:
The Grates
Architecture in Helsinki
the new Misfits
Bowie
Iggy Pop
Belle & Sebestian
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds
Bob Dylan, on a good day
They Might Be Giants
Elvis Costello
The Hold Steady (SOOOOOOOOOOOO AMAZING)
Jens Lekman
Cat Power
The Waifs
The Violent Femnes
The White Stripes
Smog
Joanna Newsom
i, um, go to alot of gigs
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You bastards, I missed a Gogol Bordello concert, owing to being in another country at the time the concert was on.
You bastards.
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The Fiery Furnaces were great, I thought. I'm not sure what to think about the lack of keyboard (in this tour) but it was still awesome.
I thought Belle & Sebastian were really boring. Ted Leo opened for them- the line up should have been reversed.
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The Fiery Furnaces were great, I thought. I'm not sure what to think about the lack of keyboard (in this tour) but it was still awesome.
I thought Belle & Sebastian were really boring. Ted Leo opened for them- the line up should have been reversed.
re: the Furnaces: Matt said he likes to make the live shows different from the record, so for this tour he traded his keyboard for a guitar. I'm not a huge fan, but it ain't bad
given the recent release of Franz Ferdinand's love song to Eleanor i reckon the next touring incarnation of the Furnaces should be a Scottish dance rock band
Memo to Belle & Sebestian: You are NOT a Scottish dance rock band. You play pretty indie pop about my life. Seriously. Stop trying to get us to dance. It dosen't work
i liked B&S, but its a tottally different vibe from Ted Leo. I saw him in a tiny club and when his mic broke he did an acapella Dirty Old Town. it was amazing. with B&D i just sat back and enjoyed the pretty pop
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Peaches is a hell of a lot of fun live
Mogwai is pure awesome
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Ted Leo and the Pharmacists live show can be summed by one of Jeph's fellow music comic people:
COMIC
Mitch Clem: A comic for every situation ever.
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I saw the Fiery Furnaces on their keyboard-less tour, and was a bit disappointed after loving the recordings of their medley shows. The band was really tight, though. I just wish they would have kept some of the dynamics from their albums instead of rocking at full speed and volume for the entire show.
I saw Cat Power at a festival doing mainly songs from The Greatest. The band was incredible (two guitarists, bassist, drummer, two back-up singers, string quartet), but her vocal performance couldn't even hope to match up with the music, in my opinion. I hate to say it, but she was better when she did the whole "depressed drunk melodrama" thing live.
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I saw Sonic Youth at the Moore (crappy venue, good band) they fucking blew me away. The whole noise break down thing is a lot better live, when you can hear all the little nuances. Plus as Newton put it Noise+Strobe Light=Awesome.
Does anyone know what the Blood Brothers, the New Pornographers, or Spoon are like live? I'm seeing them at Bumbershoot in september.
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Broken Social Scene live are freaking Legends
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What about Animal Collective?
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Broken Social Scene live are freaking Legends
Hells yeah-saw them in Toronto last year & they were great....so was Metric. I can attest to Ted Leo & the Pharmacists' awesomeness live. I saw Feist open for Bright Eyes & listening to her live made me an instant fan.
Also curious about Thee Silver Mt. Zion Orchestra etc. as I am going to see them in late August.
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Nobody has mentioned the Aquabats yet. This is a huge oversight.
Also, I went to Warped Tour mostly to see Joan Jett. It was amazing. Other bands there worth seeing:
Anti-Flag (seen them a few times and they're always great)
The Bouncing Souls (just a damn good time)
The Sounds (I'd never listened to them before, but their show was awesome)
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i assume that the picture i posted is from an early performance.
animal collective can be great or pretty dull, depending on the venue.
the blood brothers are pretty good if you like them.
anti-flag is one of the worst bands i've ever encountered.
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Other bands that rock live:
The White Stripes
Wha-huh?
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If you can go see the Go! Team they're a ton of fun live.
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I hadn't been to a lot of concerts, but here's a quicky on what I think on some bands:
The Arcade Fire = Wow.
Stars = Wow. Torquil pretty much made the show.
Metric = Meh. But everyone knows that I think that Emily Haines is boring.
Wolf Parade = Okay. I like their material but Spencer seemed too apathetic.
Queens of the Stone Age = freaking rock your face off. or smoke. whatever you prefer.
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I'll second the Sounds, they put on a damn fine live show.
One of my favorite live shows has to be Spinto Band, if you get a chance catch them they're like a bunch of spastic puppies on stage it's outstanding.
Hmm Eyeball kid has pretty much been to everyshow I've ever wanted to really really see... for this I hate you but also adore you for your taste... it's a difficult thing I'm trying to come to grips with.
I must also state that I hate living in Arkansas.
Oh but also,
Cowboy Mouth... you know some of there music is just eh but damn if they don't put on a show.
Southern Culture on the Skids... they give you CHICKEN! Great show.
Th' Legendary Shack Shakers ... oh ... my... god.. what a brilliant show.
The Dempseys ... another great Rockabilly act
and one of my all time favorite shows I've ever attended
Peelander-Z
These guys are some of the nicest insane people I've ever met. And they put on the best Japanese Manga/Action Punk show ever!
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Has anyone here seen Alasdair Roberts? I see he's playing a show with the Decemberists that I'd love to go to, but I'm not familiar with him.
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Broken Social Scene live are freaking Legends
I read somewhere that they might quit touring? Anyone back this up?
That would suck, because I NEED to see them live.
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TV on the Radio are oh my god wow amazing like a cathedral of noise and sound and sacred soul and WOW
i just got back from the show and i need to write 300 words about it that aren't frothing insane
i need more soulful noise music. i need more music like this now
wow oh wow
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If you can go see the Go! Team they're a ton of fun live.
If you see the Go! Team, make sure you take someone with you. You'll need someone to dance with.
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I've been to damned few concerts, and that makes me sad. They were all fucking mainstream, which makes me even sadder. But I'll go over 'em for anyone who cares.
Violent Femmes: Saw them play an after-show jam once, for about two hours. Fucking AWESOME. I loved the Femmes before, but I WORSHIP them now that I"ve seen 'em live. The instruments they use, and the crowd-baiting, and the ENERGY in that performance... Awesomeness. Plus, I have to give mad drummer-props to Victor DeLorenzo. Sickest, insane drummer I have ever seen.
Bad Religion: Amazing. Even now. I saw them at the end of '04, and that was the best concert I've ever been to. I'm a gigantic BR fan, have been since Sorrow(would have been sooner, but that was before i started listening to music), and I was NOT disappointed by the show. They played a MASSIVE set, over 40 songs, from across their entire career. The mosh pit was one of the best I've ever been in, and I got close enough for Greg Graffin to sweat on me. :-D The energy there was AMAZING, also... So many pumped and excited people in one room. And it was nice to have a show where I knew all the words to every song.
Social Distortion: I saw them play in their hometown, so there was a great crowd reaction. I was kind of distracted by my girlfriend for most of the concert (ah, young love), but what I DID see was awesome. They liked to fuck with the crowd, and I love that in a band.
Voltaire: Seen him play three times. He has a great schtick, a great feel for the audience, and an amazing style. A stunning voice and gorgeous face don't hurt either. Fucking funny man, you should check him out.
Wolfmother: ZOMG. One of the best live shows I've ever been to. They rocked that stage so fucking hard, my head turned around 360 degrees, Exorcist-style. I've never seen a keyboardist with so much style, and I'll leave it at that.
Jewel: nothing to say here except that she's fucking HOT. And she liked my poems. :-D
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I heard they suck live.
one of the best live punk albums ever.
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i second The Psyke Project and also Kaospilot and Haram. They are fucking nervewrecking.
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Muse is fucking fantastic live. They've won all sorts of acclamations for their live act, and it lives up to its rep. They have both an elite showmanship and a performance level that many bands probably can't live up to.
I saw them this week in Denver, and will be seeing them in about a week in Philly. I can't wait.