i recently aquiered recordings of 5 do make say think concerts and holly hell! dmst has always been one of my favorite bands. i love 'em. but live, even though i just heard fairly high quality recordings, they blew me completly out of the water. i never knew they were this good. everything, especially the drums, the saxaphone, and the horn are far more pronounced live and there's some definite improvisation going on as well. the music takes on a whole new level of intensity. there's now incredibly dramatic and intense crescendos and peaks, much more so than on any of their albums. much like when i saw the wrens live and was stunned by how they were far better live than on an album (even though i love their work), dmst floored me. i am now extremly excited to actually see them live in march and listening to these recordings have propelled them to a high spot on my list of favorite bands. for anyone who's a fan of the genre and has not heard these guys live, do yourself a favor and download some of their concerts.