Sunday, June 24, 2007
precious metal
I think my body finally caught up with me going out Wed/Thurs/Fri and has punished me thusly, which is why I am at home on Saturday to (briefly) tell you about Marnie Stern's performance at Pat's last night (and then I am going to bed).
Her set was pretty brief, but the combination of razor sharp riffage and Zack Hill's ridiculously busy drumming was incredibly impressive. The only real complaint to be had was that Zack (who you may recognize from Hella) hits the drums so hard that he overpowered the sound system at Pat's at times and tended to drown out Marnie during a couple of songs. The duo was supposed to be a trio but Robby Moncrieff (who I think plays in the Advantage[?]) fell ill and had to bail on the tour at the last minute. Marnie mentioned that his presence was missed on the live arrangements of the songs they played, but she shreds so frantically, it was hard to tell where there was even any sonic space for another guitar.
download: Marnie Stern - Every Single Line Means Something (via Kill Rock Stars)
Do Make Say Think are at the Commodore on October 29th.
According to Pfork and their MySpace, Spoon are playing another show in Vancouver on September 17th (in addition to their September 7th date - thanks Scott). This seems incredibly strange to me since they have two days off after their "first" Commodore date, and playing here on the 17th would mean flying in from San Fransisco after they play a festival there on the 16th (or can you drive in one day?). Plus, there's still tickets left to the September 7th show.
Liars are at the Red Room on September 15th, which is a rather unfortunate coincidence, as you'd imagine that 90% of their fan base overlaps with 90% of Animal Collective's fan base (and they're at the Commodore the same night). (thanks Dave & Sandra)
The Pointed Sticks are at the Red Room on August 25th.
And on a final note, you may recall the discussion about ticket prices at Zulu from awhile back. There were a lot of complaints about service charges in general, but the biggest thing seemed to be about how the "second batch" of Zulu tix ends up more expensive than tickets bought from Ticketmaster since they're essentially tacking on their own 20% charge on a full priced TM ticket. Well, if you thought Scratch was different, you will be disappointed to find out that you are wrong. I snagged a New Pornographers ticket for cheaper than on from TM, but the Blood Brothers' ticket that I picked up was $4 more than if I had sat on my ass, ordered it on the computer, and got it mailed to my house (which effectively canceled out what I saved the former).
now playing: Nas - the Message
precious metal
I think my body finally caught up with me going out Wed/Thurs/Fri and has punished me thusly, which is why I am at home on Saturday to (briefly) tell you about Marnie Stern's performance at Pat's last night (and then I am going to bed).
Her set was pretty brief, but the combination of razor sharp riffage and Zack Hill's ridiculously busy drumming was incredibly impressive. The only real complaint to be had was that Zack (who you may recognize from Hella) hits the drums so hard that he overpowered the sound system at Pat's at times and tended to drown out Marnie during a couple of songs. The duo was supposed to be a trio but Robby Moncrieff (who I think plays in the Advantage[?]) fell ill and had to bail on the tour at the last minute. Marnie mentioned that his presence was missed on the live arrangements of the songs they played, but she shreds so frantically, it was hard to tell where there was even any sonic space for another guitar.
download: Marnie Stern - Every Single Line Means Something (via Kill Rock Stars)
Do Make Say Think are at the Commodore on October 29th.
According to Pfork and their MySpace, Spoon are playing another show in Vancouver on September 17th (in addition to their September 7th date - thanks Scott). This seems incredibly strange to me since they have two days off after their "first" Commodore date, and playing here on the 17th would mean flying in from San Fransisco after they play a festival there on the 16th (or can you drive in one day?). Plus, there's still tickets left to the September 7th show.
Liars are at the Red Room on September 15th, which is a rather unfortunate coincidence, as you'd imagine that 90% of their fan base overlaps with 90% of Animal Collective's fan base (and they're at the Commodore the same night). (thanks Dave & Sandra)
The Pointed Sticks are at the Red Room on August 25th.
And on a final note, you may recall the discussion about ticket prices at Zulu from awhile back. There were a lot of complaints about service charges in general, but the biggest thing seemed to be about how the "second batch" of Zulu tix ends up more expensive than tickets bought from Ticketmaster since they're essentially tacking on their own 20% charge on a full priced TM ticket. Well, if you thought Scratch was different, you will be disappointed to find out that you are wrong. I snagged a New Pornographers ticket for cheaper than on from TM, but the Blood Brothers' ticket that I picked up was $4 more than if I had sat on my ass, ordered it on the computer, and got it mailed to my house (which effectively canceled out what I saved the former).
now playing: Nas - the Message
Labels: service charges suck, show announcements, show recaps
