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Went to the Austin Music Awards tonight -- my daughter's band was nominated in 3 categories, Best New Act, Best Punk Band, Best Residency. They swept it.  Holy fuck. It's pretty hard to not

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I lucked into free GA tickets from Little Steven to the Springsteen show in San Francisco last night and it was an epic night for my wife, daughter, and me (our son missed out because he was away on a

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Uhhh . . . not to belabor the topic, but my daughter's band just got added to ACL Fest, both weekends.

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On 4/13/2023 at 11:07 AM, GenXer said:

Scrolling through Gametime, I came across Wilder Woods with Abraham Alexander as the opener at a small venue in Dallas.

Watched a couple youtubes of them; they seem intriguing. Most have like 100+ views on youtube. I can’t imagine them being well known.

Price for the show is $71. I can’t imagine why the price would be much north of $30. Is there something I’m missing here?

AA’s cover of Issac’s Wicked Game is intriguing.

 

My wife has been listening to a lot of Wilder Woods to get ready for High Water, which starts today. We aren’t going to make it in time for their set, though, I don’t think. When/where is that show in Dallas?

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On 4/2/2023 at 1:18 PM, TexPx said:


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Saw them on this tour in ‘95. First big tour after the release of Trace. What’s really cool is 12 days earlier I saw Wilco after their debut album at the same venue.

I was at both of those shows too. They were great. They both did a lot of uncle tupelo tunes. They didn't have enough solo material otherwise. It's been a minute but did Doug Sahm come out and play Give Back the Key to my Heart with one of them?

I caught Charlie Robison last night in Bandera. He sounded pretty good but holy shit he looks terrible. He had to sit down the whole show. 

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1 hour ago, C-Man said:

My wife has been listening to a lot of Wilder Woods to get ready for High Water, which starts today. We aren’t going to make it in time for their set, though, I don’t think. When/where is that show in Dallas?

May 6 at Echo Lounge. Smallish but nice standing room only venue on stemmons near downtown 

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M83 at Stubb's was cancelled last night.  Band came on a little after 9:00.  Played instrumental intro song, Anthony Gonzalez then came out, sang one line on the second song, suddenly unstrapped his guitar and set it on the ground, and walked off stage.  The band continued the instrumental part of the second song, then walked off themselves.  I was standing near the sound board, watching the sound engineer, who seemed to be in a panic, so I figured there were sound problems.  About 20 minutes later, someone walked on stage and said show was cancelled due to bandmember illness.  It was a pretty strange string of events.  All the concerts I've been to over the years, I don't think I've ever seen anything like that.  Disappointed the show didn't happen as I was really looking forward to a fun Friday night show from a favorite band, but certainly hope Anthony Gonzalez is OK.  

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So today I went to work at 6am and got off around 7:30. My last table had a musician from the Boston Modern Orchestra Project (BMOP) and they are playing a 25th Anniversary concert at Carnegie Hall. I said to myself that I should go to this concert. It is an interesting and completely unfamiliar style of music to me, but I like it. After a long day it’s nice to end the night just listening to musicians excel at what they do.

https://www.bmop.org

That website might explain their style far better than I can.. I like hearing new things and some of y’all might as well.

 

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Went to a bar to get out of the house and grab an early dinner with my wife and son tonight, and ended up running into a couple friends that were going to see Spoon at Karbach tonight. My wife was cool and put our son down for bed while I went out and met them there, and they put on a fun show. Never saw them In Austin and I was surprised by how good they sounded in person; vocals were just like an album But the band was fucking jamming. Never knew Karbach puts on concerts - for $40 it was a great deal. 

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Last night was our first time seeing Rainbow Kitten Surprise since Sam’s transformation to Ela and nothing has changed, except her attire/look. RKS is a phenomenally good live band. Watching them alongside the Cooper River at High Water Festival was damn near perfect.

I cannot urge your strongly enough to make time for this festival at some point. This is the fourth time we’ve been (we only missed the very first one) and they’ve got it figured out, I think. They curate a smallish, two-day schedule but it’s damn solid. RKS last night, Wilco and Beck tonight. We caught Father John Misty, Bleachers (pleasant surprise there), Big Boi and Guster yesterday. We’ll get Orville Peck and Shovels & Rope (creators/curators for High Water). Just a damn fun time — and it’s in Charleston!

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23 hours ago, J-Mart said:

M83 at Stubb's was cancelled last night.  Band came on a little after 9:00.  Played instrumental intro song, Anthony Gonzalez then came out, sang one line on the second song, suddenly unstrapped his guitar and set it on the ground, and walked off stage.  The band continued the instrumental part of the second song, then walked off themselves.  I was standing near the sound board, watching the sound engineer, who seemed to be in a panic, so I figured there were sound problems.  About 20 minutes later, someone walked on stage and said show was cancelled due to bandmember illness.  It was a pretty strange string of events.  All the concerts I've been to over the years, I don't think I've ever seen anything like that.  Disappointed the show didn't happen as I was really looking forward to a fun Friday night show from a favorite band, but certainly hope Anthony Gonzalez is OK.  

Yikes, I have tickets this Friday in Philadelphia. It looks like they played Houston without incident last night, but no explanation of what happened in Austin.

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I went to see ZZ Top and Willie Nelson at Whitewater Amphitheater on Saturday. It was a really good show, and an epic bill with two Texas legends.

Billy Gibbons voice and guitar sound is so iconic. Still sound the same. I saw them in 1983 and that voice is great flashback to my teen years. 

Willie Nelson will be 90 years old on April 29th. I don't know how many more shows he still has in him, but he put on a hell of a performance all things considered. Trigger did not disappoint either.  Billy Gibbons joined Willie at the end of the set, too, for "I'll Fly Away." Pretty, pretty cool. 

I like Whitewater to see a show, but may be bias because I grew up in NB. It's in my old back yard and I like coming back home. But the traffic, parking and gate entrance just drive me up the wall. It's terrible. 

 

 

 

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Sounds like Frank Ocean’s long-anticipated return to live performing was an utter train wreck. Meanwhile, Wilco and Beck slayed it at High Water on Sunday night!

https://variety.com/2023/music/news/frank-ocean-coachella-aimless-wtf-headlining-set-1235585227/

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Sunday night’s Coachella-headlining performance by the enigmatic R&B star Frank Ocean was unquestionably the most highly-anticipated set of the festival. The singer, who had not performed live in nearly six years, was set to headline the fest in 2020 before the pandemic hit, and then again last year before he postponed it to 2023. 

Rumors swirled beforehand about the likelihood of new music (Ocean hasn’t released an album since 2016’s “Blonde”), the potential for a reunion with his Odd Future bandmates, and the odds of a performance as moving and revelatory as the last time Ocean played Southern California, at a near-universally lauded headlining set at the now defunct FYF Festival during his brief tour in the summer of 2017.

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None of this came to pass. In fact, Ocean’s set — during which he and his musicians were intentionally obscured by a cadre of people walking in a circle around them, only seen on video projected on custom screens even more massive than those that usually flank Coachella’s main stage — was messy, loose, and a near-disaster that will likely go down as one of the most divisive in Coachella history, with flashes of brilliance that only made for a frustrating final outcome: that of disappointment and palpable audience WTF-ness. (Unlike nearly every other set at the festival, Ocean’s, and that of Bjork, who preceded him on the main stage, were not livestreamed — a fact that did not become clear until Sunday evening, leading to outrage and anguish online; reps for YouTube, Coachella and the two artists did not immediately respond to Variety‘s requests for comment.) 

Problems were apparent from the jump: the set started a full 57 minutes after its advertised start time, eating into a hard curfew for the venue, and the first five minutes were comprised of people walking silently in a circle, leading some to wonder whether Ocean was going to appear at all. When he finally did, leading his band through “Novacane,” he sounded great, his voice rising over a re-worked groove of the song, but he was barely to be seen on the giant video screens (and impossible to see behind the wall of walking people in person). This scavenger hunt for the headliner would continue throughout the set, even after the wall of people left: Ocean and his band were too far back on the stage, too obscured by the screens — there was just a small opening for the actual stage — and too poorly lit from the lack of stagelights for anyone but the most perfectly placed audience members to get more than just a cursory glance of any of the musicians, let alone Ocean himself.

Pauses — long, pregnant, “what are we doing next?” pauses — came frequently between songs, and it looked as if the setlist was mostly a series of onstage audibles. That’s fine if there’s intent behind it, but instead he commiserated with his band, his techs, and himself before those occasional flashes of greatness: an acoustic “Pink & White” that meandered in a 3/4 shuffle with lovely finesse; a punky blast through “Wise Man” that made it seem that Ocean had discovered — and then digested — years of hardcore punk bootlegs during the pandemic. And when Ocean finally acknowledged the audience on the mic, he first dispelled the rumors of the imminent release of new music before telling the audience that he used to go to Coachella with his brother Ryan (although he did not mention his brother’s tragic death in 2020). “I know he would have been so excited to be here with us.” 

And for every possible course correction, the house came crashing down. A DJ started playing in the middle of the set with no introduction or context, leading many to think the show was over; only after 15 minutes of dancey end-of-night beats did Ocean introduce DJ Crystal Mess, who was teasing Ocean’s radio show…or something?

If the pared-back stage set was a reaction to the choreographed nature of Coachella largess from acts like Beyonce and Blackpink, why have Ocean and his band completely obscured from the audience rather than laid bare onstage, an acknowledgement of the rawness of his music? Why land crazily on the nose by having an actual child “sing” a song about your inner child? Why lip-synch to tracks of the only two songs played in their original arrangement if you’ve got a full band? Why start so late you’re cut off from curfew in a way that makes it appear like you live in a world in which time does not exist? Perhaps some understood the throughlines, but for a festival audience not necessarily composed of die-hards, it felt like pure chaos.

In 2016, Ocean livestreamed (and eventually released) an album comprised of desultory jams and instrumentals called “Endless,” accompanied by a video of himself apparently building a staircase out of blocks. On the following day, he dropped his masterpiece, “Blonde.” Was Sunday night’s performance another elaborate head fake, and he’ll play a real set during Coachella’s Weekend Two? Time will tell. 

Ocean is beloved partially because of his unpredictable nature, and surely his most devoted fans will claim pure artistry as an excuse. That’s fine: Ocean should have the freedom to explore his creativity however he wants. That said, when it’s in front of 100,000 people who have been clamoring to see you for years, having a plan is more than helpful: it’s necessary. Hopefully, by next weekend, Ocean will actually have one. 

 

 

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17 minutes ago, thunderlounge said:

Sheffield was a nice town visit.

If the show is at the arena, don’t plan on an uber back to the hotel, unless you’re willing to wait a couple hours. Tram was also packed.

It’s not difficult, but you do need to plan ahead a bit.

 

Thanks - we’ll have a car but were considering Uber to the venue or even driving from Liverpool and then driving back after the show.

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17 hours ago, trubbaman said:

Going to Sheffield in July to see Pulp.

I've loved, LOVED em since 1995, they is on my dreamlist of shows i will undoubtedly never see get to see before I die, the other maybe being a Smiths reunion. Super jealous, and a hometown gig to boot, uuuggh. Please report back how it was!

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Good music tonight on SoCo in two of my fave venues. The Woggles at C-Boys.  They are old as dirt but still put on a hell of a show, or did a couple years ago.  As well as Southern Culture on the Skids. Who also put on a hell of a show.  I'm not going to either, but damn SoCo gonna be bumping tonight.  I think there are a couple shots to see either band as they are part of the Lone Star Round Up Hot rod show.  So probably a lot of cool rigs on SoCo as well!

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The Warning are coming back to town.  Headlining at the Scoot Inn in Austin on May 12.  Opening for them will be Holy Wars and Plush.

I'll see them again on May 14 in Dallas opening for Godsmack and a couple other bands.

They'll also be headlining in San Antonio on May 11 at Aztec Theater and opening at a concert in The Woodlands on May 13.  Not going to those.

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22 minutes ago, NOMAAA said:

anyone that got PJ tickets for dickies, id love to go ahead and secure one if looking to sell an extra.  in the verified fan for both days but who knows how that will turn out.  1 on the floor would be great.  thanks dudes.

 

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they haven't gone on sale yet, even through ten club. 

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Yeah, 10C lottery goes through Sunday and they let us know on Monday or Tuesday.  They did say they got a "majority" of the seats in the venues, so verified will probably be a shit show.  Around 10% of the tix will be premium and way over the $168 face.  DON'T BUY THOSE!  You will be able to find a seat through fan2fan between May and September. 

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The New Pornographers on Sunday night at The Studio at The Factory in Deep Ellum.  Underrated venue, underrated band.  I saw them there 2 years ago and they killed it.  Definitely pulled the average age of the crowd down, even at 45.

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On 4/19/2023 at 8:15 AM, Axle Hongsnort said:

Saw Widespread Panic last night and it was meh-pic. Dug them in the 90’s, but they are piping in lyrics and scripting the jams in these golden years.

As a long time fan and checking in with long time friends/fans that have been to these shows....I don't believe that for 1 second.

I will also say that looking at the setlist, Tuesday wasn't a great show.  Now the prior Sunday show....and Wednesday shows were something else.

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16 hours ago, Tylerocks said:

As a long time fan and checking in with long time friends/fans that have been to these shows....I don't believe that for 1 second.

I will also say that looking at the setlist, Tuesday wasn't a great show.  Now the prior Sunday show....and Wednesday shows were something else.

Yeah those are terrible takes. I went Saturday and Sunday and they were the best panic shows I’ve seen since the Houser days. The band sounds incredible. Going back tonight and can’t wait.

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58 minutes ago, wreckatx said:

Yeah those are terrible takes. I went Saturday and Sunday and they were the best panic shows I’ve seen since the Houser days. The band sounds incredible. Going back tonight and can’t wait.

I driving up from Houston today for the finale.

I'm excited

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Good deal.  We attended that taping.  It was a little odd -- I mean, they're a far cry from a "typical" KUTX featured artist -- but it turned out well.  The performance is good and the sound is great.  Since your link referenced the NPR link, here it is (but it's not the full set as they claimed, I think they just wanted to give all 3 singers a shot in the edit, the band basically has a "you write it, you sing it" approach to songs):

Die Spitz on KUTX Studio 1A

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2 hours ago, KaiserSoze said:

I was there last night. The band sounded fantastic and the vibe/crowd was fun as hell.

I was at Stubb's for UM Thursday night and that got canceled ~10 minutes before showtime thanks to approaching storms.

Yeah, that sucked on Thursday.  They did an awesome version of "Jessica" by the Allman Bros. at soundcheck.  We went and ate at Stubb's and they let folks in and then dropped the hammer just minutes later on the show.  But nobody knows nothing about nothing for Austin weather in April.  I was gonna post my video of it but of course I was holding my phone the wrong way.  Haven't done many concerts sober and apparently I'm worse at it.  

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As a long time fan and checking in with long time friends/fans that have been to these shows....I don't believe that for 1 second.
I will also say that looking at the setlist, Tuesday wasn't a great show.  Now the prior Sunday show....and Wednesday shows were something else.

Whatevs. I’ve got a soft spot in my music heart for them going back to 1993, but swear I saw a moment when lyrics kept coming a second after he turned around. And their jams are most definitely rehearsed, I just didn’t see much real improvisation. But that’s just one guys opinion…
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