Concerts you are attending

[HornPhD 1,384]

KRS-ONE tonight in Sacramento. Very interesting show. 

He started the things off by throwing albums of his to the audience before the first song

Then , Teacha had a 15 minute “commercial break” about halfway through the concert to philosophize on culture, civilizations, and politics. 

Towards the end of the show, he told his crew to “get the tennis balls” and they proceeded to toss about a hundred signed tennis balls into the crowd. While they were doing that, he was signing anything someone handed to him. 

[stc 1,496]

saw james mcmurtry solo acoustic on wednesday night at the continental club gallery. obviously he can turn a phrase but his guitar chops are also impressive. mostly played a 12 string but also busted out the 8 string and 6 string for a few songs. man, that 12 string sounded good. played two 45 minutes sets. 

[texasdago 7,752]

Quick, tell me a last minute show to attend tonight in Austin from around 6:00 to 9:00. Need to be out of the house for a bit.  May just hit Continental Club or Antone's or maybe something random at HITW.

[GenXer 3,323]

I have a couple lined up for Dec

Matisyahu at Granada on dec 26

Tripping daisy at Trees on dec 31

Die spitz has a mid week show in denton on dec 19. I’d like to go but I’ll see how my schedule works out.

 

[Litig8r 418]

I'm getting tickets to see the Eagles at the Sphere.  Price difference between differing sections is wild.  Second section back $300+  Third/fourth section back $800.  Floor  seats $400+  Any reason the second section wouldn't be fine?  TIA

[CooterBrown 18,268]

Picked up a ticket to Helmet's Betty album's 30th anniversary tour.  I feel like I just attended the 20th anniversary tour.

 

[destroya 396]

I have GA floor seats to see Wilco Friday night at moody theatre.  That’s probably my favorite venue, assuming GA floor, next to Antone’s. 

Edited December 4 by destroya

[texasdago 7,752]

On 12/1/2024 at 4:57 PM, texasdago said:

Quick, tell me a last minute show to attend tonight in Austin from around 6:00 to 9:00. Need to be out of the house for a bit.  May just hit Continental Club or Antone's or maybe something random at HITW.

Ended up at Heybale! at Continental Club and the Basil Trio at C-Boys.  Going to The Last Walt II this Friday at the Paramount.  

[ConferenceRoom 6,210]

Justice at Moody in March. Would loved to have tried for Red Rocks but can't/don't want to make it work with a three year old. 

[AnotherUTFan 9,953]

I managed to pick up 4 floor seats for AC/DC at the Rosebowl in April. It's been 8 years since they last came through and I imagine this is the last chance to see what's left of this band. Basically it's Brian and Angus at this point. 

[jimmyjazz 46,949]

6 hours ago, AnotherUTFan said:

Basically it's Brian and Angus at this point. 

I mean, if you're gonna pick two <ducks>

[oSuJeff97 3,438]

Any of you guys hit the Wilco Winterlude shows at Moody over the weekend?

I'm going to both nights at Cain's this week. 60+ songs over two nights and no repeats...

Super pumped for some DEEEEP cuts. 

[4th&Five 41,900]

went thursday and it was good.  friday setlist would have been better for me though.

[stc 1,496]

excited about this but also curious...the austin date is the only one that has venue tba. formerly i would have assumed this was levitation but they've moved that festival to sept 25-28 next year. so does this mean there's another festival that will be happening halloween weekend? not sure why else they wouldn't announce the venue...will be interested to see if the austin tickets go on sale this week along with all the others. 

 

[BillyBadAss 197]

3 hours ago, oSuJeff97 said:

Any of you guys hit the Wilco Winterlude shows at Moody over the weekend?

I'm going to both nights at Cain's this week. 60+ songs over two nights and no repeats...

Super pumped for some DEEEEP cuts. 

They were top notch - tight, Tweedy's voice great, etc. 

[oSuJeff97 3,438]

Pretty insane set list last night. The band was super tight and sounded great.

Was not disappointed by the assortment of deep cuts:

https://www.setlist.fm/setlist/wilco/2024/cains-ballroom-tulsa-ok-b53b932.html

Pretty sure that was the first time I've heard "If I Ever Was a Child" live. It was so good.  They were playing freaking DEEP cuts from the Mermaid Ave. albums... we got 2 deep cuts from Mermaid Ave. Vol 2, lol.

But the highlight for me was "Bird Without a Tail / Base of My Skull."  I hadn't much got into the "Cruel Country" songs but holy hell. That's has to become a new Wilco concert staple. The played it to close the first set and it was just incredible. They extended the jam in the middle of the song to maybe 5-7 minutes and man... it was so great. It's instantly a top 5-10 Wilco song to see live.... up there with like Via Chicago, Shot in the Arm, Spiders (Kidsmoke), etc.

It'll be interesting to see what we get tonight. They didn't play anything off Summerteeth last night so I'm assuming we'll get a good dose of that... also probably a bit more from The Whole Love I imagine... hopefully Art of Almost will be in there.

 

Edited December 11 by oSuJeff97
Added pic

[stc 1,496]

On 12/9/2024 at 3:00 PM, stc said:

excited about this but also curious...the austin date is the only one that has venue tba. formerly i would have assumed this was levitation but they've moved that festival to sept 25-28 next year. so does this mean there's another festival that will be happening halloween weekend? not sure why else they wouldn't announce the venue...will be interested to see if the austin tickets go on sale this week along with all the others. 

 

the other texas dates are available in the presale but no option for austin. so this must be a festival. 

[texasdago 7,752]

Just bought tickets via presale.  Presale code is DARKSECRETS

[Nuge 2,024]

Picked up my Viagra Boys tickets this morning for September 14th in Portland.

Death From Above 1979 1/21

Ty Segall (acoustic solo tour) 2/25

Cruel World Fest 5/17

Primus, Puscifer,  & A Perfect Circle 6/6

 

[Damor 1,245]

Sure, why not?

We're already going to be up there to see Lord Huron at Red Rocks, and my younger son will be doing college visits to Mines, CU, and CSU.

[BillyBadAss 197]

If anyone is interested in 2 tix to Billy Strings at Moody Center tomorrow - check the  For Sale (best buy coupons) board. 

[SWCFROG 41]

2 hours ago, BillyBadAss said:

If anyone is interested in 2 tix to Billy Strings at Moody Center tomorrow - check the  For Sale (best buy coupons) board. 

 went last night to see him here in Fort Worth.  I had heard of him but wasn't really familiar with his work but I was blown away!  He kept his foot on the gas the entire show. 

[Jerry Callo 8,947]

I was checking the upcoming shows for Gary Clark Jr a few weeks ago.   A few days later, a free show in the domain popped up on one of my feeds.

Weather sucked this evening, but my youngest daughter and I got a seat on the covered patio at the pizza place across the street.

I love that my 20 year old has good taste in music. 

[tx 3 putt 78,448]

On 11/28/2024 at 9:45 PM, AnotherUTFan said:

Iron Maiden in Santiago, Chile was absolutely insane. 75,000 people who knew every single word to every single song. Wow. Maiden and Chile have something special going on that all started when the Catholic church would let them perform here in '86. That was crazy intense. 

 

 

fucking A !

[Litig8r 418]

On 12/3/2024 at 8:33 AM, Litig8r said:

I'm getting tickets to see the Eagles at the Sphere.  Price difference between differing sections is wild.  Second section back $300+  Third/fourth section back $800.  Floor  seats $400+  Any reason the second section wouldn't be fine?  TIA

Found out the difference is the cheap tickets in section two are under balcony

 

[HornPhD 1,384]

Wife and I went to the Social Distortion show at The Fillmore (SF) on Friday.

[tbone_ 14,402]

Still rocking the gold top with the P90s I see

[Chad Fuck 18,085]

 went last night to see him here in Fort Worth.  I had heard of him but wasn't really familiar with his work but I was blown away!  He kept his foot on the gas the entire show. 

What a show.

[tbone_ 14,402]

What a show.

What did you think?

[SWCFROG 41]

9 hours ago, tbone_ said:

What did you think?

Would love to see him again sometime.  I guess I didn't realize just how big he is with the jam band crowd but the dude dressed as a furry and the girls playing ashes ashes we all fall down for three hours straight clued me in. 

[texasdago 7,752]

There were lots of Billy Strings fans on South Congress on Saturday because of a BS pop up at Imogene + Willie with Tony Kamel playing out back.  

Local shoegaze bands Queen Serene and Prehuman... going to try to sneak over to this tonight...

[jimmyjazz 46,949]

Grocery Bag is a damn good band.  Unfortunate name.

[texasdago 7,752]

1 hour ago, jimmyjazz said:

Grocery Bag is a damn good band.  Unfortunate name.

Or a great name, depending on your perspective!  Other great current Austin band names...

Large Brush Collection

Subpar Snatch

Chancla Fight Club

I'm a fan of Queen Serene.  Really hoping I can get a pass to sneak over there. 

Edited yesterday at 04:07 PM by texasdago

[texasdago 7,752]

Pretty funny to see a show at Blazer Tag but they made it work... 

 

[hookem2010 2,699]

Hans Zimmer on 1/31 at Moody. Anyone been to one of his shows?

[Jerry Callo 8,947]

18 minutes ago, hookem2010 said:

Hans Zimmer on 1/31 at Moody. Anyone been to one of his shows?

If you like it, you should watch the Music by John Williams documentary on Disney+.

[hookem2010 2,699]

I've been a sucker for Williams and Zimmer since my middle school band days 2 decades ago.

[Chad Fuck 18,085]

On 12/15/2024 at 10:00 PM, tbone_ said:

What did you think?

I thought he put on a great show.  I was expeting bluegrass, but I wasn't really expecing psychedelic bluegrass and we got both.  I didn't really know what to expect.  I'd seen a few YouTube vids and some friends I respect had raved about him, but I wasn't so sure about it.  I went on a lark as friend had tickets but couldn't go. I'm really glad I did.

Next time I would show up earlier.  I didn't appreciate that apparently he has a Dead like following.  Rather, a lot of Dead fans follow him.  There were a ton there in typical Dead regalia.  There were also a lot of folks in parking lot selling their wares.  I wasn't able to partake as I couldn't leave work early.  Then there were a bunch of straight up FW rednecks there.  Then there were just the regular work a day folks like me.  All of this is a way to say, the show was as much of a scene as Billy, which seemed really cool to me.  It reminded me of all the stories we've read/heard about Willie's early days when the rednecks and hippies would just hang out and groove on the good music.  

It was also my first time at Dickies arena.  I've shied away from arena shows of late.  But I'd have to say as far as arenas go, it was really good.  The sound was on point (at least from about mid floor, where I was).  It's a beautiful, new facility.  LIke a scaled down AAC.

 

[tbone_ 14,402]

Yea he’s become kind of a thing.

What did you think about his playing?

[Chad Fuck 18,085]

14 minutes ago, tbone_ said:

Yea he’s become kind of a thing.

What did you think about his playing?

He's playing was about as good as any blugrass player I've ever seen.  To be able to do that kind of a speed and accuracy for 3 hours straight was impressive.  And it wasn't just "hey watch me play all these hyper technical licks.'  he played it with feeling.  And when he put that through his wild ass pedal array, it was something altogether different.  I don't think I've ever heard an acoutic sound quite like that before.  There was definitley a novelty aspect to it.

[tbone_ 14,402]

He's playing was about as good as any blugrass player I've ever seen.  To be able to do that kind of a speed and accuracy for 3 hours straight was impressive.  And it wasn't just "hey watch me play all these hyper technical licks.'  he played it with feeling.  And when he put that through his wild ass pedal array, it was something altogether different.  I don't think I've ever heard an acoutic sound quite like that before.  There was definitley a novelty aspect to it.

Yea, interesting way of looking at it.

I once heard or read someone describe Stevie Ray as an open channel. BS is really the only other player I’ve seen that fits that bill. I really do think he’s that good.

[Chad Fuck 18,085]

Yea, interesting way of looking at it.

I once heard or read someone describe Stevie Ray as an open channel. BS is really the only other player I’ve seen that fits that bill. I really do think he’s that good.

Open channel is spot on.

I did a couple years at UNT before transferring to UT. I had really been wood shedding before I got there with dreams of making it big in Denton! I ate in the cafeteria at Bruce Hall where all the musicians stayed. There would be pick up bands playing in the lobby for fun and I’ve seen people since as good, but no one better. In those days Bruce didn’t have a/c so all the windows would be open and you’d hear this cacophony of musicians practicing - and showing off for each other - as you just walked down the street on the way to Biology class. It was at that point I realized that music would always be an avocation for me, not a vocation. I could practice 20 hours a day for 20 years and never get to where that dorm full of talented as fuck kids were. It was also where I learned I was not so great at math and needed to be in liberal arts. But that’s a story for another day.

In any case, that’s kind of how I felt watching Billy Strings. But I had a lot of fun watching. I’ll definitely see him again.