Random Music Talk CXXIX: Gump attends a concert

[LuckyNumber7]

Welp. That LCD Soundsystem presale didn’t go over well.

 

[Joey788]

Nope. I got completely locked out. Managed to snag two tickets for Mitski though, so that’s something at least! Might go for Big Thief tickets this Friday too.

 

[phanan]

Interested to hear your thoughts on the Prince change, Laz

I know this was directed at Laz, but Prince had a great comeback double shot with Musicology and 3121, both very solid albums. He'll no doubt agree with the rating bump.

 

[lazarus]

Yeah, the real crime here was the 6.0 rating for 3121, which is for me his best album since The Gold Experience. Of course, nearly everyone (in mainstream white music criticism) has underrated Prince’s post-Warner Bros output. There may not be any outright masterpieces, but plenty of great material on The Rainbow Children, Planet Earth, Art Official Age and those other two to merit higher ratings.

Christgau, at least, gave 3121 an A-, and I sure as hell trust him on Prince over the stooges at Pitchfork.

 

[cobl04]

My only reaction to this list is I would listen to Turn on the Bright Lights 1000 times out of 1000 over anything The Strokes have ever done.

I am still yet to hear a Strokes record in full. From what I've heard of Is This It, I just don't need that in my life.

 

[LemonMelon]

You don't need Last Nite, The Modem Age and Hard to Explain in your life? Man. Your loss.

 

[cobl04]

I've got Lust for Life, so I don't need Last Nite.

 

[bono_212]

I've got Lust for Life, so I don't need Last Nite.

 

[gump]

Lust for Life, the Girls song, is pretty awesome.

 

[gump]

Also, What Ever Happened?, Reptilia, 12:51 and Under Control are all classics.

 

[Joey788]

Outside of a few songs, The Strokes never did much for me until last year. The New Abnormal was one of my favorite albums of 2020. I tend to gravitate towards the weirder projects of the garage rock revival. Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino is the only Arctic Monkeys album I’ve really loved, for example.

 

[cobl04]

This boxset is pretty fucking sweet, I think I'll get it. I'll be chucking Hours straight out the fucking window, but lot of good content on here, including Toy and Buddha of Suburbia. https://www.davidbowie.com/blog/2021/9/29/brilliant-adventure-and-toy-press-release

 

[cobl04]

Well, I was going to, until I saw the vinyl set is $679 from one of two Australian stores stocking it the other has it at $1,040

it works out cheaper to buy it from Bowie's site and ship it. $632 Australian.

 

[cobl04]

Fucking hell I love Hot Chip so fucking much.

 

[gump]

After my disaster Wilco show in the middle of a hurricane, I finally delivered on this thread’s title. Saw Waxahatchee last night and it was so good to be back watching a show. Also somewhat of a relief to have a vaccine mandate and pretty good mask compliance in a small indoor venue that was packed. It’s the last week of their tour, so no surprises that the band is pretty tight right now. The Saint Cloud songs were awesome live - I didn’t realize how popular Lilacs and particularly Fire were. Loud singalong at the venue. She has rearranged her older songs to have more of an Americana feel for this tour - a bit jarring to see these versions of La Loose, Misery Over Dispute and especially Silver (total transformation there). It was fun, though I do hope she goes back to the rougher rock edges at some point. Her covers are top notch too, closing with Dolly Parton’s Light of a Clear Blue Morning was super fun.

I thought I had aged past concerts, but not the case yet. Japanese Breakfast next on Sunday.

 

[LemonMelon]

Looking forward to your Japanese Breakfast review. You'll have a blast. She's been covering Dolly Parton as well lol

I have Wilco with Faye Webster at the Hollywood Palladium coming up on the 23rd.

 

[iron yuppie]

I thought I had aged past concerts, but not the case yet.

I definitely feel this.

 

[iron yuppie]

Speaking of concerts, has anyone ever seen Magnetic Fields live? I'm debating a series of shows they have here in November.

 

[Hewson]

I thought I had aged past concerts, but not the case yet. y.

I think you and most of us here are of a certain breed that will likely never age past concerts.

 

[Hewson]

Speaking of concerts, has anyone ever seen Magnetic Fields live? I'm debating a series of shows they have here in November.

I know IWB has seen them and/or Merritt solo in the past and talked about them here, and spoke very favorably about them.

 

[gump]

Looking forward to your Japanese Breakfast review. You'll have a blast. She's been covering Dolly Parton as well lol

I have Wilco with Faye Webster at the Hollywood Palladium coming up on the 23rd.

I was so bummed by all the rain/wind/lightning delays when I saw them. The band is in such good form right now. Nels is just a joy throughout the show. With their catalog it's just impossible to have a perfect set, but I think they are mixing it well and not overlooking some of the more recent favorites in order to overplay the warhorses. It's always great to see them live, you'll have a blast.

And don't click on this if you are not looking at setlists

Spoiler

Opening their shows with A Shot in the Arm is just fantastic right now.

Faye Webster's album is so good, this should be fun.

I definitely feel this.

I think you and most of us here are of a certain breed that will likely never age past concerts.

There's truth in both of these things. When I realized that the opening act (Katy Kirby, who is great) was starting at 9pm and Waxahatchee wouldn't come until 10:15pm on a weeknight, I felt 65 years old (there must be a law against concerts in Bushwick not starting at a reasonable time). But once they started, I just felt that rush of excitement of live music that hadn't been there in such a long time.

 

[gump]

By the way, were either of iron yuppie or GAF at Pitchfork? I'm curious about how The Weather Station and Fiery Furnaces sounded. The clips I've seen were so promising.

I mean, this is just gorgeous stuff:

 

[iron yuppie]

I was but only for Friday night.

 

[bono_212]

I definitely feel this.

I thought I was pretty done, but I think the pandemic shocked me back into wanting to go. I'm seeing Hellogoodbye this weekend and recapturing some of my college youth.

Speaking of concerts, has anyone ever seen Magnetic Fields live? I'm debating a series of shows they have here in November.

No, but could you please go for me and let me know if I should go if they ever deign to stop by LA?

 

[the tourist]

So as I’ve probably mentioned here before, The Cure have either tied or overtaken U2 as my favorite band, and on a whim I listened to one of those Spotify playlists that has some of The Cure on it, but lots of other stuff. So working my way through it I’ve discovered a whole heap of late 70s-to-mid 80s goth, synth, and dreamy stuff that I probably should have had on my radar but hadn’t yet. Some of my favorite recent discoveries are Bela Lugosi’s Dead (Bauhaus), Blasphemous Rumor (Depeche Mode), Swamp Thing (The Chameleons), Reptile (The Church), and Twenty Four Hours (Joy Division).

For some reason I always thought Bauhaus was cheesy 80s pop and was surprised to discover they’re not. I must have been thinking something else. I’m really surprised I never got into Depeche Mode because a few of my good friends were, but I’ve listened to a few of their albums (Some Great Reward, Speak and Spell, Black Celebration) now and am really liking them. For The Church, I knew Under The Milky Way but that was it previously, and I know I should know Joy Division better than Love Will Tear Us Apart, but for some reason had never felt inclined to dig further since that’s one of my favorite songs from that era and knew nothing could touch it and it would only be disappointments.

Anyway, good stuff.

 

[gump]

I was but only for Friday night.

Wasn't that when Fiery Furnaces played?

Edit: I supposed they must have played earlier in the day.

 

[iron yuppie]

Yeah they were on inexplicably early.

 

[bono_212]

So as I’ve probably mentioned here before, The Cure have either tied or overtaken U2 as my favorite band, and on a whim I listened to one of those Spotify playlists that has some of The Cure on it, but lots of other stuff. So working my way through it I’ve discovered a whole heap of late 70s-to-mid 80s goth, synth, and dreamy stuff that I probably should have had on my radar but hadn’t yet. Some of my favorite recent discoveries are Bela Lugosi’s Dead (Bauhaus), Blasphemous Rumor (Depeche Mode), Swamp Thing (The Chameleons), Reptile (The Church), and Twenty Four Hours (Joy Division).

For some reason I always thought Bauhaus was cheesy 80s pop and was surprised to discover they’re not. I must have been thinking something else. I’m really surprised I never got into Depeche Mode because a few of my good friends were, but I’ve listened to a few of their albums (Some Great Reward, Speak and Spell, Black Celebration) now and am really liking them. For The Church, I knew Under The Milky Way but that was it previously, and I know I should know Joy Division better than Love Will Tear Us Apart, but for some reason had never felt inclined to dig further since that’s one of my favorite songs from that era and knew nothing could touch it and it would only be disappointments.

Anyway, good stuff.

I'm absolutely going to come back to this post, but in general, you're on a very good path. Have you been listening to any Siouxie and the Banshees?

 

[DeVaul]

I thought I had aged past concerts, but not the case yet.

Hell no… but I may prefer a seat more often.

Was your Wilco show at Forest Hills?

 

[gump]

Hell no… but I may prefer a seat more often.

Was your Wilco show at Forest Hills?

Yup. I was wet and tired and annoyed and grumpy. First concert in almost two years, and that's what I got.