05/14/2010 Sister Hazel (Rochester, NY @ Lilac Festival)
By Eric | May 14, 2010 11:59 pm
[The Coup De Villes and Shannon Curfman opened, but we didn’t get there in time]
Tiff was in heaven! Her band, in her town, for free at the Lilac Festival! I got there a bit later and wandered during most of the set, but Tiff had a fantastic time, a great setlist, they sounded good, and Tiff managed to snag a setlist! The guys were signing stuff over at a tent right next to the stage after the set, so we even got the list signed. Good times!
Give In
Come Around
Mandolin Moon
Beautiful Thing
Shame
Setlist:
Give In
Come Around
Mandolin Moon
Beautiful Thing
Shame
Your Winter
Take A Bow
Your Mistake
This Kind of Love
Release
All For You
Swan Dive
Go Your Own Way (Fleetwood Mac cover)
Happy
Encore:
Champagne High (acoustic)
Change Your Mind
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05/10/2010 Pearl Jam (Buffalo, NY @ HSBC Arena)
By Eric | May 13, 2010 10:22 am
[Band Of Horses was the opener, but we didn’t see them.]
It had been 7 years, almost to the day (5/2/03), since Pearl Jam had been in Buffalo, and thus, that long since I’d seen them live. After some day-before scrambling for people, Tom and Nikki took my original 300-level tickets, and I joined Dave down wherever his fan-club lottery tickets would place us. Which turned out to be Sec. 117, Row 13. Which was two rows lower, and three seats over from where Tiff and I were in ’03. So essentially, I saw the two shows from the exact same spot! We got in during set change, so no Band of Horses for us. The capacity crowd roared as the guys took the stage, and then opened with Unthought Known, which according to setlist.fm was the first time they’d ever opened with it. My first real highlights were Animal, the Small Town singalong, and then No Way (8th time ever!). Needless to say, the crowd was loud and proud the whole way through the show, which continued with a good spread, including Not For You, Got Some, and they closed the first set with Betterman.
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The first encore included a take on Fatal (4th time ever!), which was one of my favorite b-sides from Lost Dogs, so I was thrilled to hear that, followed not soon after by Spin The Black Circle, and an awesome take on Rearviewmirror. The second encore was fantastic from start to finish, with Once, Alive, Fuckin’ Up and the traditional closer Yellow Ledbetter. While nowhere near as long or as epic of a show as in ’03, Pearl Jam gave us a pretty good setlist, a great time, a great show, and hopefully it won’t be seven years before they come back again!
Set List: Unthought Known, Severed Hand, Animal, The Fixer, Small Town, No Way, Given To Fly, Light Years, Even Flow, Amongst The Waves, Unemployable, Grievance, Not For You, Got Some, Do The Evolution, Wasted Reprise, Better Man/Save It For Later. 1st encore: Just Breathe, Fatal, Last Kiss, Spin the Black Circle, Rearviewmirror. 2nd encore: Once, Alive, Fuckin’ Up, Yellow Ledbetter.
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Got pit tix for LB, got the house picked up, now e
By Eric | May 13, 2010 12:00 am
Got pit tix for LB, got the house picked up, now enjoying some vino and a crazy MTL-PIT game 7! (with BOS-PHI on the PIP!)
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I know haters gonna hate, but who wants to come wi
By Eric | May 11, 2010 12:00 am
I know haters gonna hate, but who wants to come with me to see Bizkit and Cube at Darien Lake 7/24? I know you’re out there!!
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I favorited a YouTube video — Pearl Jam – Fatal 5
By Eric | May 11, 2010 12:00 am
I favorited a YouTube video — Pearl Jam – Fatal 5/10/10 Buffalo New York http://youtu.be/NfeyS1UzhPo?a
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Pearl Jam! http://twitpic.com/1mtb16
By Eric | May 11, 2010 12:00 am
Pearl Jam! http://twitpic.com/1mtb16
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Got inside and seated for Pearl Jam. Almost the ex
By Eric | May 11, 2010 12:00 am
Got inside and seated for Pearl Jam. Almost the exact same seats that I had for the ’03 show! Thanks Dave!
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05/08/2010 Snapcase, Sick Of It All, Cancer Bats, Walter Schreifels (Buffalo, NY @ Town Ballroom)
By Eric | May 10, 2010 1:10 pm
It goes without saying that Snapcase is one of the most influential hardcore bands ever to come out of the genre, and the fact that they’re from Buffalo allowed a mostly non-hardcore kid such as myself to be exposed to them and appreciate how good they really are. I say that with a bit of perspective, as I have seen Snapcase a handful of times over the years, but not since 2001, and I never got to see anything live off of End Transmission. I also missed their previous “last show” in 2005, so needless to say, I was excited for this show from the minute it got announced.
I arrived at the Town Ballroom, and nailed down a spot on the 2nd tier to the left of the stage. Walter Schreifels was on first, and I confess at the outset, I wasn’t sure what to expect. Knowing of his Gorilla Biscuits / Quicksand / Rival Schools pedigree, seeing him come out with an acoustic guitar took me aback for a second. He played a variety of different stuff, including a Rival Schools song, some of his own solo stuff, and even an acoustic take on “Start Today”. Very Cool.
The Cancer Bats were up next, and they made the most of their time. The Toronto-based band mixes punk, metal, sludge and a couple other genres into their style, which to my unfamiliar ear sounded like Down and Every Time I Die (whom they’re touring with this summer), among others. It was a fairly entertaining set, punctuated with a cover of the Beastie Boys’ “Sabotage”.
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Next up, Sick of it All. Hardcore legends in their own right, they’ve been around since 1986, releasing material all the while. It was a treat to see them, and it was a treat to see a good deal of the crowd as into them as they’d be for Snapcase. (Not surprising, I figured there’d be a lot of crossover fans.) A very energetic set from them, and the crowd was equally energetic. Certainly something to see.
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Finally, it was time for Snapcase. The crowd roared, the band came out, and away we went. Easily transitioning from album to album, the pacing of the set was perfect. High energy right out of the gate with Coagulate, coming down a bit with the more subdued tunes like Ten A.M., then ramping right back up. I’m sure some super die-hard fans might have wanted to hear a couple different songs, but I was quite happy with everything they played, especially Zombie Prescription, as that’s always been my favorite Snapcase song. They closed out the main set with Caboose, and then for the encore came what I’ve always thought was the quintessential Snapcase song, Incarnation. They stayed with that album for the last song of the night, playing the title track, lookinglasself. I don’t know what to say about the show other than it was awesome. They sounded perfect, the crowd on the floor gave back just as much energy, just awesome to watch. Lou Koller from Sick of it All came out to help on Energy Dome! I know I had a great time, and I’m pretty sure all the die-hards went home just as happy. I hope it’s a little less than five years between shows for them, and a lot less than 9 years between shows for me!
Setlist: Coagulate, Bleeding Orange, Cognition, Aperture, New Kata, She Suffocates, Harrison Bergeron, Ten A.M., Typecast Modulator, Interrogation, Ambition Now, Zombie Prescription, Drain Me, Energy Dome, Exile Etiquette, Caboose. Encore: Incarnation, lookinglasself.
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Energy Dome (w/ Lou from SOIA):
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“I wanna live my life with the volume full…” Pea
By Eric | May 10, 2010 12:00 am
“I wanna live my life with the volume full…” Pearl Jam tonight!!
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Word to your mother.
By Eric | May 9, 2010 12:00 am
Word to your mother.
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