200 Shows
By Eric | August 21, 2007 3:18 pm
While ten years was a bigger deal to me, it almost escaped me that the Lamb of God / Hatebreed show last Friday was #200 of my “career”… all the stuff from the ten years of concerts post still applies, but another milestone is always cool!
Speaking of concerts, after three in one week, thankfully they’re getting a little more spaced out… I have three upcoming in the next two months, feel free to let me know if you’re going:
Tuesday, Sept 18 – Finger Eleven @ Water Street
Friday Oct 5 – Matthew Good @ Club Infinity (Main and Transit)
Tuesday Oct 30 – Three Days Grace, Breaking Benjamin, Seether @ Erie County Fairgrounds Agri-Center
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08/17/2007 Lamb Of God, Hatebreed, Behemoth (Buffalo, NY @ Town Ballroom)
By Eric | August 17, 2007 11:59 pm
This show was supposed to be at the Dome Theater in Niagara Falls, but was moved the day before. Still not sure why. Anyway, due to heavy traffic on the 90, and stopping to get something to eat first, I missed 3 Inches Of Blood, who were also on the bill. I got there just as Behemoth were setting up. These guys are real death metal from Poland, and they did the whole get-up, from painted white faces, to spitting blood, to wearing the spikey leather accessories. Personally, death metal is just a bit too far out there for me. They were entertaining for the 40 minutes or so they played, but it’s *so* fast and *so* brutal that it’s kinda hard to figure out what the hell is going on. And never mind trying to figure out what he’s screaming/growling. But it was cool enough.
Hatebreed was next, and I’ve been looking forward to seeing them for awhile. I didn’t really get into them until the last couple of years (they’ve been around since ’97, in the mainstream anyway), and everybody always tells me that they put on a great show. Well, everybody was right. The place was packed, and a good number of the kids were all about Hatebreed. Granted, the songs are pretty simple, and are written with the scream-along in mind, but that’s not to say that it’s not a blast to be a part of it! Jamey and the boys looked to be having a blast on the stage, and the crowd gave it right back to them. They opened with To The Threshold, and proceeded to rip through songs from all 4 albums, stopping to thank the crowd after practically every song. My highlight of their set was probably the closer, I Will Be Heard, because the entire place went bonkers when they played it! The setlist (in rough order) was: To The Threshold, Last Breath, Destroy Everything, As Diehard As They Come, Defeatist, Doomsayer, This Is Now, Tear It Down, Live For This, Perseverence, I Will Be Heard.
After calming down from that set, the headliners were up. Lamb Of God. As their tagline says, Pure American Metal. Although the setlist was almost identical to the show I saw in March, they seemed even more energetic this time around. I think the crowd was a bit more into it here than at Harro East as well. LoG, too, seemed to be having a hell of a time up on stage, Randy was a lot more talkative than the last time, and he gave a shoutout to the hometown guys in Every Time I Die (“Party at Andy Williams’ house!”). The one switch from the list in March was that instead of Bloodletting, we got Subtle Arts this time around, and the order was a little different. They sounded awesome, Mark Morton’s solos were incredible, and Chris Adler’s drumming was spot on. Another show where I definately felt I got my money’s worth. LoG’s setlist: Hourglass; Again We Rise; Walk With Me In Hell; Ruin; Pathetic; As The Palaces Burn; Descending; More Time To Kill; Blacken the Cursed Sun; Subtle Arts of Murder and Persuasion; 11th Hour; Now You’ve Got Something To Die For; Laid to Rest; *** Encore *** Vigil; Redneck; Black Label.
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08/16/2007 Velvet Revolver, Alice In Chains, Kill Hannah (Darien, NY @ Darien Lake Performing Arts Center)
By Eric | August 16, 2007 11:59 pm
Right out of work, through the rain, to Darien Lake for the big rock show. Thankfully the rain was over by the time I got there! I got there just as Kill Hannah was starting. I could have been later… these guys are terrible. Picture the most pedestrian, mundane, mainstream rock band, and then toss in a screechy singer that’s off-key the whole time, and you have Kill Hannah. They attempted a cover of Billy Idol’s “Rebel Yell”, and while the musicianship was okay, the vocals were worse than you’d hear at the local karaoke bar. Mercifully, they only got a half hour.
Then it was time for the real show to begin! ALICE!!! The four guys just strode out on stage, and ripped into it. William Duvall does an admirable job on vocals, and the rest of the band sounded stellar. Of course, nothing would compare to actually seeing Layne Staley sing live, but since I’ll never get that chance, I’ll certainly take this. The entire crowd was into it, singing along with all of their favorites… the setlist was: Again, Grind, We Die Young, Them Bones, Down In A Hole, Rain When I Die, Sludge Factory, Angry Chair, Man In The Box, Would?, Rooster. Not too much banter in-between songs, just full-on rocking… just awesome.
I didn’t take these, and I forgot where I grabbed these from, so if they’re yours, send a note and you’ll get credited!
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After making acquaintance with some friendly Canadians in the seats next to me (Paul and DJ, what’s up?!), we grabbed some beers and waited for Velvet Revolver to begin. Which they did with a bang! They started out with Let It Roll, She Mine, and Sucker Train Blues, getting the crowd whipped up early. Much like Alice, the band sounded great, Slash’s solos were awesome, and Weiland’s voice, while not as strong as in previous years, wasn’t bad at all. A couple of songs later they toned it down a little, brought out the stools and did a pseudo-acoustic bit with Last Fight, Interstate Love Song, and the nights first huge sing-along, GNR’s Patience, which was incredible. After the next GNR cover, It’s So Easy, the guy in front of me (late 30’s, early 40’s) turns around and asks me, “Is this on the new album?” I’m like, “Are you serious? That song is 20 years old! Its Guns N Roses! Appetite! Damn dude!!” Moron. And he’s supposed to be old enough to know better!! They did two encores, the last of which started with a cover of Pink Floyd’s Wish You Were Here, and the show closed with Slither. VR put on a fantastic show, Weiland was doing his patented freak-out dancing all night, Slash ripped it up, and the rhythm section of Duff, Dave and Matt held down their end as well. There weren’t nearly as many people there as I thought there’d be, especially on the lawn, so getting out was a snap!
VR’s full setlist: Let It Roll, She Mine, Sucker Train Blues, Superhuman, Do It For The Kids, Big Machine, Get Out The Door, Vasoline (STP), Last Fight, Interstate Love Song (STP), Patience (GNR), Pills Demons & Etc., Fall To Pieces, It’s So Easy (GNR), She Builds Quick Machines, Set Me Free, Mr Brownstone (GNR), Sex Type Thing (STP), Wish You Were Here (Pink Floyd), Slither.
Short clips of every AIC song in the set:
Alice in Chains @ Darien Lake 8/16/07 from bucky716 and Vimeo.
The dude held up a toy rooster through the whole video, but here’s Rooster:
Rooster @ Rooster from bucky716 and Vimeo.
Clips of some VR songs:
Velvet Revolver @ Darien Lake 8/16/07 from bucky716 and Vimeo.
Jerry’s solo during Them Bones:
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08/13/2007 GWAR, Shadows Fall (Rochester, NY @ Water Street Music Hall)
By Eric | August 14, 2007 10:41 am
I rolled up to Water Street, missing the entire line, and walked right in. I found my buddy Rich, and we commenced our waiting… The Acacia Strain was supposed to be the first opener, but for whatever reason, they cancelled. So on with Shadows Fall! They sounded *much* better than they did at the Niagara Falls show, so this was much more enjoyable. According to Brian Fair, this was the last night of their tour with GWAR, so they rocked out “extra hard”… Anyway, they opened with Failure of the Devout, and then I can’t quite remember the order, but they played Stepping Outside The Circle, Burning The Lives, Redemption, The Power of I and I, Eternity Is Within, and they closed with What Drives The Weak right into The Light That Binds. They sounded great, rocked hard, and were a great warmup for what was to follow…
The Almighty GWAR!!! The stage setup wasn’t that elaborate, but their costumes sure were! The most amazing part to me was how well they played their instruments while in the heavy costumes, and how good the songs were. For me not knowing but one Gwar song, I was impressed with how they sounded. But of course, the music was almost secondary to the show! The most over-the-top, ridiculous, gross stuff… and of course, the fans eat it up. They first came out with the head of the lead singer of Lordi (the Finnish band that does similar costumes) on a stake, which of course was shooting fake blood out of its mouth… continuously! The next “victim” was a representation of the VT killer, who came out guns blazing, and had his head and arms chopped off by a huge sword. These wounds also spewed forth tons of fake blood… “Rochester’s biggest GWAR fan” was rolled out strapped to a board, and similarly decapitated. Lest we forget, the giant prosthetic penis of lead singer Oderus Urungus spewing fake urine all night. (If it all sounds gross, just remember, it’s so over the top and cheesy that it becomes funny, not scary!) It was literally a really bad B horror movie come to life, and certainly entertaining! As I said earlier, I only knew one song (Saddam-A-Go-Go, thanks to Beavis and Butt-head!), but that didn’t matter in the least! The musicianship was quite good, the stage theatrics goofy and entertaining, and it made for a fun night. I can now say I’ve seen GWAR!
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08/08/2007 Stone Sour, Sydonia, Dirty Little Rabbits (Rochester, NY @ Water Street Music Hall)
By Eric | August 8, 2007 11:52 pm
This show was pretty good, but it could have been a lot better. Firstly, due to lower than expected ticket sales, the show was moved from the Main Street Armory to Water Street. Okay, not that big of a deal. But then, it turns out that the promoter for the show pretty much screwed Stemm off the bill as one of the openers. The band was promised a guaranteed amount of money for the show, plus a cut of whatever ticket sales they could generate (through a paypal link on their site). In reality, the cut of the tickets was all they would get, no guaranteed money. Since they’d have to sell an unbelievable amount of tickets to break even, it wasn’t even close to worth it for them to come out. Which sucks, because both Adam and I were looking forward to seeing them. And it also sucks, because both of the openers left a bit to be desired.
Dirty Little Rabbits features Shawn Crahan on drums, better known as Clown from Slipknot. They have a female lead singer, and feature a keyboardist as well. The songs were, well, interesting to say the least. Kinda goofy, as the keyboard sounded like a pipe organ on most songs (think a circus or a fair). The songs were okay (they actually had melody, unlike say, HORSE The Band), but 1/2 hour was more than enough for them. The keyboard player dove into the drum kit at the end of the set. Sydonia was next, and they hail from Australia, where apparently metal isn’t very fast. Every song had the same plodding beat, and the singer just kinda whined through most of it. As Adam said, every time they’d start a song, they’d go through the intro, and just when you thought it was going to kick in and really rock…. nothing. They sounded good, they could have been better, but simply fell flat.
Then it was time for Stone Sour. For better or worse, the setlist was nearly identical to the March show in Niagara Falls, albeit two songs shorter (Take A Number and Tumult were missing), and even though Corey said he was a little sick, he didn’t sound terrible at all. It was gravelly and rough, but using the time-honored trick of letting the crowd sing the most strenuous parts, he got through pretty well. Adam and I hung back for the first two songs, but by the time they did Made of Scars, I had to get in the middle of things for a bit! I got my mosh on for a couple of tunes, and then right about the time they slowed things down for Wicked Game, I got out and watched the rest from the middle of the floor. They ran through the entire set with no encore, but nobody seemed to mind. The band sounded just as good as they did in March, and the crowd was really into the band, although I thought the turnout should have been larger (maybe not Armory large, but I don’t think it sold out Water Street either). I grabbed the setlist from the soundboard after the show, so you can see that below. The set, in order was: 30/30-150, Come What(ever) May, Made Of Scars, Reborn, Inhale, Your God, Monolith, Sillyworld, Wicked Game, Bother (with Sweet Home Alabama insert), Through Glass, Blotter, Hell & Consequences, Get Inside.
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07/28/2007 Sevendust, Diecast, Point One (Buffalo, NY @ Town Ballroom)
By Eric | July 28, 2007 11:59 pm
There’s something about going to see a band you’ve seen before, and you know you’re in for a great show. Where you know how they’re going to sound, how they’re going to play, you know all the words, so you’re less concerned about the intracies of the performance, and more concerned about getting crazy with the other people up front and having a hell of a time doing it. This was definately one of those shows. Sevendust has thus far never failed to deliver a great show, and this one kept the pace.
Naturally, we had to get through the openers first. There’s always openers, and they’re not always as stellar as the headliners. Point One was no exception. Besides having their levels way too loud, they just plain weren’t good. Much like another not-to-be-named-Japanese-band, they didn’t know what genre they wanted to play. The first two songs sounded like Buckcherry/Hinder type stuff, then it devolved into punk, then the singer got whiny, and so on from there. Besides the fact that the singer couldn’t hit any of the notes he was trying for in the upper register, his attempts at working the crowd just kinda fell flat. So not only were they bad, but not even close to the type of band that should be opening for Sevendust. Whatever. Diecast was up next, and this was a bit more like it! These guys were pretty generic metalcore, but at least they were good at what they did. (Pretty much, I’ll stick to KsE or All That Remains). The set got better and heavier as it went on, and the crowd got a little bigger, and more into it. Perfect segue for what was to follow!
After blaring some old-school rap over the PA, the boys came out and blasted right into Hero. The crowd got riled up right away, and the energy, at least where I was down front, never let up the entire night. Pieces was next, followed by Ugly. There was a brief pause, and then we got transported back to ’99 with Denial right into Waffle. Back to the new stuff with Deathstar and Clueless. The crowd really responded to the songs off of Alpha just as much as the old stuff, which was great to see. Enemy was next, then Beg To Differ. Another pause, and then the Sevendust signature riff… the opening to Black. Our area down front exploded! And just when that was over, the 2nd signature riff… Bitch! A massive sing-a-long ensued, followed by the title track of the new record, Alpha. The main set was closed out by Trust, followed by Praise. There was a short break, and the encore started with Driven, and the night finished out with the whole place screaming along with Face To Face. I was very pleased with the distribution across the various albums, with at least two tracks off of each of them. The band sounded great, Lajon hit his marks, and the crowd was all over it from start to finish. Simply a great show. It almost was the demise of the infamous RIT hat though! It flew off my head during the last song, and I had pretty much written it off, as I couldn’t see it on the floor anywhere as the crowd disbursed. Of course, that’s because I didn’t turn around. It landed behind the barrier, so not only was it “safe”, it didn’t even get stepped on!
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07/18/2007 Black Light Burns, HORSE The Band, Soulidium, Athera (Buffalo, NY @ The Icon)
By Eric | July 18, 2007 10:05 am
I rolled in from Rochester, and missed the first local opener, As Summer Dies. I got there just as they were changing sets, and found Sara and Adrienne. I subsequently found out that Julien-K, the band with Ryan and Amir from Orgy, wouldn’t be playing this night because of Ryan’s laryngitis. Too bad too, I was looking forward to seeing them. Anyway, we watched the the next local opener, a band called Athera. They were alright, nothing terribly spectacular, sound like most of the pop-punk-emo stuff that’s out there. Not much more to say besides that.
Next was a band called Soulidium, who reminded me a lot of Atomship, and their imagery with the graphics, and their eye makeup/contacts/etc. seemed like old Virgos Merlot. The music wasn’t too bad at all, but the vocals left a bit to desired. The singer is kinda nasally, and his voice was a bit grating. The band was decent, although the songs were kinda predictable nu-metal stuff. I’ve seen a lot worse, but I’ve certainly seen better. I really wanted to like them, but alas, that ship sailed about 7-8 years ago. At this point, me and the girls starting talking to two guys that came down from Toronto to see BLB, and along with the three of us, were the oldest people in the place (Nothing but 16-year-old emo kiddies!). Scott and Nick, nice meeting and hanging out with you guys! They had seen the next band before, and tried to tell us what we were in for. However, nothing was going to prepare for what came next.
HORSE The Band are a different beast altogether. They’re called “nintendo-core”, which is code for crappy screamo metal, with a keyboard player that makes sounds like an old 8-bit NES. Their stage setup had a bunch of fake lilac-looking bushes, various stuffed animals, and a sofa chair for the singer. WTF? The new breed of hardcore kiddies went ape for these guys. I think they’re one of those bands that are so bad that it’s cliche to like them. Actually, it was more like one big joke, and while the band was in on it, their fans missed it. So while the singer did the entire set from the sofa chair, the rest of the band rocked out, and the kids in the crowd practiced their kung-fu. Oh, I mean, spinkicks and floor punching (save for the one kid that had to watch everyone else first, and then try to do what they did, and FAIL.). The singer at one point asks if anyone has a job at an automotive repair shop, Starbucks, or retail store. When he got an affirmative response, he goes “You should get this job, it’s awesome.” Dude, I *do* have that job! The keyboard player kept going on about how the singer got his eye pecked by a bird for the entire set (a nod to Kids in the Hall we later found out), and the other highlight was the singer headbanging a stuffed tiger through one song. As for musically redeeming material? None to be found. Unintelligable screaming, songs with no flow, and 8-bit NES music.
Unfortunately, when HORSE the Band was done, so was most of the crowd, leaving only about 100-150 people for Black Light Burns. Everyone that stayed was quite into the show though, which was good. As was the band. Wes came out with his face painted, and wearing a 3-piece suit, and they immediately started into Mesopotamia. They continued with 4 Walls, One Of Yours, and then really rocked with Animal. Cruel Melody was a bit more melancholy, followed by Stop A Bullet, I Have A Need, and Coward. I Am Where It Takes Me slowed it down a little before ramping back up for the first single off the album, Lie. The closer was The Mark.There wasn’t a whole lot of crowd interaction as they plowed through the songs, save for a brief period when the bass amp cut out, and Wes and the drummer improvised a little of Primus’ “Jerry Was A Racecar Driver”, much to the delight of the crowd. No matter, the band rocked out 11 of the 13 tracks on the album, and sounded good doing it. Of course, that was helped by the unofficial 5th member of the band, the laptop that had all the samples on it. Not really a bad thing at all, though, as all the live instrumentation meshed with the samples with no problems. The band was tight, everything sounded good, the vocals sounded good, and again, even though the crowd was small, the fact that they were into it made the show even better.
Right after the set, Wes jumped down off the stage, and started shaking hands, signing autographs, and talking to people. I grabbed the setlist from the soundboard, and got everyone in the band, including Wes, to sign it, and got to chat with him for a second. He seemed genuinely interested in talking to everyone, and when I mentioned I was disappointed more people didn’t come, he said he didn’t think the turnout was that bad. I still think there should have been more people there. Ah well, more intimate for us I suppose. I certainly got my twelve dollars worth of entertainment, it was nice to see the girls again, and it was cool talking music with some new people.
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Run For It Marty!!!
By Eric | June 29, 2007 10:20 am
“Oh, my God, they found me, I don’t know how, but they found me.”
Apparently, somehow, someway, my crappy little website caught the attention of the fans of Dir En Grey, and since I pretty much blasted the band in the review from the Deftones show awhile back, they’ve been trying to critique my review in the comments. I tried to reason (ha!) with one of them, and then another popped up. And I just don’t have the time or energy to debate my opinions of a forgettable opening band with overzealous fans of said band. So I figured I’d just close out the comments with this:
Wow, I see the “Dir En Grey Shitty Review Rebuttal Team” has been deployed in full-force. I get it, my review wasn’t terribly detailed, and you all are trying to point out the error of my ways. Thanks, point taken. I don’t care how “grossly disappointed” anyone is in my reviews, because the reviews are primarily for me, and my personal recollections of the show. Period.
I guess I’m grateful that anyone even found my site, let alone decided to comment on it. But seriously, no one reads this site besides my family and friends, which is about 15 people, tops. I’m sure your collective energy could be spent for far greater gains elsewhere on the internet. Debating opinions with someone who just does this for my own concert recollections just isn’t an effective use of your time.
Anyway, we caught Will Hoge at Thursday in the Square yesterday, so that review will be up shortly. There shouldn’t be any controversy about this one, since it will be a glowing review, and there were no other opening bands. Unless, of course, the Joan Osborne fans come out of the woodwork and slam me for not staying. 🙂
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06/28/2007 Will Hoge (Buffalo, NY @ Thursday in the Square)
By Eric | June 28, 2007 11:47 pm
So after hearing about how great live he was from Tiff, and hearing the various live albums he’s put out, I finally got to see Will Hoge in person. And he didn’t disappoint. The singer/songwriter from Nashville brought his rock/blues/soul revue to Thursday in the Square, and pretty much rocked the place. We heard more than a few comments around us to the tune of “We don’t know who he is, but he’s pretty damn good!”. They opened up with Secondhand Heart, She Don’t Care About Me, and then ripped into The Man Who Killed Love, which got the juices flowing. After a bit of an extended jam on that one, they slowed it down for Someone Else’s Baby, but not before tuning in the local radio station over their monitors! The band then picked it back up with Sweet Magdeline. Woman Be Strong, and Ms. Williams, before getting a bit more serious with Bible Vs. Gun. Back to the rollicking fun stuff with Wait Till Your Daddy Gets Home, July Moon, and All Night Long. As if that wasn’t enough, it seems like their set time kept getting extended, so we got Hearts Are Gonna Roll, and the closer was Doesn’t Have To Be That Way. The band was in fine form, with guitarist Adam Fluhrer rockin solos all over the place. The square kept filling in the later it got, and he had everyone’s rapt attention by the end of it all.
I managed to snag the bass player’s setlist, and we got to meet Will himself near the merch tent for a quick minute to chat and get the setlist signed… he thanked us for coming and “thanks for singing along!”. I think we saw one other group of girls that were singing along, but I have a strong suspicion that he made more than a couple new fans in Buffalo on this night!
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06/11/2007 Deftones, Dir En Grey, The Fall Of Troy (Niagara Falls, NY @ The Dome Theater)
By Eric | June 11, 2007 11:59 pm
So ten years of concert going brought me to the Dome for some Deftones. There weren’t a lot of people there at first, and they had the balcony closed, so the lack of people was even more pronounced at the start. The Fall Of Troy was up first, and I still don’t know what to make of this band. They’re a three-piece that incorporate some cool metal riffs and solos, but then the songs devolve into just noise, and the singer just kinda wails incoherantly. They had a ton of energy, which at least made them fun to watch, but a half hour was plenty. The middle band was Dir En Grey. The hype on this band is that they’re a five-piece from Japan. They apparently didn’t do any touring or releases outside of Japan from the time they formed in 1997 until 2005, and they’ve also had a ton of underground (and internet) hype. And they suck. To me, it seemed like they were trying to copy every harder musical style, and not achieving any of it. One song had a couple breakdowns, sounding like a poor-man’s Hatebreed, and then the very next song started out like Dave Matthews before launching into some super high-pitched screaming. As I told the kid next to me at the bar, “They’re not the absolute worst I’ve ever seen, but they’re damn close.” Mercifully, they were done after 45 minutes, and then it was time for Deftones.
I hadn’t seen them in seven years (July 2000 at ESL and Runwayz during the White Pony tour). I was hoping for some classics, and some of the new stuff. I got both in large doses! I started out right in front of the bar, and the band started out with two from Adrenaline (Nosebleed and Engine No. 9) and two from Around The Fur (Lhabia and My Own Summer), and once My Own Summer got started, I couldn’t stay on the sidelines any longer. I had to get up towards the front and jump around with everyone in the pit. What a great decision! Everyone in the front was awesome, getting their mosh on without being idiots, belting out every song, picking people up, etc. And Chino sounded freakin’ great. I’ve seen clips where his voice isn’t the greatest, but tonight was not one of those nights. The band did an awesome job of whipping the crowd into a frenzy, and then toning it down with some of the slower tunes (Digital Bath, Passenger, Change, etc). They also whipped us good, with Hexagram, Around The Fur straight into Rickets, Rats, Korea, Root, etc. After a brief rest, the encore got started off with Back To School, then Change, and the riotous closer was 7 Words. Needless to say, due to the heat and humidity in the place, everyone was wringing their shirt out at the end of it. Freakin gross, but you can’t say you didn’t have a good time getting there! And if he ever happens to read this, I just want to give a shout out to Mike from Pittsburgh (and his girlfriend whose name I didn’t catch) for being cool at the bar, trading beers, and catching my watch in the pit! The whole setlist (mostly in order) was:
Nosebleed
Engine No. 9
Lhabia
My Own Summer
Korea
Hexagram
Around the Fur
Rickets
Digital Bath
When Girls Telephone Boys
Rats! Rats! Rats!
Bloody Cape
Xerces
Passenger
Hole in the Earth
Beware the Water
Bored
Feiticiera
Root
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Back To School
Change
7 Words
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