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Sigur Rós just announced a North American tour this fall eeeeeeee

nutella wrote:Sigur Rós just announced a North American tour this fall eeeeeeee

Looks like they will be in Portland on September 21.

Last night I saw The Cure in Austin with Wilgy, and it was just mindblowingly awesome. And getting to spend time with Wilgy again was a definite treat.

The setlist was really everything I could have asked for. They played for over 3 hours, including 4 freaking encores at that, plus plenty of great songs, and Disintegration got the most attention!

For those of you who are interested:

I've "ticked another box" this weekend by going to Budapest to see in concert another one of my favourite artists, the jazz legend Keith Jarrett. I'd say it had everything I expected and wanted to hear, but would I rank it among the finest concerts? Not sure about it.

His brilliance is unquestionable and his long-time coined style of improvising and generating content on the spot seemed perfectly legit (and hence intimidating), but his strange character also inevitably surfaced - and I ain't talking about the midplay grunting and tap dancing. Mostly banter with the audience that ranged from cheeky to awkward. Plus, there's always the fear of him having meltdowns during performances if there's any interference whatsoever (photos being taken, noises and coughs) and, oddly, even such a moment found its place in this experience, as he berated the audience when some finally started taking photos at seemingly the very last round of applauses. I can understand the ideal he's promoting (or at least the general unpleasantness of the things he's so averse to), but it was still awfully pedantic of him to complain even then, when for the rest of the show, we all "behaved" almost exemplary.

Back to the music, his late years style has evolved to some rather chaotic, free-jazz oriented lenghts, although I would rather describe as the type of language old masters tend to develop or break apart, in a way that transcends any usual understanding of genre and limits. And we got a chunky first set of this, which I personally dug a lot; even felt a strong modern classical vibe to it, a la Bartok (which would be a corny thought, given the occasion, but then Jarrett himself started chatting during an intermission about his Hungarian heritage and how he might intend to touch base during this performance, so maybe I wasn't far off). At times his logic had amazing clarity, if you could follow the lines within the whirling technique more closely; in other pieces, the generated effect of the music was more valuable - some very dark and striking.

The second set seemed designed to entertain the crowd after all, with some more old fashioned playing, as in ballads, heavy grooves and free melodies, which was fine, if just a bit short during each extract. Odd moments crept in even here, as he occasionally showed signs of being unsure what else to produce (or his mood dropping to do so) or he simply interrupted a piece, because he felt it "wasn't going anywhere". But can I declare that this really detracted anything? It was still hearing him the way he usually tends to be: versatile and volatile, quite at the same time.

Last time I've been to a concert was a 'Weird Al' Yankovic concert in Lancaster a year ago.

I suggest everyone who has a Sigur Rós concert in sight this summer or fall to not miss out on the occasion, they might just blow your socks off. This wasn't even the first time I saw them (Maribor, Slovenia, three years ago), but it was like a calling, given that they now played near another Nauruan town, and I felt I needed this in my life. I am pretty drugged on any material from ( ), which put me in an embarassing mood to sing along, feel entranced or spazz out during the climaxes. But I got what I wanted. This was also a first for me to go to a big festival (even if just for one day), something that I should have realistically done 5-10 years ago. Interesting if flawed ambiance, more of a cornucopia of youthful discharge than something music-centered. Thankfully, anything that I did there, nobody will ever know.
With a bit more objectivity I could say the following about the concert.

Good
-- Popplagið. Would literally go to a hundred concerts just for this.
-- There is true spectacle and even some catharsis in this experience.
-- Jónsi got pretty mad out there, pretty sure wrecking a couple of bows and a guitar's strings along the way.

Mixed / Neutral
-- The new song they opened with, Óveður, really needs an album context. It has potential for some darker expressions, but alongside the rest of the setlist, it's just a bit eery and doesn't really catch fire.
-- SR aren't really a band full of surprises. Five years from now, they might very well perform and tour the same well-prepared way. To paraphrase a friend I met during the concert, they brought their hits. It's about as fulfilling as relistening to an album can be, which isn't necessarily a bad thing. Neutral balance between all their albums (save Von, nothing particular to note here either.

Problematic
-- This three-man formation could occasionally leave something to be desired. At times, you could sense that at least half of the material for any given piece is running in the background, confining the band even more to play a strict rendition. I remember they had a backup band three years ago, when (mostly) promoting Valtari. I feel they could use backup players for the concerts.





Setlist: Óveður, Starálfur, Sæglópur, Glósóli, Vaka, Ný Batterí, E-Bow, Festival, Yfirborð, Kveikur, Hafsól, Popplagið

Last time I went to a concert they charged me 10 bucks for an 8 oz beer, fuck that. Same reason I sit at home and watch sports.

The prices were ridiculous here as well. 2 euros for a Pepsi.

I'm going to a concert tonight.

Epignosis wrote:I'm going to a concert tonight.

Which concert?

MovingPictures07 wrote:

Epignosis wrote:I'm going to a concert tonight.

Which concert?

One of those where you get your picture taken with the lead singer and the bassist after the show.

Dude, looking good!

That was Seven Nations. Celtic rock band featuring fiddle and bagpipes.

Other than play stuff from their newest album to promote it, they were basically taking requests from the audience. Eloh got them to play her favorite song of theirs.

Epignosis wrote:That was Seven Nations. Celtic rock band featuring fiddle and bagpipes.

Other than play stuff from their newest album to promote it, they were basically taking requests from the audience. Eloh got them to play her favorite song of theirs.

How could I forget about them? I remember you mentioning them years ago. Awesome stuff.

That's so awesome!! Sounds like a real good time.

Gig season starting again, getting pumped

Got tickets to Dinosaur Jr, Dead Moon, Pixies already

I just got tickets to see the new Bat Out of Hell musical, opening week in London next June.

Bat Out of Hell was the first album I fell in love with, at age 10. For the next 8 years or so I listened to basically nothing but Jim Steinman songs. But I've never seen Meat Loaf live, and it looks like he won't be touring again due to health problems. I saw the unfortunately bastardized American version of Steinman's "Tanz Der Vampire" musical on Broadway in 2002, but I've otherwise never seen any of his songs performed live.

So I decided to bite the bullet and just jet off to London for the hell of it. I'm super excited!

I'm tempted to try and get tickets to Hamilton in London to see Lin Manuel (I know this is the concert thread but i've been thinking about this for awhile).

You should definitely do it if you can, juliets! You only live once, and experiences and traveling are great things to spend mad money on, imo.

indiglo wrote:You should definitely do it if you can, juliets! You only live once, and experiences and traveling are great things to spend mad money on, imo.

Yes, we were just in London last year so I have to save my charge card points again to pay for the flights or the hotel. I really really want to see it though.

Just saw The Family Crest and it was amazing. Lovely small venue and I had the fortune of being in the literal front and center spot, like touching-the-stage-could-have-touched-the-lead-singer's-leg-if-I-wanted close. They've been my fave for a bit over a year now so it was such a great experience to hear their music up close. Biiiig sound

I saw Fleet Foxes last night and it was totally stunning. They played all my favorites from all of their albums and everything was so beautiful and perfect and I think I'm in love with Robin Pecknold. If you get the chance to see them live do it. So good.

Aaaa I saw Tall Heights last night and they were AMAZING I love them so much They were in Halloween costumes and the lead singer-cellist guy is extremely attractive and they were really friendly and they opened their first song with the Pirates of the Caribbean theme on the cello as the intro because he was a pirate and they did cool things with the audience like for one song they had everyone call each other's phones and hold them together to make ethereal feedback noises and that was really cool and at one point they asked for requests and I was the one who shouted out the "correct" answer that they really wanted and they played the song I wanted and they played so many of their beautiful songs and their sound is so perfect and I love them also it was at my favorite little venue where I've seen my beloved Family Crest twice and Timber Timbre once, it's such a lovely intimate space/really close up

nutella wrote: ↑Mon Apr 04, 2016 3:05 pm Sigur Rós just announced a North American tour this fall eeeeeeee

I saw this post first and thought it was current.

JaggedJimmyJay wrote: ↑Thu Nov 01, 2018 1:16 pm

nutella wrote: ↑Mon Apr 04, 2016 3:05 pm Sigur Rós just announced a North American tour this fall eeeeeeee

I saw this post first and thought it was current.

Lol this thread hasn't been active forever, I think I even posted in other threads about the last few shows I went to. Also I never ended up getting tickets for that

Anyway Tall Heights are amazing and a bunch of their songs are still in my head and they're so good and y'all should check them out and see them if you get a chance because the energy on that stage was incredible

I was actually considering a Family Crest concert today, but it'll be on a freaking Tuesday. Who has time for anything on a Tuesday?

JaggedJimmyJay wrote: ↑Thu Nov 01, 2018 2:16 pm I was actually considering a Family Crest concert today, but it'll be on a freaking Tuesday. Who has time for anything on a Tuesday?

Dooooo ittttt it's the tour with the oh hellos right? They're good too but I haven't listened enough. Anyway TFC is always worth it go for it dude I go to things on weekdays plenty

nutella wrote: ↑Thu Nov 01, 2018 2:35 pm

JaggedJimmyJay wrote: ↑Thu Nov 01, 2018 2:16 pm I was actually considering a Family Crest concert today, but it'll be on a freaking Tuesday. Who has time for anything on a Tuesday?

Dooooo ittttt it's the tour with the oh hellos right? They're good too but I haven't listened enough. Anyway TFC is always worth it go for it dude I go to things on weekdays plenty

It's during finals week.

All the better, you'll need a break with some good stress relief

I never studied for any test in my life. Literally never outside of maybe a spelling test in elementary school.

Hell, I took and passed a test for my teaching license without even knowing half the terminology they used.

If you truly learned the shit, you don't need to study.

Oh yeah, I won't be studying for shit. My work will be projects and presentations anyway instead of tests.

The issue is that the concert is 5 hours away on a day in which my attendance will be required. It just isn't possible.

Oh my GOD you guys I just saw Darlingside who are absolutely amazing and so talented and all their harmonies are so beautiful and they were perfect on stage, and the opener was River Whyless and they also blew my mind with their talent (they did crazy stuff with percussion and they also all have great voices and play multiple instruments) And at one point during Darlingside's set they came out into the aisle right in front of me and River Whyless all joined them and they did an acoustic cover of 1979 by the smashing pumpkins lol it was great. And they were also really funny in between songs and all the songs were so gorgeous and I know I get gushy like this after every concert I go to lmao but this was truly beautiful and I highly recommend both bands <3

Ready to make it a good summer.

heh, you're seeing the national on my birthday. i managed to do that a few years ago.