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Well shit. I’ve heard so much hype about Genghis Tron for the last year or so but I’ve never actually had a chance to listen to them. I heard a lot of people comparing them to Lightning Bolt but that seems a little elementary to me. They sound more like Ratatat riding The Locust bareback. And that is a good thing.

There is some shredding going on. There is some screaming going on. All kinds of digital drumming and then even more shredding. And I mean shredding. Just ripping the thing to pieces. To fucking pieces. Also, LiveEyeTV did a four-cam recording of this show so I’ll try and get a copy of the final DVD from them and torrent it on the Internet. THE INTERNET.

So go ahead and download this crap because you know you want to.

Genghis Tron – 2007-03-30 The Vera Project – Seattle, WA
Download: gt2007-03-30.akgc1000s.sbd.matrix.flac16.zip
MP3 Sample: gt2007-03-30sample.mp3

I wasn’t planning on going to this show but John from Live Eye TV asked me if I would record audio for him.

So I went and it was a fun time. The opening acts were less than good but they were interesting nonetheless. I’d never heard OOIOO before this show but they really impressed me. Very cool proggy pop music.

OOIOO – 2007-03-23 Chop Suey – Seattle, WA
Download: ooioo2007-03-23.akgc1000s.sbd.matrix.flac16.zip
MP3 Sample: ooioo2007-03-23sample.mp3

UPDATE: Sets from the openers for those who requested it:

Eyvind Kang – 2007-03-23 Chop Suey – Seattle, WA
Download: ek2007-03-23.akgc1000s.sbd.matrix.flac16.zip
MP3 Sample: ek2007-03-23sample.mp3

Kinski’s Bukkake Climax – 2007-03-23 Chop Suey – Seattle, WA
Download: kbc2007-03-23.akgc1000s.sbd.matrix.flac16.zip
MP3 Sample: kbc2007-03-23sample.mp3

I’ve been looking forward to seeing Red Sparowes for many months. On Monday night I finally got that chance and it was worth the price of admission. These guys put on an amazing show and I recommend seeing them.

I got a soundboard feed that wasn’t total shit so I ended up using it. There are some trade-offs to this because while it does give the instruments a cleaner sound and brought out the drums tremendously, it also picked up some of the effects the band’s soundguy was doing to the instruments on the fly. You couldn’t really hear these effects as well in the audiences but they’re very pronounced in the board feed. They sort of sound like glitches but they’re not. I watched the soundguy too… he was turning knobs like crazy at certain parts of the music.

I also taped William Elliott Whitmore and Saviours. I’ll probably put up the WEW set later tonight since I know there are some fans of his out there. I can put up Saviours too if there is any interest.

Red Sparowes – 2007-03-19 El Corazon – Seattle, WA
Download: rs2007-03-19.akgc1000s.sbd.matrix.flac16.zip
MP3 Sample: rs2007-03-19sample.mp3

Saviours – 2007-03-19 El Corazon – Seattle, WA
Download: saviours2007-03-19.akgc1000s.flac16.zip
MP3 Sample: saviours2007-03-19sample.mp3

William Elliott Whitmore- 2007-03-19 El Corazon – Seattle, WA
Download: wewhitmore2007-03-19.akgc1000s.flac16.zip
MP3 Sample: wewhitmore2007-03-19sample.mp3

Girl Talk live at Langerado. It’s a 320kbs MP3, I’ll update this post with a link to FLACs when I get them.

In May I am going to tape the following dates of the Explosions In The Sky tour:

05-03: WOW Hall – Eugene OR
05-04: Wonder Ballroom – Portland, OR
05-05: Croatian Culture Centre – Vancouver, BC
05-06: Neumo’s – Seattle, WA
05-07: Neumo’s – Seattle, WA

If you have a camcorder and are going to any of these dates, I need you! I’m looking to put together multi-cam recordings for all of these shows so if you are going to any of these shows and you have a camcorder, get in touch with me and let’s do this.

I will handle audio for all of these shows as well as maybe one camera if I can swing it. Some of these shows will have other tapers at them but that is not certain so I want to make sure this gets done right.

So let me know! I really want this to happen!

UPDATE:

I’ve got someone on-board to do a three-cam recording in Eugene and in Portland. I know I have one filmer in Vancouver so now it’s up to you Seattlites to come through!

In the world of instrumental rock, there are those who lead and there are those who follow. For every Explosions In The Sky there are dozens of “me too!” band that follow.

Do Make Say Think has always led. There is quite literally no other post-rock band that sounds like DMST. Their liberal use of saxophones and trumpets trademarks the jazzy sound that they have crafted over their five-album career of the last decade.

After opener The Berg Sans Nipple finished their set (which was actually very good, so check out that recording too), DMST took the stage and played for a solid hour and forty-five minutes. Some of the newer songs with vocals seemed to throw the flow of the set off a bit, but the inclusion of songs like Frederica, The Landlord Is Dead, and A Tender History In Rust; the set was more than satisfying.

So download this and enjoy it. I guess I don’t often say “This is a good one, listen to it!” because I think all of my recordings are that way to a certain degree. But in this case I am saying that. This is a good one. Listen to it.

The Berg Sans Nipple – 2007-03-07 Neumo’s – Seattle, WA
Download: bsn2007-03-07.akgc1000s.flac16.zip
MP3 Sample: bsn2007-03-07sample.mp3

Do Make Say Think – 2007-03-07 Neumo’s – Seattle, WA
Download: dmst2007-03-07.akgc1000s.flac16.zip
MP3 Sample: dmst2007-03-07sample.mp3

Yet again it takes me two weeks to put up a show. I used to be so good about doing it the next day.

This show was the final night of The Vera Project’s re-opening celebration. Let’s do a quick rundown of the show.

Ghost To Falco opened the show and I liked them. The third song they played had such a sweet looped guitar line in it so that song is highly recommended.

Tiny Vipers followed and she was just as good as the last time I saw her. She’s kind of like Joanna Newsom but instead of a harp she plays a guitar. Such a good voice.

The Holy Ghost Revival played third. Imagine if Axl Rose grew up on the Hog Farm. That’s what the lead singer embodies. This band really got the crowd going.

Headliner was Phil Elverum performing as Mt. Eerie. I’d never seen him perform before and I’d only listened to some of The Microphones’ material, so I didn’t really know what to expect. What he delivered was about an hour of endearing acoustic ballads about everything and anything. His performance style reminded me of Kimya Dawson a great deal. Highly recommended.

All in all, a good show. And it was free too. So… win-win-win. We all win.

Ghost To Falco – 2007-02-25 The Vera Project – Seattle, WA
Download: gtf2007-02-25.akgc1000s.flac16.zip
MP3 Sample: gtf2007-02-25sample.mp3

Tiny Vipers – 2007-02-25 The Vera Project – Seattle, WA
Download: tv2007-02-25.akgc1000s.flac16.zip
MP3 Sample: tv2007-02-25sample.mp3

The Holy Ghost Revival – 2007-02-25 The Vera Project – Seattle, WA
Download: hgr2007-02-25.akgc1000s.flac16.zip
MP3 Sample: hgr2007-02-25sample.mp3

Mt. Eerie – 2007-02-25 The Vera Project – Seattle, WA
Download: mteerie2007-02-25.akgc1000s.flac16.zip
MP3 Sample: mteerie2007-02-25sample.mp3