Elvis, I thought you were going to this. How'd you like it?
― ilxor, Wednesday, 24 September 2008 04:21 (fifteen years ago) link
they sounded amazing for the couple of seconds without earplugs i withstood, but sorry, i'm not gonna sacrifice that much of my hearing for any band, let alone them. and with the earplugs in, i lost a lot of midrange (with the aid of some low-mixed/disinterested singing) on a good number of songs. so the show, while certainly awesome in parts, also kind of sucked at the same time, evening things out to i'm glad i saw them, but it wasn't super-memorable. that dude's quite a drummer, yeah?
― gabbneb, Wednesday, 24 September 2008 04:42 (fifteen years ago) link
Colm? Quite a drummer, indeed. He was killer on pretty much every song from Isn't Anything. The names of which I cannot remember. Blame it on the wine.
― ilxor, Wednesday, 24 September 2008 07:03 (fifteen years ago) link
I took an early pass on this. Would rather see MBV in a non-festival setting (and will do so when they get to LA next week)
― Elvis Telecom, Wednesday, 24 September 2008 08:06 (fifteen years ago) link
How big is the LA theater, anyway? The ATP venue was 3,000 capacity with great sightlines, better sound and (not to cop Pitchfork's festival review, because I had this thought while at the festival) a very David Lynch-esque atmosphere. Totally awesome.
― ilxor, Thursday, 25 September 2008 02:19 (fifteen years ago) link
"Soon" at ATP New York (click over to HD for best quality, obviously):
― ilxor, Saturday, 4 October 2008 04:57 (fifteen years ago) link
And three minutes (also in HD) from "YMMR," great recording:
― ilxor, Saturday, 4 October 2008 04:58 (fifteen years ago) link