Acid Mothers Temple on Tour

'bout 1.5 hours with encore

Ken, thanks. I'll hope that my feet can maintain their arches.

it's terrible, ddb. you have no idea.

L.A. IAN and L.A. JON.

SPENCER?!?!

NED!!!!

GOD CAN WE MAKE THIS THE ILX MAIN INDEX IMAGE PLEASE?!?!?!?!

He looks like the first man to successful replicate the Brian Connolly hair quaff since 1974.

< /ROFL COPTER!!!! >

my day has been made!

the show is $10-, $14- if you buy will call tickets at ticketmaster. you may want to do that ... there's a pretty big stoner rock contingent in san diego, and the hometown heroes (earthless, not subarachnoid space) are opening, so a lot of people will show up at the door early.

i got my tickets will call.

It was a joke, mostly about how long there set was. We showed up at 10 and they were already playing and went steadily until exactly 12. Then, the few people there started to leave and a guy got on the PA and said that since the A/C was broken, the bar was serving $1 Rolling Rocks and that everyone should stay and see AMT play some more. But, I couldn't hack it, so I left. AMT was at the merch booth and there was a surprisingly huge crowd trying to buy CDRs so I knew it would be awhile. The thought that such a long show was good is definitely evidence of how well they played and how nicely paced everything was. But this is also the opinion of someone seeing AMT live for the first time, so ...

Kept meaning to revive this thread:

Apr. 2009
3 (fri) @ Echoplex LOS ANGELES CA (http://www.attheecho.com) w/ Kinski, Sonic Suicide Squad
4 (sat) @ Bottom Of The Hill SAN FRANCISCO CA (http://www.bottomofthehill.com) w/ Kinski, Sonic Suicide Squad
5 (sun) @ Holocene PORTLAND OR (http://www.holocene.org) w/ Kinski, Sonic Suicide Squad
6 (mon) @ Sunset Tavern SEATTLE WA (http://www.sunsettavern.com) w/ Kinski, Sonic Suicide Squad
7 (tue) @ Biltmore Cabaret VANCOUVER BC (http://www.biltmorecabaret.com) w/ Kinski, Sonic Suicide Squad
10 (fri) @ 7th Street Entry MINNEAPOLIS MN (http://www.first-avenue.com) w/ Sonic Suicide Squad
11 (sat) @ Empty Bottle CHICAGO IL (http://www.emptybottle.com) w/ Sonic Suicide Squad
12 (sun) @ Grog Shop CLEVELAND OH (http://www.grogshop.gs) w/ Sonic Suicide Squad
13 (mon) @ Magic Stick DETROIT MI (http://www.majesticdetroit.com/stick.asp) w/ Sonic Suicide Squad
14 (tue) @ El Mocambo TORONTO ON (http://www.elmocambo.ca) w/ Sonic Suicide Squad
15 (wed) @ La Sala Rossa MONTREAL PQ (http://www.casadelpopolo.com/contents/lasalarossa) w/ Sonic Suicide Squad
16 (thu) @ Middle East Upstairs CAMBRIDGE MA (http://www.mideastclub.com) w/ Sonic Suicide Squad
17 (fri) @ Mercury Lounge NEW YORK NY (http://www.mercuryloungenyc.com) w/ Sonic Suicide Squad
18 (sat) @ Johnny Brendas PHILADELPHIA PA (http://www.johnnybrendas.com) w/ Sonic Suicide Squad
19 (sun) @ DC9 WASHINGTON DC (http://www.dcnine.com) w/ Sonic Suicide Squad
20 (mon) @ Ottobar BALTIMORE MD (http://www.theottobar.com) w/ Sonic Suicide Squad
21 (tue) @ Local 506 CHAPEL HILL NC (http://www.local506.com) w/ Sonic Suicide Squad
22 (wed) @ The Earl ATLANTA GA (http://www.badearl.com) w/ Sonic Suicide Squad
23 (thu) @ Hi-Tone Cafe MEMPHIS TN (http://www.hitonememphis.com) w/ Sonic Suicide Squad
24 (fri) @ Hailey's DENTON TX (http://www.haileysclub.com) w/ Sonic Suicide Squad
25 (sat) @ Emos Alternative Lounge AUSTIN TX (http://www.emosaustin.comnet/) w/ Sonic Suicide Squad
27 (mon) @ Plush TUCSON AZ (http://www.plushtucson.com) w/ Sonic Suicide Squad
28 (tue) @ Casbah SAN DIEGO CA (http://www.casbahmusic.com) w/ Sonic Suicide Squad

Really have to say -- having seen them various times over the years, last night's show was easily one of their best. Last couple of times had almost been 'standard' AMT, but while it was still very much them in full effect there were more new/random song choices and experiments, and even "Pink Lady Lemonade" got a bit of a redo via two different versions, the first starting off on acoustic guitar.

Also, Kinski killed as per usual so show up early if you have the chance to see them too here on the West Coast. Sonic Suicide Squad were all right enough, noise/free jazz roar but I think Zu works in the same field with better focus.

i think i will see them

Indeed you should.

i am so baffled as to why this is in the entry here (which for the non locals is supermegatiny)

i've never been to the entry before! do they sell earplugs?

also i just bought my ticket

hmmm i should probably decide either to do this or not soon.

i would bring yer own earplugs to the entry, they normally have them but sometimes they forget/dont bother to check.

the fact that it's on a friday makes it sort of a no-brainer for me. it's basically the one day of the week i can go out guilt-free

i mean legal capacity for the entry is 250 (which is horrorshow style packed btw). am i missing something here about how few people would want to see AMT? last time they played at the triple rock which is way way bigger, maybe that show didnt do well?

just revived this thread to ask if anyone has seen this tour, happy to see ned's endorsement. i'm going friday, taking a couple of AMT newbies so i'm hoping for something good. i missed the last tour or two.

they never play providence anymore :(

i would totally go see them again if i didn't have class. last year's show was great--i don't have any of their records (my gf does) and we go in and they've already started, these seriously decrepit-looking dudes playing super-slow space rock, and i'm like is this going to be kind of lol but mostly sad.....of course after 15 minutes it was obvious that i was wrong and they totally kicked ass.

Yep. I saw the Vancouver show last week. First time seeing them and it was great. I guess it was a compact line-up. Just four of them - I think they sometimes have more. But this was space rock as she is meant to be played. Kinski played too and that was equally fantastic. They are now hard, tight and fast and not so much in the Mogwai mould from when I last saw them a few years back. I have not felt this stimulated at a live show for ages. You'll not be disappointed I think.

I just read upthread a bit. Earplugs not required unless your the type that always uses them. It wasn't oppresively loud. The sound was perfect.

my experience at previous shows has been, they start, and i'm kind of "yeah, this is ok," and things go on a little and at some point i lose track of it all and i sort of come to in the middle of this howling cloud of rock and i can't remember quite how i got there. (and that's without being on anything stronger than alcohol.)

yeah that is absolutely how it felt

And they're back! Looking forward to this once again.

Sun 03/21/10 Plush - Tucson AZ
Mon 03/22/10 Casbah - San Diego CA
Tue 03/23/10 Spaceland - Los Angeles CA
Wed 03/24/10 Bottom of the Hill - San Francisco CA
Fri 03/26/10 Mississippi Studios - Portland OR
Sat 03/27/10 Biltmore Cabaret - Vancouver BC
Sun 03/28/10 Sunset Tavern - Seattle WA
Wed 03/31/10 7th Street Entry - Minneapolis MN
Thu 04/01/10 The Picador - Iowa City IA
Fri 04/02/10 Empty Bottle - Chicago IL
Sat 04/03/10 Crofoot Ballroom Pike Room - Pontiac MI
Sun 04/04/10 El Mocambo - Toronto ON
Mon 04/05/10 La Sala Rossa - Montreal PQ
Tue 04/06/10 Middle East Upstairs - Cambridge MA
Wed 04/07/10 Knitting Factory - Brooklyn NY
Thu 04/08/10 DC9 - Washington DC
Fri 04/09/10 Johnny Brendas - Philadelphia PA
Sat 04/10/10 Ottobar - Baltimore MD
Sun 04/11/10 Local 506 - Chapel Hill NC
Mon 04/12/10 Pilot Light - Knoxville TN
Tue 04/13/10 Grey Eagle Tavern - Asheville NC
Wed 04/14/10 Cosmic Charlie's - Lexington KY
Thu 04/15/10 Hi-Tone Cafe - Memphis TN
Fri 04/16/10 The Loft - Dallas TX
Sat 04/17/10 Emos Alternative Lounge - Austin TX

Line-up is as follows:
Tsuyama Atsushi : monster bass, vocal, acoustic guitar, cosmic joker
Higashi Hiroshi : synthesizer, guitar, chorus, dancin'king
Shimura Koji : drums, latino cool
Kawabata Makoto : guitar, chorus, speed guru

And support act is Over-Gain Optimal Death.

New album 'In A To Infinity' coming in April on Important as well, so expect a lot of that chord on the tour.

I was thinking about going to the Pontiac gig next Sat. & reading this thread has confirmed that I will be doing exactly that!

I'm already planning on seeing Mission of Burma at a local dive that same week, so we've got a bumper crop of quality live shit going on here in the midwest (& this is passing up Titus Andronicus, Washed Out, Broken Social Scene & Deer Tick at the same time - all gigs I would have wanted to see, were they not all piled on top of each other!)

I've been up since 6:00am and was planning on doing laundry and going to bed early tonight but SURPRISE! Acid Mothers are tonight. And friends from out of town, too. *coffee*

I been a hair's width from seeing them like 7 times, pretty excited for this.

plz to report back. I am v curious.

considering how little i listen to AMT, it's funny to me that they're the band i've seen play the most in the last decade. but their live shows are so great, i'll never pass them up. definitely going to the knoxville show in a few weeks.

Lineup appeared to be as listed above, though replace "acoustic guitar" with "bitchin' clarinet". I kinda expected them to play one 1-hr song but they played a set of songs kinda! With verses sometimes! Mokoto rubbing his guitar on his ass, holding his guitar over his head by the trem arm, swinging it wildly by the neck. Guitar hanging from the ceiling. Bass dude sings a lot. He makes chromatic shredding groove somehow!? Really liked him. Great, great show.

sadly (FOR ME) my report from the high on fire show says that you won MPLS/STPL shows this evening ;_;

Bummer, what were they like?

My full report is on the rolling metal thread but the general vibe is noodly yet boring

They fucking destroyed Chicago's Empty Bottle, last night. Brilliant from start to finish. Frenzied. Brain-flaying. Superconductive. Etc.

this bodes well for my plans tonight! are they freakishly loud or anything? I don't like to wear earplugs, tho I will if I have to.

Very freakishly loud, though it's a loud venue to begin with. Just white noise, at a few points. You could see them playing, but it was just a wall of static.

fuck that was loud

haha yah

these dudes + titus andronicus in the same week = rawken out

i've been waiting for a band to end their set like that for my entire life. like not specifically two guitars hanging from the ceiling and feedbacking while the rest of the band go nuts rawkin out, but at least that sort of totally unhinged wave of noise that just grows and grows uncontrollably. these dudes understand sweet motherfucking release more than any band i've ever seen.

Been a while since we updated! Even though they pretty much still do annual tours here, so:

http://acidmothers.com/wp-content/uploads/AcidMothersTour-731x1024.jpg

Even better are the California Flashback shows:

https://image-ticketfly.imgix.net/00/03/11/21/50-og.jpg?w=960&h=1200

I'm only going to be able to attend the first night in SF but Christ, that's a lineup.

They're playing a matinee show at Cafe Oto in London at the end of June: https://www.cafeoto.co.uk/events/acid-mothers-temple/

I'm uh hoping to be able to go to the Windsor show