Sock OR Muffin? wrote:Neko Case

Jesus, what a letdown.

No shit.

How about you whisper, and we'll jack the reverb up so high that it'll sound like you're Patsy Cline.

Damnit.

davesec wrote:hole
isis
ted leo
melt banana
minus the bear

Did you seriously expect to be stupendously rocked out, even if you didn't know who it was, by a band named "Hole".

My Bonnie "Prince" Billy story killed this thread. Conversely, I suspect that a lot of people there would have told you it was a best-ever show (in part because there was just so damn much of it), but for me it was a massive lukewarm serving of something I didn't want.

Broken Social Scene
Pinback
The Joggers
The Decemberists (well, I don't know if they really had much to "bring" anyhoo)

Christopher_Dragon wrote:As the antithesis of my other thread, this is for disappointing shows that you had hoped would rock you ass but instead left you waiting for them to end.

Sterolab (Dot and Loops tour)
Sonic Youth (all 3 times I saw them)
Fugazi
Mastodon

you see fugazi once and that's all you need to see them.

first time: rocked my ass.
every other time: put to sleep. end already!

as rollins once put it about the ramones: "hurry up and end so i can go home and say that i saw you."

saw herman dune the other night and was deeply angered by them ... as I feared I would be. have friends who I care for who adore them, and who invited me along. I feel they're being duped big-time. it's like they're being lured into the bushes by the manson family.

Biggest personel let-down might be Smog: love some of his records to death. bought a ticket months in advance. left really diaspointed. He played to a worshipingly quiet audience, and that coupled with the extreme deadpan delivery left me cold ... don't get me wrong, the deadpan is a big part of the reaon I like him ... there just didn't seem to be any emotional conection at all. it felt sterile. was a while before I could listen to his records again ... like them just as much. would travel a distance to see him again. interested to hear from anyone else who's seen him.

also Pram: very fond of their records, make me want to slap them live. geography teachers at a school disco.

redlights wrote:

Eksvplot wrote:Superchunk at the Rave Bar in 1999. it wasn't until i saw them live that i realized for the first time: wow, i really hate Superchunk. what a patently redundant rock band! seriously, i can't believe people eat this shit up. it amazes me how many bands emulate them, and furthermore, how cocky they are for having such an entirely limited range. pure crap.

And then did you decide you hate the rave bar?

i was mostly there to see Crooked Fingers. Superchunk, i'd always passively tolerated on other people's stereos, without giving there music much thought or attention. the Rave Bar... well, you can only blame so much on a venue.