Rolling Totes PWNING Awesome Shows in Twin Cities Thread!

btw future of the left are playing the triple rock on election night, i will be there nervously boozing

oh that could be kinda cool

though i don't really go out on election nite cuz of this one super demoralizing night when bush beat kerry

and yeah the cactus blossoms are killer killer good, hank sr with a ton of other old school country influences and everly brothers vocals

oh nice - thanks!
stoked to visit.

lol at "really cool if you have patience." I, uh, don't have sufficient patience, I guess...

guys GWA and Big Business were...fucking rad

Melvins on Wednesday??!?!??

oh shiiiiiiiiiiit how did I not know about Melvins?! I WILL DO THIS THING.

it's at grumpy's downtown, which will be a little nuts, i predict, that room is SMALL

They're gonna set up a stage in the parking lot.

ohhhhhh

but they make everyone go inside and watch through the door

Melvins did not fail to deliver.

Anyone else going to Swans & Xiu Xiu tonight?

i saw swans last time....was definitely universe pummeling! but i don't know if i can take it again

oh god that's really tempting

i read somewhere that xiu xiu is super bad on this tour, he is just purposely being as abrasive as possible, which could be cool but mostly just sounds annoying, will show up hoping i miss most of it. swans were pretty pummeling last time but not overly loud, sorta hoping they amp it up this time around, i want to be almost unbearably loud. ahahahaha i'm excited

I am on a beer/bike ride instead

friends are posting about the show on fb and i'm drinking by myself bein real jealous. it's a lot better than it sounds

Some friendly hippies from Duluth just got me stoned in the alley here, so I don't suppose I'll mind if Xiu Xiu sucks. ^_^

drinking by yourself rules

I brought ear plugs. The door guy warned me about how insanely loud it would be. I have my doubts, having seen sunn o))).

^hey are you two newerish mn ilxors or old ones w/ new names

i can't keep up w/ this place

that'd be great if they were outrageously loud, but yeah i have my doubts as well because they really weren't that loud last time. but i still have some earplugs even though i hate wearing them. also i'm an ilx newbie fyi

Man Xiu Xiu is lugubrious.

...old ilxor, I guess? I have never posted very much till just lately. I used to be ctrl-s and, before that, xero.

oh okay!

Wait, didn't you used to be "rabies"?

yes

Okay. ....I just overheard someone say "avant-garde," very seriously.

I'm not digging Xiu Xiu. Oh well.

Okay that was pretty cool.

daaaaaaaaaaaaaaamn

yeah that fucking ruled. that one song gira said was 'in progress' was fucking ludicrous. too bad he didn't seem happy with the show. my ears are ringing pleasantly.

that fucking ruled

otm (despite aforementioned probs w/ the vocals, for which Gira apologized to the audience & had clearly been super-irritated by all thru the 2+-hour show)

I wanted to see the Blind Shake for $5 @ the Ritz tonite, but after Swans last night & Melvins Weds night I just haven't got it in me. A shame, bcz I <3 the Blind Shake so.

sad to hear michael gira wasn't his usual bubbly self

he wasn't being a prima donna or an asshole or anything, he was just justifiably upset with some of the sound and then i'm pretty sure the band missed some cues at a certain point, which has to be frustrating.

Mission of Burma foolz

(tomorrow @ 400 Bar)

dirty three on friday at the cedar

oh shit really? i completely forgot about that band

i'm still so pissed off at what they've done to ruin the sound at the 400 bar i'm not even going to see one of my favorite bands ever (MoB)....fucking dicks ugggg the archers show sound was soooo bad

what changed? i never much liked that bar but i don't remember it sounding great like ever

trans am gave me hearing damage there, so when i'm famous they'll put a plaque on the wall for that

well it used to sound "Ok"...basically they built a new wall dividing the stage part of the room from the bar part...which totally fucked up the acoustics and blocks off all the sightlines from the bar side....like just go! it's the most retarded renovation i've ever seen in my life

:(

that's crazy, i remember when they opened it up even more than it was (i think?)

i mean it's burma...i also really hate the bigger sullivan brother because of a personal interaction when we played there so i'm kinda biased.

i mean it's burma

yeah I don't even care how shitty it sounds, I sorta have to go? gonna get there earlyish so I can position myself for "optimum" acoustic reception though.

i'd go up front...probably....the whole thing sounds like a garage now!

i saw burma at the main room for the first reunion tour and it was godlike

So did I! It was!

I haven't even heard their latest album. Tbqh I go to hear the old-time MoB hits. "Academy Fight Song"!!!!!!!!

I did like onOFFon and The Obliterati.

i mean it's burma...i also really hate the bigger sullivan brother because of a personal interaction when we played there so i'm kinda biased.

― jalapeno kloppers (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, September 26, 2012 5:01 PM (9 minutes ago)

haha you and me and everyone else in the twin cities hates that fucking dude. pretty sure ive told this story before, but one time i did sound for helva there and he deducted the cover charge for me from their pay.