Circle :. north american tour 2005

too bad they're not playing with UrDog at any of the NY shows; that band rules.

also, any more dates? (hoping for boston, but an NYC trip could be fun)

I'm gonna go to the NY show.

In short, GREAT.

With 5 bands, it was kind of a late night, but worth staying till after 2:00 am to catch the Circle and Urdog tandem. Urdog, I thought were pretty good. At that point I was getting pretty tired though, and their last song had me fading in and out of conciousness I think. They had a similar setup to Oneida, but weren't nearly as all over the place as them. It was some pretty good droney-ness all in all.

Circle on the other hand were totally spectacular, especially in the outfits department. The singer wore this leather pimp hat, sunglasses, wifebeater, and shoes that were kinda zebra-striped. When he wasn't playing keyboards, he stood up and did some pretty funny dancing. The guitarist played with his shirt off, and the drummer wore a black mask over just his eyes. As for the performance, I assume they were playing mostly stuff from their brand new album Tulikoira, which seems to be more metal, according to AQ. It was definitely riff-tastic, and had the somewhat sparse audience that had stayed that late fully pumping fists and cheering along. The band also bowed after every song, a nice touch. I kinda wish I picked up one of their albums, but I was kind of in a hurry to go home so I didn't. Oh well, great show nonetheless.

awesome.
m.

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they're backkkk>>>>>>>>

CIRCLE
9/11 – Boston, MA – Middle East #
9/12 – Buffalo, NY – Soundlab #
9/13 – Cleveland, OH – Grog Shop #
9/14 – Chicago, IL – Empty Bottle ^
9/15 – Louisville, KY – Lisa’s Oak Street Lounge #
9/16 – Nashville, TN – Springwater #
9/17 – Atlanta, GA – Drunken Unicorn #
9/18 – TBA
9/19 – Charlottesville, VA – Twisted Tea Bazaar #
9/20 – Washington, DC – Rock N Roll Hotel #
9/21 – Philadelphia, PA – Latvian Hall #
9/22 – New York, NY – Knitting Factory %
9/23 – New Haven, CT – BAR #
9/24 – Seattle, WA – Chop Suey $
9/25 – Portland, OR – Rotture $
9/27 – San Francisco, CA – Bottom of the Hill *
9/28 - Los Angeles, CA – TBA *

# - w/ Endless Boogie, ^ - w/ Endless Boogie, OM, % w/ - Endless Boogie, Oneida, $ - w/ Grails, Assembled Head in Sunburst Sound, * - w/Assembled Head in Sunburst Sound

tickets are only 8 bucks for the seattle show

ummm...the New Haven show is free.

also...interesting to note that they have a show on the other freakin' side of the day after the New Haven show.

I meant to say the other freakin' side of the country the day after the New Haven show....sorry.

yeah airplanes are a nutty invention.

Anyone seen them yet this tour? What are they playing?

i too am awaiting some report of this tour.....

anybody??

well,happily i have finally had a chance to see the magnificent circle live. wow!! drove down to seattle last monday and saw them with the grails and assemble head in sunburst sound at chop suey. great show. maybe a little short [70 minutes] but well worth arriving home at 3 am.

btw... katapult is a terrific release that has brought me back to the circle fold after panic....which i thought sucked ....save for the fast songs.

I got Katapult in the mail a few days ago and enjoy it quite a bit. My gf doesn't like the "weird voices" though.

i liked Panic, how does Katapult compare to that? as diverse? heavier? slower?