This is a super cool reimagination of Last Resort by Papa Roach. I really like Falling in Reverse and Ronnie absolutely killed this.
What music are you listening to right now?
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That would have been Beach Ball. Not the most aesthetic look/set up but it worked, especially if you were going back and forth from the stages. The soccer complex set ups were disastrous. Was hotter than **** and having the stages at either end pointing at each other was ridiculous.
Can't wait for KC to get boned out of more concerts. Almost every metro I can think of has opened a new venue the last few years, Omaha with 2, this one in Des Moines, StL with 3, Minneapolis with 4-5. So frustrating to live here right now.
The two I'm definitely doing are Tears for Fears w/Cold War Kids and Tommy Newport (someone I always miss). Might do Backseat Lovers, Ann Wilson, and a local band named Grand Marquis. Big ifs on those though. August is kind of the big one with Goth Babe, Limperatrice (flying to Chicago), Sylvan Esso, Billy Joel, Wallflowers, Cannons and possibly the Strokes at RR.
Caught Dirty Heads last night. Hard to believe the stretch of low humidity days we've had here and thankfully last night was included in that stretch. Came to a halt this morning, though.
I haven't been following this thread too closely but I'm not sure where you're coming from re: KC venues. Azura is OK for bigger outdoor shows, The Truman is good, recordBar, Kheads, etc. I saw Weezer at Azura a couple weeks ago. Highly recommend Backseat Lovers. I can't get down for their show this time but saw them last year at the Truman. One of the better live bands I've seen in a long time. And I saw Heart in Des Moines a couple years ago and can say Ann Wilson hasn't lost anything.
Anybody else going to Young the Giant tonight at Water Works? Or Fleet Foxes in Omaha Sunday?
The booking here is terrible compared to what it was 6-7 years ago. Mammoth is the largest promoter in the area (they also book a lot in DM and Omaha) and they are terrible. KC lost its AEG guy about 6 years ago and they never really backfilled. The Buzz (alt station) went down the crapper and that confluence, as well as increased competition and other markets having better promoters has put us in tailspin.
KC is getting skipped with reckless abandon for stuff we used to get. Nothing pissed me off more than when Roosevelt booked a big tour, playing 30 cities, and is playing Des Moines and OKC. I've literally flown to Philly, NYC, SD, LA, and Chicago to see him and now that he does this tour Mammoth drops the ball. They are the same idiots who put on the Slipknot fest where they ran out of water.
I wish it was something that was easier to get into as I'd love to do it. Just very political and now Mammoth owns the Madrid and the Uptown.
As for the Truman it's about the only place booking anything of interest. But we deserved a proper club venue built from scratch but they did that one on the cheap. The ceilings arent high enough, the sightlines are lacking, and it's a far cry from what we needed.
One of the more unrated classic rock albums, Santana's Abraxas.
Edit: If you ever wanted to confuse your significant other; get hammered, blast Santana, and clean the house on a Friday night.
Edit: If you ever wanted to confuse your significant other; get hammered, blast Santana, and clean the house on a Friday night.
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Here's a great rendition of "I'm Just Here To Get My Baby Out of Jail" by Billy Strings and Charlie Starr. Starr is the lead singer of Blackberry Smoke, a southern rock band that happens to be my favorite.
If you're a fan of old country or bluegrass, give this a listen. It was just released a couple weeks ago. It was filmed at the Ryman during COVID so no audience.
If you're a fan of old country or bluegrass, give this a listen. It was just released a couple weeks ago. It was filmed at the Ryman during COVID so no audience.
Two weeks ago, a friend and I attended a Yo La Tengo show. Now, we're in the process of compiling a co-Spotify list.
First time I had seen the band live, and have had only sporadic familiarity with the discography (which spans 17 LPs over the course of four decades). So I’ve been listening a lot lately.
Sampler of some favorites.
First one is from the latest album, “This Stupid World.”
This was the closer (pre-encore) at the show.
First time I had seen the band live, and have had only sporadic familiarity with the discography (which spans 17 LPs over the course of four decades). So I’ve been listening a lot lately.
Sampler of some favorites.
First one is from the latest album, “This Stupid World.”
This was the closer (pre-encore) at the show.
Anybody else seeing Falling In Reverse and Ice Nine Kills this weekend? Should be epic, or whatever kids say these days.
Motionless in White with In This Moment will be great a week later.
Still can’t figure out who’s opening for Papa Roach in a few weeks. Actually hoping for only one opening act as I hate standing the whole time (fat and plantar fasciitis) at the Horizons Event Center.
Motionless in White with In This Moment will be great a week later.
Still can’t figure out who’s opening for Papa Roach in a few weeks. Actually hoping for only one opening act as I hate standing the whole time (fat and plantar fasciitis) at the Horizons Event Center.
Either the Uptown or the Midland. The Uptown is smaller, ornate but not quite as pretty, and located a few miles south of DT. The Midland is right in the heart of DT at 13th and Main.
I moved here in 08 and nobody has ever done anything about weed (even then) regardless of the venue. The only place that cares is the Truman and you best believe they will throw your ass out just for smoking cigs.
Uptown will still have hard core stuff there as Mammoth often promoted some of those shows and now owns the venue. Usually not my genre but one of my favorite concert moments was seeing Mastodon and Eagles of Death Metal there in 2016 or so. I was sitting in the lower balcony (best place for sound BTW if you ever go back) and watched, for the better part of an hour, a scrawny, method out looking 120 pound man repeatedly charge and get decimated by a large man that had to be close to three bills.
The scrawny guy would literally take off on a 50 foot sprint and this dude would blast him back close to where he started. The first time he did it I thought the dude was dead. But he would pop up, run around a bit, and take off again. He had to have went underwent close to 30 cycles beatings. The dude was obviously on something as there was no ******* way a sobre person could not feel pain. The funny part is everyone parted like the Moses parted the Red Sea for his charges. No way he didn't feel it the next day when he 'came down'.
Collective Soul's Dosage is kind of an underrated 90s album.
If you are looking for a solid concert to attend this weekend, I could not recommend American Aquarium more. They are playing at xBk in Des Moines Friday night.
Falling In Reverse and Ice Nine Kills put on pretty damn good shows. Had never been to the Cedar Rapids event center before and was pretty impressed. This was released just prior, coming off Falling In Reverse's tour with Papa Roach.
