21 February 2013

Weekly wrapup and looking ahead - week of Feb 22, 2013

Apologies for the late update, I'm getting over a sinus infection - good times...

First of all... Not at all local news, but relevant to me, therefore forcibly relevant to you:

Moz had to cancel and postpone some more of his tour dates because of bleeding ulcers...
1) I know way too much about this as I have been hospitalized infinity times in the past 3 years for the same thing
2) I feel so much closer to the man now, because we both truly *do* hurt the same...(she said, fainting on a chaise)
3) He released an apology statement via True-to-you, that was brilliant and hilarious and perfect and he had a line that i wanted to quote to you, because it is so tragically pertinent to my life at the moment:

"If you bump into me this week at a heavy rock show, please understand that I'm lowering myself into the cut and thrust after weeks on ice - horizontal, with sockets empty of eyes."

Oh, I love him, so!

That being said: Show wrap up:
The Love Hangover at King's, Friday 02/15/13

So.... Love Hangover, on a personal level, didn't start out so well. my relationship hit a rocky spot and I was in a bad mental space. It made enjoying the evening kinda difficult. I tried, but wasn't able to stick it out through the whole show. Also, I forgot my camera, so I had to use my cell, which is a bummer.

Reid Johnson and Maria Albani

I promised a lot of barfing on stage because I wouldn't be able to handle all the "love"! what I did, instead, was hang up front with miss Ashley Carter of Stella Lively and Scott Phillips of Goner and do a lot so swayin' and swinging and grinning :)

here is a video, which blogger will not let me embed - precious!

love so skrong i can smell it. Like Gruyère
Caroline Mamoulides and J. Chris Smith -
Caroline - the reason we have the Hangover, this was an absolutely precious and flawless performance, of course!


Rose Higgins and Erik Sugg -
My highlight of the evening - after seeing Rose as Janis Joplin for the Great Coverup (with Erik, actually) I was dying to see her live again. and I was not disappointed. so very amazing! I loved her props! the on-stage banter was almost as good as the performance itself - Priceless!

 




Caspian with Junius at Local 506, Saturday, 02/16/13
I got there just in time to catch Junius; whom i had never heard before. The facebook invite had some review that described them as "Neurosis meets The Smiths" aka, apparently this reviewer had never listened to the Deftones before? I dunno. Either way, Junius was pretty kick ass. AND this was like, the hottest beardy-dude band on the planet. and they were all moody and dark, so bonus!(I promise this fact. Google image search confirms. daaaamn!)

These are the notes I took for myself in my iPhone for Junius:
  • Lead Vocalist keeps making sex faces, usually drummers make the "O" face - I am objectifying the shit out of this band. This must be how guys think.
  • Lead Guitarist has ultimate rock stances
  • The drummer looks so much like my friend Bronson, it is distracting
  • Why is the bass player hiding behind the speaker tower? kinda precious
  • Some dude behind me is a superfan he has air-guitared for their whole set - heeeeelarious!

Then Caspian:
Oh my, I have waited what seems like forever to see them live. Whatever expectation I had for this set were far exceeded. I don't know if I have *ever* heard anything like that live before - it was absolute perfection. If I hadn't been watching it happen right in front of my face, I would have sworn it was pre-recorded. No note or time or moment or step out of sync. Moments/songs like "Halls of the Summer" were absolutely ethereal for me; flawless.
 


Note: LV/LG Philip Jamieson looks JUST like Roo's Bf, Patrick. Which Luc & I incessantly pointed out to each other.
Added bonus, as it was Chapel Hill crowd, and therefore notoriously unresponsive and zombie-esque (in my opinion) I was one of like, 4 people, in the whole crowd that "WOOO!"-ed and clapped and head-banged/danced. After the fourth or fifth song, a girl to my left touched my arm and said "Thank you for showing some enthusiasm, I am so excited to see these guys and I would feel so goofy if I was the only one yelling [sic]..." and I said something like "HELL YEAH CHAPEL HILL SUCKS CASPIAN RULES!" (aka I was drinking, obvs) so long story short, come to find out - this was DJ Sarahnade, who does the Post-Rock Block on WKNC! NO WAY! We are now facebook friends now and have become post-rock-sisters-in-arms 4-lyf. 
Luc (the unicorn) was running behind and I texted him during the first 5 minutes of their set that if he didn't get there asap I would kick his ass. No, that is a lie; I think I just texted: "GET. HERE. NOW" - and he did. and he was just as impressed as I was. I think, literally, after ever song we turned and made eye contact and said something to each other, like "Duuuuuuuuude...."

xoxox

This is the best thing: As you know, I am a set-list junky and scoured the stage for any kind of paperwork. none to be seen. the bass player, Chris(?, I'm pretty sure - seen behind me and Luc in the above pic) literally picked up one of Junius's left over sets and WROTE THE WHOLE THING OUT FOR ME....INFINITY COOL POINTS!!!
May be one of my most prized (CUSTOM!) set lists to date - Fan for life, guys!
Final word on Caspian: I want to see them again, infinity times.... that was freakin' amazing!


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Here are a few shows on my immediate radar:

Some newer stuff that has popped up:

On the lookout:

I now have a facebook page for the blog. be sure to "like" me! Once I get to 100+ likes, I'll probably start having giveaways and such things! ....You guys Rock!
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