Crap bands and their crap songs

[kaosmark2]

A word of warning if you ever feel tempted to attend an Arcane Roots headline performance. At festivals they're good fun but at their own shows the audience are the most bored bunch of maths students I have ever had the displeasure of encountering; everyone stands perfectly still with stony faces and if you try jumping they give you the sort of evils that can only be mustered through years of reinforced social anxiety. It has been a very long time since I have come out of a gig more disappointed than on Friday night.

Stop reviewing audiences and start reviewing bands

[Yellow_Fellow]

because there's not enough people reviewing bands out there, right

[tyranicide]

To be fair the audience around you does make or break a gig. If a band can't get a crowd going then surely that affects how they're rated in the review? If youre just rating the music you may as just well write up a review of the albums

[kaosmark2]

I've seen bands be just as energetic on 2 different days on the same tour with one crowd being dead (usually the London date).

It's also a callback to a number of other times raw's done it.

[rawaudioinput]

It really did kill the vibe of the gig and it has put me off seeing a headline show of theirs again; the band were on good form but it did feel as though the few energetic members of the crowd were having to fight an existential war with the rest of the audience to create an atmosphere which did sully the gig for me (fuck, I really do this a lot, don't I)

But if you want my even more pretentious answer than the one that I've already given I think the performance is only a part of the whole experience and so I think it's worthwhile taking other elements in to account; I mean, if you went to a gig and the band performed really well but half of the crowd were Neo-Nazis who Sieg Heil'd throughout the set would you think "well I'd go to that again"?

Especially when the gig got halted for a couple of minutes because of security threatening to eject those who had started a small moshpit (no fucking idea how they got on when The Bronx played two nights at the venue) and a lot of the audience appeared to be in favour of that, it created a very strange and unexpectedly conservative aurora for a rock concert, which was one of the most notable things that I took away from attending the gig. It's no real revelation that music like Arcane Roots is new prog, but it's interesting that despite taking plentiful influence from post-hardcore the music seems to be (or at the very least interpreted by their core audience as being) bereft of any sort of rebellion or anger which usually in rock music nullifies it of any meaning whatsoever

Obviously the band were competent and had a fair amount of energy but it was hardly a transcendental experience, and I think the crowd response is something that has far more potential to be unpacked and explored

Overly long story short: If the performance is compelling, I'll talk about the performance. If it isn't particularly interesting, I'll talk about something that I think is

Edited May 25, 2015 by rawaudioinput

[Amy Lawn]

Poor crowds can be a shitter. Luckily I'm from Manchetser, so every gig I go to has the best crowd of the tour, by very virtue of all the best people living in Manchester. Last night I saw Nils Frahm, I was overwhelmed by how loudly the crowd was clapping and cheering, Nils was clearly loving it as well. The appreciation for the support band was more intense that a lot of headline acts get, then when Nils came on stage it was just another level. That really escalated last night's show for me, great setting, great performer, great crowd, made the evening really special, I wont forget that gig for a long time. I often find that when you see gigs in smaller towns where they don't get a lot of gigs, they go extra mental to compensate, so going out to hillbilly nowhere can be rewarding.

[justanothername]

I saw Arcane Roots last month and I had no problems with the crowd and I'm going hopefully going to be studying Maths soon so I guess it most be that northern crowds are far better

[Gucci Piggy]

Fuck sake I was gonna reply saying it sounds like a crowd full of Justanothernames.

[justanothername]

Fuck sake I was gonna reply saying it sounds like a crowd full of Justanothernames.

I can assure that I was quite the lively audience member

[Yellow_Fellow]

YYYYYYYYYYEEEEEAAAAHHHHH BAAAAAAAABY

ROLO TOMASSI - GRIEVANCES STREAM

[justanothername]

YYYYYYYYYYEEEEEAAAAHHHHH BAAAAAAAABY

ROLO TOMASSI - GRIEVANCES STREAM

Why does this only get better after each listen?

[rawaudioinput]

People definitely should check out the new Rolo Tomassi album and I'm not just saying that because Yellow_Fellow won't let my family go if I say otherwise

[justanothername]

http://www.fuse.tv/2015/05/four-year-strong-album-stream-premiere

The new Four Year Strong album is great! I've only listened to it once so far but it I'd say it is their best album yet.

[dentalplan]

Annual Riot Fest fap.

Bonus Aftershock

Edited June 1, 2015 by dentalplan

[#FreeComTruise]

That's a pretty big slot for BMTH considering it's in America, no? Didn't expect them to have a very big overseas fanbase.

[justanothername]

That's a pretty big slot for BMTH considering it's in America, no? Didn't expect them to have a very big overseas fanbase.

Well you could argue that the slot at R&L is big for them

Also Riot Fest got Joyce Manor which I would have loved to be at R&L

[devilman]

I really like that Aftershock line up. it's very tempting.

[ClemFandango97]

Slaves debut kills

[dentalplan]

That's a pretty big slot for BMTH considering it's in America, no? Didn't expect them to have a very big overseas fanbase.

I remember seeking them out on Twitter not long ago for whatever reason - probably something R+L related - and they had a load of American fans so they're probably growing around the world. Wiki says both their last two albums made Billboard top 20 too.

[LondonTom]

The Fratellis are back with a new album!!! (and a small album preview tour in August!)

Not what I expected from them, but I like it!

[dentalplan]

Slaves debut kills

Kills braincells.

[ClemFandango97]

That's fine by me

[Andre91]

Slaves are guff.

[justanothername]

Slaves debut kills

It's alright, a bit of fun but nothing special. Anyway am I the only person that counts Sugar Coated Bitter Truth as their debut? Also that album was far better.

[Yellow_Fellow]

It's alright, a bit of fun but nothing special. Anyway am I the only person that counts Sugar Coated Bitter Truth as their debut? Also that album was far better.

it was a mini album and there's a distinction apparently

also Slaves are prime fuck all you

Edited June 2, 2015 by Yellow_Fellow