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MONDAY - JUNE 19TH - THE EMPTY BOTTLE - CHICAGO
with: Burn Ward, Ocsillating Innards, Pedestrian Deposit, Casiotone for the Painfully Alone
Free Monday at the Empty Bottle...one of my favorite scenarios for live music. Also with a long lineup of acts, I was excited about this show in advance. I planned my bicycle ride in hopes of cutting a bit into Wilt's set because they always play too long, and arrived at the perfect moment as they were wrapping up. The rest of the night seemed to be super amateur night, as first displayed by Burn Ward. I forget which order who did what, but all three touring acts (aside from Casiotone...which I barely paid attention to) seemed to either start off with a delicate light sound and then dove into a blast of harshness, or built up a harsh wall, cut it down to a pretty melody, then brought it back to head exploding fuzz. Watching Burn Ward sort of made me laugh when it happened, it seemed so cheesy. Overall his set was ok, but completely unremarkable (though I guess I just remarked about some things) and forgettable. I was curious to see what Oscillating Innards was going to do because I had seen him twice before. This time around he played a little bit of a longer, varied set, but also built up some tones, delved into a harsh wall of noise, then cut it out to this lingering piano(?) track, then back into indiscernable blah. There were a few seconds of silence and he launched into another 'song' which was much better than the first half of his set, full of solid, low pops and hums, magnified by me standing by the bottle's subwoofer. Unfortunately that part of his set was much shorter, but did display other possibilities of what he can do. Pedestrian Deposit was up next and I barely remember the details of his less than 10? second set. He again started off and then jumped into a blast of sounds, which sounded really dynamic and awesome, then it shorted out and he threw a fit, possibly hesitating before giving up completely. And it was completely dissapointing! I had barely seen his performance last summer at Nihilist, and still have a vague grasp of what he does. I regret he wasted taking advantage of the Empty Bottle's amazing sound system. BLOODYMINDED played next ON the stage, which I have come to prefer, actually. I stood in my favorite spot and they sounded excellent, I could feel the low end work its way throughout my body. They played the usual, started with Lake Street, ended with 10 Suicides. No suprises. There was a massive audience there to see Casiontone for the Painfully Alone, and it was fun to watch people smile and react to seeing BLOODYMINDED for the first time.
with: Burn Ward, Ocsillating Innards, Pedestrian Deposit, Casiotone for the Painfully Alone
Free Monday at the Empty Bottle...one of my favorite scenarios for live music. Also with a long lineup of acts, I was excited about this show in advance. I planned my bicycle ride in hopes of cutting a bit into Wilt's set because they always play too long, and arrived at the perfect moment as they were wrapping up. The rest of the night seemed to be super amateur night, as first displayed by Burn Ward. I forget which order who did what, but all three touring acts (aside from Casiotone...which I barely paid attention to) seemed to either start off with a delicate light sound and then dove into a blast of harshness, or built up a harsh wall, cut it down to a pretty melody, then brought it back to head exploding fuzz. Watching Burn Ward sort of made me laugh when it happened, it seemed so cheesy. Overall his set was ok, but completely unremarkable (though I guess I just remarked about some things) and forgettable. I was curious to see what Oscillating Innards was going to do because I had seen him twice before. This time around he played a little bit of a longer, varied set, but also built up some tones, delved into a harsh wall of noise, then cut it out to this lingering piano(?) track, then back into indiscernable blah. There were a few seconds of silence and he launched into another 'song' which was much better than the first half of his set, full of solid, low pops and hums, magnified by me standing by the bottle's subwoofer. Unfortunately that part of his set was much shorter, but did display other possibilities of what he can do. Pedestrian Deposit was up next and I barely remember the details of his less than 10? second set. He again started off and then jumped into a blast of sounds, which sounded really dynamic and awesome, then it shorted out and he threw a fit, possibly hesitating before giving up completely. And it was completely dissapointing! I had barely seen his performance last summer at Nihilist, and still have a vague grasp of what he does. I regret he wasted taking advantage of the Empty Bottle's amazing sound system. BLOODYMINDED played next ON the stage, which I have come to prefer, actually. I stood in my favorite spot and they sounded excellent, I could feel the low end work its way throughout my body. They played the usual, started with Lake Street, ended with 10 Suicides. No suprises. There was a massive audience there to see Casiontone for the Painfully Alone, and it was fun to watch people smile and react to seeing BLOODYMINDED for the first time.
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