distorted.
the wilco scale. it's our scale to rate shows. the scale is from 1-10, 10 being the best (wilco is a 15). wilco has become our gold standard because a) they have always been a great live show b) they keep getting better. anyway, as advertised last night was modest mouse.
camper van beethoven was really good. mostly new tunes but a few classics (including 'take the skinheads bowling'). classic, really professional and quite frankly, should have been the headliner of this one.
http://www.campervanbeethoven.com/
modest mouse is a good band. when they got deep into instrmentals, they sounded great. i was able to get lost in some of the jams and the two drummers filled the room with percussion. but, they didn't sound like production was right (vocals getting lost in the guitars, too much distortion -- though i realize that is what they are after...just over the top). i'll stick to the studio productions from now on with modestm.
so, back to the scale (my opinion only):
camper van b. 8.0
modest mouse 6.5
by the way, any reader who may live in duluth (pat), camper is playing green man festival and would be worth seeing for sure. actually, they have assembled a great line up this year.
camper van beethoven was really good. mostly new tunes but a few classics (including 'take the skinheads bowling'). classic, really professional and quite frankly, should have been the headliner of this one.
http://www.campervanbeethoven.com/
modest mouse is a good band. when they got deep into instrmentals, they sounded great. i was able to get lost in some of the jams and the two drummers filled the room with percussion. but, they didn't sound like production was right (vocals getting lost in the guitars, too much distortion -- though i realize that is what they are after...just over the top). i'll stick to the studio productions from now on with modestm.
so, back to the scale (my opinion only):
camper van b. 8.0
modest mouse 6.5
by the way, any reader who may live in duluth (pat), camper is playing green man festival and would be worth seeing for sure. actually, they have assembled a great line up this year.
http://www.greenmanfestival.com
long run tonight. i was going to help ronny boy with some appliance moving but due to water in the basement, that has been postponed. rentals are great to own until you get a crap tenant, then it starts to become a money pit. good thing they are selling it. bad thing he didn't find out about the water until showing it to the potential buyers.
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