Habeef's Last.fm Journal

Complete CAVE set on YouTube

Tue, 17 Aug 2010 21:33:04 +0000

Cave @ Hideout - Chicago, IL

Sat 7 Aug – Cacaw, Cave, Blood Mambas

Thanks to chicagorocks773 for recording and posting.

Five best shows I saw in 2009

Tue, 6 Apr 2010 19:14:06 +0000

5. They Might Be Giants @ Vic (10/10)
4. Real Estate @ Empty Bottle (11/12)
3. Cave @ The Whistler (7/3)
2. Animal Collective @ Lollapalooza (8/8)
1. The Presets @ Metro (4/8)

Honorable Mention:

Hum @ Double Door (1/1)
Gil Mantera's Party Dream @ Empty Bottle (2/4)
Ratatat @ Metro (3/23)
Guzzard @ Grumpy's NE (5/16) [Minneapolis]
Sonic Youth @ Vic (6/28)
Lindstrøm @ Pitchfork (7/18)
Killer Whales @ Pitchfork (7/19)
Future Rock @ Wicker Park Fest (7/25)
Yeah Yeah Yeahs @ Lollapalooza (8/8)
Disappears @ Hideout (10/8)
We Were Promised Jetpacks @ Empty Bottle (10/12)
Dinosaur Jr. @ Vic (10/15)
Tigersapien @ Sonotheque (10/23)
The Jesus Lizard @ Metro (11/27)

(all shows in Chicago unless otherwise noted)

Five best shows I saw in 2008

Fri, 11 Sep 2009 21:09:47 +0000

5. A Place To Bury Strangers @ Schubas (2/17)
4. The Heroine Sheiks @ Cobra Lounge (5/30)
3. The Cribs @ Double Door (3/25)
2. Booka Shade @ Lollapalooza (8/2)
1. Foals @ Subterranean (4/26)

Honorable mention:

Pelican @ Empty Bottle (2/28)
Innerpartysystem @ Beat Kitchen (4/26)
Future Rock @ Tonic Room (5/25)
Animal Collective @ Pitchfork (7/19)
Dinosaur Jr. @ Pitchfork (7/20)
Cansei de Ser Sexy @ Lollapalooza (8/1)
Toadies @ Lollapalooza (8/2)
Battles / Foals @ Double Door (8/2)
Hot Chip @ Metro (9/29)
Crystal Castles @ Metro (10/25)
Future Rock @ Abbey Pub (12/31)

(all shows in Chicago)

Five best shows I saw in 2007

Fri, 25 Jul 2008 18:37:21 +0000

5. Future Rock @ Abbey Pub (10/6)
4. Battles @ Metro (11/8)
3. The Disco Biscuits @ Canopy Club [Urbana, IL] (10/19)
2. Daft Punk @ Lollapalooza (8/3)
1. Muse @ Lollapalooza (8/4)

Honorable mention:

The Presets @ Metro (3/24)
Cornelius @ Park West (5/7)
Arcade Fire @ Chicago Theatre (5/18)
Black Moth Super Rainbow @ Schubas (6/23)
of Montreal @ Pitchfork (7/15)
Silversun Pickups @ Lollapalooza (8/3)
Yeah Yeah Yeahs @ Lollapalooza (8/4)
Girl Talk @ Camp Bisco [Mariaville, NY] (8/17)
Future Rock @ Kinetic Playground (12/31)

(all shows in Chicago unless otherwise noted)

2008-02-17 Holy Fuck / A Place to Bury Strangers / Airiel @ Schubas

Tue, 19 Feb 2008 17:59:05 +0000

Sun 17 Feb – Holy Fuck, A Place to Bury Strangers, Airiel, Stanley Ross

awesomeawesomeawesome

my ears are still ringing, srsly.

walked in during Airiel's first song and thought to myself, "holy shit these guys are loud, is this a place to bury strangers?" if they were from new york, THEY'd be "the loudest band in new york." they create such a thick wall of noise, it's very reminiscent of Hum. even vocally it reminded me of hum. the drummer was fantastic and the inclusion of cool, psychadelic projections made their set very enjoyable.

got up front for A Place To Bury Strangers. the bassist looked like he should be in The Jesus Lizard. the drummer looked like ultimate donny with long hair. the guitarist was a tall, unassuming skinny fella. they rocked the fuck out! not quite as loud as i was expecting but boy, the guitarist sure can make his rather beat-up guitar scream. he would violently strum with the whammy bar inside his hand... never really noticed anyone do that before. while airiel were loud and intense, a place to bury strangers varied their sound and made their set much more dynamic. i tried to take some pics but it was too dark, even with the projections. but then all of a sudden, and the most opportune time, the strobe lights kicked in and the guitarist went nuts. he was flailing all over the place, throwing the guitar around until he finally ripped all of the strings out and left it for dead. it was here that i got a few nice shots. they bludgeoned us with one more song before walking off the stage like nothing happened. i loved it, it was amazing.

Holy Fuck had the unenviable task of following that up and quite frankly, they got blown out of the water. with a new drummer (at least the third different one i've seen with them), they were much heavier than usual. i can only assume this was to try to keep up with a place to bury strangers but it wasn't even close. they were fun like always, just not what i was looking for or needed at that point. and as usual, they only played for about 40 min. i'm happy that holy fuck's doing their first real headlining tour in the states but i feel bad that their support is too good for them.

anyways, check out a place to bury strangers if you like loud, incredible, mesmerizing music.

The best new music is coming out of...

Wed, 6 Feb 2008 17:04:31 +0000

the UK.

The Cribs
The Rakes
Working For A Nuclear Free City
These New Puritans
Does It Offend You, Yeah?
Foals
Head And Neck Sessions
65daysofstatic
The Whip
Simian Mobile Disco
Fridge
Hot Chip
Muse
Radiohead
The Projects
The Horrors
Future of the Left
Fujiya & Miyagi
etc.

Great article on the current state of the music industry

Wed, 7 Nov 2007 19:25:54 +0000

When Pigs Fly: The Death of Oink, the Birth of Dissent and a Brief History of Record Industry Suicide (by Demonbaby)

Five best shows I saw in 2006

Tue, 13 Feb 2007 23:24:48 +0000

5. 120 Days @ Empty Bottle (11/4)
4. The Disco Biscuits @ Barrymore Theatre-Madison (5/4)
3. Silversun Pickups @ Empty Bottle (10/20)
2. The Juan Maclean @ Camp Bisco-NY (8/25)
1. Man or Astro-man? @ Hideout Block Party (9/9)

Honorable mention:
Hot Chip @ Lollapalooza (8/6)
Future Rock @ Park West (11/4)
Future Rock @ Camp Bisco-NY (8/25)
The Disco Biscuits @ Melkweg-Amsterdam (3/20)
The Disco Biscuits @ Tweeter Center-Camden (12/31)
Broken Social Scene @ Lollapalooza (8/6)
Ween @ Lollapalooza (8/4)
Gil Mantera's Party Dream @ Metro (3/30)
The Rakes @ Double Door (7/10)
The Octopus Project @ Subterranean (5/24)
The Bays @ Melkweg-Amsterdam (3/18)

(all shows in Chicago unless otherwise noted)

The Rakes @ Double Door (2006-07-10)

Tue, 18 Jul 2006 18:15:13 +0000

Got there for the 2nd of 3 bands, Every Move a Picture or something like that. They were basically a poor man's Bravery, but I like the Bravery so it was enjoyable (though every song sounded the same).

The Rakes came out to a decent-sized crowd for a Monday night and I was as happy as a little guurl to be finally seeing them live. The frontman is kind of strange... clapping and saying "Yaaay" after every song and sorta mumbling through the lyrics as well as between-song banter. But I guess an odd, enthralling frontman isn't a bad thing. The guitarist looked like a skinnier, nerdier, younger Trey Anastasio and the drummer was really holding everything together well (despite some "technical glitches"). I think they played every song on Capture/Release as well as 4 other songs and the set was about an hour with no encore.

They opened with two of my fav songs, 22 Grand Jobs and We Are All Animals. Unfortunately, I couldn't really get into either of them for some reason and immediately thought to myself, "oh shit, what if these guys suck live?!" The next song wasn't on the album but they ripped it and from that point on, it was... well... ON!

Great versions of Retreat (dedicated to their guitarist, who does cocaine and parties with supermodels, all before 7pm no less), T Bone (which was introduced as their "crossover" song so if we were going to dance, this was the time), Binary Love (introduced as a "scary" song), Terror! (which I thought might be the "scary" or "crossover" song) and Strasbourg (which ended the set). Every song packed a punch and their dancier songs got some of the crowd moving.

All in all, I thought they put on a great show and I can't wait 'til those lads come back Stateside. Cheers!

LCD Shitsandwich (Holy Juan MacLean!)

Fri, 11 Nov 2005 02:32:00 +0000

Talk about an opener wiping the floor with the headliner. Despite the set only lasting about 40 min, it was a non-stop, power-packed 40 min of GREAT beats. 'Give Me Every Little Thing' was a lot of fun but the 15+ min version of 'Shining Skinned Friend' to end the show brought down the house even though he blue-balled me by building and building the song up and then just leaving the stage. Good times, good times.

LCD Soundsystem's set wasn't nearly as impressive or fun as the show I saw in May. I can't really put my finger on why but I think it had to do with the fact that this time, there seemed to be a little too much going on on stage. Multiple percussionists on a few songs and just generally too much chaos musically for me to get into. A little too much 'punk' and not enough 'disco.' Maybe it was simply because Juan MacLean dominated. Check out the tour if you get a chance even just for Juan MacLean... it'll be worth it.