Explosions in the Sky - Jan 26th - The Village

Mr Rivers

http://www.myspace.com/texasband

Pity it's The Village tho

(I can't find promoter info on any site atm)

John

Cool! Hopefully it's U:Mack

Toast

Id go if it wasnt the village.

Kali

Excellent news.. their first gig in the Hub back in '02 still ranks as one of the best gigs I've ever ever been to. Came out, played The Earth Is Not.... from start to finish and left, but completly breathless throughout... fantastic stuff. Caught them again in June in the Astoria, new album is lacking cohesion in my opinion, but live were absolutely stunning again. Definitely worth it, Village or no Village... ******* would be amazing though so sell it out quickly and hope the promoters upgrade it to sell more

e.doobie

this is fantastic..
they pulled out of Roskilde and i was heart broken.

beautilful!

PITY ABOUT THE VENUE!

John

Tickets are available on tickets.ie and it turns out the promoter is Foggy Notions. gg all round.

EDIT: Seems Eluvium are supporting who are really great, they're on the same label as Explosions, similar style.

Mr Rivers

Forever & Foggy Notions presents
Explosions In The Sky
plus special guests Eluvium

Who are these Forever lads? They're bringin over The Twilight Sad & Frightened Rabbit

John

I don't know, maybe Foggy Notions are separating out their promotion and magazine businesses and changing the name of the promotion company to Forever?

therecklessone

I cannot wait!

bambam

nice, cheers for the heads up!

funktastic

Thanks

-giblet

Mr Rivers

Anyone else notice tickets.ie lists it as Jan 19th

Redegg

Yay for Explosions and Frightened Rabbit (everyone should check out their pics section on their myspace.... eeek).

Awayindahils

I cant wait, yay. Was going to fly to London to see them if they weren't coming here.

adam_ccfc

Cannot wait for this'n

youcancallmeal

Sweet got me some tickets just now

Mr Rivers

So EitS site and myspace say Jan 26th

tickets.ie and the village site say Jan 19th

adam_ccfc

lol @ confusion.


once they play, i couldn't care less.

John

No mention of it on the Foggy Notions site yet.

indiewindy

Mr Rivers wrote: »

http://www.myspace.com/texasband

Pity it's The Village tho

(I can't find promoter info on any site atm)

Great news, its now upgraded to tripod:)


FOREVER PRESENTS
EXPLOSIONS IN THE SKY
PLUS GUESTS: ELUVIUM
TRIPOD
DOORS 7:30PM
SAT 26-JAN-2008
http://www.ticketmaster.ie/event/18003F6893D819F3?artistid=886226&majorcatid=10001&minorcatid=60

youcancallmeal

indiewindy wrote: »

Great news, its now upgraded to tripod:)


FOREVER PRESENTS
EXPLOSIONS IN THE SKY
PLUS GUESTS: ELUVIUM
TRIPOD
DOORS 7:30PM
SAT 26-JAN-2008
http://www.ticketmaster.ie/event/18003F6893D819F3?artistid=886226&majorcatid=10001&minorcatid=60

Excellent! Really liked Tripod for the LCD Soundsystem gig.

Kali

Moved up to Tripod and still sold out.. I'd fly home to see them again.. anyone know if tickets will be on sale for the uprated gig?

indiewindy

Kali wrote: »

Moved up to Tripod and still sold out.. I'd fly home to see them again.. anyone know if tickets will be on sale for the uprated gig?

Their on sale here
http://www.tickets.ie/secure/booking1.aspx?event=W8L62

I have used them before and found them excellent and they have a far lower booking fee than ticketmaster.

honru

That is good news, I try to avoid The Village as much as possible.

The Walsho

Ah delighted I got these, would have gone mental if I missed it. Tripod was damn nice the last time I was there too

youcancallmeal

So what did everyone think of this gig. I had never seen them before so didnt know what to expect. I though it was good but not amazing, could of been a bit louder maybe?

The Walsho

I enjoyed it very much, but yeah it probably could have been a bit louder. I've no real complaints though, was a decent gig

*Hank Scorpio*

I actually went to see them in glasgow last year, the day we arrived me and my mate walked to find the venue, in big red letters we saw 'Explosions in the Sky' above the theatre/venue, underneath in small black was 'cancelled', turns out they had cancelled the evening prior to our flight so we spent the night in glasgow anyway. A few months later they announced the gig in Dublin so i was rather chuffed.

I thought the gig was pretty good myself but the feedback at times kinda ruined the subtle instrumentals particularly on 'First Breath After Coma'. I've heard better live versions, no encores kinda sucked too, it seemed to be over rather quick.

Giblet

Was decent enough, was at the sound desk and the sound was excellent. Some of the stuff is a bit samey, and the older stuff was definitely better. Oh, and to the "Colonel", congratulations, you were as big a knob as everyone expected you to be with your little bit of attention seeking, Who the **** brings a full chicken to a gig, and starts eating it with a knife and fork while perched against the sound desk. "Do you own the place?" indeed you child.

Morf

Cracking gig . .. loved it . .. Eluvium too!

Toast

The Hitcher wrote: »

Who the **** brings a full chicken to a gig, and starts eating it with a knife and fork while perched against the sound desk. "Do you own the place?" indeed you child.

What? Someone did this?

Giblet

Yep, one of those full deli chickens. Stank up the place as well.

Roger_Waters

Hi

I was at this amazing gig in the Tripod on Saturday night. I got in late and missed the first half hour of the show. I would really like to know what songs i missed, so if anyone has the set list i would appreciate it. I have to say i found the sound in the tripod spot on for this gig. How did others feel about the gig / venue.

Rgs
Roger

Peteee

I thought it was damn epic, though I definetly agree about the quiter bits.

no encores kinda sucked too

Apparently they don't do encores, ever.

Yep, one of those full deli chickens. Stank up the place as well.

I was at the mixing desk and I didn't see or smell this, though I was in quite the daze and didn't even give heed to my empty pint.

John

youcancallme>al wrote: »

good but not amazing

My view too. Eluvium was good but again not the best, I think a packed, standing venue is not the best place to listen to him. Explosions had some cracking moments but equally there was a lot of it that just all merged into one variation on a theme.

Arucard

you missed the half hour of the show which voids your statement regarding the sound. thankfully they managed to fix whatever problems they were having - the bad sound really threatened to ruin what was an otherwise excellent gig.

Roger_Waters

Never thought i would say this but " Glad i missed the first half hour of the gig".
Was it that bad?

Any idea where i can locate the set list.
Can you remember any of the songs that they played?
order is not that important, but if you have it i would appreciate it.

thanks

indiewindy

Thought it was a good show, the songs off the earth is not... were best for me, and got some reaction from the crowd. It was disappointing that so many jokers just talked the whole way through and then booed when no encore was played, if your going to talk why go down the front or go at all:mad:. Picked up a copy of the rescue too:)
eluvium reminded me a bit of papa m, he wasnt really suited to the venue though. First time there since its renaming and was very happy with the venue, sound excellent and bouncers were decent.

Giblet

Can't say I liked Eluvium, he played "Canon in D" through delay pedals for a bit too long I think.

Morf

I just ordered the almost complete back catalogue of Eluvium, really impressed with it. I also picked up the rescue to complete my eits collection.

*Hank Scorpio*

I enjoyed the crescendo to 'Catastrophe and The Cure' when Munaf gets on the single drum until the song's end. Awesome. Always loving hearing that song live.

Miguel_Sanchez

From behind me - "Man they're just playing the same two chords over and over for the past two minutes."

Well moron, if you don't like their music why the hell are you at their gig? And if you've just ended up here not knowing anything about the band and you don't like what you hear, please refrain from standing up the front and talking constantly the whole way through with your nimrod friends.

Jeez - some people are just real idiots. I don't mind a bit of conversation here and there at a gig but a constant full volume conversation for the whole thing? **** off.

A**wipes aside, the gig was great though. Really looking forward to seeing them again in May.

Morf

The Hitcher wrote: »

Can't say I liked Eluvium, he played "Canon in D" through delay pedals for a bit too long I think.

Do you know where i can get this? It doesn't seem to be on any of his albums . . .

Giblet

Sorry, I meant the song he was playing used a similar chord progression to this:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pachelbel's_Canon

Morf

Ok thanks.

Does anyone know the third layered guitar sample song Eluvium played, apart from taken and under the water it glowed?

RasTa

Worst I have seen in a long time. They couldn't hold the crowds attention and had no stage presence whatsoever, I'd say at least 50% of the audience where chatting away during it due to the fact of it NOT BEING LOUD ENOUGH. I've seen Godspeed and the Mogwai and difference in sound was immense.

mp3guy

RasTa wrote: »

I've seen Godspeed

I'm incredibly envious.


Anyway, I was right at the front, so the sound was good. I was surprised to hear all the talking in between songs.

indiewindy

At the front too, so no sound problems for me, I just cant understand why so many people pay to go to gigs and then proceed to talk all the way through GRRR:mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad:

ghostface ste

Taut the gig was great, the support eluvium i didn't think much off. Was it just me or was he just pressing a button on his laptop!!! Going to see EITS and Broken Social Scene in Amsterdam in May, cant wait now

Miguel_Sanchez

RasTa wrote: »

Worst I have seen in a long time. They couldn't hold the crowds attention and had no stage presence whatsoever, I'd say at least 50% of the audience where chatting away during it due to the fact of it NOT BEING LOUD ENOUGH. I've seen Godspeed and the Mogwai and difference in sound was immense.

You didn't see them in Tripod though. Could be different sound levels permissable in different venues.

I hear tell that MBV aren't going to play Glastonbury this summer because they aren't allowed to play loud enough for their liking.

Toast

ghostface ste wrote: »

The support eluvium i didn't think much off. Was it just me or was he just pressing a button on his laptop!!!

He was using a loop station. I noticed a few people in the crowd didnt seem to understand this and started laughing when he stopped playing and the guitar continued. Most of what you heard he made on the fly with the guitar, the loop station, and some effects. I thought he was great personally.