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honestly i kind of prefer BBQ show w/ just the two of them, but both are great

i dug the first record quite a bit, second one notsomuch

for the record i don't think The Strokes are that great (quite like the second record tho)

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i don't think they sound the same now as they did on the Holy Roller Novocaine EP whatsoever, besides the vocals. hell... the music Crawl was stolen from past touring partners the Secret Machines for one.

lol. Karen Grotberg was at the Sat show but didn't play w/ them, and Tim & Perlman were there on Sun, but also no guests either night.

maybe so, but it's MMJ's worst album by ten miles and you're right, they are way more experimental on record, i guess i moreso meant live. in my experience, most of my friends who dig on KoL a lot (esp the ones who just jumped on board the last 2-3 years) are people who mostly just listen to modern rock radio, buy 3-4 new albums a year, and their last "big" band they were into this much was probably Pearl Jam a decade+ ago.

read his post again.

as long as My Morning Jacket (yes i realize Evil Urges was not a great record, let's pretend i'm posting this prior to that record existing ) exist, there's not a huge need for KoL for me i guess... i'm not saying they sound anything alike, but MMJ fill the big classic rock niche in my music listening, and are 10x the live act KoL have ever been.

right... but it didn't feel like that was their overall goal until the last 2 albums... probably because of the fact that they hadn't gone anywhere yet. once they got a taste of the big time opening for U2 & Pearl Jam, it seemed like they felt they had to tailor their music to the bigger crowds/rooms, which in turn made their songs much less appealing to me. look, i've never been a huge huge KoL fan anyway, Caleb's mushmouth often turns me off (and this coming from a Pearl Jam fan ), but it's obvious they have a desire to be huge ala The Killers, more power to 'em, but it's not for me. i

yep. while i didn't LOVE the first 2 full lengths, i did really enjoy the first EP, but compared to the last 2, those first albums are quite a bit better. but you're totally right, they're doing everything in their power to be an arena band and it's kinda sad.

it was perfect last night... Eric at the Varsity got it dead on (even Gary complimented him from the stage)

yeah, it def didn't seem that long to me either! they were a blast live i thought. not amazing or anything, but if you loved the record, impossible not to have fun at their show

yeah, but it didn't get much press here until the US release in '06

i gave up on the new YYY's to listen to this... made it 1.5x through that record and found it pretty hit or miss

i'm not a fan of Pitchfork, but i'm a HUGE huge Van fan, and it honestly isn't very good... doubt i'd give it much higher than a 5/10 myeslf

the re-arrangement was cool... but the performance, notsomuch Meg has about as good of timing on guitar + backing vocals as she does on drums...

i'm sorry, but that kind of sucked.

pretty sure that Face Control is my fave record of 2008 so far

i just posted their great cover of Pearl Jam's 'State of Love and Trust' on my blog today http://morecowbell.net/2009/02/20/the-gasl...earl-jam-cover/ one of my fave PJ songs ever and they more than do it justice. can't wait!

Tickets for Minneapolis: $78.50 $93.00 $178.50 $253.50 uhhhh, $95 after fees to sit in the very last rows of the balcony? yeahno.

hah! that's pretty funny/awesome thanks

agree on this for sure. i'm def not a U2 hater by any means, and i do like this more than the last two records, which like i said, isn't saying a lot, but it's a step in the right direction for the most part.