radiokills Posted July 1, 2009 Share Posted July 1, 2009 @ United Palace Theatre. anyone else attending/excited? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
lowden11 Posted July 1, 2009 Share Posted July 1, 2009 So excited! Will be my first SY show! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
imsjry Posted July 1, 2009 Share Posted July 1, 2009 Just saw them last weekend in Chicago. They were amazing as always, but you better like the new record. They played 8 songs from it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
radiokills Posted July 1, 2009 Author Share Posted July 1, 2009 i enjoy the eternal quite a bit. but i'm more excited for older things. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jff Posted July 1, 2009 Share Posted July 1, 2009 I'm seeing them in Atlanta on the 13th. Haven't seen them since the Washing Machine tour. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Dondante Posted July 1, 2009 Share Posted July 1, 2009 i'm going to see them in philly tommorrow night. i can't wait, it will be my first sonic youth show. i like the eternal a lot, so i don't mind them playing a lot of those songs, i just hope the set is descent in length. i heard they've been playing for about an hour and a half? i guess that's pretty normal for most concerts, but i've been spoiled by bands that like to play 2 and a half to 3 hour shows. i wanna hear some pattern recognition........ anyone know who the opener will be? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jff Posted July 2, 2009 Share Posted July 2, 2009 anyone know who the opener will be? The Entrance Band http://www.myspace.com/entrancerecords Quote Link to post Share on other sites
calvino Posted July 2, 2009 Share Posted July 2, 2009 Saw them in Chicago, last Sunday. Just got into them over last year or so, so I don't have much perspective, but I thought the show was great. Below is a blog about the Chicago Show --- I found it posted on the Sonic Youth board. Has a few vid's and the set list. http://carvedsukk4honesty.blogspot.com/2009/06/sonic-youth-night-two-unity-is-not.html Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Three dollars and 63 cents Posted July 4, 2009 Share Posted July 4, 2009 I was front row right in front of Lee for the Philly show last night. It was loose and loud and a lot of fun. They opened with Catholic Block, then blazed through all of The Eternal, along with Death Valley '69, The Sprawl, 'Cross the Breeze, and Silver Rocket. Thurston screwed up the lyrics on both Poison Arrow and Anti-Orgasm and Kim sounded a bit hoarse, but it was still a top-notch show. I'm all bruised up and sore from jumping around so much! It's a shame they're not playing much older stuff this time around, but the new album is so good that I didn't mind it too much. A lot of my favorite SY songs are sort of obscure ones, so I figured they didn't have much of a chance of being played anyway. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
radiokills Posted July 4, 2009 Author Share Posted July 4, 2009 what an amazing show. i want to kiss them on the mouth. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
lowden11 Posted July 4, 2009 Share Posted July 4, 2009 what an amazing show. i want to kiss them on the mouth. It was an amazing show! Where were yr seats? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
radiokills Posted July 5, 2009 Author Share Posted July 5, 2009 5 rows back in the center, i was spoiled. and when everyone came up, i was right in front of the stage. a setlist would be great. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
lowden11 Posted July 5, 2009 Share Posted July 5, 2009 Here's my photos from the show: I was left side row B. I moved up at the end and got amazing shots. I moved up for 5 minutes during the middle of the show just to get some good pictures: http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2021889&id=1376460364&l=5950a37d13 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Three dollars and 63 cents Posted July 5, 2009 Share Posted July 5, 2009 I didn't think the Electric Factory allowed cameras, so I didn't bring mine on Thursday. I really wish I would have, because I could've gotten some great pictures. That was the best show I've been to in quite awhile. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jff Posted July 13, 2009 Share Posted July 13, 2009 I'll be seeing Sonic Youth tonight in Atlanta. Psyched. I'm looking forward to the opening band, too. I've heard good things. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jff Posted July 14, 2009 Share Posted July 14, 2009 Ok, so I saw them last night. The opening band was good, not great. They were a '70s-ish power trio type of band. The one handed guitar trills with the other hand held high in the air was a bit annoying, like "look how badass I am, but please ignore the fact that I'm doing the easiest and least musical thing you can do with a guitar". That's a pet peeve of mine, but fortunately the guy only did that at the beginning of the show. The rest of their set was solid. SY opened with Tom Violence and then played most (or all) of The Eternal. Non Eternal songs included Shadow of a Doubt, White Cross, and a couple others I'm forgetting now. They rocked hard and played some nice improvs off of the Eternal material. The new songs sound really good live, but I would have preferred to hear maybe half the new album and several more songs from their enormous back catalog. I think they skipped their entire '90s output. Maybe I can't blame them since they were super active in the '90s and are probably burned out on that material. All in all, an excellent show. Not the best I've ever seen them, but they still sound great. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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