Same here. An ex of mine's lasting legacy will be convincing me to go to a Father John Misty show at the Bottleneck in Lawrence, KS in January 2013. For some reason I hadn't given Fear Fun a proper chance up to that point, but seeing him in that small venue with maybe 120 other people is an all time concert memory for me.
Friday looks the best. Robert Plant/Allison Krauss, Lord Huron, War on Drugs, King Gizzard, Japanese Breakfast, Claud. I see Maynard can hang around after the Tool set Saturday for Puscifer on Sunday.
My biggest takeaway from the roo lineup is that they can fuck off for billing Lord Huron above War on Drugs. I get their streaming numbers are way higher, but that’s like 90% due to LH’s song being included in that shitty distasteful Netflix show 13 reasons why And I don’t even mind Lord Huron (well I do a little bit).
I prefer LH of the two. I’m not even a big folk/Americana band but I love that band, especially their new album. Not sure how they don’t get more recognition tbh, I saw them on zero year end lists
I went the 1st 3 years and had a great time at each but the type of crowd kept getting worse each year. I can't imagine how bad it got in the later years with all of those huge pop/mainstream acts.
Parquet Courts released a B-side from Sympathy for Life, and apparently debuted it on the Ellen show ha
There's been so much good stuff released so far that at this rate our 2022 lists should be pretty epic
Christian Lee Hutson - Rubberneckers (feat Phoebe Bridgers). Album in April, produced by Phoebe Bridgers and Conor Oberst.
I’ve seen Lord Huron twice and their sound just doesn’t translate well live. Something was off both times.
they finally did it. they managed to make the worst song ever created. complete downhill once bassist left.
PUP did that three years ago with Free at Last before Morbid Stuff came out and it became a pretty big thing in the emo/indie adjacent sphere. It's not like they own the concept, but pretty weak for Pinegrove to not reference them at all when I'm sure they're aware of it.
Not sure who PUP is, but it's unlikely that they were the first with the idea either. I'm drawing a blank, but I want to say the Beach Boys did this with an album? Or maybe Beck? Someone made an album that came with instructions on how to play it yourself
Also, who made the album that there's four different records and they're designed to be all played at once?
It's a weird thing to have confused in my head given they are such different eras. Starts with a B I guess!
the national did some gimmick where they released a 9 LP box set of them playing Sorrow for like six hours or some shit