Upcoming shows?

[s.chivers]

Boom. St Vincent at the end of May. It’s at a small club in Bristol, so effectively a warm-up for the show at The Royal Albert Hall the following night.

[Ian Jane]

I think I'm gonna go see Madball, Murphy's Law and Gogol Bordello do the Jesse Malin benefit show in Tompkins Square Park on 4/27.

I also have tickets for Guitar Wolf in May, because I don't miss Guitar Wolf shows if I can help it, and Pulp in September, both of which I'm really looking forward to.

[Ian Jane]

I'm worried because I'm told that they do one big surprise guest show where you blind buy tickets. I'm thinking that since it's NOFX's supposed last kick at the can, and because PRB has a lot to do with Mike, that they're going to show up and play. Funny how much I used to like that band before I found out what a huge fucking scumbag Fat Mike is. Anything for a dollar, and he'll walk all over people once he's done using them. I guess we shouldn't be surprised that the guy who gave us Cokie the Clown is a piece of shit, but yeah. Fuck NOFX.

He sat behind me (not in front of me, damn it) at the AVN awards in Vegas years ago. I turned around to politely tell him I grew up listening to him, was very friendly and he was.... a total douchebag. hah. Maybe he was just like 'leave me alone random guy so I can enjoy the porn awards' but regardless, he was not a nice man. But yeah, NOFX is probably a decent guess if they do a surprise act.

And nope, never really been that into Devo. Tried a few times. I don't hate them or anything, just kind of indifferent.

[Mark Tolch]

Also, for some reason, I thought you and I were similar in our Devo-tion lol.

[Mark Tolch]

I've heard that they're great live, I'm just not that big a fan.

The biggest draw there for me would be Stiff Little Fingers, haha. Though I am curious to see who gets added to the club shows.

I'm worried because I'm told that they do one big surprise guest show where you blind buy tickets. I'm thinking that since it's NOFX's supposed last kick at the can, and because PRB has a lot to do with Mike, that they're going to show up and play. Funny how much I used to like that band before I found out what a huge fucking scumbag Fat Mike is. Anything for a dollar, and he'll walk all over people once he's done using them. I guess we shouldn't be surprised that the guy who gave us Cokie the Clown is a piece of shit, but yeah. Fuck NOFX.

[Ian Jane]

I've heard that they're great live, I'm just not that big a fan.

The biggest draw there for me would be Stiff Little Fingers, haha. Though I am curious to see who gets added to the club shows.

[Mark Tolch]

I saw the line up and was kinda underwhelmed, but then, I don't care about Devo or Madness and I realize they're the big draw. Most of the bands on the bill I do care about, I've seen before so I can't justify the costs. But you'll probably have a fucking blast. I bet it'll be loads of fun.

I'm trying to decide if I want to pay $72 to see Social Distortion and Bad Religion tour together. At this point, I probably don't, but I'm not writing it off completely yet.

I'm in the same boat on that one, but it looks like they might not be playing Canada...although SxDx is apparently making up their club show that was cancelled cause of the cancer.

As for PRB, I'd be pretty jazzed if it was last year's lineup haha. I will say, though, Devo live are fucking amazing, especially with Josh Freese on drums.

[Ian Jane]

Grabbed tickets for Punk Rock Bowling this coming May because the lady has Madness and DEVO on her bucket list. I've never seen Madness (though I'm not a big fan or anything) and I've seen DEVO, but this is a good chance to get some classics like Subhumans, Stiff Little Fingers and 999 out of the way.

I saw the line up and was kinda underwhelmed, but then, I don't care about Devo or Madness and I realize they're the big draw. Most of the bands on the bill I do care about, I've seen before so I can't justify the costs. But you'll probably have a fucking blast. I bet it'll be loads of fun.

I'm trying to decide if I want to pay $72 to see Social Distortion and Bad Religion tour together. At this point, I probably don't, but I'm not writing it off completely yet.

[Mark Tolch]

Grabbed tickets for Punk Rock Bowling this coming May because the lady has Madness and DEVO on her bucket list. I've never seen Madness (though I'm not a big fan or anything) and I've seen DEVO, but this is a good chance to get some classics like Subhumans, Stiff Little Fingers and 999 out of the way.

[bgart13]

Saw Dreamwell on Sunday night in Chicago - gonna go check them out in Milwaukee tomorrow night too just for the hell of it. Also going back up to Milwaukee on Saturday night to see a Greg Cartwright solo show. Might see The Dwarves on Sunday night.

[s.chivers]

Sleater-Kinney at the Roundhouse next week.

[Mark Tolch]

GBH this Friday.

[Darcy Parker]

Well, after last night’s show, I can vouch that the Wu-Tang Clan ain’t nothin’ to fuck with, and Nas did nothing to change my opinion on him.

De La Soul with Talib Kweli subbing in for Trugoy was hugely disappointing as the opener, they didn’t even do any full songs, just a medley that didn’t sound right due to Kweli not being a good stylistic fit.

The Wu had Young Dirty Bastard subbed in for his deceased father, and he did an awesome job.

The visual presentation of the show was awesome, video walls on and above the stage with some killer visuals for Wu-Tang, but the audio mix was SHIT. It was like packing your ears with mud. Maybe it was the world-renowned shitty accoustics of the Saddledome, but it wasn’t good.

I still had a blast, though.

The Seattle show on October 18th is streaming for free on Amazon Prime, so check it out if you’re into hip hop.

[Mark Tolch]

Ughhhh! I hate shows getting cancelled at the last minute. That sucks. Hope it gets rescheduled for you.

They played Toronto, they played London, they're playing Montreal. We're the only ones who got canceled. You have to drive past Kitchener to get to London from Toronto. WTF.

[Darcy Parker]

Saturday night, me and my friend are going to see Wu-Tang Clan and Nas. It’s a bucket list show for him, and I figured why the hell not, since he didn’t want to go alone.