Drive-by Truckers - Brighter than Creation's Dark

tybird

Rhinocerous Surprise wrote:

Awesome.:)

Sweet...I will check these out further.....Remember, the band's on Conan tonight!!!!

bharQ

haha man o man.... the "Awesome" link has had be occupied for about 4 hours now!!!!

Red Lukin

Has anyone attended any shows on this tour? The last couple of nights' setlists look amazing. I can't wait until the Toronto show on Wednesday - I took off Thursday off work as well, and plan to drink my face off ; )

AvocadoLady

I went to Milwaukee, St. Louis and Louisville...and plan on attending Chicago and maybe the DC shows on the next leg.

It's been exhausting, epic and exhilarating. I can't recall ever having such a great time following a band, other than Pearl Jam, of course.

ashtrayrock

I was worried about seeing this band without Jason in the fold. Jason just brought so much as a great singer songwriter geetarplayer, that's not to say that pat and um cooley aren't a++, but to not hear those Jason songs with the dbt was gonna hurt...

Opening up with Living Bubba followed by Ghost To Most pretty much was a perfect start for obvious reasons. The best old and the best new. Smart.

Other tunes played...Uncle Frank which cooley just rawked the f out on ,and um 2 daughters&wife, 3 dimes down, daddy needs a drink, opening act, crystal meth(which i didnt like on the cd but live it was incredible), the standard closers with zip city(fan request) for the opening encore song

I was hoping Shonna would sing home field advantage cause that song flat out rawks but instead we got houston, which was ok. Nice to see her take front stage. She's great.

There's other songs and moments i'm forgetting but um oh well

Oh yeah...a HUGE shout out to The Whigs for being bigger than I thought they'd be and living up to(and exceeding!) the hype. I bought their new cd and they played most of the songs off it...fantastic arrangements...great songs that don't all sound the same...I cant guess their age from where i was at but they looked really young...already young indeed. I felt sorry for the people who decided to show up late and miss them.

The show was 10tickets from being sold out was the last word i heard. I would have preferred a venue change cause a crowded opera house sucks but regardless its still one of the best venues that toronto has, when not sold out.

Overall rating 9/10...$20...can ya really go wrong???

AvocadoLady

The Whigs opened? That's awesome. I saw them open for Yo La Tengo and My Morning Jacket at SXSW last week and thought they were phenomenal - definitely held their own against those other two bands, which is saying something, IMO.

I wish Shonna would do Purgatory Line - haven't heard that one yet.

ashtrayrock

Haven't heard of Yo La Tengo so I can't comment there but holding their own against MMJ IS something, indeed

And exactly who was it that said there is "no new great rawk about"

Rawk ON !!!

Anyhoo so that's 2 fantastic bands for $20 and no matter what way ya slice it that is till the best deal EVA...

Arena rock has got nothing on this deal...it doesn't even come in a close second!

Red Lukin

Nice review ashtrayrock. I got there early and caught the Whigs, and although I though they started slow (thought the drummer was a little sluggish the first few songs) they ended great.

DBT were amazing. Their songs just come alive when hearing them live. Like ashtrayrock mentioned - even though I do like Crystal Meth on the cd it was great to hear it live.

Some songs you missed. I had a bit to drink so I may be off:
In No order...

Perfect Timing
Self Destructive Zones
Checkout Time in Vegas
Goode's Field Road
Sink Hole
Hell No I Aint Happy
18 Whells of Love
Puttin' People on the Moon
Lookout Mountian
Buttholeville
Nine Bullets
Let There be Rock
Women w/o Wiskey
The Company I Keep

There's a few more I missed...

ashtrayrock

Red Lukin wrote:

Nice review ashtrayrock. I got there early and caught the Whigs, and although I though they started slow (thought the drummer was a little sluggish the first few songs) they ended great.

DBT were amazing. Their songs just come alive when hearing them live. Like ashtrayrock mentioned - even though I do like Crystal Meth on the cd it was great to hear it live.

Some songs you missed. I had a bit to drink so I may be off:
In No order...

Perfect Timing
Self Destructive Zones
Checkout Time in Vegas
Goode's Field Road
Sink Hole
Hell No I Aint Happy
18 Whells of Love
Puttin' People on the Moon
Lookout Mountian
Buttholeville
Nine Bullets
Let There be Rock
Women w/o Wiskey
The Company I Keep

There's a few more I missed...

Thanks

Hell No I Ain't Happy was just sick...

tybird

ashtrayrock wrote:

Thanks

Hell No I Ain't Happy was just sick...

:eek: Damn!!! I want really want to see them play that song!!!

Yefa

I'm going to the 5 shows starting tomorrow...

Northampton
Boston
New Haven
New York
Philadelphia

I'm going by myself to Northampton, with a friend & a friend of his who are fans to Boston, with a coworker who has never seen them to New Haven, with 2 friends who have never seen them to NYC, and 2 friends who are fans to Philly.
Is anyone else on the board going to these shows? I'm really excited and plan to get there in time to check out The Whigs.

ashtrayrock - Yo La Tengo is one of the best bands to come out of the American indie scene of the 1980s. They are still going strong and their music is worth a listen.

bharQ

holy shit....... they are finally coming here!!!

http://www.sledisland.com/

tybird

bharQ wrote:

holy shit....... they are finally coming here!!!

http://www.sledisland.com/

Congrats....enjoy the experience that is a DBT show.

bharQ

whats great is they are virtually unknown here... this festival will be at many different bars so its a chance to see em possibly at a small venue!

good way to pop the cherry haha

reeferchief

I'm listening to the album for the second time as we speak, awesome stuff.:)

Red Lukin

reeferchief wrote:

I'm listening to the album for the second time as we speak, awesome stuff.:)

For me the new album gets better with every listen. I love it.

reeferchief

Red Lukin wrote:

For me the new album gets better with every listen. I love it.

I've never been keen on female country style singers they tend to all sound the same I'm Sorry Huston does nothing for me, but I love Homefield Advantage it is an amazing track.:)
I think every Trucker album gets better with each listen.:D

western pearl

Yefa wrote:

I'm going to the 5 shows starting tomorrow...

Northampton
Boston
New Haven
New York
Philadelphia

I'm going by myself to Northampton, with a friend & a friend of his who are fans to Boston, with a coworker who has never seen them to New Haven, with 2 friends who have never seen them to NYC, and 2 friends who are fans to Philly.
Is anyone else on the board going to these shows? I'm really excited and plan to get there in time to check out The Whigs.

ashtrayrock - Yo La Tengo is one of the best bands to come out of the American indie scene of the 1980s. They are still going strong and their music is worth a listen.

Went to the New Haven show. One of the best concerts i've been to in quite a while!! The whigs did a great job opening up as well.

We ran into a bit of bad luck afterwords though....our parking garage was closed so i had to call my fiance to come pick me up :eek: She was NOT happy haha. It was worth it though...great show!!!

spnoone

reeferchief wrote:

I've never been keen on female country style singers they tend to all sound the same I'm Sorry Huston does nothing for me, but I love Homefield Advantage it is an amazing track.:)
I think every Trucker album gets better with each listen.:D

i totally agree on huston. i was hoping it'd be a grower but it ain't. she mumbles. but i do kinda like home field advantage and purgatory line. i really think her best singing is on 2 daughters.

reeferchief

spnoone wrote:

i totally agree on huston. i was hoping it'd be a grower but it ain't. she mumbles. but i do kinda like home field advantage and purgatory line. i really think her best singing is on 2 daughters.

2 Daughters is an awesome opener, great track and Shonas backing is perfect.