Silversun Pickups at Recher

[bnyced0]

Never seen a boring SSPU show, but I'm a pretty big fan and familiar with the music.  I suppose if you had never heard of them, were generally sKeptical about opening bands, and aren't that patient (I think if you're looking for Snow Patrol/OKGO hooks, and general pop-i-ness then new soundscapes aren't your thing) then they could be boring.  But if you DON'T think Bardo Pond, Sonic Youth, and Big Sleep (non pun intended) are boring then SSPU will be right up your alley as well.  And if I was using my mom as a barometer for what's hot and what's not...well.  No slaggin moms, she took me to most of my early shows (Zepplin/Judas Priest Kingdome 77), Commdores/Earth Wind and Fire Paramount 78, even was groovin in highschool Madonna/Beastie Boys Paramount in 85 got me backstage passes) but still.
 
 Bottom line, I think this will be pretty good, even worth dealing with the smokestack and talking that happens at every baltimore venue:)

[PigIron]

I've heard the record with Kissing Families.  Maybe they've gotten better since.  But all I remember thinking is that they sounded like one of the gazillion early nineties alt-rock bands that were on the radio during that period.  And from the video of that song, yea, they look really, really bored.  I admit though that I've never seen them live.

[you be betty]

um, even if you don't like sspu for some reason, please go for Sea Wolf...they are really really really damn good.

[shemptiness]

I go to Recher for the 2nd-hand smoke.

[vansmack]

Originally posted by The Parkers are dead:
  So are SSPU more boring on stage than Interpol?

Speaking of which (not sure if it's been shared elsewhere yet):
 
 Interpol - The Heinrich Maneuver
 
 Source
 
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[Tom Servo]

I'm going.  Missed them every other time they've been around so I'm looking forward to it.  I love Pikul and Carnavas.  
 
 My only fear is that sunday night + Towson + non-stop touring = lackluster show.  Though, if they've been playing a lot of openers and festivals, a smaller venue like Recher could be more up their alley.

[sonickteam2]

Originally posted by bnyced0:
 
 Bottom line, I think this will be pretty good, even worth dealing with the smokestack and talking that happens at every baltimore venue:)

come January 1st. we're smoke free too, so you'll have to think of another reason not to come here  

[bnyced0]

Originally posted by le sonick:
   

Originally posted by bnyced0:
 
 Bottom line, I think this will be pretty good, even worth dealing with the smokestack and talking that happens at every baltimore venue:)

come January 1st. we're smoke free too, so you'll have to think of another reason not to come here    [/b]

I live "here" so smoke or no smoke that's reason enough.  And something tells me that Sonar, Recher, Ottobar, and Rams Head will have a special dispensation to continue torturing my lungs well into the future

[rich_WDC]

Saw 'em at ChiliCookOff.
 
 Great look, decent sound -- but, despite lots of good moments, the songs aren't great enough all the way through.
 I wish 'em well, though

[bnyced0]

Originally posted by le sonick:
   

Originally posted by bnyced0:
 
 Bottom line, I think this will be pretty good, even worth dealing with the smokestack and talking that happens at every baltimore venue:)

come January 1st. we're smoke free too, so you'll have to think of another reason not to come here    [/b]

Baltimore, gets a one year respite of me slaggin it.  This show just entered my top 10 of 2007 and I don't even have 10 great shows for the year quite yet.  For those worried about it being boring, I can only say this was the type of experience I spend way too much money chasing worldwide and I got in my own backyard for next to nothing on a Sunday night no less.  Simply spectacular, and I'm underselling it.   This weekend was wicked, I saw Bjork in Chicago and SSPU throw the gauntlet down on the non-believers...Ok I'll stop slobbering now and go to bed.

[HoyaSaxa03]

goddamn it
 
 COME TO 930 CLUB!!!

[shemptiness]

Not sure if it was the fact that they were headlining at a smallish club, but this was an excellent show.  The previous comments about lack of stage presence and boring live show certainly didn't apply last night.

[sonickteam2]

i wholeheartedly agree with bnyced0 and shemp and cannot say enough good things!!  
 
 definitely NOT boring, even on the tiny recher stage.  the songs were a brilliant mix of melody and fuzzy distortion.  dude's voice didnt miss a note. the drummer was fun to watch too.
 
   and while i thought they were very very good most of the time...they totally killed it on at least 3 songs...lazy eye, kissing families and comeback kid.  
 
 
   and they were totally loving the show too, you know you're a good crowd when the drummer is taking pictures of the audience at the end.  the bassist girl said it was "maybe the best show on the tour" (they were cool enough to come out and chat with people at the merch table after the show).
 
 next time they're in the area....see them, no excuses.

[Tom Servo]

Agree with all of the above - great show, great energy.  That lead has an amazing voice to go from melody to scream and back to melody without so much as a hiccup.  My expectations for Kissing Families and Lazy Eye were sky high, but they still delivered.  
 
 Only thing that would've made the show better is for it to have been on a saturday and at Black Cat or somewhere in DC.  Recher is a bitch to get to for me (2 hour drive home with the construction on 95) but I've never seen a bad show there.  
 
 Thanks to Bnyced0 for the extra ticket!

[shemptiness]

Yeah, wish I'da known about that paving work going on on 95.  Made for an unpleasant trip south.  And running over that deer carcass was pretty nasty too.  At least the show was good.