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Deer Tick live at The Brass Rail

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on March 1, 2009
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And I’m back. This past week, on a delightful Wednesday evening, a coworker and I ventured up north to the far reaches of Fort Wayne to catch a bit of music. Fortunately for me my friend is an avid listener of internet radio and he had stumbled upon this random show featuring Deer Tick at a small little venue named The Brass Rail. In the past few years The Brass Rail has undergone a bit of a management change and while they’re maintaining all their cred as a local watering hole during the early evening they’re looking to up the ante at night and become a premier rock back serving the greater Fort Wayne area.

On this night the cover was three dollars, the beers were a dollar and a half each, and the music was more than worth the long trek back and forth on the frozen evening. Deer Tick lived up to their billing as they played through a set of a southern infused rock with a cover of Bruce Springsteen, another of Sean Kingston, and quite possibly the best live version of La Bamba I have ever heard mixed in just for fun. And the fact that they mananged to cram all of this fun onto a tiny little stage in the corner of The Brass Rail just added to the night.

mp3 : Deer Tick - Ashamed
mp3 : Deer Tick - These Old Shoes

These two songs were both quite brilliant in a live setting, easily surpassing these studio recordings which appear on 2007’s War Elephant (amazon) (itunes). Might I add that the cover shot for this album is quite possibly the best cover shot I’ve ever seen for an album. The playful nature of Deer Tick that presents itself very well in a live setting and I strongly encourage anyone with a chance to catch them live to get out and see a set. It’ll be a fun evening.

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The Killers live at Glastonbury 2007 part 04

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on October 24, 2008
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At long last we come to the conclusion of the set The Killers played in 2007 at the Glastonbury Festival.  If you’re looking to read/download day by day you can check out each individual post at these links.  part 01, part 02, part 03, part 04.  If you’d rather view them all on one easy to read page, which makes way more sense to me, just click here.  This concludes the set.  Enjoy the music.

mp3 : The Killers - My List
mp3 : The Killers - Can’t Take My Eyes Off You
mp3 : The Killers - Shadowplay
mp3 : The Killers - For Reasons Unknown
mp3 : The Killers - All These Things That I’ve Done

As I’ve said before these are live tracks recorded at a concert.  They’re not off any studio album and they’re not available, anywhere, for purchase.  Enjoy the music and the next time The Killers are in town get out and see their show.

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The Killers live at Glastonbury 2007 part 03

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on October 23, 2008
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Here you go, it’s part three {of four parts} of the set The Killers played at last year’s Glastonbury Festival.  Enjoy the music.  You can find part one here and part two at this link.  Cheers.

mp3 : The Killers - Read My Mind
mp3 : The Killers - On Top
mp3 : The Killers - Bling (Confessions of A King)
mp3 : The Killers - Indie Rock and Roll
mp3 : The Killers - Mr Brightside

As stated in the previous two posts these tracks are live bootleg recordings.  That being said they’re definitely on the top of the pile in terms of audio quality.  See you tomorrow.

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The Killers live at Glastonbury 2007 part 02

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on October 22, 2008
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Yesterday, aka through this link, I brought you the first four tracks from The Killers Glastonbury 2007 set.  Today, as promised, I bring you the second part.  Two more days and you’ll have them all.  Until then you’ll just have to make due with the first half.  Enjoy.

mp3 : The Killers - Somebody Told Me
mp3 : The Killers - Smile Like You Mean It
mp3 : The Killers - Jenny Was A Friend of Mine
mp3 : The Killers - Uncle Johnny
mp3 : The Killers - This River Is Wild

As I said yesterday these tracks are appearing here on The World Forgot in the order that they were played in concert.  They’re bootleg live tracks, not studio recordings, so be prepared for a little crowd action, clapping, and quite possibly some singing along.  All that aside the audio quality on these tracks is tops.  See you tomorrow and the day after for the last half of the set.

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The Killers live at Glastonbury 2007 part 01

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on October 21, 2008
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Apparently there’s this little music gathering known as Glastonbury Festival which happens occasionally.  Apparently at said gathering of music fans there are some big bands who sometimes play killer sets and set off the revelers.  Apparently The Killers have played a few sets there over the years.  And also, apparently, someone thought it would be a good idea to bootleg the entire set, all nineteen tracks, and put them online.  Welcome to part one, the first four tracks.  It’s an excellent recording, I’ll try to post the entire set throughout the week.  And yes, that is a ploy to get you coming back over and over and over again.  Eat it.

mp3 : The Killers - Sam’s Town
mp3 : The Killers - Enterlude
mp3 : The Killers - When You Were Young
mp3 : The Killers - Bones

Note that all of these tracks are live recordings, not studio quality.  The tracks will be posted in order that they were played at the show {and the downloads are numbered to keep them in order}.  Also, and I guess I could use some help here, but I’m assuming that these are bootleg tracks recorded live at the concert.  I’m assuming this because I could find no mention of this being an official recording {anywhere on the web, including The Killers site}, and I can’t find this concert for purchase at any retailer.  Enjoy the tunes.

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Cloud Cult Live at Legends

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on December 14, 2007
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This past Saturday I had the unbelieveable priviledge to see Cloud Cult play their very first show in Indiana.  Not only that, but the show was free at The Legends of Notre Dame.  To say that the show was anything less than phenomenal would be a lie.  Cloud Cult stands as one of the most underrated bands of the last decade.  Their live set is something to behold and left me simply feeling that “this band is unbelievable.”

The show they played at Legends was a lengthy set spiraling through their most recent release, The Meaning of 8 (iTunes), while they included some older tracks and a new song from their upcoming album to be released in mid 2008.  The band itself is comprised of seven people, two of whom are artists who paint gorgeous murals throughout the entire set.  At the end of the show the artwork is auction off so that the band can “buy enough gas to get home” in their environmentally friendly bio-diesel bus.  In addition to saving the world with their bus they also sell all of their own merchandise through front man Craig Minowa’s label, Earthology Records, which uses only recycled materials and puts all of their profits toward environmental charities.  {Al Gore, this band + you = superheroes}

The energy on stage throughout their set from their opener, Hope, to the show stopping encore of Chain Reaction {with literally half of the fans singing along to ’suck up, suck up, and take your medicine’} was infectious.  I left the show after shaking hands with the band behind their merch table, and scoring a great t-shirt, knowing that if at all possible I will see Cloud Cult play again.

mp3 : Cloud Cult - Hope
mp3 : Cloud Cult - Chain Reaction
mp3 : Cloud Cult - Take Your Medicine

If ever there was an American counter to the brilliance of Canada’s Arcade Fire, this is that band.  In case you’re wondering their new track, which I have no idea what it is called, was intensely beautiful.  Their upcoming album sounds promising and will easily be on of my most anticipated albums of 2008.

Shows
January 17: Indianapolis, IN - Radio Radio
January 18: Chicago, IL - Schubas
February: Norway
March 10: Kansas City - Davey’s Uptown Rambler
March 11: Oklahoma City
March 12: Dallas, TX - Granada Theater
March 13-15: Austin, TX - SXSW
March 16: Little Rock, AK - Revolution Music Room
March 17: St. Louis, MO

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OK GO Live at Butler University

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josh
on October 30, 2007
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I saw OK GO play the other night at Butler and it was completely worth it.
Using a friends student discount, the night only cost 9.00.

They had a screen set up behind them which they utilized amazingly. Every song either had a guy in the wallpaper costume dancing behind them, things blowing up in reverse (these two were not the music videos. It was almost like they took a scene of a music video and instead played that one scene the whole time), or just some stop motion mannequins changing clothes. Every third song or so they would then switch to the cameras that they had mounted on all their equipment around the stage. All in all, I can’t think of a better way to use a screen behind the band.

They played almost all of of the songs off of Oh No and, in the middle of the performance, grabbed acoustic guitars and a small bell set and moved to the small stage, in front of the main stage. They told us that they wanted to play the whole concert there but pointed out that none of the lights were set up for that stage. So they invited the crowd to join them and handed out flash lights to the audience so they could play an amazing, acoustic version of A Million Ways. That song alone would be worth the 9.00 ticket.

Quick overview of awesome: Damian climbed up to the first balcony on the metal bars used to mount lights on the side of the stage and bent it when he jumped off. He also ran threw about 15 rows, standing on the arm rests. The show was really high energy and amazingly fun. If you have the option to go see them in concert, it is highly recommended by me. The band also had 2 choreographed jumps, where they all jumped at the moment the music stopped and landed at the same time to begin playing again. It was beautiful.

I wish that I had recorded them playing A Million Ways acoustic, but alass, I didn’t. So I’ll leave you with the album version, which is still very good and may be my favorite Ok Go song.

mp3 : Ok Go - A Million Ways

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