Daft Punk, The Rapture, SebastiAn & Kavinsky @ The Greek 7/27/07

by hardrockchick [about 1 year, 5 months ago.]

Daft Punk is playing at my house, my house…

Whew, I am tired. Last night was a dance off of gigantic proportions.

After the long, complicated journey to get to The Greek from SF, we wait, and wait some more, and wait even more, to assure ourselves a nice position at this all GA venue for which I have still not made up my mind if I like. A true people watching extravaganza, we watched the outfits roll in like a Burning Man fashion show for freaks and geeks.

The Rapture came on at an early 7:45p. 30 seconds in appeased any doubts that they could not pull off a live set. The jamming sax, the perfect pitch voices, all sounded great. Not very many Rapture fans in the crowd…but people seemed to get into it as their Daft Punk drugs started to take affect. The Rapture guys are ultra geeks–makes me kinda want to see a musician’s Jeopardy where The Rapture, Hot Chip, and The Shins go at it. Highlights: the cowbell songs incited a wave of “more cowbell’ from the crowd; the crow call in The Devil; and First Gear, which is my personal favorite.

SebastiAn & Kavinsky played a short DJ set off to the side of the stage. A little JUSTICE, and a great remix of RATM’s Killing in the Name kept the crowd pumped up. That, and the fact that occasionally, crazy lights would peek through the curtains, hinting at what was ahead.

Daft Punk has bridged the gap between the techno-junkies and the occasional Saturday night trance dancers. A DJ set of gargantuan proportions has established them as one of the best shows to see. The crowd of 8500 was adorned with silver streamers, neon colors, and plastic smiles. Boys in silver tights, visors, motorcycle helmets…a pregnant woman in an ’80’s striped neon mini, a large breasted woman in a mesh shirt and that’s it….the list goes on.

Once the pyramid was unveiled, the crowd went nutso. It was like that club scene from The Matrix…a sea of people all getting down. The songs were mixed in ‘teaser campaign’ fashion…just when you thought something was coming, you were hit with something else. The lights are something indescribable…please see the video below to better understand. Daft Punk belongs to the list of musicians who have preformed under hidden identities (most of which are now revealed): KISS, GWAR, Gorillaz. The ‘elusive French duo’ remains rather elusive on stage, never leaving their pyramid, barely looking up at the crowd. What are they doing back there? Making dinner? Finger painting? Playing video games? Can they even see out of those helmets?

You know what- who cares. I came for the lights.

Genre(s): Live and In The Flesh

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About A Son Preview

by hardrockchick [about 1 year, 5 months ago.]

Kurt Cobain tapes from the Michael Azerrad interviews that formed Come As You Are- my beloved childhood bible- will be the only Kurt thing in the movie. No video. No piercing blue eyes. No man dresses, guitar smashes, or stage dives. These audio tapes are probably more intimate than any video that exists- it will probably be as shocking for fans as the first time we laid eyes on Journals. Hmmm…

Genre(s): Rock in the News

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Depeche Mode: 101

by hardrockchick [about 1 year, 5 months ago.]

Depeche Mode is just one of those bands that has never really waned in success- they’ve never had a shit album, a bad tour, or an embarrassing bad press moment. And what a documentary- to be a fan in the late ’80s and win a contest to travel around on a bus and go to a bunch of DM shows! The fashion is something else, too. These were the kids that were too cool for Madonna but kinda copied her style anyways. There’s great performance footage and interviews. It’s one of those rare docs that helps you somewhat comprehend how difficult it is to be a band on tour. Watch it.

Genre(s): Rockumentaries

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myspace find: psyclon nine

by hardrockchick [about 1 year, 5 months ago.]

I’m having a bit of trouble believing that these guys are from SF. I’m constantly bitching about the lack of live industrial music here- not to mention the lack of it in the club scene. Well, Psyclon Nine looks like goth chick mecca to me. Very Ministry and KMFDM inspired, I anxiously await the chance to attend one of their shows. Bet I’ll have to go at it alone though– their performance pics will make it a tough sell to most people I know.

Genre(s): Myspace Find

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rock and shop: fred flare

by hardrockchick [about 1 year, 5 months ago.]

cute. cheap. ’nuff said. Visit Fred Flare here.

Genre(s): Rock and Shop

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In the beginning…Beastie Boys

by hardrockchick [about 1 year, 5 months ago.]

Haha. 1983. Loooong time ago.

Genre(s): In the beginning...

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Gimme Shelter

by hardrockchick [about 1 year, 5 months ago.]

If you’ve never heard about the Altamont incident before, this this isn’t the documentary to explain it to you. But if you have, this will definitely illustrate it for you a bit. With no narration, Gimme Shelter is a collection of interviews and footage from the famous show. If this doc had been made in present day, it might have been titles ‘Hippies Gone Wild’. In a move that the doc fails to explain, and I’ve never quite heard any good reason why this happened, the Hell’s Angels as security just seems like a really poor idea. No matter what. However, I’m torn by the stigma that this concert created- do free concerts always mean that there’s extra riff raff that wouldn’t be there otherwise? I don’t know–I’ve been to some high dollar shows where there’s been a pretty scuzzy audience.

Genre(s): Rockumentaries

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rockin’ you soon

by hardrockchick [about 1 year, 5 months ago.]

Saturday @ 10a

Ladytron @ Mezzanine, 9/29

JUSTICE @ Mezzanine, 10/10

Sunday @ 10a

Woohoo! Henry Rollins @ Herbst Theater 11/6

Genre(s): Rockin' You Soon

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rock out SF

by hardrockchick [about 1 year, 5 months ago.]

It’s looking to be a good week for me.

Thurs/July 26: Devin the Dude @ Mezzanine
Fri/July 27: Daft Punk/The Rapture @ The Greek in Berkeley **HRC show**
Sat/July 28: M.I.A./The Gray Kid @ Rickshaw Stop **HRC Show**
Sun/July 29: Projekt Revolution tour/Linkin Park @ Shoreline Amphitheater
Mon/July 30: The Icarus Line/The Slits @ The Independent
Tues/July 31: nada
Wed/Aug 1: The Smashing Pumpkins/The 88 @ The Fillmore **HRC show**

Genre(s): Rock Out SF

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How many people did you share your experience with?

by hardrockchick [about 1 year, 5 months ago.]

Interesting post on San Francisco venue capacities by fellow SF music blogger ipickmynose.com.

Only one I would add is the Sleep Train Amphitheater in Concord, which lists its capacity at 12,500.

Genre(s): Rock Out SF

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