Comments on: Noise Pop: Holy Fuck, A Place to Bury Strangers, White Denim, Veil Veil Vanish @ BOTH, 2/29/08

By: Hard Rock Chick » nine inch nails, crystal castles @ key arena, 7/26/08

Hard Rock Chick » nine inch nails, crystal castles @ key arena, 7/26/08 — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 18:48:43 +0000

[...] It’s 7:00. Doors were supposed to open at 6:30 for the general public. We finally start getting let in. “No running”, they say. “We’ll make you go to the back of the line”. Everyone speed walks faster than you can imagine down to the floor, where everyone is told to grab a spot and sit. They make everyone stay seated, even when the general public gets in. At 10 till 8p, the room darkens and we jump out of our first row floor seat and wrap ourselves around the barricade. Crystal Castles comes out and performs a strange and very short set. The lead singer has perfected the art of fetal position singing. She’s quite active, doing the hipster two step all over the stage, crawling on the floor, on the speakers and in front of the abrricade. It was ok. I am so bummed I’m not going to any of the APTBS shows, because they will be awesome. [...]

By: Hard Rock Chick » NIN tour openers posted….includes APTBS

Hard Rock Chick » NIN tour openers posted….includes APTBS — Thu, 01 May 2008 02:26:25 +0000

[...] now I am going to have to go to one of those shows….read my A Place to Bury Strangers review here. Bookmark to: Filed under: Nine Inch Nails [...]

By: WebliminalBlog » Blog Archive » links for 2008-03-05

WebliminalBlog » Blog Archive » links for 2008-03-05 — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 20:20:30 +0000

[...] Noise Pop: Holy Fuck, A Place to Bury Strangers, White Denim, Veil Veil Vanish @ BOTH, 2/29/08 | Har… I had high expectations, and they were exceeded. They are purely about the performance. (tags: aptbs) [...]

By: karyn

karyn — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 18:17:12 +0000

Bummer you didn’t stay for all of Holy Fuck. You missed Tone Bank Jungle (remixed with a different “tone bank”) than their album. These guys just got better the more they played. Lovely Allen was totally a distortion-happy standout.