This show was so much fun. Marky’s band was perfect- they were not trying to look exactly like the Ramones, but they pulled off their sound really well. A small nitpick would be about the guitar- should have been in your face… but I am sure that this would have compromised the live sound, so I am good with it. The vocalist was so Joey sounding, it was eerie.
Recorded by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Schoeps CCM4, Naiant tinybox, Sony A10 recorder
I have a ton of footage AND a multitrack soundboard to mix of this, but I figured that I would post this fast as I am still buzzing from this set. I like the band, but I had no idea that the band brought that much intensity to their live shows- it was unbelievable. It sounded great in the room, which is rare for Gilman- it is a tough room to make sound good. This recording is totally flat- no post processing. Vocals are a little light but I can fix that in the multitrack mixdown… hopefully. I think my gopro video angles were rendered unusable early in the set, when everyone went completely ape shit to the intensity they were seeing on stage. Most intense show of 2023 for sure for me.
Good on Gilman for making this a 4pm start- I was back home before 10pm!
One last thing- why are these guys categorized as a hardcore punk band? They are super fast NWOBHM riffs to my ears.
Recorded by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Schoeps CCM4 mics, Naiant Tinybox preamp, Somy A10 digital recorder
This was the 2nd band on the bill, after The Moans played on Saturday. I was worried when one of the guitarists had a Meshuggah shirt and a Jackson metal looking guitar… but no metal here. Competently played alternative rock. I can’t remember a local band coming out of Modesto and playing up here… except for maybe Grandaddy early on.
They have a CD for sale at Phono Select if you like what you hear.
Danny’s F cancer series is such fun annual event. It raised over $3400 this year for American Cancer Society. Well done!
Recorded by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Schoeps CCM4/Tinybox/Sony A10
Another “morning after the show” post. What a crazy night. People were climbing the poles in the club and jumping off into the crowd during Comeback Kid! Completely insane.
This is the opening band, SpiritWorld. I was going to make a comment about a hardcore band wearing nudie suits (google it), but then I started looking deeper into the band and I realized that I BLEW IT by not video’ing them. The band’s vocalist is Stu Folsom, who was in a great LVHC band called… Folsom! They put a CD out a long time ago on Mikey Hood’s West Coast Worldwide label. So THAT’s why Mikey was hanging out with him after the set. Derp.
Then I read an interview with him, and he has roots in hardcore but he is a big alt.country fan, and one of his favorite bands is The Old 97’s. A man with good taste- if he finds this website/channel, he can be endlessly entertained with all of the Old 97s/Uncle Tupelo/Slobberbone on here. Double Derp.
Then he asked me if I video’d after the set. Nope. Triple Derp.
But, hardcore played by guys in nudie suits. I have now seen it all.
Recorded by: Shayne Stacy
Schoeps CCM4 mics, Naiant Tinybox preamp, Sony A10 digital recorder
Photo by Wayne Triggs
I am not usually speedy in posting recent shows- I am still working on video from March of this year… but this show was so good and this is one of the best sounding recordings that these new (to me) schoeps mics have produced.
My good friend Anonymous also recorded the show and was in a better spot for recording, so there is probably an even better recording- I had a busy night so I slid in about 10 minutes before Son Volt started.
The Doug Sahm songs were excellent – I bought the album but have not had a chance to listen to it, but Mark Spencer’s Augie Myers parts were spot-on. Nice!
Unexpected highlight for me was “Too Early”. Man, it had been a LONG time since I heard that song and I forgot how much I loved it.
Recorded by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Schoeps CCM4 mics, Naiant Tinybox preamp, Sony A10 digital recorder
I was very excited to see this show- I have been a huge AGSFB fan for over 10 years, and adding Rose to the show was a big bonus…. unfortunately, some things didn’t work out too well with the taping thing.
First one was this set. I rarely have enough time to be 100% prepared for a show. It takes a lot of time charging battery packs and prepping memory cards for 4-6 cameras, plus prepping the audio gear. I thought I had it all dialed in.. right before I left, I checked the audio recorder and it showed 8:12- 8 hours and 12 min! Plenty of memory for the show. Well, that was actually 8 minutes and 12 seconds left on the recorder.
After (so I thought) recording the opener, I checked my recorder and it shut off. This was minutes before Rose was going to start, then I realized that the recorder’s memory was full. So I panic and start deleting files as fast as I can (including the opener! D’oh!). As a result, I missed the first 10min of the set or so. Ugh, I hate taping chaos.
Also, the PA did not seem to be working on the left side, which is where I should have been getting most of my vocals.. so although the recording sounds nice, the vocals are oddly distant.
Oh well, there are days like these. I don’t even know if I am going to post the AGSFB set- I need to figure out how to make it listenable.
Recorded by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Schoeps CCM4 mics, Naiant Tinybox preamp, Sony A10 digital recorder
Well the theme so far this week is “women who used to be in well-known bands playing a rare solo set” apparently. That will change tomorrow, but let’s roll with it for now.
I rarely take my kids to a live performance because they are not interested and it becomes a distraction, but it was my birthday the day before and we were going to my birthday dinner in Roseville. It’s the one time per year where I actually get my way, so off we went. Of course, we got there late because the 8 year old was slow getting out the door, but we made it. If you want to hear (and see) the entire set, it is on fig tree’s facebook. This one sounds better.
Kelly worked for 3 years on animation that accompanied the songs, and it was really entertaining. The Fig Tree is a comfortable hangout- I don’t think I have ever taped while lounging on a couch. Highly recommended.
Kids were entertained too- they had board games there. So 2 thumbs up for Fig Tree.
Recorded by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Schoeps CCM4 mics, Naiant Tinybox preamp, Sony A10 digital recorder
Here’s something a bit different than the steady diet of early punk/metal (Wayne) and KALX in studio stuff(Rick) that I have been posting on weekdays for months. I actually attended a show last weekend for the first time in almost 2 months- Mohama Saz(Spain), Mother Muerte (Sac), and Los Sindes(Sac). It was nice to see the locals open the show. I missed part of this set because I was dicking around with my laptop, trying to get the multitrack setup ready and it just didn’t work out. Multitrack next time.
Mother Muerte was a 2 piece band with guitar/vocals and a drummer- I think I missed about 10min of the show.
Recorded by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Schoeps CCM4 mics, Naiant Tinybox preamp, Sony A10 digital recorder
Here’s another one from last Friday’s show at the Cafe. I was not prepared for this band- they were so good, and they sound like no one else in Sacramento- alternative/jangly new wavish type stuff with some of that early cult/killing joke guitar chorus at times. I like it!
Sorry about the fluctuations in quality. I was getting video cameras prepped so I had to duck down to get stuff out of my bag. I now know that the soundboard enclosure makes a ton of vibration noise.
I would definitely go see this band again.
Recorded by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Schoeps CCM4 mics, Naiant Tinybox preamp, Sony A10 digital recorder
I had a busy day on Saturday and got to this show late. What happened to shows that started at 9pm and went until 2am? These early starts are killing me. OK, enough complaining.
I walk into Harlows and the 2nd band is already playing. They are kicking ass. I then see Matt K. Shrugg on drums and realized I have totally f*cked up by missing part of this set. D’oh. It sounded like they were close to finishing (and I didn’t have permission to film), so I didn’t pull out the camera.. but I did start up the schoeps mics and I got about 20 min of the set. You will hear some nuances in quality as I move around the club.
So bummed I missed filming them.
Recorded by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Schoeps CCM4 mics, Naiant Tinybox preamp, Sony A10 digital recorder
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