El Cielo Review...

[One Second Clubber]

Ok, I know that Leitmotif "rocked" and I expect El Cielo was even better, but I've yet to see anybody talk about last nights show. Is it possible to get some sort of review other than "It was good". Did they pull off El Cielo in a live fashion or was it a whole different beast live?!?!

That album is so layered that I'm curious as to how it sounded in full live...

[Gnomad]

It was good...

Added after 5 minutes:

Just kidding... when I'm able to collect my thoughts and rest my mind, I will say something about the shows... for now, I am drained... it's been a very long two days...

[SoundscapeMN]

Here's kinda commentary on both shows with last night's setlist I'm pretty sure

Both shows were more or less flawless. Hearing songs like PENGUINS IN THE DESERT, CONVALESCENT, IT ONLY TOOK A DAY (with a guy dancing on stage in a Penguin costume), WHOA IS ME. The band had Gus Farwell perform the opera-style vocals on LYNDON, who actually sang it on LEITMOTIF and is a friend of the band going back to High School. I think it was SCISSOR LOCK as well on Friday he came back to do chanting. Gavin's trumpet and singing through it into his mic do create the distorted vocals similar to the record. A percussive jam prior to IT ONLY TOOK A DAY I think it was.

ODE TO THE SUN
JAMAIS VU
BUG EYES

Brushstroke: Debtfoabaaposba
Same Ol' Road
Sanzen
Brushstroke: New Heart Shadow
Triangle
Sorry But It's Over
Convalescent
Brushstroke: Walk In The Pack
Eighteen People Living In Harmony
Scissor Lock
Brushstroke: (Reprise)
Jam
Of The Room
Brushstroke: An Elephant In The Delta Waves
It Only Took A Day
Whoa Is Me
Canyon Behind Her

Encore

YATAHAZE

Very cool meeting a lot of you folks this weekend. Ars, Christian, Evasive, Jess, Millie..I'm forgetting some names..apologies..the two friends from Michigan, Dan Fury from the Kaddisfly community...(and I forget the name of the guy he was with, but he looked familiar). Most of the others drank, but I'm generall the sober-type so I wasn't quite as involved in the partying before and after the shows. Thanks to Evansive for the DVD..will have to watch it soon..maybe I could send you something in return at some point.

Other than the moshing on Thursday, and some of the drunk guys behind me on the balcony who I guess attended the same HS as Dredg but are a few years younger (23).. The weekend couldn't have more perfect. Shirts, pizza on the street, Pacific Cookie Co, In N Out, Rasputins..found some cool stuff for uber-cheap like Muse, Jeff Buckley..even the wind making 75 degrees feel like 50 I didn't mind.

Hope to do it again sometime. I don't regret missing Porcupine Tree or ProgPowerUSA after the last couple of days.

Kyle

[Clockwork4168]

dude thanks for the review, I really hope they can bring back "sorry but it's over" next time they tour again.

[One Second Clubber]

Wow, thanks for the review. I knew that it would be great, but I just wanted to hear for sure that it was from somebody who was there...

...so was "Whoa Is Me" into the "Canyon Behind Her" the greatest dredg moment ever or not?!?!

I can't wait to see\hear this...



...it's still a horrible joke...

[Ars Sycro]

It was a good joke, you bastard!



And I didn't lie.... Scott and Zach were both told that it did not matter what the band said, there was no professional equipment allowed. I just failed to include the follow up, which involved Scott telling him he had permission from the band and fighting back and forth with the guy before he finally got on the walkie-talkie and called down to the head guy and asked about audio and video. The head guy told him all audio and video was allowed, and the guy turned around and yelled "fuck it then. change your damn rules" and told Scott and Zach to go in.


Then there was another bastard that refused to give me a setlist and then threw it away in the garbage and quickly had the garbage can emptied. Billy knows that guy will rot in hell!

[Evil Ramen]

The only thing that was odd to me was that on most of the songs, the tempo was increased quite a bit.

[Gnomad]

I did notice that. Seemed odd to me at first too, but it worked, so I forgot about it.

[Frank Nit]

Gavin was dressed in some kind of black robe  with protruding fake white flowers stuck to it.  It looked as though he was also wearing black slacks under and black dress shoes for the entire show.  At one point Drew asked the crowd "what the fuck is gavin wearing?"  The opera singer actually sang over walk in the park, not scissor lock.  There were a couple of what looked to be parents of the band on the left side of the stage.  Drew sparked his own personal joint right before elephant in the delta waves, on which he played percussion along with another guest.  Drew also used a toothbrush and a woodblock to emulate the sounds heard in dcbtfoabaaposba.  He had a chime type bell for the quiet moments before the "HEY!" in triangle.  The moshing/crowd surfing was extremely annoying for virtually the entire show.  The wind at the end part of reprise was not played at all.  no mandolin or vocals during an elephant in the delta waves.  no cello for 18 people.  no chorus at the end of canyon.  that's all the important random facts that i can remember right now.  you have to forgive me, i literally just returned from santa cruz after a 13 hour drive today.

[Gnomad]

The wind at the end part of reprise was not played at all.  

Actually, it was. That was something I distinctly remember, because I love that part and I was glad they played it.

Otherwise, all your facts are pretty damn solid. You even pointed out things I didn't catch. Good ears, good eyes.

[rossimo]

The wind at the end part of reprise was not played at all.  

Actually, it was. That was something I distinctly remember, because I love that part and I was glad they played it.

Otherwise, all your facts are pretty damn solid. You even pointed out things I didn't catch. Good ears, good eyes.

It was played, but I felt that the sound was off, so Gavin's slide came in way in front of Mark's guitar, and it sounded really awkward because they weren't properly synced (it seemed to me.)

The drum jam was one of the best dredg moments for me.  I was going nuts over how awesome that was.

[Frank Nit]

damn i completely missed wind at the end somehow.  i guess i was expecting gavin to pick up the acoustic during that or something.  so it was played all electric?  

also, i really liked how dino was extra aggressive during new heart shadow.  that was cool.

[Ventrio]

dude thanks for the review, I really hope they can bring back "sorry but it's over" next time they tour again.

yes please!
still, imo, the most underrated dredg song

[TheRuleofThree]

Moving this to tour reviews!

[Jasmine]

hey dudes. there were actually two guests adding percussion bits onto elephant in the delta waves. they were the drummers of day one symphony and delta activity. two bands that will add a little sparkle into your life =)