Tue 29 Mar – Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Sick Llama
I like noise, so I thought Sick Lama was pretty great. Watching the skinny underage kids cover their ears and squirm during his set was one of the high points of the night for me. Booking a noise opener for a post rock show is pretty funny, you have to admit.
There were lots of creepy ambient moments in his set and tons of bass. Oh, it was also loud, so wonderfully loud. "I feel like I just got off a roller-coaster," some kid next to me replied. That happens after a good noise show.
Godspeed had some noisy moments themselves. Some of their songs struck me as being a little sloppy, and a few of the songs I didn't recognize. Overall, they were very much what I was expecting from reading previous reviews of their shows over the years. The band came out on stage one by one, and at the end of the set, exited the same way. Behind them played various clips - burning buildings, factories pouring out smoke and steam, pictures from religious texts, hand-writing, ect.
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I like noise, so I thought Sick Lama was pretty great. Watching the skinny underage kids cover their ears and squirm during his set was one of the high points of the night for me. Booking a noise opener for a post rock show is pretty funny, you have to admit.
There were lots of creepy ambient moments in his set and tons of bass. Oh, it was also loud, so wonderfully loud. "I feel like I just got off a roller-coaster," some kid next to me replied. That happens after a good noise show.
Godspeed had some noisy moments themselves. Some of their songs struck me as being a little sloppy, and a few of the songs I didn't recognize. Overall, they were very much what I was expecting from reading previous reviews of their shows over the years. The band came out on stage one by one, and at the end of the set, exited the same way. Behind them played various clips - burning buildings, factories pouring out smoke and steam, pictures from religious texts, hand-writing, ect.
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