Holy shit! That was an incredible show! I caught the Toadies at the new music hall last night. Probably the best show I've been to in the last few years.
the music hall itself looks ok, but there are some sound issues with it. the second floor has really nasty acoustics. I feel sorry for the clowns who got VIP and were stationed up there. Since all the surfaces are hard and flat, the bass was bouncing all over the place and made for a very boomy, muddy mess. Hopefully the builders will fix the problem and add some insulation. the sweet spot of the first floor for me was towards the back under the second floor balcony. The balcony cuts out much of the boom and you can finally hear the rest of the band.
THE SHOW: Highlight of the night without a doubt was "Tyler". they played it 3 songs into the set and the crowd went crazy. It was like a singing a christmas carol or something. Everyone sang and it was clear enough to hear every word. Fucking amazing! Then the other songs like "Possum Kingdom, Burn, and others got similar treatment. It was like hanging out with 4000 of your best drunk friends.
At the end of the show there were 2 encores. the first was a 4 song micro set that included doll Skin, and Burn. Doll Skin has a special relevance to me because a few years back I wrote a screenplay titled, "Dementia". the lead character is on a set to shoot a music video and has a psychotic episode, leading to some grisly encounters. the song Doll skin's first stanza is very much in the spirit of the script.
Another highlight was during the procession out of the music hall. The vibrations of the sound stuck with me for probably another 20 minutes and I couldn't stop smiling. All in all, a pretty fucking glorious night. If you love anything about music you HAVE to see this band!
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