I did wind up loving Tigercity several months later. Too bad I didn't arrive early or it could've been my show of the year. The rare great triple bill.

I look forward to the Five Things contingent despising Tigercity tonight.

i hate them already.

If you guys are gonna talk through their set, at least stand back by the bar like proper douchebags.

can we yell your name from the back of the room?

I hope my volleyball game at 7:30 tonight gets rained out so there's no issue with me getting in.
I'm heading there straight after if not.

Don't worry yancy, if I hate them, I'll be hoarding the megatouch machine.
Need to keep my Jumbo Safari record intact.

i play on sundays...and am anxiously awaiting the sunday schedule of p4k as my game that night is at 7pm...

Simakos AND Bobzilla, I see you both boarding right now

Why aren't you at the Empty Bottle yet?

I keep feeling like with every bite of these Trader Joe's Taquitos, I am running a greater risk of not getting in.

YOU PEOPLE SHOULD GO THERE NOW SO THAT WHEN I WALK OUT IN LIKE AMINUTE I AM NOT THE ONLLY WEIRDO IN THERE!!!!!!!

GOOOOOOOOOOO)00000POOO!

Hey guys. Good to see you all tonight, I had fun. Not as much fun as you guys are having right now getting drunk with those Scott's I'm sure. First time seeing them was at Do Division and I enjoyed it but after absorbing the album for the past week this was a really good show. And they dedicated a song to simakos!

Side note, Derek was totally won over by Tigercity tonight.

Edit: Holy shit, who is this band on Conan right now? Is this what kids listen to today?

PIIIIIIIIIIIIINS!!!!!!

show was really good...i think once these guys start playing more shows and get a little tighter and play venues with better sound (schubas) they will be a great live act to see...the sound wasnt fantastic tonite...you miss a bunch of the intricacies of the songs that i really enjoy on the ablum like on modern leper...but overall really good show...tigercity on the other hand made me almost want to shoot myself...it was like a bad version of the killer meeting the beegees...eeecchhkkk....

did anyone stay for OC...i wanted to but was really tired...

Dunno where you were standing, but FR sounded phenomenal to me over in front of the steps.

me and wolfgang and our friends were near the front of the bar right by that entranceway to the bathrooms...the steps is the best place for sound at the bottle though so im sure it sounded better from your vantage point

Two words: Drum riser.

yeah i couldnt see him at all...except at the end when he threw his sticks down at his kit

If two things can best describe last night for me, it is this....



and this email i just received from my roommate who I basically told had to go to the show last night....



And if there's anything else I can say, it's that Frightened Rabbit are the nicest guys in the world. Just sincerely nice and genuine. I remain impressed that Scott remembered my name after the two brief minutes I spoke with him at DoDivision. Seriously. Awesome awesome guys.

ugh... head hurts.

should i go back to sleep or call them and go have lunch with them at Hot Doug's?

If your head hurts, imagine Grant's.

Hot Doug's, by far though. Sounds soo good right now, and it will put you right back to sleep.

I'm just gonna have to make do with some Billy Goat.

pick me up something sausagy!

actually gonna sit right down and have some leftover spaghetti and meat sauce.

great show last night....oh to be young and in a touring rock band.

Holy jeebus is this good.

Slackmo, you haven't heard this yet?

I knew this was coming.

No, I'm listening to it for the first time right now. And holy effing effballs is it better than I expected.

Wait, they play this at Urban Outfitters? Never mind, then. It's crap. I hate it.

Last night's show was probably the best of the five that I've seen. Best-ever performances of "My Backwards Walk" and "Keep Yourself Warm." And "Go-Go Girls" just killed, especially for a song that they supposedly don't like playing. Good call, Simakos. They, Scott and Grant particularly, just throw all that they have into their performance. Enough to soak their shirts through after 50 minutes. I had a good vantage point to see Grant in action through the set, and he is so uninhibited in his playing and singing, that it's hard not to smile just looking at him.

Afterwards, Scott changed his shirt, said his hellos to the SOMB crew, and intently and enthusiastically watched Oxford Collapse's entire set from the floor. Very cool.

I don't recall ever seeing a drum riser on the Empty Bottle stage.

I don't get the hate for Tigercity, but then I have a soft spot for that faux-soul-disco-pop thing that they do. The singer still drives me nuts with his nervous pacing of the stage, and the rest of the band look like stoner metal dudes, but who cares when the tunes and the grooves are so good.

Oxford Collapse only hit me in bits and pieces, and apparently most of the rest of the Bottle crowd too, as the room was 80% empty by the end of their set. I was tired though. Would have liked to have stayed for the after party shenanigans, but I was spent. A fine night out. AGAIN. I don't think with thee Rabbits it could ever not be so.

everything Bob says, i agree with (except for that Tigercity nonsense).

just had lunch at Hot Doug's with all of the rabbitz and crew. i didn't get a per diem... maybe next tour. Grant seemed to be recovering from all of those birthday shots quite nicely. they are just such a bunch of sweet guys. said they should be back to play again in October sometime. i got the impression that they really felt something special was going on with that packed house last nite. they love this town.

when they dedicated Go-Go Girls to me last nite, i pretty much turned into a giddy little girl.

The Mrs. wanted me to ask if you had a slumber party with them after DoDivision.

i hope they make it a weekend next time so more of us can participate in the after show festivities

Simakos about Tigercity: "This band is GAY."
Me: "I know why Yancy likes them now."

Really fun show though, despite dragging ass all morning thanks to the Continental. So jealous of all who didn't have to work.
Bob OTM about "Backwards Walk" and "Keep Yourself Warm" though.
I'm really coming around to loving "Old Old Fashioned" too, thought it sounded great last night.

i really wanna see these guys at schubas...better sound...and i can see more...

dude...trust me, you don't want any part of that.

lolz

Simakos, you didn't get a copy of the show last night, did you?

no... it would have been a really cool one to have though, huh? with that shout out and everything... too bad.

Yeah, with that shout out and all, you could have been immortalized in mp3 format forever and ever

Still, the memories will last a lifetime

and so the 3 show chicago residency comes to a close. what do i have to look forward to now?

i already miss them...

you get Jay twice in like a month and a half

that's something

yeah, Jay with King Khan!

When threads collide.

mental note: never go to Hot Doug's on a Friday ever again... we waited in line for at least 30 minutes before getting to order.

30 minutes on a Friday afternoon is nothing. Just be glad the weather was nice. Did the Scots enjoy their sausages?

yep.... Grant even bought a t-shirt.

So, colour me a convert: this album is fucking phenomenal.

pretty much

Seriously... My Backwards Walk? Fast Blood? The Modern Leper? Good Arms vs. Bad Arms? There's some passion in this album that's been sorely lacking from most of what else I've heard from this year. After a few listens, this may be my #2 so far behind Microcastle.

Welcome to the club.

Seriously, there have been very few records released that I can think of that are half as beautiful yet heartbreaking and tragic as Midnight Organ Flight.

I've sort of given spinning it a break as of late just for fear of growing tired of it, but yeah. This thing has become not only my favorite disc of 08, but easily one of if not my favorite album of the decade. Everything about it is as perfect as music gets to me.

"And you're not ill
And I'm not dead
And doesn't that make us the perfect pair?"

Why won't our love keel over
As it chokes on a bone?
And we can mourn its passing
And then bury it in snow

Everytime I listen to this new lyrics jump out at me. I've gotten everyone I know hooked on this shit.

Thanks Simakos! I need to go listen to their first album. I never really got into it when you posted it a few years back.

prolly my favorite line of the album