may 1 - Freeland (live band) @ Rock and Roll Hotel

[daniella downs]

randomly saw this on adam freeland's myspace this morning -

1 May 2009 20:00
ROCK AND ROLL HOTEL - FREELAND LIVE BAND WASHINGTON DC, Washington DC

alex metric is there too.

im buying tickets. why the fuck not? 17 bones kinda sucks, but it's cheaper than both prodigy and tcm.

[IonaGlasscock, whatevs]

As in Adam Freeland??

[daniella downs]

yeah, his live band.

with alex metric opening i assume.

[IonaGlasscock, whatevs]

Interesting...

[sprklqueen]

I heard he had a band thing going on... might have to check this out

[Rican]

this is pretty cool other than the fact I can't stand Adam Feeland lol

[Broken Home]

what kind of music does his band play?

[sprklqueen]

Electro / Religious / Shoegaze ... lol

http://www.myspace.com/adamfreelandmusic

[Utopium]

WTF is shoegaze?

Music sounds okay on the myspace page so I may check it out if there isn't much else going on that night.

[Abduction]

Uh, have you ever seen his live band?

Let's put it this way, John Graham singing with Hybrid is better.

[daniella downs]

im sure its not amazing, but it will be passable.

and i do want to see alex metric.

[MINDPHUQ]

phuq

[sprklqueen]

WTF is shoegaze?

Music sounds okay on the myspace page so I may check it out if there isn't much else going on that night.

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music to stare at your shoes by because you're too shy/geeky/insecure to actually look at a girl or :gasp: dance?

[RevisionC]

WTF is shoegaze?

Music sounds okay on the myspace page so I may check it out if there isn't much else going on that night.

Think of My Bloody Valentine.

Lots of guitar effects, weird vocal melodies. Basically bands standing pretty much motionless and looking at their effects pedals. More about what melodic noises they can make while still sounding good in a song.

[sprklqueen]

wow.. so it really is a genre?! lol My bad.. I took it for Brit humour


Shoegaze timeline (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shoegaze)

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[daniella downs]

wheather or not you think freeland's live band sucks (and i have no idea if it does or doesnt), it's a chance to see alex metric.

that enough sells the ticket for me. he is going to fucking destroy.

[spiggums]

wow.. so it really is a genre?! lol My bad.. I took it for Brit humour

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lol... I <3 a lot of Shoegaze stuff... Lush was easily one of my favorite bands in high school (and I still celebrate their entire catalog)


wheather or not you think freeland's live band sucks (and i have no idea if it does or doesnt), it's a chance to see alex metric.

that enough sells the ticket for me. he is going to fucking destroy.

yeah... that part has me sold on this one in a major way...

[daniella downs]

so you are going then?????


ALEX METRIC IS GOING TO FUCK SHIT UP.

[spiggums]

I will be there... yay.. I get to see Ian again... I miss your sweet sweet ass

[Cortex]

ALEX METRIC

Is he big? I love and own a ton of his tunes but I didn't that anyone else here had any idea who he was.

[zartan]

that shoegaze timeline rules... i love that shit, jesus and mary chain, ride, lush in particular.

[daniella downs]

Is he big? I love and own a ton of his tunes but I didn't that anyone else here had any idea who he was.

he used to be a techy breaks producer. made some insanely awesome breaks tunes.

now he makes big ass funky electro house tunes.

but if he started off with the house, tbh, i never woulda heard of him. his breaks tunes are techfunk class though.

[lupitanahsee]

that shoegaze timeline rules... i love that shit, jesus and mary chain, ride, lush in particular.

yeah, i used to rock the shit out of some catherine wheel lol

[badkitty3804]

I'm thinking I may have to hit this up.

[EIGHTYEIGHTDC]

not really feeling any of the tunes on the myspace page - but at least dude is trying to continue to develop new sounds instead of doing the same shit over and over.

[zartan]

yeah, i used to rock the shit out of some catherine wheel lol

oh shit catherine wheel!!

[daniella downs]

not really feeling any of the tunes on the myspace page - but at least dude is trying to continue to develop new sounds instead of doing the same shit over and over.

yeah tbh, i hope they play some of the stuff off the last freeland album.

at the end of the day, alex metric is the main reason to go to this show. it's his first time ever dj'ing in this area, and he does not dissapoint.

[Cortex]

he used to be a techy breaks producer. made some insanely awesome breaks tunes.

now he makes big ass funky electro house tunes.

but if he started off with the house, tbh, i never woulda heard of him. his breaks tunes are techfunk class though.


Werd, I had no idea he used to do breaks.

Beatport lists all his current tunes as Indie Dance / Nu Disco. Same as Moulinex - but both of them sound like overcompressed house tunes to me ;-)

I might check this show out - I've definitely been digging the housier side of the whole Indie Dance thing.

[empath]

lol... I <3 a lot of Shoegaze stuff... Lush was easily one of my favorite bands in high school (and I still celebrate their entire catalog)



yeah... that part has me sold on this one in a major way...
I like some shoegaze/slowcore stuff, too... like.. m83, and Godspeed You Black Emperor and Mogwai, and Sigur Ros, Belle and Sebastian, etc... I don't know what genre all that shit is, to be honest.. but its good..

[daniella downs]

Werd, I had no idea he used to do breaks.

Beatport lists all his current tunes as Indie Dance / Nu Disco. Same as Moulinex - but both of them sound like overcompressed house tunes to me ;-)

I might check this show out - I've definitely been digging the housier side of the whole Indie Dance thing.

yeah i dunno if beatport lists his breaks stuff as alex metric, or just metric (which he used to by).

the breaks stuff he did under the metric name is awesome.

also, he does breaks uner "what what what" and "metric & sick rick" (obviously)

if you listen to adam freeland's new solo stuff, i bet you can spot the similarities between it and alex metric.

i think this is going to be a fun show. randy, travis, myself, ed, and hopefully you and others are going, so it should be good times.

[Legba]

WTF is shoegaze?

Music sounds okay on the myspace page so I may check it out if there isn't much else going on that night.

Elaborate music with lots of feedback, so named because the players are intently staring at their shoes while playing it because of its intensity and how into it they are.

Sounds dumb but makes sense when you see a band like that.

Drone or doom metal are very shoegazey. Hit up wikipedia and then youtube some of the bands mentioned. I thought it was tard but then I got into doom and drone about two years ago and really like the stuff.

[spiggums]

so this is Friday... I managed to get free tickets for it... who all is going?

[*..*]

I caught Freeland at Burning Man this past year after Ana Sia. It was horrible, pop crap. It was Trentmoeller (who I have mad respect for), but incredibly cheesy. Such a shame that the man who made Colours has turned to drivel.

[spiggums]

I caught Freeland at Burning Man this past year after Ana Sia. It was horrible, pop crap. It was Trentmoeller (who I have mad respect for), but incredibly cheesy. Such a shame that the man who made Colours has turned to drivel.

which is all well and good... but I think most people in the thread who were talking abotu going were pretty much focused on the opener ;)

[daniella downs]

totally. although when asked if he was the opener, metric said he may open or close. he didnt know at that point. either way, he's the reason i'm going.

either way, definitely count me in. i may have an adegen with me as well.

[badkitty3804]

I will be hitting this up if I find out prior to Friday as to whether Freeland is on first or not.

Otherwise I'll just be hitting up Muse.

[sprklqueen]

I caught Freeland at Burning Man this past year after Ana Sia. It was horrible, pop crap. It was Trentmoeller (who I have mad respect for), but incredibly cheesy. Such a shame that the man who made Colours has turned to drivel.

Colours = Adam F (Fenton) - Drum n Bass
Freeland = Adam Freeland - Breaks
Two totally different people