Chicagoist: Re-Viewed: Tomorrow Never Knows with French Kicks, Headlights, Skybox, Eagle Seagull

sushi sashimi

Tue, 16 Jan 2007 18:14:48 -0600

i think it's because the other bands got soundchecks and headlights didn't. i thought the sound was bad from up front.

Actually Listened

Fri, 12 Jan 2007 18:23:31 -0600

Are you kidding? Not only was that not a Tom Waits cover, it was nothing remotely close to "Bone Machine", which is, incidentally, an ALBUM not a song by Tom Waits. It is, however, a song by The Pixies, which it also didn't sound like. Love the site, Chicagoist, but if you're going to let people judge other people's art, a basic working knowledge of the genre ought to be required. (not to mention basic high-school writing skills.... "we thought to ourselves if this was for real"??)

Julene

Fri, 12 Jan 2007 16:30:35 -0600

It's interesting that you would use the phrase "sound like an idiot" for reading something.

oh no you didn't

Fri, 12 Jan 2007 16:16:38 -0600

"They"? Ah, the accidental humor of chicagoist writers. You've been interchanging pronouns in posts for so long that you can't help but sound like a 5 year old when making a simple correction. It's a safe bet that comments are written by individuals (me, she), not groups of people (we, us, they, them). When a writer here uses "we" to refer to your own opinions, you sound like an idiot, or the queen of england. i'm not sure which is worse.

Mr. Smith

Fri, 12 Jan 2007 11:27:43 -0600

Or maybe they understood that typos and grammar are two different things?

matty

Fri, 12 Jan 2007 11:19:19 -0600

Maybe you didn't get the multi-layered use of irony in my post.

Dum McAss

Fri, 12 Jan 2007 09:45:36 -0600

Matty pot=kettle=black=you

matty

Thu, 11 Jan 2007 19:45:06 -0600

The grammewr, in this post that someone wrote is atrocoius. No really that was awful. Lern to read good morans!

Mr. Smith

Thu, 11 Jan 2007 18:20:19 -0600

I stood in front of the sound board most of the night, including Headlights set. Their sound was muddied for almost all of it. I rarely experience sound problems at Schuba's though so I'm not sure what was up, esp. since all the rest of the bands that night sounded just fine. Love the album though. Eagle*Seagull felt like Devo + Roxy Music / Arcade Fire. Skybox was a jangly, crazy noise and I enjoyed them much more than I thought I would. Both bands are definitely worth watching. French Kicks? If I wanted to see a boring version of The Changes I'd...well, I'd go see French Kicks again. I'm looking forward to Saturday.

Julene

Thu, 11 Jan 2007 16:53:53 -0600

Their mics were messed up for the first song - I think they upped the sound after that and it was a little better.

Olivia Leigh

Thu, 11 Jan 2007 16:49:56 -0600

My date for the evening had to get going, but we decided to stay for at least two of the French Kicks songs, and, well, that's all we stayed for. I love, love, love Headlights, and they were actually the band we came to see. However, we were standing in the front, and I don't know if there was something wrong with Erin's mic, but we could not hear her at all, which made it a bit disappointing. Super cute, though, and I'd definitely go see them again. I loved Eagle*Seagull. Awesome.

doppler

Thu, 11 Jan 2007 16:41:07 -0600

The French Kicks weren't into it, and neither was the crowd. Headlights on the other hand... I'm listening to their album right now :)