Looks like it will be a pretty late night for Webster Hall. The Field are scheduled for 10 and !!! at 11.

Man I'm getting old!

FREE SHOW @ THE CAKE SHOP TONIGHT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

RIDING IN A FUK BALLOON!

Try not to miss the Roulette Sisters, going on right before Pink Nasty at Pete's Candy Store. True NYC treat!!

Who's this Black Mountain? What other bands could you compare their sound to?

jay reatard played an ultra short set last night...he was pissed.

didnt sound nearly as good as the live stuff ive heard him do.

huh? jay ALWAYS plays a 18 minute set! last night was no exception. great sweaty fun show. more please. can't wait to see him again during CMJ.

anyone going to the national tonight?

"anyone going to the national tonight?"

It's sold out, so my guess is "yes"

"The band is a psychedelic amalgamation of Neil Young and Buffalo Springfield, Led Zeppelin, Jimi Hendrix, Pink Floyd, the Velvet Underground, and Black Sabbath."
http://www.thewaxmuseum.bc.ca/jwab/index.html

someone just sent me this too. I'm not familiar with Joshua Radin, but he's playing a "secret show" at Rockwood tonight:

http://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=2871686&blogID=318068035

he played the Elton John tribute at Carnegie Hall last night.

from Mercury Lounge box office:

St. Vincent 8pm
The National 9pm

meeting taco time in the fuk balloon

jay fucking reatard.

!!! !!! !!!

this rain sux

!!! even though getting there will make me cold.

jay reatard @ death by audio - the cheapest, only all ages show he's doing in the city this month

oh yeah, plus meneguar, who haven't played brooklyn in 2 months and wont for another 2

Jay Reatard!!! He melted a Cobra onstage last night....amazing.

That Jay Reatard Cobra melting trick blew my mind. Where did he learn to do that? That's some tribal shit right there.

jay retard is wrestling a badger out at DBA - then he said he'll wear the dead badger as a hat for his show next week - provided he wins.

anyone want to split a cab from webser hall to studio b?

iv got an extra ticket for !!!

just buy me 2 drinks and we can call it even

ill bring the dance moves

anyone else hear about the national at highline ballroom monday night??

The National killed tonight. And they did a duet with St. Vincent on Green Gloves that sounded really good.

Terminal 5 is alright - much better than Roselands. It's huge though and the stage seems really, really big.

how AWESOME WAS THAT FUK BALOON????

I stil have smile!

Terminal 5 was cool..looked like there was a leak in the roof..

Not to beat a dead horse, but Reatard is pretty fucking unstoppable at this point

The National kicked ass.

Terminal 5 is still under construction it seemed like.

terminal 5 is easily the best of the big midtown venues. it didnt even seem that big. the decor was lacking though. just a sea of newly painted drywall.

I can't believe this was designed by the guys who did the Bowery Ballroom. The sightlines are horrendous on all three floors for anyone who doesn't show up at least an hour before the headliners. Sound is too loud on the 3rd floor and you can't hear anything on the 2nd floor middle bar area. Wanted to love the National so much but the superlarge venue took so much away. Course, I saw David Yow's "'tight n' shiny'" Tuesday and PJ Harvey last night so anything afterwards is going to be a letdown.

i would have liked to have seen !!! but wont support any band that cunt robin taylor works with.

Terminal 5 is a good venue, the sound was solid on the main floor, the 2nd and 3rd floors were only worth it if you were there an hour before and grabbed a rail seat, but the main floor was open enough. Much, much better than Roseland ever was/is.

As i suspected from being at Terminal 5 for a few things before it was Terminal 5, the place is a terrible venue for concerts. Don't believe these jackasses above saying how cool it was and great it was and so much better than roseland. These are dummies. The sound is not good at all. Sightlines are awful unless you are right up front or you get there so early to get by the rails on the 2nd and 3rd floor. Granted Roseland is not a great place either, the sound is much better there and at least if you are in the back you can see something. They really did not do much to change the place from before. You can put a silk hat on a pig but it's still a pig. Terminal 5 is gonna make you cry that all the bands you love who can and should play at Webster wont be there anymore.

I thought Terminal 5 was overall pretty nice. It was a hike to get there (just keep walking towards the Hudson, you'll land at Terminal 5 just before you fall in the river), and the place smelled of fresh paint, but it seemed like a really big bowery ballroom.

I wasn't up on the Balconies, but I'm sure the sightlines sucked if you were more than a row or two back. But who cares? The Balcony is usually the place where the assholes who want to chat during the set go anyway.

The decor... well... there wasn't much. I'm sure in the coming weeks they'll be adding some little flourishes. Right now it's pretty bare bones.

There are three bars, which is nice... not much of a wait for booze. The beer is overpriced, as I would have expected. Not too bad though. $6 domestic/$7 import. The merch table is cute... although getting out of that place sucked. They put up barricades on the sidewalks as to herd you out like cattle.

Last, but certainly not least, the sound. Well, it wasn't great. But this was the first show there. It was a little muddy and the bass was overpowering, but not unlistenable. Although, I'm no audiophile. My guess is, is that it will improve with time. Not a horrible start though.

Terminal 5 is definitely a nice alternative to Roseland... Hammerstein is probably the best still.

oh, and the National and St. Vincent were great, as always.

!!! love the sexy ugly. i only wish i could dance like that. sooooooooooooooooooooo fun.

rocked the shit said:
"I'm sure the sightlines sucked if you were more than a row or two back. But who cares? "

"the sound. Well, it wasn't great. But this was the first show there. It was a little muddy and the bass was overpowering, but not unlistenable. Although, I'm no audiophile. My guess is, is that it will improve with time. Not a horrible start though."

Yeah who gives a shit if you cant see unless you are the 1% who makes it up in the front. Yeah no one really cares to go to a show to actually see as well as hear the band.
And sorry non audiophile, sound doesnt get better over time. This is what it sounds like and it aint good

Yeah kids Terminal 5 is awesome. You cant see the band and the sound is muddy. Rocked the shit seems full of crap.

well at least I'm not a pompous asshole like Anon 9:29.

What's wrong with you people? I was on the floor in the middle and I am an audiofile and the sound, perhaps a hair too loud, was pretty damn good. I'm not a big Bowery presents supporter, but there is no denying it's a better venue than Roselands.

When the National played 5 nights at Bowery, that was honestly the peak for me...Terminal 5 is a symbol for the expanding popularity of indie rock...Why do you think bands love playing at the Bowery Ballroom? the crowd is more intimate and for a band like the National, it is exactly what you need. For anyone who saw the National for the first time last night, I suggest you see them in a tighter knit venue with better acoustics. Berringer just wasn't that into it last night, he was just going through the motions.

When the National played 5 nights at Bowery, that was honestly the peak for me...Terminal 5 is a symbol for the expanding popularity of indie rock...Why do you think bands love playing at the Bowery Ballroom? the crowd is more intimate and for a band like the National, it is exactly what you need. For anyone who saw the National for the first time last night, I suggest you see them in a tighter knit venue with better acoustics. Berringer just wasn't that into it last night, he was just going through the motions.

"well at least I'm not a pompous asshole like Anon 9:29."

Posted by rocked the shit | October 12, 2007 9:38 AM

You can't be pompous when you are a shit fer brains
Believe me you were never in jeopardy of being called pompous.

"What's wrong with you people? I was on the floor in the middle and I am an audiofile and the sound, perhaps a hair too loud, was pretty damn good. I'm not a big Bowery presents supporter, but there is no denying it's a better venue than Roselands."

Posted by Anonymous | October 12, 2007 10:04 AM

First of all its ROSELAND. And umm no, just wrong. The statement you make above shows clearly you are not an audiophile.

Yoda: I've seen them eight times (including last night). Berringer was just as into it last night as he was when they opened for AF, at the Bowery or at any of the other shows I've seen them at. You're just too cool for the National now because you're not the only person who likes them anymore. Better find something more obscure - stat.

The Qui show rocked. The guy who took that picture btw also got a face full of David Yow's crotch. He grabbed the guy by the back of the head and buried his face in his crotch for a minute or 2. Now was that picture worth it?

Hey 10:26. You're extremely mature. Sorry that I put an "S" at the end of the name. I assure you I was going to shows when you still had a curfew. You're just another a-hole who refuses to allow for differences of opinion.

"Berringer just wasn't that into it last night, he was just going through the motions."

Maybe because they're now racking up their 4th stop in some towns since Boxer came out. Most places were lucky to get them once on any of the previous records.

I strongly doubt it's because he had any qualms about the fucking venue.

"Hey 10:26. You're extremely mature. Sorry that I put an "S" at the end of the name. I assure you I was going to shows when you still had a curfew. You're just another a-hole who refuses to allow for differences of opinion.

Posted by Anonymous | October 12, 2007 10:32 AM"

Hahaha, Idiot

Why are people starting shit on these comment boards? Do you want to "throw down" or something?

It's a lot easier to be a complete dick when you're typing anonymously on a blog. The same asshole who's been calling everyone an idiot on this thread, is really tough. Really tough. I hope he feels pretty good about himself, too.

anyone go to the division day show at union hall? how were they?

!!! were great last night. Such a fun show.

it was depressing watching !!!. the crowd wasn't that into it and neither were they. intensify wasn't intense. i should have let their performance at coachella be my last !!! show, instead, i ruined their perfect record with last night's horrific show.

i think they're just tired of touring.

well digitalism was great!

"When the National played 5 nights at Bowery, that was honestly the peak for me...Terminal 5 is a symbol for the expanding popularity of indie rock"

conversely, maybe the National "is a symbol for the expanding popularity of indie rock"