What's going on Friday?

Star F*cking Hipsters isn't playing with Leftover Crack anymore. Rabia is playing instead.

Das Racist at The Annex w/ Leif. 8pm.

The Germs at Asbury Lanes.

anyone knows set times for sonic youth? thanks!

ROCK FIGHT!

My Other Friend vs. J.A.C.K.

9pm

Union Pool

SY starts at 11:15 pm

1:33pm is lying. I would assume

Opening Band 8-840pm
Sonic Youth 9:10-10:40

Apparently Woodsist Fest Friday moved into Market Hotel

p4k just announced daft punk is releasing cassette demos via woodsist

About to start raining

Sonic Youth had better be awesome tonight for how much the tickets cost--like Sister-in-its-entirety awesome.

market hotel?

conor oberst in new haven, just a short drive up 95. I'm going.

From Todd P's site...

Hello NYC Monsoon Season Friends!
The weather report is looking like Friday (today) is going to be a stormy day, but Saturday is looking clear and beautiful across the board!
Here’s what that means for Woodsist / Captured Tracks fest: THE FEST IS STILL HAPPENING!
Woodsist/CT Fest –FRIDAY– (2nite) is being moved indoors to MARKET HOTEL, & the set times will be 45 minutes earlier than advertised.

Please Todd P show's being 45 minutes being earlier.....I can guarantee it will be running late as usual for all his shows. Just show up at least 30-45 minutes later than set times listed already. He's just trying you to buy his $5 mix drinks that he paid $13 for in total.

P.S. Everyone should be going to Sonic Youth show instead anyway.....they're going on at 9pm!!! Oh wait hipsters are lazy to take the train uptown....or don't have the money to pay for the ticket

Sonic Youth > any bands playing Woodsist Fest

amen to that

But whatever you do with your time folks, please make it more productive than creating yet another useless string of Todd P bashing BV posts.

@Un:Art:IG - Holy shit...the sound quality you've got on that Health footage is awesome! What the hell kinda mic is on your camera? Or were you plugged directly into the sound board?

Ok Blackhat please go back to working for Todd P at minimum wage...or wait to get in free for his shows that he books same bands over and over again?

Please help yourself before saying don't bash Todd P...for example, Sean Agnew is one of the best best promoters. Go support his shows at www.r5productions.com He books shows in every genre possible, not the same bands.

blackhat I'll second that - and I can vouch that Torsten was standing behind the PA speaker when he shot - which says something about the efficiency of the monitors that night.

Myself - I had an MD plugged into the board - unfortunately someone lifted it.. so that audio is out there somewhere..

The "soundboard" at the Market Hotel is nothing more than a little 8-track mixing board. Often the guitar amps on stage and the drums are barely (if at all) mic'd, since they are so loud in the room already. A soundboard mix from that venue would be completely unbalanced and mostly vocals.

Un:Art uses a high-end microphone on his camera. I believe its a Neumann mic.

@Anon3:21/3:57 - Uhm...for one thing, I live in Brooklyn...not Philly, so regularly supporting Sean's shows would be a little difficult. Or are you suggesting that I spend the travel time and money to trek to Philly just to possibly save a few bucks on a door charge?!? Speaking of which, I make more than minimum wage at my job (which, as if I had to say, has nothing to do with Todd P), so I really don't mind forking over a reasonable door charge to help support indie bands and promoters. Perhaps you do.

the market hotel is disgusting

No Blackhat...I'm just saying I've never been to Todd P show where the show has run on time. It's always late. Second I'm trying to say he books the same bands over and over. It's tad boring so I'm not saying you have to go to Philly to support R5 shows, but you shouldn't say I can't bash Todd P for his shows sometimes. Like stupid sliding scale that he has sometimes with Health show, hipster door boy was asking would you like to pay $10 or $20....shitty rule. People would obviously pay $10 to save money and no bands Todd P books is worth $20 in my opinion. Be realistic and start booking bands that make the trip to Market Hotel or wherever it is worth while. Lastly don't be charging $5 mix drink or Blue Moon at shitty venues he books at.

Sonic Youth.

booom booom pow wow-- number suck

???He's just trying you to buy his $5 mix drinks that he paid $13 for in total.

P.S. Everyone should be going to Sonic Youth show instead anyway.....they're going on at 9pm!!! Oh wait hipsters are lazy to take the train uptown....or don't have the money to pay for the ticket

Alright buddy. Id go see Sonic Youth, but Ive already seen them play over 30 times so I can maybe skip it. You dont think the venue they are playing at is making a killing off of drinks?

@12:30 - J.A.C.K. for the win!!

Anyone else think SY was pretty boring tonight? New record just doesn't cut it and that venue is terrible...

Sonic Youth setlist anyone?

Wasn't there tonight, but United Palace has awful sound if you're in the back or even midway. Never go if you don't have orchestra tickets.

vocals at the sonic youth show were awful, and i was very close to the soundboard.

overall, show was pretty good. venue, not so much.

p.s. are they selling *shots* of beer for $7 a pop?

Sonic Youth setlist tonight was 11 of the 12 songs from The Eternal along with Tom Violence and Catholic Block in the main set. Opened with Sacred Trickster-No Way-Calming The Snake. Closed with Thunderclap For Bobby Pyn. First encore was What We Know and Pacific Coast Highway. Second encore was Brother James and Death Valley '69. The vocals were a little muddy on some of the tracks but they played great. The new songs sounded excellent live and the encores, especially the second one, were amazing.

^world looks red was also part of the main set. pretty sure it was the closer?
good SY show. not a big fan of the eternal but most of the songs were more exciting Live. i was thankful to hear a different batch of songs from the ones theyve been playing last few years. united palace is easily the worst venue in town but SY made me forget where i was, as they generally do. love that band!

any reports from woodsist fest? curious how it went down

It was a beautiful evening for music outdoors. Too bad they moved the festival into that cruddy building.

Sonic Youth sucked. The Eternal + 5 older songs? Lame. I'm sure all the guys with their cameras and blackberry's taking pictures and video really enjoyed it.

well, their last few years of tours have been rather ripped + a few tracks off daydream nation.

Anon 12:48 you obviously don't know shit about SY because they always heavily support their newest album.

I got there at 7:45 and bought second row center seats off a scalper for $30 each. Great night!

if you really wanted to hear great music - you would go to the Feelies.

Correct setlist and running order via the SY message board.

Sacred Trickster
No Way
Calming the Snake
Poison Arrow
Tom Violence
Walkin Blue
Anti-Orgasm
Leaky Lifeboat
Antenna
Catholic Block
Malibu Gas Station
Massage the History
World Looks Red

Encore 1
What We Know
Pacific Coast Highway

Encore 2
Brother James
Death Valley '69

Market Hotel:

-"What did weather.com ever do for anyone anyway?"

-Bands didn't want to cooperate with the tight "everything 45 minutes earlier" schedule which Todd P audible'd last minute. Soundchecking interminable. Not so loosey goosey, but I gets the bands "felt the moment."

-"... tear us was apart" a real lyric, not a cover,' from one of the bands tonight.

neon jesus kiss my face

Anyone go to the Feelies the past two nights?
1) Any tickets being sold at the door or outside?
2) What time did they go on?
3) How long do they play for each set?
4) Any merch?

Thanks!

sound at Woodsist fest last night was solid, don't really get why the jackals pounce every time there's an opportunity to shit on Todd P shows or the Market Hotel. You will not find diy done more efficiently or intelligently. What him and his team accomplish with no budget and just a ragtag bunch of volunteers is kind of staggering.

My guess is half the hater posts are jealous industry schmucks and guys in bands who wish they were playing his shows but aren't good enough, and the other half are uptight indie yuppies who want every show to end by 11pm and hate the seedy vibe.

"The "soundboard" at the Market Hotel is nothing more than a little 8-track mixing board."

for the record, this is not true at all.

I have tickets for the Feelies on 7/4. If interested email me at
sale-namqs-1253113888@craigslist.org

Having seen the little board of the Market Hotel up close on a number of occasions, it most certainly is that size. That is, unless its been "upgraded" in the last few months.

Picked up advance tickets for Woodsist Fest expecting two nights of outdoor shows. Last night was a lovely summer evening, so you can imagine my disappointment to see that the bands were moved inside to the Market Hotel. Even though the shows were advertised as rain or shine. The move might not have been too bad during other times of the year, but even on a mild July night, the Market Hotel was a not comfortable 100 degrees. And the stifling atmosphere was not helped by folks routinely smoking. The sound was just adequate, although between song banter from the stage could not be heard past the first few rows of people. The bathrooms bring back fond memories of CBGB's, however, on the plus side, the beer selection was good and reasonably priced.

But I'd have preferred standing outside hearing music in the "Broadway Backyard", as advertised, rather than inside that dilapidated structure.

Nice review of the Market Hotel---what about the bands? What about the fucking music?

"Picked up advance tickets for Woodsist Fest expecting two nights of outdoor shows. Last night was a lovely summer evening, so you can imagine my disappointment to see that the bands were moved inside to the Market Hotel. Even though the shows were advertised as rain or shine. The move might not have been too bad during other times of the year, but even on a mild July night, the Market Hotel was a not comfortable 100 degrees. And the stifling atmosphere was not helped by folks routinely smoking. The sound was just adequate, although between song banter from the stage could not be heard past the first few rows of people. The bathrooms bring back fond memories of CBGB's, however, on the plus side, the beer selection was good and reasonably priced.

But I'd have preferred standing outside hearing music in the "Broadway Backyard", as advertised, rather than inside that dilapidated structure."

Sonic Youth were okay. The Entrance Band fucking sucked.

apparently the music was negligible.. unsurprising given the mediocre lineup.. looking forward to oh sees tonight though!

The Feelies were excellent last night! they are playing tonight too!

sonic youth should play Market Hotel in the fall once this tour is over. or a secret show.

"Nice review of the Market Hotel---what about the bands? What about the fucking music?"

psychedelic horseshit: is on some mission to JAM right out of the gate and provoke people to the most annoying extent possible with screeching "textures" and phenomenally bad rap interludes (not kidding) from someone who i thought was the roadie. they ruled at less artists more condos, and have sucked at union pool (mr. whitehurst was wasted) and last night (he was sober, but snotty). the sad part is i really like the albums. i'll just skip PH shows, put on the record and save myself sight of the acting like a prick to the soundguy in the middle of the set.

mayfair set - dee dee is the cover of Goo come to life, and you don't just roll out of bed like that! yes they're the band that has the chorus about stuff tearing them apart, which i guess is supposed to be an homage? folk and rap music all builds on straight up lifted elements from those that went before, why not noise-pop?

blank dogs - set their songs on 'uptempo party time speed.' a little underwhelmed, but i'm shallow would've probably more impressed if they'd actually wear those masks! sniper and co. just look too well fed for the music they play.

here we go magic was amazing. they sounded so much better than when they opened for grizzly bear.

lorren conners/allen licht review anyone?

market hotel sounds better than most similar sized venues in most towns, and far better than most diy spaces. in new york (some) people are just entitled snobs.

no the system there isn't a million dollar system, but then the system at santos is a million dollar system and that place can sound like an airplane hanger at the bottom of a well when bands play.

market hotel always sounds better than that spot, maybe not always flawless, but pretty fucking fine. bands sound like they're supposed to sound at Market, all this bellyaching is a bunch of hot air.

It also certainly seems like the very existence of that place is for some reason bothersome to some frequent com enters on here, and their opinions are far from objective.

Was lucky enough to see the SY show in the front row. Had never ventured to United Palace before. The beers were ridiculously small and pricey. That said, the sound was good, the band was great and the crowd was into it. The Eternal is a solid LP.