Panda Bear (2 Viewers)

[Jill Hives]

I couldn't really give a toss about Panda Bear (my oul pair thought it was some kids entertainment thing), can't wait to see Kurt Vile.

Hives, take my arm and let us hop aboard the Freak Train, yes?

I'm already on it! He was so good playing to about 25 people last December. I'm hoping the band is with him again.

 

[worthit]

Great gig. Kurt Vile was deadly. He had a great guitar sound. Panda Bear was great. Nice short sets too. I only got there to see Angkorwat say goodbye. Was she good?

 

[Jill Hives]

Enjoyed Kurt despite him being on his own. I preferred the gig with the band to get the fullness of the songs.
Panda BORE.
I will never understand. Nope. Never. Maybe I needed drugs.

 

[old]

I like Person Pitch but I'll have to add Panda Bear live to things I don't understand either.
Monotonous beats, meandering, no variety. Lasted 2.5 songs of Kurt Vile. Ah well.

 

[Stan Bowles]

It wasn't great.

Kurt Vile was terrible, does he put on that Bob Dylan singing voice for a bet or something?

Panda Bear had maybe three good songs, rest was average at best.

All in all, meh.

 

[Jill Hives]

It wasn't great.

Kurt Vile was terrible, does he put on that Bob Dylan singing voice for a bet or something?

Panda Bear had maybe three good songs, rest was average at best.

All in all, meh.

Bob Dylan, I don't get that comparison but I if that was anyone's first introduction to Kurt I wouldn't be surprised if they were underwhelmed. The songs are so much better with the full band and the albums are damn good imho.

 

[Richie]

I think the new Panda Bear stuff that made up about 90% of his set is still work-in-progress.. minus most of the layering that he normally puts on his recordings the repetetiveness in the song structures was very apparent. Still enjoyed the opening and closing sections but agree that it did become monotonous after a while. Kurt Vile's set was pleasant but didn't really grab me, seems like it'd take a bit of living with to really get into.

 

[Unicron]

I thought it was superb.

 

[CinnamonBoy]

Panda Bear was just dull. It'd be great music if it had've been 4am in some sunny beach paradise and we were all coming down from a night of pills but 10pm on a Friday evening in March and it was just shite. Kurt Vile was good though he needed his band and he's also The Nicest Man in Rock. We bought him a pint of Guinness but he was so humble and friendly I wanted to bring him home and keep him as my pet.

 

[coast to coast]

It wasn't great.

Kurt Vile was terrible, does he put on that Bob Dylan singing voice for a bet or something?

Panda Bear had maybe three good songs, rest was average at best.

All in all, meh.

Dylan is a far better singer than Kurt Vile to be fair! His performance was fairly poor I thought, though I like some of his songs on record, it didn't work for me at all last night. All those mingin chorusy-phasing effects on semi-acoustic guitar (with a cut away) - bleugh! I did like his 90s metaller hair though.

Panda Bear was very trippy. I enjoyed it, but I kinda knew exactly what it was going to be like having listened to that bootleg. Like Richie said, the recorded version will probably be a lot less sparse.

 

[Moods For Mallards]

Very divisive, these Animal Collective lads.
I like approximately one song from every album I've heard, which correlates roughly to the percentage of people who enjoy their live shows.
I wasn't there.

 

[coast to coast]

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edit:
why won't that come up as a video?

edit iv:
i know why. incompetence!

 

[warcam]

I thought it was superb.

Me too, really enjoyed Panda Bear despite having had reservations about how good his live show could be.
Great sound and nicely worked visuals added to it. I'm looking forward to the new record.

Kurt Vile was disappointing, really lethargic, all the songs seems slower than on record. It was like he had just woken up on the couch after a heavy session the night before and walked straight on stage.

 

[GrumpyEditor]

Dear Noah Lennox,

I'd appreciate a set longer than 60 minutes next time.

Sincerely,

GrumpyEditor.

PS - If anyone knows the annoying loud black haired girl who stood front of stage left and shouted to her mates through mostly every song please feel free to give her a clip round the ear as she's a bint.

 

[worthit]

All bands should play 60 minute sets. Am I the only person who starts to want gigs to end around the 60 minute mark regardless of how incredible the band are?

 

[ernesto]

All bands should play 60 minute sets. Am I the only person who starts to want gigs to end around the 60 minute mark regardless of how incredible the band are?

yes.

 

[worthit]

I win then

 

[GrumpyEditor]

yes.

I hate agreeing with people generally (and ernesto in particular) but he's right.

I pay money to see a band, I expect more than an hour. Even the Pixies played for over an hour for feck's sake.

 

[jimmybreeze]

I enjoyed the shit out of that gig,it seemed massively divisive though,most people seemed to leave it either fairly confused or slightly nauseated

 

[Jill Hives]

I was just bewildered. Like even the people watching was boring as all fuck. It was like the whole room took valium and fell asleep while standing like cattle.