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Monday, May 08, 2006
The five-piece touring version of Pinback hit Boston on Saturday night, cranking through 21 songs in about 90 minutes to a sold-out Paradise Lounge. I've been into 'em since 2001's Blue Screen Life, but bad timing and big-crowd aversion have kept me from seeing them live until now. Real glad I made the effort and braved the packed Saturday night show.  The band was pretty tight, you could tell they'd been on the road for a few weeks. They even pulled out 'Sender' for the first time on this tour, claiming they were going to 'fuck up real hard right now'. Which they didn't. Actually, the only time they bailed on a song wasn't even their fault; it was thanks to a stereotypically drunken frat-ish type who stormed the stage during 'Penelope' and started slurring non-sensically into Rob Crow's microphone. Rob's response was ace, though: "I'm sorry dude, Slapshot broke up, like, years ago." The stagediving pinhead got thrown out, although it sure took the Paradise bouncers long enough to do it.  The recording came out pretty well, thanks mostly to the excellent house mix. Whoever Pinback has on the road doing their sound has got their balance down. It's been awhile since I've heard the 'dise sound that good...  Pinback Live at The Paradise Boston, MA Saturday, May 6th, 2006 01. Bloods On Fire 02. The Yellow Ones 03. Syracuse 04. Non Photo-Blue 05. Microtonic Wave 06. Concrete Seconds 07. Boo 08. Soaked 09. Penelope 10. Talby / X.I.Y. 11. Offline P.K. 12. Tripoli 13. Shag 14. Loro 15. Fortress 16. a.f.k. encore... 17. banter 18. Prog 19. Sender 20. Manchuria 21. June  Opening 'band' Pleaseeasaur (one guy with lots of costumes, and another manning two overhead projectors) could easily have been annoying, but ended up winning me over with their over-the-top goofiness. Total artistic commitment to songs about Star Wars, pizza, and limo companies that would have fit right in on a James Kochalka Superstar double-bill. If you know James, you know what I'm talkin' about. According to Pleaseeasaur's site, they've just signed a multi-cd/dvd deal with Comedy Central, so you'll no doubt be hearing much more from them.  The Pinback tour continues tonight in Portland, Maine, then heads south and west, finishing up at the end of May in San Francisco. If you're at all into them, make sure you visit the excellent PinbackFreak site. Also check out this Rob Crow-centric fansite, or some new music from his Pinback partner Zach, who just released an EP under his solo moniker, Systems Officer.  He adds knowingly: If anyone has an issue with this live set being made available, just say the word (email link on left). Recorded with a Sony ECM-719 mic and a Sony MZ-RH10 minidisc, converted to .wav and then edited to 192kbps mp3s. fyi, these live mp3s are made available for just a few weeks, and are not reposted once removed. Labels: livemp3s  |
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