Pelican :aargh:!

Izzy · Post by **Izzy** » Sun Mar 23, 2008 1:28 am

Apr 14 2008 9:00P Launchpad Albuquerque, New Mexico
Apr 15 2008 9:45P Plush Tucson, Arizona
Apr 16 2008 8:00P House Of Blues San Diego, California
Apr 18 2008 8:00P House Of Blues Las Vegas, Nevada
Apr 19 2008 8:00P Marquee Tempe, Arizona
Apr 21 2008 8:00P Warehouse Live Houston, Texas
Apr 22 2008 8:00P Palladium Dallas, Texas
Apr 23 2008 8:00P Stubbs Austin, Texas
Apr 25 2008 8:00P Rocketown Nashville, Tennessee
Apr 26 2008 8:00P Masquerade Atlanta, Georgia
Apr 27 2008 8:00P House Of Blues Orlando, Florida
Apr 29 2008 8:00P Revolution Ft Lauderdale, Florida
Apr 30 2008 8:00P Jannus Landing St Petersburg, Florida
May 2 2008 8:00P Amos Southend Charlotte, North Carolina
May 3 2008 8:00P The National Richmond, Virginia
May 6 2008 8:00P Rams Head Live Baltimore, Maryland
May 7 2008 8:00P Webster Theatre Hartford, Connecticut
May 8 2008 8:00P Crocodile Rock Cafe Allentown, Pennsylvania
May 9 2008 8:00P Electric Factory Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
May 10 2008 8:00P Palladium Worcester, Massachusetts
May 12 2008 8:00P Northern Lights Clifton Park, New York
May 13 2008 8:00P Club Infinity Buffalo, New York
May 14 2008 8:00P Club Zoo Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
May 15 2008 8:00P Clutch Cargos Pontiac, Michigan
May 16 2008 8:00P Metro Chicago, Illinois
May 17 2008 8:00P Metro Chicago, Illinois
May 18 2008 8:00P Rave Milwaukee, Wisconsin
May 20 2008 8:00P Ogden Denver, Colorado
May 21 2008 8:00P In The Venue Salt Lake City, Utah
May 23 2008 8:00P Showbox Sodo Seattle, Washington
May 24 2008 8:00P Roseland Theater Portland, Oregon
May 25 2008 8:00P The Fillmore San Francisco, California
May 27 2008 8:00P House Of Blues Anaheim, California
May 28 2008 8:00P House Of Blues Anaheim, California
May 29 2008 8:00P Avalon Hollywood, California

I've put off seeing these guys for too long. I believe I shall attend the Ram's Head on May 6th in Baltimore

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Sun Mar 23, 2008 1:40 am

Now is the right time to see them. City of Echoes was

Izzy · Post by **Izzy** » Sun Mar 23, 2008 2:25 am

I don't get it!

=/= mediocre, but City of Echoes = mediocre!!

mo0sE · Post by **mo0sE** » Sun Mar 23, 2008 2:48 am

Pelican

Bert · Post by **Bert** » Sun Mar 23, 2008 9:53 am

Cool live band.

Izzy · Post by **Izzy** » Sun Mar 23, 2008 11:52 am

I have no idea who they're touring with, hopefully they aren't bands that suck!

PhilCore, you've been to the Ram's Head. That was that place we ate at that Sunday, you could hear the band playing in some other room at the time.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Sun Mar 23, 2008 1:27 pm

Izzy wrote:I don't get it! =/= mediocre, but City of Echoes = mediocre!!

I am confused! You did not love the new album? It may not be completely

from start to finish but it's a great listen on a long commute.

I don't think they progressed much, either but it certainly wasn't a backward step.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Sun Mar 23, 2008 1:28 pm

Izzy wrote:I have no idea who they're touring with, hopefully they aren't bands that suck!

PhilCore, you've been to the Ram's Head. That was that place we ate at that Sunday, you could hear the band playing in some other room at the time.

Decent fried food, as I recall.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Sun Mar 23, 2008 3:56 pm

Yeah, they're great live. Glad to see that they're coming back here.

Izzy · Post by **Izzy** » Sun Mar 23, 2008 7:30 pm

PhilCore wrote:
Izzy wrote:I don't get it! =/= mediocre, but City of Echoes = mediocre!!
I am confused! You did not love the new album? It may not be completely from start to finish but it's a great listen on a long commute.

I don't think they progressed much, either but it certainly wasn't a backward step.

I'm going to have to disagree there, buddy. There were a few good songs, but only one true gem (A Delicate Sense of Balance). A lot of the songs sound rushed and the first four or so end very abruptly like they wanted to continue the song but ran out of time to write it. It's certainly not a bad album, but I would have to say it's the weakest after their EP, which they did before they really developed their sound.

It's also hard to follow an album like The Fire in Our Throats Will Beckon The Thaw. I liked them before that, but I wasn't hugely into them until I heard that masterpiece.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Sun Mar 23, 2008 7:48 pm

The EP rules.

Izzy · Post by **Izzy** » Sun Mar 23, 2008 7:51 pm

I like the first song a lot but the rest are too repetitive for me to put it up there with the other albums. I never got into the droning duhn duhn duhn shit.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Sun Mar 23, 2008 9:50 pm

Izzy wrote:
PhilCore wrote:
Izzy wrote:I don't get it! =/= mediocre, but City of Echoes = mediocre!!
I am confused! You did not love the new album? It may not be completely from start to finish but it's a great listen on a long commute.

I don't think they progressed much, either but it certainly wasn't a backward step.
I'm going to have to disagree there, buddy. There were a few good songs, but only one true gem (A Delicate Sense of Balance). A lot of the songs sound rushed and the first four or so end very abruptly like they wanted to continue the song but ran out of time to write it. It's certainly not a bad album, but I would have to say it's the weakest after their EP, which they did before they really developed their sound.

It's also hard to follow an album like The Fire in Our Throats Will Beckon The Thaw. I liked them before that, but I wasn't hugely into them until I heard that masterpiece.

The first few definitely have an experimental feel to them. I kind of dig them for that reason though, like I said on my long cold pain in the ass trip to work in the morning that kind of subdued idiosyncratic stuff is perfect.

I also like that it's in two acts, and the second half not only feels more focused and finished, it sort of wakes up in contrast. That helps pump me for a hard day's egg-flipping. The crescendo of Dead Between The Walls = better than coffee.

And ADSOB is best in show, yes.

Sue is actually even bigger into Pelican than I am; I included "Last Day Of Winter" on a mushy mix CD I made her for xmas and ever since she's been a raging fangurl. Maybe we should all rock out at the Ram's Head together.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Sun Mar 23, 2008 10:49 pm

They're not exactly touring with awesome bands, it appears. In fact, they're not even headlining. Thrice is.

Izzy · Post by **Izzy** » Sun Mar 23, 2008 11:00 pm

PhilCore wrote:They're not exactly touring with awesome bands, it appears. In fact, they're not even headlining. Thrice is.

WTF, who is Thrice?

As long as they have a long set I don't care. If they're not headlining, that just means I can leave sooner

Izzy · Post by **Izzy** » Sun Mar 23, 2008 11:01 pm

PhilCore wrote:Maybe we should all rock out at the Ram's Head together.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Sun Mar 23, 2008 11:02 pm

Izzy wrote:
PhilCore wrote:They're not exactly touring with awesome bands, it appears. In fact, they're not even headlining. Thrice is.
WTF, who is Thrice?

As long as they have a long set I don't care. If they're not headlining, that just means I can leave sooner

Not looking good man. I'm listening to some songs off Thrice's myspace and not finding much upside...

Also this other band on the bill, Circa Survive. Not very special. Post-hardcore with sort of a heavy Smiths influence. Uh.

Izzy · Post by **Izzy** » Sun Mar 23, 2008 11:29 pm

What is a very cool band like Pelican doing on a tour like this?

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Sun Mar 23, 2008 11:31 pm

Izzy wrote:What is a very cool band like Pelican doing on a tour like this?

I have concluded that these are VERY gay touring buddies they've picked.

At least the tix are only 17.50

Izzy · Post by **Izzy** » Mon Mar 24, 2008 12:02 am

PhilCore wrote:At least the tix are only 17.50

buck satan · Post by **buck satan** » Mon Mar 24, 2008 7:46 pm

Thrice are emo faggotry. Leave immediately after Pelican finishes. Better yet, just wait to see them headline at a small club.

Izzy · Post by **Izzy** » Mon Mar 24, 2008 7:48 pm

That is a small club.

I haven't been going to many shows lately so I think I'm gonna try to start going again. I'd love to see Pelican too, even if it's only for 40 minutes or so

buck satan · Post by **buck satan** » Mon Mar 24, 2008 8:43 pm

I saw Pelican headline twice last year. Both shows were excellent.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Wed Mar 26, 2008 5:17 pm

buck satan wrote:I saw Pelican headline twice last year. Both shows were excellent.

What have they done since then to deserve opening for Thrice?

Even if one assumed Izzy's analysis of COE as mediocre, that is cruel and unusual punishment.

buck satan · Post by **buck satan** » Wed Mar 26, 2008 7:20 pm

they opened for Opeth a few years ago which is not as gay as Thrice but still somewhat homo

Bodom J · Post by **Bodom J** » Wed Apr 02, 2008 9:14 pm

thrice IS NOT emo faggotry. anyone who says so obviously has never heard them. listen to their latest two eps, fire and water, and tell me that's emo

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Wed Apr 02, 2008 9:17 pm

Bodom J wrote:thrice IS NOT emo faggotry. anyone who says so obviously has never heard them. listen to their latest two eps, fire and water, and tell me that's emo

The shit on their myspace you mean? Not emo, but that doesn't mean it's good or non-faggotry.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Wed Apr 16, 2008 4:48 am

So fucking good!

buck satan · Post by **buck satan** » Wed Apr 16, 2008 7:09 pm

bodom j once again proves what a fucking idiot he is

Bodom J · Post by **Bodom J** » Wed Apr 16, 2008 7:46 pm

thrice is a great band. you should listen to them.

buck satan · Post by **buck satan** » Wed Apr 16, 2008 8:00 pm

are they as good as dragonforce?

CFH Eternal · Post by **CFH Eternal** » Sun Apr 20, 2008 12:49 pm

Once again as usual I don't get to see them play.

DBS · Post by **DBS** » Mon Apr 21, 2008 6:55 am

Bodom J wrote:thrice is a great band. you should listen to them.

are you fucking serious? one of the worst bands i've ever heard. my sister listens to them. their cds are right alongside her saves the day and reel big fish albums.

Bodom J · Post by **Bodom J** » Tue Apr 22, 2008 7:15 pm

reel big fish are ok. thrice gets lumped up with these bands so no one ever checks them out. thrice is miles above anything associated with today's current rock scene.

walking_ash · Post by **walking_ash** » Tue Apr 22, 2008 7:21 pm

Is Reel Big Fish that punker cover band or am I just asking a stupid question?

croninburg · Post by **croninburg** » Tue Apr 22, 2008 7:44 pm

walking_ash wrote:Is Reel Big Fish that punker cover band or am I just asking a stupid question?

They're a shitty ska punk band.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Tue Apr 22, 2008 11:48 pm

croninburg wrote:
walking_ash wrote:Is Reel Big Fish that punker cover band or am I just asking a stupid question?
They're a shitty ska punk band.

Me First And The Gimme Gimmes are the well known punk cover band.