ARCTIC MONKEYS - "ITunes Festival" - Roundhouse - London - 09-09-13

ARCTIC MONKEYS - "ITunes Festival"- Roundhouse - London - 09-09-13

 01 – Do I Wanna Know ?
02 – Brianstorm
03 – Dancing Shoes
04 – Don’t Sit Down ‘Cause I’ve Moved Your Chair
05 – Teddy Picker
06 – Crying Lightning
07 – Snap Out Of It
08 – Brick By Brick
09 – Old Yellow Bricks
10 – Fireside (with Bill Ryder-Jones - ex The Coral)
11 – Arabella
12 – Pretty Visitors
13 – I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor
14 – One For the Road
15 – Cornerstone
16 – Fluorescent Adolescent
17 – Why’d You Only Call Me When You’re High ?
18 – R U Mine ?

Encore :
19 – Suck It And See
20 – 505 (with Miles Kane) 

Technical info  :
DVD Full Pro-shot
Video : Mpeg - 720 X 576 (initially HD 1920 x 1280) - 25 FPS - 16:9
Audio : Mpeg - 48000 Hz
Running Time : 86 mns
Size : 3,94 Go

Menu & Chapters - Artwork included

The " Fluorescent Adolescents" are well gone. The kids have come a long way. They all live in LA now and the bald eagle has clearly a hold on their last lp on the very day of its release and of this show. For better or  worse ? To each his own. Even if he wasn't the exclusive producer for this one, Josh Homme's influence can still  be felt, making some featuring here and there. Funny this recent similar fondness for playing the crooner ("If I Had A Tail" / "One For The Road " for example) Personally, not my favourite craze but I must admit it's nice to see both bands still on the move, going forward. Voluntary change is certainly better than resigned immobilism.    

Enjoy !

Cheers !

Chac

QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE  - "Rubbed & Stripped" - Open'er Festival - Gdynia (PL) - 05-07-13

QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE  - Open'er Festival - Gdynia - 05-07-13
1 - Feel Good Hit of the Summer
2 - You Think I Ain't Worth a Dollar, But I Feel Like a Millionaire
3 - No One Knows
4 - My God Is the Sun
5 - Burn the Witch
6 - Sick, Sick, Sick
7 - First It Giveth
8 - The Vampyre of Time and Memory
9 - If I Had a Tail
10 - Little Sister
11 - Make It Wit Chu
12 - Smooth Sailing
13 - I Appear Missing
14 - I Think I Lost My Headache
15 - Go with the Flow
16 - A Song for the Dead

Technical info  :
DVD Full Pro-shot
Video : Mpeg - 720 X 576 (initially 1280 X 720) - 25 FPS - 16:9
Audio : Mpeg - 48000 Hz
Running Time : 83 mns
Size : 3,81 Go

Menu & Chapters - Artwork included

Dark have been the times for the Queens over the past few years, particularly for their frontman, Josh Homme. On the brink of breaking up and throw everything away "with the flow" and even if they worked  hard not to come to this, they couldn't manage but to leave their faithful and imposing drummer, Joey Castillo, off the track. Over this split, personal health problems and a subsequent new questionning, the future seemed quite dark and gloomy for the band. An indeed, the new album is breathing out a scent of dumps and introspection, a far cry from the long awaited expectattions of the fans. But Josh Homme is not the kind of man to give way to resignation and their last release has some kind of cracked consistency, a true rendering of the doubts and inner turmoil of the time. What remained unclear was how it would all come out on stage. Here we have some kind of answer with a good balance between intimate self-awareness expression ("The Vampyre of Time and Memory"") and vintage lifeblood deflagration ("Millionaire"). Josh even looks in a good mood, appreciating and being quite affable and grateful for the rousing welcome they're receiving. A nice mix between the old and the new Queens Of The Stone Age. And for the fans who still miss "Songs For The Deaf", well, who knows ... there may be hope, ... someday !! "Tah-daaah !!!" ;-)

Enjoy !

Cheers !

Chac

ARCHIVE - "Warm Frost" - DVD X2 - Le Transbordeur - Lyon (FR) - 20-11-12

ARCHIVE - Transbordeur - Lyon - 20-11-12

DVD 1 :

01. Intro (Bells)
02. Wiped Out
03. You Make Me Feel
04. Sane
05. Interlace
06. Stick Me in My Heart
07. Conflict
08. Violently
09. Build and Construct
10. Again
11. Fuck U
12. Pills 

DVD 2 :

13. Black and Blue
14. Dangervisit
15. Damage (+ Interlude / Bells)
16. Rise
17. Silent
18. Hatchet
19. Controlling Crowds (+ encore)
20. Bullets
21. Kings of Speed

Technical info  :
DVD Full Pro-shot
Video : Mpeg - 720 X 576 (initially 720 X 406) - 25 FPS - 16:9
Audio : Mpeg - 48000 Hz
Running Time : 126 mns
Size : 3,18 Go + 2,80 Go
Menu & Chapters - Artwork included

******************** UPDATE - new link for DVD 2 above : ******************** 

 

It's been a while now the shapeshifting Archive has been spreading his delicate alchemy of lull and thunder over the world. The glossy magic is still operating here with this last concert of their 2012 French tour. As usual, the show is brilliantly orchestrated and the multi voiced performance is elegantly brightened up by their new singer, Holly Martin, who were only five where the band started playing in 1994. So, as shown in the extract below (pure beauty !), just enjoy this over 2 hour goose pimples thrill in front of a devoted audience, well aware of the precious moment they're living.

Cheers !

Chac

TRIGGERFINGER - "Pink Me Up" - Pinkpop Festival - Landgraaf - Megaland (NL) + 3FM Session - 16-06-13

TRIGGERFINGER - Pinkpop Festival - Landgraaf - Megaland - 16-06-13 
1 - I'm Coming for You

2 - On My Knees

3 - Let It Ride

4 - Attitude For Darkness

5 - My Baby's Got a Gun

6 - Camaro

7 - All This Dancin' Around

8 - Mario's Drum Solo

9 - First Taste

10 - I Follow Rivers (Lykke Li cover)

11- Soon 

TRIGGERFINGER - Pinkpop Festival - Landgraaf - 3FM Session - 16-06-13

12 -Without A Sound

13 - Emily (Los Lobos cover)

14 - Soon

15 - Bonus : Au suivant (Jack Brel cover - 2003 !!)

Technical info  :
DVD Full Pro-shot
Video : Mpeg - 720 X 576 (initially 1280X720) - 25 FPS - 16:9
Audio : Mpeg - 48000 Hz
Menu & Chapters - Artwork included

I'd been undecided for quite a long time whether I would go or not to Pinkpop this year. The line up was tempting, Queens Of The Stone Age, Triggerfinger, ... ! I eventually stayed home, The Netherlands mean quite a long drive from here, but I didn't miss the live stream of one of my favourite band. And, on that sunday evening, they were once again impressively awesome !! They had been on a touring break for about 2 months and I was looking forward to seeing what they were up to and if they had any new material. I didn't get disappointed. The new song, "Attitude For Darkness" is quite engaging, based on an old school rock boogie riff that passed through the audience just like another great Triggerfinger's nugget. But the masterpiece of the show is no doubt "My Baby's Got A Gun". I've seen Triggerfinger quite a few times, live and on screen, and this number is not my fav of the last album, but I must admit that, here, the band delivered a devil possessed version of the track. Mario and Mr Paul's rhythm section is pounding as ever, Ruben's voice is at his top and his circular-saw riffs rip the song apart all the way (as you can hear below from the soaring take-off at 2'48) ! Looks like Mario is particularly keen on being back on stage too, when you see him screaming, licking his cymbals, leaving his drum kit behind to swagger  in front of the stage or else, tapping on glasses, on a bottle of wine and a Pinkpop bedside lamp on "I Follow Rivers" ! 
On top of that, our three shooters showed up in a very elegant pink suit to pay tribute to the festival (look at Mr Paul's "gold plated" shoes too !). Very smart ! At last, thank you Dutch fans for being so warm and responsive to the band and for making then this concert so intense. I am along with you with all the "best­e band van pinkpop 2013 !" that sprang up on the web after the show. I wish they could get this rousing welcome here ! "Soon", I hope ...   
I've added a few extras, from the same day and from an "old" early period ! 

Hope you'll enjoy !

Cheers !

Chac 

THE HIVES - "Tight & Sweaty" - The Studio - Webster Hall - New York - 26-04-12 + Oüi FM Hall - Paris - 19-09-12

THE HIVES - The Studio - Webster Hall -  New York -26-04-12

1- Come On !

2 -Try It Again

3 - Take Back the Toys

4 -Walk Idiot Walk

5 - Main Offender

6 - My Time Is Coming

7 - No Pun Intended

8 - Wait a Minute

9 - Won't Be Long

10 - Hate to Say I Told You So

11 - Patrolling Days

12 - Go Right Ahead

13 - Tick Tick Boom

THE HIVES - Oüi FM Hall - Paris - 19-09-12

14 - Wait a Minute 

15 - Go Right Ahead

16 - Tick Tick Boom 

17 - +  Special screamin' howlin' track !

Technical info  :
DVD Full Pro-shot
Video : Mpeg - 720 X 576 - 25 FPS - 16:9
Audio : Mpeg - 48000 Hz
Menu & Chapters - Artwork included

Putting The Hives in a 300-capacity hall is just like stroking a tiger in an elevator. This may be shaking a bit ! This one is no exception to the rule and here again, the band unleashes the beast for a "secret" show in the overcrowded and cramped Studio, at the Webster Hall, New York, just after the release of  their first album in five years. And they're damn starving ! No holding back here. Pelle's banter hasn't toned down with the years and he is still this so brilliant / arrogant swaggerer ("this stage might not be big enough for my ego"), asking the audience to feel his hand, diving several times in the audience while his brother is licking the mic and thrusting his head in the arms of the first row ! On the telluric "Tick Tick Boom", down in the middle of  a parted audience, he even challenged the crowd to “crush him like an ant” before he made it back to the stage. Wish granted !
Anyway, if you have never seen a storm in a matchbox, this is the show !!
To stick to the same soaked in sweat atmosphere, I've added three songs of their gig in the hall of a French radio, even smaller than the Webster's !
At last, you will find a funny and howlin' bonus, in which you can notice that "to pelle" really means "to swagger" !!

On a technical side, this one really gave me hard time The Oüi FM part came out systematically mute. After many many attempts and long encoding hours under different formats, I had to inexplicably remove the interview that came after the Webster show to make everything work . Weird ! Anyway, this is original HD. I managed to trim off the commercials but I couldn't crop the upper banner without re-encoding and coming out with a much bigger file.

Enjoy !

Chac

New link / part 7 : http://www.filefactory.com/file/7i0h3qo9lqpf/The_Hives_-_Webster_Hall_(NY)_-_26-04-12.part07.rar
 

FIDLAR - "Hyper Swift" - Hype Hotel - Austin ((USA) - 16-03-13  & Canal+ - Studio 104 - Plaine St Denis (FR) - 02-02-13)

Fidlar - The Hype Hotel - Austin (TX) - 16-03-2013

1 - Cheap Beer  
2 - Stoked and Broke
3 - White On White
4 - No Waves
5 - No Ass
6 - Max Cant Surf
7 - Whore
8 - The Punks Are Finally Taking Acid
9 - Wait For The Man
10 - Cocaine
11 - Wake Bake Skate

Fidlar - "L'Album De La Semaine" - Canal+ - Studio 104 - Plaine St Denis (FR) - 02-02-2013

12 - Cheap Beer
13 - Stoked and Broke
14 - White On White
15 - Whore
16 - Gimme Something
17 - Cocaine
18 - Interview

Technical info  :
DVD Full Pro-shot
Video : Mpeg - 720 X 576 - 25 FPS - 16:9
Audio : Mpeg - 48000 Hz
Menu & Chapters - Artwork included

Another furious live performance from the LA 2013 punk revelation. As usual, everything's played headlong and at top speed in a Ramones-like way. So, 2 high-energy shows unleashed in a neat quality (the first one is HD), giving a mouth-watering first taste to the forthcoming tour ... I won't miss this time !

Enjoy !

Chac

QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE - "Regular Mud" - Glastonbury Festival - Worthy Farm - Pilton (UK) - 26-06-11 & 28-06-02

 

Queens Of The Stone Age - Glastonbury Festival - 26-06-2011

1 - Feel Good Hit Of The Summer
2 - Lost Art Of Keeping A Secret
3 - Burn The Witch
4 - Make It Wit Chu
5 - Little Sister
6 - 3's and 7's

7 - First It Giveth 

8 - Go With The Flow
9 - No One Knows
10 - A Song for the Dead

Queens Of The Stone Age - Glastonbury Festival - 28-06-2002

11 - A Song for the Dead
12 - Gonna Leave You

13 - Regular John

14 - Quick and to the Pointless

15 - Avon

16 - No One Knows

17 - The Lost Art of Keeping a Secret

Technical info  :
DVD Full Pro-shot
Video : Mpeg - 720 X 576 - 25 FPS - 16:9
Audio : Mpeg - 48000 Hz
Menu & Chapters - Artwork included

UPDATE : Part 8 is up again !

With the band back on the road, the long expected next album coming in June and the big British event striking back late July, time to scour time back to our favourite queens. The 2011 show sounds more like a best of one with some of the most famous songs made by the band and which had been, as Josh mentioned it, previously requested by the fans for the gig. The 2002 show, still in Glastonbury, is now part of  history, with the ultimate "Song For The Deaf" line-up, Nick Oliveri, Mark Lanegan and the six-armed man ... Dave Grohl, still obviously on his caffeine addiction. He must have guzzled 642 coffee pots to look so overexcited to pound his drums at that pace ! Incidentally, this doesn't fail to amuse Nick and Josh at times. Incomplete show sadly, the BBC going obviously on a wrong track by choosing to broadcast only the highlights. If anyone out there happens to have the full show ...

Enjoy !

Chac