Tame Impala US Tour 2013

[blatboom]

Ticket purchased, I'm in you monkeys!

epic failure averted!

[Caravan2001]

Ticket purchased, I'm in you monkeys!

:rawk: :rawk:

Pre-game round at Pier Park FTW....gonna be good times....

[barnesy305]

shit sold out here quick-like.
i missed the boat.

If you have vacation days to burn, Richmond is still on sale.

[sophist]

Fucking incredible show.  I will report details tomorrow.   

[whatapiper]

Fucking incredible show.  I will report details tomorrow.   

excellent...

[sophist]

Pics

[whatapiper]

Nice spot, how was the sound?

[sophist]

Tame Impala
Feb 23 2013
Georgia Theatre, Athens, GA

Intro ->
Apocalypse Dreams (Extended outro) -> feedback intro >
It Is Not Meant to Be
Solitude Is Bliss  (Included instrumental jam) >
Endors Toi (Included instrumental jam) >
Music to Walk Home By
Elephant (Extended outro)*
Why Won't You Make Up Your Mind?
Feels Like We Only Go Backwards > noise intro >
Be Above It
Mind Mischief (Shortened version)
Alter Ego
Half Full Glass of Wine (Extended outro) > noise outro (band leaves stage with feedback building)
Encore:
noise intro(feedback from Full glass on wine still going) >Nothing That Has Happened So Far Has Been Anything We Could Control

*Atonal jam with bitches brew tease


We got into the venue just after 8pm, and held down the same spot for both the opener and Tame.  Sound was excellent for both the Growl and Tame.  Venue was packed as it was sold out.  The Growl didn't do it for me, so that made my anticipation for Tame even greater.  Tame went on just after 10pm and finished the encore at about 10:45.  Early on, Kevin mentioned the whole band had a gnarly cold, but they were battling through it.  I'll say without him mentioning it, I wouldn't have ever thought that.  The vocals sounded so pristine, and perfect.  And they were incredibly tight.  The rearrangements were very well done too.  The presentation is super psychedelic.  I have a lot of respect for the fact that they didn't spotlight anyone from the band, and the band played in darkness, which in my mind furthered the artistic merit of the psychedelic art-rock thing they had going on for the show.  The combination of projection screen and lights were perfect, and complimented the music really well.  Highlights for me were Mind Mischief, Half full glass of wine, and the crazy ass breakdown in Elephant.  It was brilliant in my mind because most of the crowd looked super fratty/soristitute-y, which in turn literally confused the fuck out of them.  You'll note the Bitches Brew tease in this, which at first, I thought was just me tripping; however, I got confirmation from the guy in front of me who was dead sober.  It was a quick tease.  Overall, I loved the show, and it was up there for me.  I def am excited about these guys playing the Tabernacle in a few months. 

[Igbo]

really feeling this Canyons remix of "Elephant" kind of sounds like a modern kraut rock nu-disco track.

[jstepan]

Tame went on just after 10pm and finished the encore at about 10:45.    

so tame only played 45 min? i was thinking of hitting the show tonight but on that tip.. not really ready to pony up the $ and the rage factor..

[sophist]

Should read 1145.  Sorry.  Including encore was a hour and forty five minutes.

[Buffalo Budd]

Should read 1145.  Sorry.  Including encore was a hour and forty five minutes.

Yeah, when I read that awhile back, I was thinking you got short changed cause they played at least 1.5 hrs when I saw them in NYC.

[Igbo]

Getting fucking pumped for Tuesday!!!

[blatboom]

Led Zeppelin opener!

[Buffalo Budd]

Led Zeppelin opener!

Would be epic.  Hope to see these guys again soon.