Of Montreal - HALLOWEEN SHOW!!!

So for those of you who didn't get tickets to those sold-out Smashing Pumpkins shows, or were unwilling to dish out $52-$102 for tickets, OR could give a shit about Billy "I want your money" Corgan...then get ready to get happy. Of Montreal is playing a Halloween show at The 40 Watt Club in Athens, GA for what I can guess will be around $15-$20. Plus, I can guarantee that Kevin Barnes' costumes will be WAYYY better than that matrix-kimono Billy's been sportin' lately. Like Flaming Lips' shows, audience participation is welcomed by Of Montreal, so get to finding a costume soon before all the giant lobster arm claws are taken.

ALL DATES:
09-28 Carrboro, NC - Cat's Cradle
10-02 Knoxville, TN - Bijou Theatre *
10-03 Urbana, IL - Canopy Club *
10-04 Milwaukee, WI - Pabst Theatre *
10-05 Minneapolis, MN - First Avenue *
10-06 Chicago, IL - Metro *
10-07 Chicago, IL - Metro *
10-08 Oberlin, OH - Hale's Gym *
10-09 Detroit, MI - Majestic Theatre *
10-10 Buffalo, NY - The Tralf *
10-11 Philadelphia, PA - The Trocadero *
10-12 Boston, MA - The Roxy *
10-13 New York, NY - Roseland *
10-14 Baltimore, MD - Ram's Head Live *
10-31 Athens, GA - 40 Watt Club (Halloween Show!!)*
11-01 New Orleans, LA - House of Blues *
11-02 Houston, TX - Numbers *
11-03 Austin, TX - Fun Fun Fun Fest
11-04 Dallas, TX - Granda Theatre *
11-05 El Paso, TX - Club 101 *
11-06 Tempe, AZ - Marquee *
11-07 Tucson, AZ - Rialto *
11-08 Los Angeles, CA - Avalon *
11-09 Los Angeles, CA - Avalon *
11-12 San Francisco, CA - Great American Music Hall *
11-13 San Francisco, CA - Great American Music Hall *
11-14 San Francisco, CA - Great American Music Hall *
11-16 Salt Lake City, UT - In the Venue *
11-17 Denver, CO - Ogden Theater *
11-18 Lawrence, KS - Liberty Hall *
11-19 St. Louis, MO - The Pageant *

* with Grand Buffet, MGMT

Isis - Athens, GA @ 40 Watt Club, 3/08/07: SHOW REVIEW

I went to see Isis play last Thursday at The 40 Watt Club in Athens, GA, unfortunately it was sans Jesu (they still hadn't secured a work visa by this point, arghhhh!!!). I hadn't seen them live before (unless you count watching their "Clearing The Eye" DVD), but I had a pretty good idea of what to expect. They played songs from the last three albums, but mostly from their latest "In The Absence of Truth". One thing that grabbed me about their live set (other than the tight-as-fuck musicianship), was how Aaron lurched and moved, completely engrossed in his music. He even made the more melodic down tempo parts seem to be absolutely thunderous with his aggressive head banging & full body swerving. It is always so awesome to see musicians become completely entranced and emerged in their performance. This is the kind of shit that sucks me in and shakes me up...fuck yeah!! Although they didn't play my two favorite Isis tunes ("Carry", "So Did We"), they did play "False Light" & "Dulcinea", both of which had me reeling. Some of my friends say they hear a Tool influence in their latest album, which until I saw them live, I didn't quite hear. I did pick it out mainly in the drumming, which definitely has become very tribal...but overall I think they've created their own sound. Really standing out in a huge ocean of post-rock, doom metal...staying in front of a genre, that in my opinion, they helped create and in many ways, reinvent. This show: a head-banging thumbs up. (I really got to get my ass in gear and bring my fuckin' camera, the pic is not mine, again!)