• Noxy
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    So many that my answer is just listing most of the concerts I can remember going to

    The Midnight

    Roosevelt

    Tycho

    DJ Shadow

    deadmau5

    Perturbator

    Rush (RIP Neil)

    Celldweller

    The Crystal Method

    Psychostick

    Above & Beyond

    Kodo (Japanese taiko drummers)

    Lateralis (chiptune musician and indie game dev)

    If I had to pick the three most memorable, it’d be Kodo, DJ Shadow, and The Midnight

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      24 months ago

      +1 for The Midnight. About halfway through the show all but one person went backstage. For about 20 minutes this guy had the most killer synth solo. I was mind blown how well they incorporated the synth into a live concert.

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        14 months ago

        Hell yeah!

        I remember the audience just absolutely losing it the first time the sax came out, and also every time after that. Such an excellent band, and I was so thrilled to see how much they blew up

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    84 months ago

    Buddy Guy. the concert was pretty posh (think bankers in suits), with everyone having arranged seating, audience sitting still and quiet like at a classical music concert.

    he was like ‘fuck this, this isn’t a proper concert, my guitar is wireless, let’s stand up, go to the entry hall and jam’. so he’s just standing in the middle of the crowd and going nuts, at like 83 years of age. That was amazing.

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      14 months ago

      I saw buddy at a music fest once and he yelled at the crowd for not singing along in time. Dude is a hilarious legend

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    14 months ago

    Quite a few:

    • Underworld
    • Chemical Brothers
    • Beastie Boys
    • Black Grape
    • Puressence
    • Songhoy Blues
    • Pulp
    • Alabama 3
    • Jim White
    • Portishead
    • Beth Gibbons (of Portishead, but solo)
    • Kog and the Zongo Brigade

    Probably a few others :-)

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    24 months ago

    Alice Cooper and Rob Zombie both had amazing stage shows in the last decade. I can’t compare them to shows back in the day but if you get a chance they’re still worth it.

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    I saw Jazz guitarist Julian Lage last year and I was not expecting to have my socks completely blown two blocks away. I really enjoy his work and recognize that he is a master of his instrument but holy hell; he and his rhythm section were a hive mind operating in a higher plane of existence. He emitted an energy that I’ve never felt at a concert before. Please check out his trio’s performances on YouTube just to feel a tiny fraction of what happens in person.

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    14 months ago

    Not a band, but a DJ, Jake Beautyman, April 2024 in São Paulo. He started his set with the Severance OST and was a banger song after song. Still think about that party today

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    Sigor Ros. Saw them live and, despite their melancholy music, put on a helluva show. I was surprised by how much I enjoyed them live!

    That and The Flaming Lips. Their live shows are always spectacular, seen them twice

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    Mushroomhead at a small venue were amazing, I’ve been to the venue so many times and never seen anyone do anything interesting but they were there were impressive lighting and water on the drums that was flying everywhere catching the light. Was great.

    Sub Focus and Chase & Status in a tiny little venue (Chinese Laundry in Sydney) that was like a little grotto. Ceiling so low I couldn’t even stretch my arms up straight with sweet raining on everyone. Amazing.

    Die Antwoord with a load of acid in my system was pretty intense.

    Finally the entire Shambhala festival in Canada. The DJ playing obviously increases enjoyment but the stages are so fucking mind blowing that it is without a doubt the best live music experience I have had!

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      14 months ago

      I still like Die Antwoord even though they’ve become Wildly Problematic. Those videos are an absolute mind bending experience.

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        24 months ago

        I liked their early stuff and this was probably about 9 or 10 years ago now that I saw them when they were on the dog mask kick. Since then I haven’t followed them or know anything about them so not sure what is problematic. Any more info?

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          Their adopted son claims they abused him. It honestly sounds a touch suspect, and they claim he’s an addict and trying to extort money, but the South African CPS actually paid them a visit regarding their other kids. And an artist named Danny Brown claims that Ninja sexually pawed him at a night club, and another girlfriend of Ninja claimed he abused her too.

          Ninja and Yo-Landi are definitely sketchy, apparently South Africans don’t really like them at all, but I think some of this is untrue.

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        Yeah, she got us all really hyped up before Porter came on. He was so nice! He even forgot the lyrics for one of his songs, because he was a little nervous, so he started to beatbox randomly 🤣

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    84 months ago

    Iron maiden puts on one hell of a performance. Bruce Dickinson running back-and-forth across the stage climbing shit, singing with an incredible vocal range at the top of his lungs without missing a beat, costume changes every song or two that match the album covers being projected behind their giant zombie that’s shooting fire…

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      24 months ago

      I saw them two years ago, and I was amazed by how radically the stage shifted between songs. The band members were struggling bouncing around though 😅

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      44 months ago

      I had the privilege to see them live about 8 years ago and it was an incredible show. Dickinson has incredible stage presence; really puts a lot of energy into the show to keep the crowd engaged.

      The giant animatronic zombie freaked me out a bit. It was enormous and moved realistically enough to be unsettling since I wasn’t that far away from it. Most metal shit I’ve ever seen in person.