european shellac dates

[kate_kamikaze]

Shellac Tour - 2007
April 15 - Chicago, Illinois - Congress Theatre*
May 16 - Bilbao, Spain - Kafe Antzokia
May 17 - London, UK - Koko
May 19 - All Tomorrow's Parties UK
May 20 - All Tomorrow's Parties UK
May 22 - Eindhoven, Netherlands - Effenaar
May 23 - Amsterdam, Netherlands - Paradiso
May 24 - Gent, Belgium - Vooruit
May 25 - Tourcoing, France - Le Grand Mix
May 26 - Paris, France - Le Bataclan
May 27 - Strassbourg, France - La Laiterie
May 28 - Zurich, Switzerland - Rote Frabrik
May 29 - Geneva, Switzerland - Usine
May 30 - Verona, Italy - New Interzona
May 31 - Rimini, Italy - Velvet Rock Club
June 1 - Livorno, Italy - Vecchia Fortezza
June 2 - Rome, Italy - INIT Club
June 3 - Catania, Sicily - TBA

fuck yeah.
im slightly freaked out these were announced today...i had a dream steve albini was staying at my house last night.
too weird.

[DCM]

What a fucking surprise! they are only playing ATP and London......

[kate_kamikaze]

What a fucking surprise! they are only playing ATP and London......

you could always come down to london?
take a long weekend

[DCM]

Hmmm... yeah, that is a possibility. But it then makes it a very expensive gig going experience. And for someone who laughs in the face of ticket prices any higher than about £7 i'm not sure if it's really for me. I'm planning on going down at some point, so we will see....

[kate_kamikaze]

have u seen shellac before?

worth every penny.

[DCM]

Yeah, i have seen them before.... and they are good. In fact they are one of my favorite bands.
How big is KOKO? I've not been before, and the only thing i hate more than paying above £7 for a gig ticket is 'big gigs' (by this i mean anything really above 150). They piss me off no end.
I somehow manage to always get stood next to some total bell end who insists on:
a: passionately kissing someone
b: talking loudly to people nearby
c: spilling drinks about the place
d: feeling that it is appropriate to video/photograph the gig using their mobile phone
e: stand in front of me and be much taller than i am (which isn't difficult)
f: be 16
g: all of the above

I really don't enjoy seeing larger scale shaows anymore; thinking about it, i'm not sure i ever really enjoyed being herded like cattle into sweaty dark rooms by simian like security staff.

[kate_kamikaze]

Yeah, i have seen them before.... and they are good. In fact they are one of my favorite bands.
How big is KOKO? I've not been before, and the only thing i hate more than paying above £7 for a gig ticket is 'big gigs' (by this i mean anything really above 150). They piss me off no end.
I somehow manage to always get stood next to some total bell end who insists on:
a: passionately kissing someone
b: talking loudly to people nearby
c: spilling drinks about the place
d: feeling that it is appropriate to video/photograph the gig using their mobile phone
e: stand in front of me and be much taller than i am (which isn't difficult)
f: be 16
g: all of the above

I really don't enjoy seeing larger scale shaows anymore; thinking about it, i'm not sure i ever really enjoyed being herded like cattle into sweaty dark rooms by simian like security staff.

i know what you mean, but what can u do when a band is popular eh?

i saw shellac twice at the scala- one of my favourite bands also.
ive not been to Koko, but chris has been and he tells me its great.

[3d glasses]

It is cool,, but it is big too! so i dunno if you would dig it drew, its got loads of tiers and the stage is quite small but you can fit way more than 150 people in there...but i saw them at the scala as well and i think that is a better venue.. (intimate enough for an q&a session)
and all of your gig hates i share with you my friend, altho not the height one (im 6.2) theres nothing worse than twats with their mobiles out at gigs!

[mulletproof...]

It is cool,, but it is big too! so i dunno if you would dig it drew, its got loads of tiers and the stage is quite small but you can fit way more than 150 people in there...but i saw them at the scala as well and i think that is a better venue.. (intimate enough for an q&a session)
and all of your gig hates i share with you my friend, altho not the height one (im 6.2) theres nothing worse than twats with their mobiles out at gigs!

i'd agree with this, the scala is much better. koko is about the same capacity (~1000) but is notorious for reasonably regular bouts of shit sound, whereby you can't really hear a portion of the mid-range at all. shellac though

[mulletproof...]

I somehow manage to always get stood next to some total bell end who insists on:
a: passionately kissing someone
b: talking loudly to people nearby
c: spilling drinks about the place
d: feeling that it is appropriate to video/photograph the gig using their mobile phone
e: stand in front of me and be much taller than i am (which isn't difficult)
f: be 16
g: all of the above

WHY DO ALL OF THESE ALWAYS HAPPEN?!