Your 2022 Concerts

[WidespreadMule3]

Originally Posted by TimHonks

What's a good place to start for them? Looks like most of their popular songs on Spotify are from the new album. I like several of them (Catching Smoke is a jam), but where should I start for a deeper dive?

Oh man. King Gizz is my band. I'm all in on them.

There's so many entry points. Their first five albums are not accessible as an entry point so bypass them until you're ready to go much, much deeper.

To get the KGATLW sound, Polygondwanaland or Nonagon Infinity are great places to start. These are also fairly widely considered their best albums. I'm in Your Mind Fuzz, is usually in the top album conversation, but I listened to it yesterday for the first time in a while and it's a little more lo-fi than I remember. It's definitely a good bridge between their current style and their original sound.

Paper Mache Dream Balloon, Gumboot Soup, Oddments and Fishing for Fishies are all a little more psychedelic. Fishing for Fishies is my personal favorite album of theirs, but a lot of people don't love it. In 2017 they announced they were going to release 5 albums that year and Gumboot was the last one. It's mostly leftovers from the other albums. Personally, I really enjoy it, but the fanbase is more indifferent to it.

Infest The Rat's Nest is their thrash metal album. You'll hear elements of metal throughout their music, especially Murder of the Universe (I'll go there in a minute), but this is the first album where it's metal start to finish. This was my first exposure to the band and it's not a great entry point. I enjoy metal but it's easier to appreciate the album when you've gotten a taste of their overall sound. It's sorta like watching all of the MCU to get references in the shows.

Eyes Like the Sky and Murder of the Universe are stories set to music. Murder is way more accessible than Eyes. I really don't like Eyes (it might be my least favorite or tied with 12 Bar Bruise for least). Speaking of concept albums, Quarters is really cool. It's four songs (quarters) that equal out to 40 min., 40 sec. Each song is 10:10. It's a silly concept but it's incredibly well executed. The River is a banger.

Chunky Shrapnel and Live in San Francisco are their two official live releases. They have I think six or seven "unofficial" live releases that they've put out through Bandcamp as part of their bootleg series. I won't even go there for now, but will if you ask me to. I prefer San Francisco to Chunky. Chunky is mixed a little more conceptually (that statement makes more sense when you've watched the accompanying doc). But I will say, Chunky does a better retrospective of their career and it has the Rat's Nest songs so it's lots of energy.

Their first album in 2017, Flying Microtonal Banana is where they introduce the microtonal songs. These have a sorta Indian, Middle Eastern flair to them. It's become a big part of the KGATLW sound. You'll hear traces of it throughout all their albums post-FMB. This is also a big fan favorite album.

On the sleeve of FMB it says "An Exploration Into Microtonal Tuning Vol. 1" so it's always been assumed we'd see a FMB pt. 2. In 2020 they announced they were going to release part 2, which is where we get K.G. Solid album. And earlier in 2021 they released the second part to K.G. which is L.W. It picks up exactly where KG leaves off so you can flow "The Hungry Wolf of Fate" into "If Not Now, Then When?". Personally, I enjoy L.W. more. Songs like Pleura, Static Electricity, Atraxia and KGLW are grade A KGATLW.

This leaves us at their most recent album Butterfly 3000. It's synth pop and major chords. As mentioned, Catching Smoke is the best track on the album and I expect it to be a concert favorite. The album is generally well received by fans but most will put it middle of the pack. It's not bad by any stretch but they do psych rock way more interestingly.

They've teased that they have another album in the can and that there could be even 3-4 others that are fleshed and written or even recorded. These guys love the studio and do it really well. It's super exciting to dive into their catalog but it can be really overwhelming to get started.

[Foreverford05]

Turnpike Troubadours - 5/14 Red Rocks

[weller3377]

2.17.2022 - Greensky Bluegrass - Pavilion @ Pan Am - Indianapolis, IN
3.11.2022 - Billy Strings - ICON Music Center - Cincinnati, OH
8.01.2022 - Foo Fighters - Deer Creek - Noblesville, IN

[dre2142]

So far tickets bought for:

Foo Fighters
Barenaked Ladies
Journey
Khurangbin
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Tears for Fears


Ill jump on tickets for DMB and Pearl Jam and taylor swift and My morning jacket if/when announced
Also looking to go see Billy Joel sometime in 2022 too

[mposey34]

Originally Posted by Foreverford05

Turnpike Troubadours - 5/14 Red Rocks

nice

won't be able to go so I hope they decide to live stream it

[Erich]

Tim Reynolds and TR3 1/20/22

Super happy to be seeing my guy again.

[mquerques92]

1/1 - Phish - MSG - New York, NY
1/29 - Pink Talking Fish - Capitol Theatre - Port Chester, NY
2/20 - John Mayer - MSG - New York, NY
3/11 - 311 - Park Theater - Las Vegas, NV
3/12 - 311 - Park Theater - Las Vegas, NV
5/27 - The Avett Brothers - Ommegang Brewery - Cooperstown, NY
9/11 - My Chemical Romance - Barclay's Center - Brooklyn, NY

Plus the rescheduled Pearl Jam date at MSG

[dmbolp]

2/3 - Eddie Vedder w/Earthings - New York, NY
4/9 - Bon Iver - ATL
4/29 - Colin Hay - ATL
5/1 - DCFC @ Shaky Knees - ATL
May - Pearl Jam rescheduled dates TBD
9/15 - THATH - Red Rocks

[coldengrey12]

Did anyone actually succeed in the Adele lottery?

[WidespreadMule3]

Originally Posted by coldengrey12

Did anyone actually succeed in the Adele lottery?

I have a friend who got selected for the lotto. She told me it got pushed back a day. It'd be cool to hit the shows but no part of me wants to deal with that on-sale. It's gonna be a horror show.

[Timebomb07]

1/27 - Goose in San Diego
4/1 - Tom Misch in LA at the Greek (assuming I get tickets on pre sale tomorrow)

[coldengrey12]

Originally Posted by WidespreadMule3

I have a friend who got selected for the lotto. She told me it got pushed back a day. It'd be cool to hit the shows but no part of me wants to deal with that on-sale. It's gonna be a horror show.

Right? If there was a digital queue just to enter the lotto, I can only imagine the mess getting tickets is actually going to be

[DMBstandUP1984]

Taylor rep tour roll out is probably the best way to do it.

It was the least stressful I have ever been buying tickets to a bigger event

[TypicalBilly14]

Originally Posted by dre2142

So far tickets bought for:

Foo Fighters
Barenaked Ladies
Journey
Khurangbin
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Tears for Fears


Ill jump on tickets for DMB and Pearl Jam and taylor swift and My morning jacket if/when announced
Also looking to go see Billy Joel sometime in 2022 too

Tears for Fears had Shout, Head over Heels and Everybody Wants to Rule the World as their big hits. Am I missing anything else in that stratosphere in their library?

[coldengrey12]

Mad World sort of became a big deal but not because of them, more because that slow, contemplative piano cover version got used in every trailer in 2006

[jmkratt]

1/27 Tool
1/29 John Moreland
3/3 Killswitch Engage/August Burns Red
4/10 Corrosion of Conformity/Ministry
4/25 Deftones/Gojira
5/21 Luke Combs
7/30 Dispatch/OAR/Robert Randolph

[DMBstandUP1984]

Mad world is their best song imo

I saw them a few years ago with Hall & Oats

[WidespreadMule3]

Originally Posted by DMBstandUP1984

Taylor rep tour roll out is probably the best way to do it.

It was the least stressful I have ever been buying tickets to a bigger event

The 10 minutes of purchasing tickets was low stress, but leading up to it was brutal. The point system was a grind. For a month, I kept a second window open where I played her videos on repeat day-after-day just to get those points so I could be in the top percentile.

And even then, my password came more than an hour later than they anticipated so I sat there for around 90 minutes waiting for my code so I could jump in.

[DMBstandUP1984]

Originally Posted by WidespreadMule3

The 10 minutes of purchasing tickets was low stress, but leading up to it was brutal. The point system was a grind. For a month, I kept a second window open where I played her videos on repeat day-after-day just to get those points so I could be in the top percentile.

And even then, my password came more than an hour later than they anticipated so I sat there for around 90 minutes waiting for my code so I could jump in.

Yes but the pay off was worth it!

[TheLastPig]

Swift sold tickets based off how many youtube streams you have?

[Gene Parmesan]

Originally Posted by coldengrey12

Mad World sort of became a big deal but not because of them, more because that slow, contemplative piano cover version got used in every trailer in 2006

It wasn't Donnie Darko?

[Erich]

Originally Posted by Gene Parmesan

It wasn't Donnie Darko?

That was the genesis.

[DMBstandUP1984]

Originally Posted by TheLastPig

Swift sold tickets based off how many youtube streams you have?

It was like a scavenger hunt and she would release videos on her site and some other things you could do to gain “boost”

Based on how many you did it put you in a certain percentile for when you can purchase tickets. When it was your turn you were the only one for X amount of minutes picking your seats


Put everyone on a level playing field and kept scalpers out of the initial process.

I was in the top percentile and ended up with tickets close enough for her to hold my hand at one point


They used your spot from Rep tour for Loverfest as well but that was slightly more of a traditional sales process



It was wayyyyyy better then being on at 10am with millions of other people

[TypicalBilly14]

I hope they grandfather the people who got Lover tickets into the her next tour so the rigmarole isn't as tedious.

[Route_2]

Couldn't pull Adele Vegas tix, but got Pit for Jack Johnson at the Gorge in September.

[TypicalBilly14]

Originally Posted by Route_2

Couldn't pull Adele Vegas tix, but got Pit for Jack Johnson at the Gorge in September.

going to go out on a limb and say it's not over Labor Day weekend.

[Route_2]

Originally Posted by TypicalBilly14

going to go out on a limb and say it's not over Labor Day weekend.

Ha, no, that would be awkward. It's 9/24. Hopefully not too chilly by then.

[DMBstandUP1984]

Originally Posted by TypicalBilly14

I hope they grandfather the people who got Lover tickets into the her next tour so the rigmarole isn't as tedious.

If she doesn’t announce by Christmas I don’t think we are seeing a 2022 Taylor tour

[TypicalBilly14]

Originally Posted by DMBstandUP1984

If she doesn’t announce by Christmas I don’t think we are seeing a 2022 Taylor tour

Even if it's 2023, I really hope they grandfather the Lover people who went through all the nonsense to have the same standing "in line" virtually to get tickets and not start over by buying gimmicks and playing games to booster your chance.

[WidespreadMule3]

Originally Posted by DMBstandUP1984

If she doesn’t announce by Christmas I don’t think we are seeing a 2022 Taylor tour

I'd be real surprised we see a tour from her next year. I've never had this many tickets for fall next year as I do this year. It's wild how many tours have already been announced.

With everything rescheduled and the fact there's double the amount of concerts booked in 2022 than in 2019 it also doesn't make sense for her to tour. Granted, she could pull whoever and whatever she wants with her status, but it's a very saturated market next year.