March 17, 2010

Town Ballroom · Buffalo, NY

11 songs7 segues3 sets

Set 1Flash Mob, Papercut > And the Ladies Were the Rest of the Night★ > The Great Abyss > Grass Is Green*

Set 2Caves of the East★ > I-Man★* > 42 > Confrontation > I-Man

Footnotes

Grass Is Green - A traditional blissful GIG jam, this is not. Immediately an introspective feel develops, with some glitchy/bubbly/static FX in the background. Things take a darker tone with an ambient airy soundscape from Magner, while Allen keeps the beat grooving. A little Pimp Blue Rikkis teasing from Magner. The overall quiet feel of this jam begins patiently transitioning to a fuller sound. Barber takes the lead as they amp up the energy for the GIG peak.

I-Man - The I-Man main jam here is really cool. At first it has a soft kind of melancholic feel. Great FX work by Barber. Brownie takes the lead, backed by the dark psychedelia of Magner and Barber, resulting in a very hypnotic, experimental, minimal sound. A few minutes later, in the background of Barber’s strumming I-Man middle riff, Brownie stealthily teases the 42 main riff, foreshadowing the coming 42. Brilliant all around.

Setlist data from the Biscuits Internet Project (discobiscuits.net).