i enjoyed this small tlg review...
I was at the Saturday night show, my 8th to date. Before this show I was really into their music, thought they had some real catchy songs, good grooves, good lyrics. Irving Plaza this past March was one of my favorite concerts I\'ve been to. Anyway, what I realized this past weekend was that Josh Clark, the guitar player, is pretty bad. He noodles around on the same notes, always misses his chance at the climax of a song to really take it somewhere, and he stands on stage like he\'s a guitar god. I\'m not sure if it was just me, or if it was actually that bad, but this weekend totally ruined my impression of this band and it\'ll be awhile before I go see them again. I\'m not even going to get into the bass player, cuase he seems like a huge tool and, like Josh Clark, can\'t really play his instrument as good as he thinks he can. The drummer had a solo, it was like watching a high school talent show/drum recital. Trevor is the only likeable member of this band (imo, I know there are people out there who don\'t like him either).
:lol: Awesome.
Here\'s a sourced review:
http://www.glidemagazine.com/hiddentrack/?p=1007I liked this bit:
Saturday was Statement Night, the band making this very case, and just when many in the crowd thought they couldn’t top Friday’s second-set magic, TLG opened with a four-song facefuck that had the crowd going ballistic within the first 20 minutes: Garden Part III, Papa’s in the Backroom, Kali-Yuga and The Devil’s Pay had even some of my non-believer friends grinning like the ghost of Shoeless Joe. Mediocrity ain’t home tonight, friends.
Josh absolutely slaughtered that Kali-Yuga, just as he did on many of songs during this run. His work in Tequila, breaking into Also Sprach Zarathustra on two separate occasions, left most of the paying audience both speechless and screaming at the same time. (Is that even possible? Nice sentence there, Ace.) The Don’t Do It > Can You Guess It? third-night closing duo was by far and away the highlight of the run for me, easily my favorite TLG song preceded by one of my favorite tunes of all-time. Throughout my two-year, 18-show history, this band knows how to send me home happy.
This is a band firing on all cylinders, but with all due respect to the other three (and they are all fantastic), TLG will go as far as Clark wants to take them. That may seem counterintuitive considering Garrod’s the lead singer and songwriter and I just spent a whole paragraph arguing “It’s the songs, stupid,” but if you watch the crowd when Clark is shredding something to tiny Enron pieces, it’s obvious how much this should be his band the way that Phish was Trey’s band and Jerry led the Dead. Sure they all play equal roles, and I’ve never heard them tighter, but when Josh flips the switch on Rock Star Mode and he steals the focus, I’m not sure there’s a band in this corner of the live music world that can touch ‘em.
TLG is okay, sometimes great, sometimes not so much. they did have a great late night show at mt jam in june. however, i remember seeing them in an interview at bonnarroo and they said they dont really like playing the music that they do. the bassist is all about rap, the guitarist is more heavy metal, the pianist is into euro-crap. they said they dont dig the "hippy" scene, but yet who comes to their shows.
TLG is okay, sometimes great, sometimes not so much. they did have a great late night show at mt jam in june. however, i remember seeing them in an interview at bonnarroo and they said they dont really like playing the music that they do. the bassist is all about rap, the guitarist is more heavy metal, the pianist is into euro-crap. they said they dont dig the "hippy" scene, but yet who comes to their shows.
Sorry but I have to call you on this one. Interview link please. I beg you to show me where any member of the band says they do not like playing the music that they play. That is utter B.S. and if you cannot give a valid source you are just full of
****. I believe your memory of that interview is poor.
For your information TLG has forum member only shows in which forum members are allotted first dibs for special intimate shows in places like Noe Valley Ministry and San Geronimo Rec. Center. They helped form the allstar band on Jamcruise to play a GD setlist. They consistently write setlists with fan requests in mind, their ticket agency plants a tree for every ticket sold and they offer a CO2 offset w/ each ticket purchase. It seems to me they are very involved in the "hippy scene" and I can assure you they love the music play and they love the Community that has surrounded them.
I went to TLG on sat at the paradise, they were very good. First set was very short and they just started to get going when the took setbreak, but set 2 was awesome....they were a completely different band. very good set
I went to TLG on sat at the paradise, they were very good. First set was very short and they just started to get going when the took setbreak, but set 2 was awesome....they were a completely different band. very good set
Glad you went and had a good time. I have been telling anyone that will listen that they are not the band they once were and to give them another chance.
Oh and I am making discs for ya.
I went to TLG on sat at the paradise, they were very good. First set was very short and they just started to get going when the took setbreak, but set 2 was awesome....they were a completely different band. very good set
Glad you went and had a good time. I have been telling anyone that will listen that they are not the band they once were and to give them another chance.
Oh and I am making discs for ya.
Nice...thanks.
The one thing i was hoping for more would be for them to "peak" on some of there jams....right when they get crazy they go back into the chorus. Other than that, consider myself a new fan of them
TLG is okay, sometimes great, sometimes not so much. they did have a great late night show at mt jam in june. however, i remember seeing them in an interview at bonnarroo and they said they dont really like playing the music that they do. the bassist is all about rap, the guitarist is more heavy metal, the pianist is into euro-crap. they said they dont dig the "hippy" scene, but yet who comes to their shows.
Sorry but I have to call you on this one. Interview link please. I beg you to show me where any member of the band says they do not like playing the music that they play. That is utter B.S. and if you cannot give a valid source you are just full of ****. I believe your memory of that interview is poor.
For your information TLG has forum member only shows in which forum members are allotted first dibs for special intimate shows in places like Noe Valley Ministry and San Geronimo Rec. Center. They helped form the allstar band on Jamcruise to play a GD setlist. They consistently write setlists with fan requests in mind, their ticket agency plants a tree for every ticket sold and they offer a CO2 offset w/ each ticket purchase. It seems to me they are very involved in the "hippy scene" and I can assure you they love the music play and they love the Community that has surrounded them.
i know what interview he\'s talkin about.... they didn\'t exactly say they don\'t like playing the music they play, but the bass player was labeled the "hip hop head" of the group, and went on to mention a dislike for the hippy noodly jam scene
i think it was on hbo on demand or something...