05.20.2005 ...And You Will Know Us By The Trail of Dead/(International) Noise Conspiracy/We Are Wolves

Suprisingly when i got to the commodore, there was a fellow in front of me, with a rather large non stealthy lunch bag looking thing with an MD and condenser microphone in front of me. apparently he was going to do an interview. The ticket lady was saying he'd have to check it, because they didn't allow recorders, but was overruled by this other guy, saying recorders were ok tonight. hmm perhaps i should have brought my cam.

We Are Wolves from montreal opened up. they're kind of an experimental noise rock band. a trio with a bassist, percussionist doing dance punk beats, and synth guy. i couldn't really get into them, however i found they're over the top flaunting of their quebecois accents amusing.

(i)nc, were pretty cool. lots of high kicks and jumping from most of the band. love their matching getups too. they played about 47 mins.

trail of dead. what can i say. out of all the times i've seen them this one was probably one of the better ones. setlist was very similar to the one they played in november. i was hoping for a little more variation. i found their instrument destruction to be a little disappointing. i think i only saw jason get into it. and that was mostly him kicking around one of the drum kits. speaking of jason, he did a stage dive with mic in hand, only to be caught by ... the floor aparently. towards the end of richter scale mass the started to pull people on stage. then everyone started climbing up until it filled up. the soundmen did a nice job of muting the hijacked mics. at that point i was thinking i've never hated being a taper more than at that moment.