11.14.05 The Dillinger Escape Plan/Hella/Between the Buried and Me/Horse the Band

i'm glad someone set the curfew time at 12:00. weekday shows shouldn't end later than this. 8am classes suck.

anyways...

horse the band. they got a shortened set due to some sort of problem. their music was pretty spaz-ticy. in a low fi sense i guess. lots of keyboard/synth action. lots of energy and really funny. "this next song is now called horse the band equates to feces, which is what some have been calling us during this tour."

between the buried and me. a little suprised they weren't direct support, but oh well, all the openers got 30 min anyways. since last i saw them, it seems they've gotten a new bassist and drummer. bassist, doesn't seem as talented as the old one. or maybe new album has less technical bass parts. tommy rogers mentioned leaving an important cable in calgary, thus, no keyboards during mordecai and probably another song. as usually their guitarsists were money. i could watch them play for hours at a time.

hella. not bad i guess. they had a synth guy and a bass guy just jump in and out whenever a song called for them. didn't really do anything for me.

dillinger. as usually they hated on the filmers. friend asked the lead guitarist if we could film. got back a no. (lack of) taping aside. they can really put on a show. greg climbing all over the stacks, guitarists jumping off the monitors, just a crazy show. you really just have to see it for yourself.