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July 13, 2005
Band That Could Be God
And this year's Indie-Rock Reunion "Best in Show" Award goes to...
...Dinosaur Jr. By a mile. And quite a few decibels.
I was a bit too young to go to shows when Dinosaur's Bug tour stopped at The Brewery in 1988, but I am having a really hard time imagining how that particular show could've been that much better than Sunday night's Cradle performance, save for its more authentic Reagan-era post-hardcore context or maybe the sort of revelatory in-the-moment realness that isn't quite as mindblowing once a band's records have been canonized and memorized.
In any case, Dino 2005 was truly awesome. It's been a long time since I geeked out about a show enough to lookup the setlist online afterwards. Incidentally, that version of the setlist is slightly incomplete since it's based on the pre-written band setlist. Folks who stuck around just a little longer were rewarded with a (seemingly unplanned) third encore: an intense version of that amazing noise-dirge "Tarpit". Quite the sludgefeast!
Posted by Tim at July 13, 2005 10:30 PM
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It was the first time in awhile that I walked out of the cradle so psyched about a show and not just looking forward to sleep.
Not sure going sans earplugs was a good idea, it sounded like a jet was landing in the cradle during "Forget the Swan."
btw - Does anyone recall the SuperChunk setlist? That was pretty damn good set as well.
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at July 14, 2005 08:23 AM
Superchunk setlist here:
http://mergerecords.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=9389#9389
Posted by: Tim R at July 14, 2005 10:41 AM