Austin is different from the rest of the U.S. in the sense that
when a band comes through everyone gives the opening act their complete
attention; for at least the first three songs anyway. If they suck after that,
then you finally start to see some people wandering around to go smoke or go on
the prowl for a possible hook up for the night. Well the same applied to Periphery,
the awful wannabe Deftones band that just so happened to be opening for the Deftones. Their main problem, outside of the fact that
they aren’t as talented as the band they were touring with, is they seemed way
too happy to be on stage. It’s like watching the reunion tour of a has been
band that was never really that popular to begin with and seeing the bassist
grinning from ear to ear because he finally has money for heroin again. Everyone
in the band had the “oh snap! They’re actually paying attention to us” look on
their face. So what did they do? They rewarded us with a metal cover of the Red
Hot Chili Peppers By The Way. It was so awful that it actually became kind of
fresh. These guys are WEAK and should definitely be avoided.
The Deftones destroyed as usual and played a 2 hour set.
This was probably the best show of theirs that I have seen because they played
around 5 songs off of each album. So if you’re only down with their old stuff
you would have left feeling like it was money well spent. At no point during
the show did Chino look tired and he was running around like his normal self.
Gone are the fat Chino days apparently. They played in the ACL Moody Theater
which is Austin’s newest and best music venue. The sound in there is perfect
and you have easy access to multiple bars. And speaking of the bars, they didn’t
quite know how to handle the crowd. This was Moody’s first metal show, so they
went overboard a bit by having metal detectors at the door and you could tell that they aren’t used
to true Mexicans showing up and partying! They were already running out of beer
before the Deftones even took the stage. They literally had to do a beer run
and were bringing in tubs of Bud Light and Budweiser and were tossing them
around like we were at a frat party! I have been to this venue quite a few
times and I have never seen anything like this. But once they played Be Quite and
Drive, you knew this was going was to be a special night. I rate this show as
TIGHT and suggest that you pop in if they have not hit your town yet.
Tonight I am off to see Grizzly Bear and this will be my
first time experiencing their new album live. It’s a bit of a departure from
Veckatimist as it’s a bit more rocking than that album, so I am a little
excited. But I am previewing Owen Pallet
who will be opening for them. He is a Canadian that plays the violin and
tinkers with keyboards as well. His music is best described as experimental
pop, which is something that I would
normally run away screaming from; especially when a violin is in play. But he’s
not awful. He displays how unique his
sound is in The Great Elsewhere and Red Sun No. 5 which are my favorites of
his. But then he gets way too fruity and puts me to sleep with songs like E is
for Estranged. Overall I know that he’s
talented but he has too many fluffy songs for my taste so I will rate him as
WEAK. I will pop in for his set however and hopefully he can change my mind.
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