Mars Volta sideshow

[CarterS]

Wow. Never seen anything like it. In a world of their own.

Set list was 9 songs long so I read (though you can't really tell where one song ends and one starts), so thats 9 songs in what was more than 2 and a half hours. No support band. The jamming looks improvised, but then they go into another section which is so tight it can't be. The band is so tight. The guitarrist has to be one of the best around, easily.

I couldnt work out if they were the best band Ive ever seen or the worst sometimes. They make great sounds, stuff ive never heard anything close to, but they do drag it on a long time and it was some of the most mentally draining stuff I've ever listened to, by the end your totally stuffed even if you've been standing still the whole time.

Basically no talking with the audience at all, no "Hello Brisbane!" and no "You guys are an awesome crowd! We love you!" or anything like that. Not 1 song was introduced by name.

Setlist was for anyone who might be interested...(picked up from another Volta site). Parts of other songs were in there too though, I definitely heard some of Inertiatic ESP in there.

1. Cygnus
2. L'Via L'Viaquez
3. Eriatarka
4. The Widow
5. Drunkship of Lanterns
6. Frances the Mute
7. Roulette Dares
8. Cassandra

So this morning I was in the city and got The Widow EP which has the FTM song on it, the title track of the album it wasn't even on.

Overall

 

[hale]

Excellent... looking forward top catching these guys at the BDO (no sideshow for Perthites )

I remember not knowing much about them back in 2004, but catching the last 10 mins of their set that year at the BDO and realising...
"Bugger! I've just missed something rooly special".

 

[Kingy-dons]

I was there.

How intense was it? They are aliens.

Best band ever. Seeing them makes me realise why at the drive-in split. So ahead of there time. Absolute sweat pit, i could ring my shirt out.

I saw them at the bdo and last night. Cedric was pretty mellow in the middle part of the sideshow dont you think? The whole 1 hour 20 min at bdo was jam packed with omar swingin the guitar around his neck, Cedric rocking out. Best frontman going around.

Roulette dares, Cassandra Gemini and The widow my favourite songs of the night.

The Mars Volta own me.

 

[CarterS]

Best Band Ever. After last night I'm inclined to agree. At least, best band in the world atm or at least the most creative. Never seen anything remotely close to that.

Highlights (that I can remember), L'Via L'Viaquez particularly the distorted vocals at the end. The noises at the start of the song Frances The Mute, I felt like I was on another planet on an industrial spaceship with pulleys and machines working all around me, they give you an out of this world feeling. The saxaphone solos added to the atmosphere.

I agree about ahead of their time, I've had people ask me what they are like, i really can't describe them, I just say they're from another planet...