The Intelligence - 2010-11-11 - Eagle Tavern SF

MOON BONG LIFE

PUKE LIKE UNIVERSE

ESTATE MOM DEBT HORSE

COPS THANK COSMIC MALES

Catchy "lo-fi" garage-y rock.  Like like like like like like like. While some wonder why the Intelligence's pop ditties aren't more popular, some have a greedy desire to see them remain underground, so they remain all yours.  The paradox of Indie, I guess.  I'm not going to go there.  This is not Pitchfork.  I had a blast, and while not as insane as they were during Thee Oh Sees set, the crowd certainly were buying what Finberg and Co. were selling.

Tuning a 'tar, taking a swig

I had seen The Intelligence once before, at Part Time Punks in 2009.  They made a positive impression then, and it continued forward to seeing them a year later.  I quite liked "Block Of Ice" not realizing it was a cover of the group they played after.  Or is it the Thee Oh Sees who cover it?  No, I was right the first time.                                                

My recording was done with the trusty Sony PCM-M10, which I had set on top of a video poker machine stage left-ish.

Setlist (the entire set was filmed with my iPhone 4, all songs linked):

Moon Beeps / Bong Life / Life Preserver / Tuned To Puke / Like Like Like Like Like Like Like / The Universe / Estate Sales / Mom Or A Parking Lot / Debt & ESP / Horse Glue / Dating Cops / Thank You God For Fixing The Tape Machine / The Unessential Cosmic Perspective / Males // Pony People

Thee Oh Setlist

Setlist: 

The Universe / Nice Tries / Debt & ESP / Dating Cops / Thank You God For Fixing The Tape Machine / The World Is A Drag / The World Is Not A Drag / Block Of Ice (Thee Oh Sees) / Like Like Like Like Like Like Like / Black Hole (The Urinals) / The Unessential Cosmic Perspective

Photos of PTP taken by All Music Guide reviewer Ned Raggett...

And a video, put up by yours truly taken from bcingyou's Kodak digivid, featuring "The World Is A Drag", "Like Like Like Like Like Like Like", and "Black Hole", a Urinals cover.