Thee Oh Sees - 2011-12-07 - SF State University

THEE OH SEES Go To College

2011-12-07
The Depot
San Francisco State University

Trisource blend (TH1 only for most of track 02/03/most of 04)

TZ0: Sonic Sudios DSM-6s/L > Edirol R-09HR
TH1: Olympus LS-5 w/built-in mics
TH1: Cisco FlipHD audio

A completely INSANE Thee Oh Sees show...with two drum kits and keyboards and various monitors, I figured there would be NO WAY they could fit on stage, but somehow they pulled it off, loads of crowd-surfing and mayhem.  And it was free!

This was filmed with my FlipHD, with sound synchronized from multiple portable recorders, for some reason TZ0's cut out near the start of 'The Dream', and he only noticed near the end of 'Enemy Destruct'.  The FlipHD audio was dropped by -33dB due to it being overloaded, but it adds loads of sizzle, and the TH1 recording by -6dB to better balance the TZ0 recording, which was done further back.  


Anyway, enough of the technicals...and enough of the hype over the "SF Garage Scene"...all I know is that these guys put on one HELL of a live show and can whip up a frenzy like few others, and this was a PERFECT place to do it in as the crowd was packed and feeling it...

Watch the COMPLETE VIDEO recording here.  If you don't agree this was a completely AMAZING performance, I will refund 100% of your money, guaranteed:

Setlist  

Contraption/Soul Desert 
The Dream 
Tidal Wave 
Enemy Destruct 
Block Of Ice 
Mean Step Lively 
I Was Denied 
Destroyed Fortress Reappears 
Carrion Crawler 
Dead Energy 

Incubation bittorrent of audio recording (FLAC format)

Highlights:

* the lucky person who got handed JPD's guitar to play during 'Block Of Ice'  
* the announcement that if you are crowd surfing, to please avoid hitting the ceiling lights 
* JPD: "you guys will crowd surf to anything"...don't believe him for a second!
* some "bro" who started dancing on stage during 'Dead Energy' only to be sent back from whence he came through a well-applied boot, to cheers of approval and delight


A link to the Flickr picture set:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/26494411@N02/sets/72157628334450939/

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The opening groups after the jump:

Twin Steps
2011-12-07
The Depot 
SF State Univ


TZ0TH1 blend 
TZ0: Sonic Sudios DSM-6s/L > Edirol R-09HR
TH1: Olympus LS-5 w/built-in mics

Setlist

PA/soundcheck/intro
Wave Of My Emotion
Junkie Song  
'Last Night'  [new song]
Son Of Sam  
Pinkie Promise


Incubation bittorrent of audio recording (FLAC format)

Frontman Drew Pearson was a ball of energy throughout, spending as much time in the crowd as in front of it, and throwing sampled sounds into the mix to bridge songs.  The gospel/soul-tinged punk was pretty delicious as well, and his appreciation of the headliners was noted warmly as well.  My partner in crime saw them last year at Engine Works, so that set may one day see the light of day.

I also put up a video of "Junkie Song" on YouTube here:

One more band after the break...

Thee Oh Sees - 2011-10-30 - Ukrainian Cultural Center LA

Thee Oh Sees live October 30, 2011 at the Ukrainian Cultural Center in Los Angeles. Presented by FYF as a halloween party! Absolutely insane crowd. Thought I was gonna die in the first 5 minutes. 

Includes the amazing Lars Finberg as second drummer!!

setlist: 

01 soundcheck
02 Contraption/Soul Desert
03 The Dream
04 Enemy Destruct
05 Meat Step Lively
06 Carrion Crawler
07 Robber Barons
08 Block Of Ice
09 Destroyed Fortress Reappears
10 ?
11 Dead Energy

encore:

12 Tidal Wave
13 I Was Denied


COMPLETE SHOW VIDEO (now gone, sadly)


AUDIO RECORDING (resuscitated!)

Thee Oh Sees Tour Diary (via The Wayback Machine)

Video and audio courtesy of bcingyou and Moko117.

Thee Oh Sees - 2011-10-27 - The New Parish Oakland

Up close and personal with JPD and crew, in glorious 1080p video.

Need I say more?  The photos accompanying this writeup are *actual screenshots* from the video...which I've since adjusted a bit to overcome the red lighting, so it actually looks even better than what you see here.

The audio is a blend of my Church Audio CA-11 cardoid mics plugged into an Olympus LS-5 and the native iPhone 4S capture for high-end sizzle, with the latter mixed -15dB down as it's otherwise distorted as all get out.

Setlist

soundchecking (check out Petey 

playing the bassline to PiL's 

'Death Disco'...there's a Beatles 

song in there too)
Contraption / Soul Desert
The Dream
Block Of Ice
Enemy Destruct
Meat Step Lively
Tidal Wave
Poison Finger
Destroyed Fortress Reappears
unidentified new song
Dead Energy

Video of complete show

Incubation bittorrent of audio recording [FLAC format]

Keep in mind this is but a pale substitute for seeing them yourselves. Both their tour split with Total Control (go here for my video of their set) and their latest album Carrion Crawler / The Dream both capture the sound of the band live.