Onward to the final "brand new" show listens of 2021 for me. I came SO
close to finishing it last year but never made it past 10/28 
Rectifying that as promised right now, lol.
10/29/21 Las Vegas
Set 1
Olivia's Pool - Fantastic version and surprise song choice. Very hot and full of energy. Terrific opener!
Axilla II - Only the 2nd version since friggin 1995 and, even better, this sucker is almost 22 minutes long! 
The jam is amazing, very slowly building organically out of the outro,
minute by minute, into a massive rock and roll climax. One of those jams
that just keeps building and building and building! X Factor MAGIC!
Mike's Song - HOLY CRAP!!!!! Only 13 minutes, but this
has to be among the most exploratory versions post-reunion. It feels
like a 20 minute odyssey or something!!! The initial inspired funk
jamming gives way to looper-led jamming. The loop jamming gets more and
more ethereal, Page on the church organ. From there, they build it up
slowly to the sky like some heavenly church music or something!!!
Absolutely inspired!!!! And then, like its 1994 again, they seamlessly drop straight back into the Mike's riffing proper and close it out. X FACTOR MAGIC STRIKES AGAIN!!!! THAT WAS FRIGGIN INCREDIBLE!!!! 
>I Am Hydrogen - Is Hydro, but sounds so fantastic tonight and
works ridiculously well if you think of it as the next part of that
Mike's jam instead of a separate song.
>Weekapaug Groove - And the hits just keep coming!!!! 12 minutes on this one, we get ANOTHER jammed out rendition! I for one welcome the re-introduction of our Paug-based jam gods..... The
jamming sees them move the initial Paug into a darker, more late-night
and fiery kind of zone. Like an up tempo Mikes jam or something. Trey's
soloing begins to go....askew. He and Page wrestle for direction - go
deep or stay Paug?! Trey hits a massive sustained note and sets a damn
loop of it and we are off!! Into full blown heavenly type 2 mother effers!!! LETS GO!! BRING ON THE PEAKAGE! And bring it on they do!!! SUPER PEAK EXPLOSION!! I HAVE GOOSE BUMPS!!! Eventually the massive and lengthy peak subsides and we rage the Paug theme back to a conclusion. "Hello! How are you? We hope you have a good time!!!"
Yes, Trey, a GREAT time was had by all. 
Ok guys. That HAS to be the finest Mike's Groove of 3.0 to this point,
no?! That was like listening to some late 90s insanity or something. 1.0
vibes all over... X FACTOR MAGIC STRIKES THRICE!!!!!!
Shade - Beautiful version is the perfect cooldown. Great set placement as well. A+!!!
I Always Wanted It This Way - 14 minutes....oh boy, here we go!
Immediately, its apparent the X Factor is cont brightly. Everyone is
loading this with their best fills galore. Gordo and Trey both crushing
with their sickest robo funk FX. Page joins the game with tons of wacky
digital and synth FX. This suck is going off the damn rails! Eventually,
they begin to work towards brighter, more blissful areas, Trey soaring
ever skyward, using some sick delay/volume pedal effect!!! You can
probably call this a type 2 version by this point! And then...holy
s#itballz.....the song just EXPLODES!!!!! GREATEST PEAK EXPLOSION SINCE
THE PELHAM CARINI!!!!!! HOLY MOTHER OF NUCLEAR BOMB FIRE FROM THE
SKY!!!!! FIRE FIRE FIRE FIRE FIRE FIRE FIE FIRE FIRE FIRE FIRE FIRE FIRE
FIRE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! And with that, set 1 comes to a close..... 
All in all.... HOLY MOTHER OF CRAP ON A CRACKER!!!!! People told
me this was one of the finest modern shows ever and so far it is living
up to the hype! The whole damn set is just spectacular. The Mike's
Groove should be considered a true hall of famer and that Axilla didnt
just break the mold, it friggin shattered it, pumped 20 rounds into its
skull and torched it down to smoldering ashes....IAWITW is not to be
missed either, turning in what was likely the best version to this point
(maybe better than Mexico 2019 even).
AND THERE IS STILL ANOTHER SET?!
Glad to be back folks. Im here all week. Thank you, thank you very much.
Christ it felt good to finally word vomit a review again....
Ass Handed - A six minute, jammed out Ass Handed to open the 2nd set. What a time to be alive!!!!
They
keep the riff going, and then Trey kicks on the robo fx and its off to
the races with one of the hardest, funkiest jams this side of 1997. Then
the funk subsides and it morphs into a sparkly, late night chill
groove. Like a Sea of Stars jam gone robo or something .....FULL BLOWN TYPE 2 ASS HANDED!!!! X FACTOR MAGIC: THE QUADRILOGY!!!!!>Tweezer - .....and into a 20 minute Tweezer!
The initial funk jamming gives way to a section of bliss rock before
they give it a kind of classic rock "edge". This jam is very "in the
box" and the changes are often subtle. ------Its all about the energy and the way the band are LOCKED IN to one another - listen to Fishman flawlessly react to Trey's motifs with reactionary drumwork instantaneously. Things like that. Somewhere around the 14 minute mark this rocking Tweezer develops a further head of steam. They are just rocking this one the F out.
-----FINALLY, with barely 5 minutes to go, they break out of the "extended type 1 2023 style" jamming when things suddenly shift darker and Trey begins playing with robo fx and delay. Page responds like Fishman with his own synth playing while Trey keeps robo rhythm with the delay. Cyberfunk?? Something like that?? All I know is that this final portion of the jam is sick, yo.
---Eventually the guys stumble into a repeating, ascending motif. They work in and out of it for a bit. You think it is going to lead to a giant peak, but instead they take it the opposite route, slowly shifting downwards and concluding the jam.....
Great Tweezer. Not the most exploratory or the finest of the year (see Shoreline and Atlantic City for those), but a strong version nonetheless.
>Funky B - Hot fire as ever. And yes that is a true segue! Planned or unplanned, the end of the Tweezer jam saw Trey playing with the opening notes of FB. Sounds like he saw his chance and jumped straight in. Great stuff. Not much else to say. Its Funky B. It rages. Nuff said!
Reba - A very rare 2nd set Reba is next. The composed section is far from perfect but there are worse versions out there. Its played ok but not great, ya dig. The solo portion though...TYPE 2 REBA!!!! They lock into this down-low and dark kinda funky rhythm. Unfortunately its very brief though (30 seconds or so) and then its back to business as usual. The back half sees the band just explode - peak peak peak peak peak peak! Lets go! Fantastic!!!! Holy crap Trey!!!!!!!!!
Throw in Ass Handed and Little Squirrel reprises and thats a wrap.
Sand - Nearly 17 minutes on this bad boy!!!! Insane version. Goes proper type 2 and into a Tweezer jam.
>Sigma Oasis - PEAK EXPLOSION!!!!
Walk Away - FIRE!!!
Julius - See Funky B
Tweeprize - perfect conclusion.....
All in all, this show is CLASSIC!!! An absolutely ridiculous listen, nearly everything is jammed and the show plays like a crazy rollercoaster ride....
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