8/30/24 Dicks
Set 1
The show opens with a BANG with a facemelter BOTT. Hose all over this,
probably must hear. BOTT is BOTT but this one is just fantastic!
And into a 14 minute Wolfman we go! Wolfman is terrific. They almost go
type 2 into a little eastern kind of area but correct course and head
for the sky. Probably must hear. Just explosive!
After a standard hot Hey Stranger comes the first Guelah since friggin
2022. Played well for the most part, the Asse Festival part is of course
kind of sloppy. Still fantastic to hear though!
Following that is an 11 minute No Men. As with Wolfman, this one
struggles to "sync up" at times in the jam, yet they push through and
just explode to a finale. Great stuff if not must hear.
So far, this set has been blazing hot energy wise, but if Im being
honest, it also feels slightly "less than" so far. Wolf and No Men WERE
great, but at the same time the jamming was kinda clunky or uninspired.
Very hard to explain.
The following Steam kicks things up about 12 notches. A definite damn
near all timer, imo, this one is loaded with that extra X Factor. MUST
HEAR!!! No, seriously, this one is POWERFUL and the peak section just
builds and builds and builds!!!
Excellent Evolve tonight. This one has extra sauce all over. Definitely grab this.
After the first Strange Design since 2022 (ok version, not great), the
set ends with a ridiculous, truly-must-hear Antelope. This is a gosh
darn 1.0 worthy Antelope. You WILL be involuntarily headbanging! 25
thousand nuclear bombs - thats what this is. Utter devastation.
All in all, I definitely LIKED this set but it just felt like the
sum wasnt greater than the parts or something. Wolfman, Steam and that
unbelievable Antelope are what you NEED immediately, but the rest was
fine as well. Very very hot and funky set for the most part!
Set 2
The second half of the show opens with what can only be described as a
Kaiju sized beast of a Chalkdust. 27 minutes in length, they drop
immediately into a black hole type 2 jam for a while before digging
themselves out. For about 10 minutes or so they strafe in and out of
super tight (listen to the on-a-dime interplay going on!!!!), but ultra
powerful "bliss rock jamming", but of the extra inspired sort. Somewhere
around 20 minutes things go slightly "tropical" and they build the jam
to its incredible, X Factor laden "more hose than a Hood" finale.
That is one jam where I didnt mind it being "in the box". That
sucker was TIGHT and everyones playing was absolutely inspired. 27
minutes of just fantastic rocking ecstacy. Wow.....
BUT WAIT! THERES MORE!
A 14 minute Sand follows and keeps the x factor insanity burning strong,
perhaps even more so!!!! Sand spends a long time totally laying back in
a dark, late night chillout, almost sounding 1999 style. Slowly they
work out of it and absolutely effing RAGE for several incredible, hose
explosion minutes of jam based orgasmic bliss. MUST HEAR AT ALL COSTS!!!
SAND OF THE DECADE!!!
That Sand was an all time classic for any era. Certainly the most UNIQUE Ive heard in a very long time!
And into a dang 21 minute Ruby Waves we go! And Ruby is gosh damn insanity. We are talking 8/6/21 Simple levels of "WHAT THE F IS GOING ON?!" .
The initial rocking jam sees them raging hard until somewhere around 10
minutes Trey and the boys all sync up on this unique up and down kind
of "zig zag" motif. They rage it hard, slowly increasing the tempo more
and more. By the 13 minute mark it sounds like we are in a combination
Sparkle/Antelope crescendo jam!!!! From here Fishman adjusts to the
faster tempo, giving it a new beat and we are off into alien waters
unknown. Insane heavy dark robo funk followed by massive peak finale
action.....
Then, WTU comes like a sledgehammer to the face, PERFECTLY placed
and making this 21 min Ruby feel more like a 30 minute adventure or
something! WTU is noteworthy - extra GRIMY in all the right spots and
EXTRA beautiful where it matters. I say chart this just for the sake of
preserving its memory...
THAT SEQUENCE WAS TO DIE FOR!!!! 8/6/21 Simple finally has competition!!!! HOLY MOTHER OF X FACTOR INSANITY LETS FRIGGIN GO!!!
And then Possum comes to rip our faces off and return us back to earth. 
Must hear Possum, for real. Damn near gives Antelope a run for its money.
The set proper concludes with a whopping 16 minute ER! This thing
grooves, it rages, it funks and it positively SHINES!! An absolutely
must hear rendition harkening back to the songs glory days of Fall 2018.
My god.
Mega rare Fee and a post 25 minute YEM to end the show?! Yes please!!!!
All in all ....WAS THIS SET A CRUEL JOKE OR SOMETHING?! WHAT IN
THE F WAS ALL THAT!!! ABSOLUTELY SPECTACULAR FROM START TO FINISH! EVERY
SINGLE SONG IN SET 2 IS MUST HEAR!!!!
Dust, Sand, Ruby>WTU, Nuclear Possum (weasel?) and ER were all CLASSIC versions! And that spectacular YEM to close....
How in the F can they top this?! Its 2024, so im sure they will quickly find a way!
That 2nd set was an all timer for ANY era!!!!!
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