Austinist: Austinist Festival Recap: 2007 Wall Of Sound

Jros

Fri, 28 Sep 2007 21:00:37 -0600

If there is somebody from Austinist monitoring these posts, tell your web guy that SlideshowPro is somehow creating an automatic anchor link to the Wall of Sound post every time a new photo loads in the player. It's super annoying as noted above by kenneth1. Not sure why this is happening as I use SlideshowPro all the time as you at Austinist do on a regular basis. But it is totally f@#king annoying and should be sussed out soon.

guest

Fri, 28 Sep 2007 10:40:39 -0600

ha!

guest

Fri, 28 Sep 2007 10:32:18 -0600

as a matter f fact...every photo labeleled pinback is Om, and vice versa. way to BLOW IT.

guest

Fri, 28 Sep 2007 10:29:52 -0600

oh and #38 is credited as OM, but is actually pinback.

guest

Fri, 28 Sep 2007 10:27:17 -0600

photo #29 is credited as pinback, but it's actually al cisneros of OM

guest

Fri, 28 Sep 2007 02:16:07 -0600

#12, you are absolutely right. Why in the world would I go to a music festival to see the three "headliners" who are among my favorite bands? My first priority should be those bands who play two or three times a month in both Dallas and Austin. I mean, I'd have to be a moron to prefer the awesome bands who play only every so often in my city as opposed to the mediocre bands who play every week, right? I guess I don't get my hipster badge after all.

misssteak

Thu, 27 Sep 2007 19:03:43 -0600

Guest #2, there's nothing wrong with hating a band because they suck musically, but being heteronormative and homophobic about it is just ridiculous. Bring on the gender-bending and bo(y/i)s in tight pants.

guest

Thu, 27 Sep 2007 17:34:40 -0600

Two bands worth seeing at Wall of Sound: Om Spectrum The end.

guest

Thu, 27 Sep 2007 16:57:45 -0600

Wow, so Om sucked, but you went there to see Midlake and Ghostland? Your opinion isn't worth the virtual paper its printed on, obviously.

guest

Thu, 27 Sep 2007 16:26:14 -0600

Yeah i agree with guest #2 i would rather watch the midgetmen... NOT!!! Elvis Costello.

kenneth1

Thu, 27 Sep 2007 16:00:04 -0600

Someone pull this goddam post down! It's screwing with the rest of the site & I can't read anything else.

guest

Thu, 27 Sep 2007 14:23:58 -0600

Man, that ghetto picture application that will not work is ANNOYING. From the main page it keeps resetting, centering on the picture app. which is showing a whole lot of nothing right now. Between the jumps when it won't work and the CLICK! CLICK! when it will, I don't see how you guys can live with that thing.

guest

Thu, 27 Sep 2007 14:14:36 -0600

the pAper chAse are new to you? they played austin every week for awhile and are awesome in general.

guest

Thu, 27 Sep 2007 14:14:01 -0600

Exactly the kind of review you'd expect from one of the sponsors of that misbegotten abortion of a music festival. Not only did Om suck, they were ten minutes late taking the stage and then played waaayyy over their set time even though people were yelling at them to get off the stage. Where were the stage manager and festival "staff"? It is inexcusable that the three main reasons for going (Midlake, GLO & EITS) had to cut their sets short. Don't even get me started on the absurdly high prices for crappy concessions, the constant sound problems (including noise levels exceeding the AMD stage at ACL), the absence of visible staff/security or the lack of printed schedules (not that it would have mattered).

guest

Thu, 27 Sep 2007 13:01:57 -0600

"the fans were treated to show worthy of the praise that is bestowed upon them from people who obviously have good taste in music." Not obvious! Not obvious!

guest

Thu, 27 Sep 2007 12:51:12 -0600

"Can anybody explain to me why Ghostland Observatory has any sort of popularity whatsoever, much less enough stature to deserve a almost-headliner spot at ACLFest?" - Why yes I can. GLO is 2 talented, hard working guys who play an amazing brand of dance electro-rock that was quite popular with the THOUSANDS of people that were dancing and singing along to every word at their ACL 2007 performance. The guys from C3, who put the festival together, saw fit to put them on stage on Sunday after the great Wilco, and the fans were treated to show worthy of the praise that is bestowed upon them from people who obviously have good taste in music. There show was a "sick spectacle" you say? Why don't you try the more toned down Christian sounds of John Tesh. He might be right up your alley...ponce. GLO Fan

soneal

Thu, 27 Sep 2007 12:50:09 -0600

Confirmed: The Paper Chase drummer really did throw up during their set.

guest

Thu, 27 Sep 2007 12:03:58 -0600

YES! I have yet to hear GLO but I am sure they suck now.

guest

Thu, 27 Sep 2007 11:41:44 -0600

Can anybody explain to me why Ghostland Observatory has any sort of popularity whatsoever, much less enough stature to deserve a almost-headliner spot at ACLFest? Their sets consist of a screeching, gibbering man-woman, wailing cacophonically in front of a poncy porkchop-sideburned sidekick in a cape, who is doing apparently not much if anything behind him/her. The mystique of such a vacuous and insipid set is beyond the ability of this rational person to understand. I remember the first time I saw them, at ACLFest '06, someone in the crowd next to me said: "That chick isn't bad looking, a little masculine though". Indeed, throughout most of the set (to which my friends pulled me. Little did I know the horror that would befall my ears) I was trying to figure that out myself. "Hmm, are those small breasts, or medium pecs under a tight shirt? Do I detect birthing hips?" The lead singer is apparently the product of a culture where masculinity is eschewed in favor of poncy, delicate men who stuff their emaciated figures into women's jeans, blurring the line between gender. The entire set was a sick spectacle; It was like looking at a car wreck, repulsive yet transfixing the viewer with its sick spectacles. For three seconds after the first song began, I actually got excited, because I thought they were a cover band for Atari 2600 game music. Now that, my friends, I could actually get behind. Ghostland Observatory is one of those bands where people simply can't stop talking about their "energy" and "stage presence". Apparently, this is because it's impossible to talk about their "talent" or "artistry", both of which this band is utterly devoid. No real skill or training in music? That's OK, just dress up in tight girl jeans, scream louder, and have a lackey in a superhero costume twiddle the knobs on some electronics to provide some white noise. Apparently the extra noise and the spectacle of your androgynity more than makes up for any shortcomings you might have in passion or ability. There is one reason and one reason only that Ghostland Observatory is so loud; It's to cover up the silence and void that is their talent. Disgusting, zero out of a possible five stars.

guest

Thu, 27 Sep 2007 10:52:58 -0600

I'm glad I didn't drive up to Dallas for this after reading this review and the more scathing review by Austin Powell in the Chronicle. 20 minutes of the headliner?! That's shitty, especially since that's about 1.5 EITS songs. I did hear that the word "sparse" would be a generous way to describe the crowd. That is surprising to me.