Austinist: This May or May Not Disappoint You: Sunset Rubdown's Unofficial Aftershow

CrystalPM

Sun, 05 Apr 2009 16:36:31 -0600

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lukequinton

Tue, 30 Sep 2008 07:47:42 -0600

Yeah, you're totally right. There's no question the band, and Krug himself, are a really intense experience live. Their records are a bit of a roller coaster, hell, even their songs work like that, so reproducing it live is tough, and it comes across as heft and effort.   Anyone deserves a timeout after that; My main problem was that it gave me time to think about these fools next to me blowing cigarette smoke in my face, and reminding me that they were totally unable to shut-the-fuck-up during the whole set. Stuff like that sort of breaks the spell :)   I totally agree they play the shit out of every single song, and maybe it was just those circumstances, but it just feels like a few more transitions between songs would do their show good.

JohnM

Mon, 29 Sep 2008 19:49:20 -0600

About the space in between songs thing - I think Krug puts so much into it, he has to take a break just to regain composure. I remember when I saw them spring 2007(?) at Emo's they played just over an hour, and when they came out to do an encore, Krug said "thank you, we don't usually do encores," and looked completely spent. He might have more endurance now, but I swear...that man puts some body into it.

LordEric

Mon, 29 Sep 2008 12:04:51 -0600

I was there, but sans camera, just unwinding. It was a GREAT show, the place was packed and Spencer was definitely "on".