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This should be the time of year when the first dates begin to pop up on clubs' websites and the likes! So watch out for your local club where MP are likely to play in April/May 2011 and let us know!
Stoner Rock usually feels so tiresome but THE MACHINE are indeed very good. I saw these young dudes at this year's Stoned From The Underground and they played an excellent and enjoyable set — as first band at 3 pm in the afternoon in 39°C heat. Respect!
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Just a minor correction which could be confirmed by listening to the recording: They actually did not go back into "X3" after Hallucifuge.
Year Zero
New Song 1
Whole Lotta Diana ->
New song 2
All is Loneliness ->
Starhammer ->
The Wheel ->
Starhammer ->
Hogwash ->
Halleluwah ->
Hogwash ->
X3 ->
Hallucifuge
After having listened to he recording I must say this concert is damned perfect. It being only 90 minutes is actually part of its appeal: The band just flies through the jams and segues with an instinctive sureness that is simply amazing. Of course I like them to stretch out but this condensed to-the-point essence of the motormagic is great as well! And damn, are the segues smooth or what? I was tracking the lossless version of the reording earlier today and it was just impossible to find the track-split when "The wheel" goes back into "Starhammer" — it's perfectly woven together made into one song although it's two of them! I am also in awe about Snah's noise in this show. It's so spaced out, noisy and out there! The transition between "Starhammer" and "Hogwash" is a good example. Wow!
Another correction to the setlist, they actually played the full "Hallucifuge" part of "LLM":
Year Zero
New Song 1
Whole Lotta Diana ->
New song 2 ->
All is Loneliness ->
Starhammer ->
The Wheel ->
Starhammer ->
Hogwash ->
Halleluwah ->
Hogwash ->
X3 ->
Hallucifuge ->
X3
A picture that was posted to FB by Stuart R.:
You could call the second part of the set the "sandwich"-show!
I don't think they've done it to this extent before!
I still cannot see your point. They did four songs from the three most recent albums (two from the latest) which is fair enough and quite natural because UK fans hadn't had the chance to hear that material yet. Then they did the staples "All is loneliness" and "Hogwash" that should please even the most casual fan PLUS two new songs which they debuted that night. Sounds pretty well balanced to me, giving a good picture what the band is up to RIGHT NOW.
The segue from "Starhammer" right into "The wheel" and right back to "Starhammer" is just thrilling. The screaming and feedback driven segues in general in this show are great! Just 90 minutes but what a storming set, the band truely delivers!
That fourth song in the set — probably a new original — is just great! The part that begins five minutes into the song ("I could never go back, I could never go back") is intense, dark and quite moody featuring beatiful vocals and from there Snah takes off! Wow, love it!
Halitosis, how you can possibly complain when the band plays such a groovy set?
Here is a corrected setlist:
Year Zero
New Song *
Whole Lotta Diana ->
New song ** ->
All Is Loneliness ->
Starhammer / The Wheel ->
Hogwash / Halleluwah ->
X3 / Sweet Oblivion (LLM)
* "this is something new", fast riffing, shorter song
** unknown slow heavy rocker, very nice, probably a cover
Small venue, very intimate, very loud. Band enjoyed themselves, mood was great. Good sound although missing a bit of that bass impact (especially on "Loneliness").
Thanks to Dr. Seufer for the report!
They are not doing this to please YOU! This should be pretty obvious for anyone who has been following MP for some time. Either you are up for the ride, or you aren't. It should also be obvious to even the most casual observer that the band does not care anymore about promotion strategies. I guess there was a strict curfew? Maybe that prevented them from playing an encore. Or the people didn't make enough noise. However, playing 15 min suites sounds just fine to me
Can you provide us with a setlist as well as details to the show? Would love to learn more…
Thanks!
