This past Friday and Saturday, Sound Tribe Sector 9 (STS9) performed at Stubb's in downtown Austin. It is the only fall show for the group besides a set at the legendary Red Rock Amphitheater and a charity event in Georgia. From what I read online, expectations seemed to be high because this was the only show until New Year's in Denver (last year's acoustic set and resulting album on New Year's by STS9 is a personal favorite of mine). I had seen the group only a couple times before (with a good amount of other "tribers" seeing the group 20+ times), yet I was still very excited to see the group because I heard that their Halloween performance two years before at Stubb's was amazing.
Each night two groups opened for STS9, but I did not know either of them. I fortunately missed each of them, yet was still was able to get a great spot for both shows. The crowd Friday was a bit more chill than Saturday (perhaps due to it being not sold out that night), but that is definitely understandable because Saturday downtown was INSANE...way too packed for me.
My favorite songs from the weekend set list include EHM, Arigato, and Inspire Strikes Back,Metameme. Friday was definitely my favorite night of the two performances, but I am more than satisfied with the show they put on each night. Saturday was pretty cool though because they performed a good portion of the show with all white masks on because of the show being on the night before Halloween.
The only bad part about the entire weekend involved Stubb's strict regulation with ending shows at 12 a.m. exactly. From reading a review of the show (http://headstash.com/boards/sts9/817?p=3750), a few songs actually were cut to make sure they were done by midnight. Personally this is totally ridiculous since surrounding bars are open til 2 away, causing me to ask what is another 15 or even 30 minutes going to hurt, especially if both artist(s) and viewers are literally screaming for it. Just saying, ending the show a bit past Halloween would have been pretty sweet. I am a bit bias though, I suppose.
The only bad part about the entire weekend involved Stubb's strict regulation with ending shows at 12 a.m. exactly. From reading a review of the show (http://headstash.com/boards/sts9/817?p=3750), a few songs actually were cut to make sure they were done by midnight. Personally this is totally ridiculous since surrounding bars are open til 2 away, causing me to ask what is another 15 or even 30 minutes going to hurt, especially if both artist(s) and viewers are literally screaming for it. Just saying, ending the show a bit past Halloween would have been pretty sweet. I am a bit bias though, I suppose.
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