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Member Since:May 21, 2009

Last Login:July 1, 2009

Location:San Francisco, CA

Birthday:June 13

Music means to me:I'm pretty sure music is the first art form to ever be created. Back before hieroglyphics, there had to be some cavemen knocking out beats on rocks around a fire or something. Only after creating music did dancers dance, actors act, and the writers started to write what we call ancient history.

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SHOWS FOR ThomasEugene's TRACKED ARTISTS

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Date Artist Venue Location

02/13/12 Mon Justice Manchester Academy Manchester, GB
02/13/12 Mon Dr. Dog The Crystal Ballroom Portland, OR
02/14/12 Tue Dr. Dog Neptune Theatre Seattle, WA
02/15/12 Wed Har Mar Superstar The Mohawk Austin, TX
02/16/12 Thu G. Love & Special Sauce House of Blues West Hollywood, CA
02/17/12 Fri G. Love & Special Sauce Martini Ranch Scottsdale, AZ
02/17/12 Fri Of Montreal Georgia Theatre Athens, GA
02/17/12 Fri Rotary Downs Allways Lounge in the Marigny Theatre New Orleans, LA
02/17/12 Fri Dr. Dog First Avenue Minneapolis, MN
02/18/12 Sat G. Love & Special Sauce House of Blues Anaheim, CA
02/18/12 Sat Dr. Dog The Vic Theatre Chicago, IL
02/19/12 Sun Erykah Badu Sydney Opera House Sydney, AU
02/19/12 Sun G. Love & Special Sauce House of Blues San Diego, CA
02/19/12 Sun Dr. Dog 20th Century Theatre Cincinnati, OH
02/20/12 Mon Death Cab for Cutie HQ Perth, AU
02/21/12 Tue Death Cab for Cutie The Palace Melbourne, AU
02/22/12 Wed Erykah Badu Palais Theatre St. Kilda, AU
02/22/12 Wed G. Love & Special Sauce SLO Brewing Company San Luis Obispo, CA
02/23/12 Thu G. Love & Special Sauce Harlow's Sacramento, CA
02/24/12 Fri Death Cab for Cutie Enmore Theatre Sydney, AU
02/24/12 Fri G. Love & Special Sauce The Fillmore San Francisco, CA
02/24/12 Fri Har Mar Superstar The Mohawk Austin, TX
02/25/12 Sat Erykah Badu Kings Park & Botanic Garden Perth, AU
02/25/12 Sat G. Love & Special Sauce Harrah's Casino Stateline, NV
02/26/12 Sun The Dodos Great American Music Hall San Francisco, CA
02/27/12 Mon Death Cab for Cutie Tivoli Theatre Brisbane, AU
02/27/12 Mon G. Love & Special Sauce Humboldt Brews Arcata, CA
02/27/12 Mon Radiohead American Airlines Arena Miami, FL
02/29/12 Wed Radiohead Tampa Bay Times Forum Tampa, FL
02/29/12 Wed Death Cab for Cutie Town Hall Wellington, NZ
02/29/12 Wed G. Love & Special Sauce Domino Room Bend, OR
03/01/12 Thu G. Love & Special Sauce Commodore Ballroom Vancouver, BC
03/01/12 Thu Radiohead Philips Arena Atlanta, GA
03/01/12 Thu Dr. Dog Mr. Small's Theatre Pittsburgh, PA
03/02/12 Fri Deer Tick SnowBall Music Festival
at Nottingham Park Avon, CO
03/02/12 Fri Dr. Dog Headliners Music Hall Louisville, KY
03/02/12 Fri The Mother Hips Hole in the Wall Austin, TX
03/02/12 Fri G. Love & Special Sauce Showbox at the Market Seattle, WA
03/03/12 Sat Thievery Corporation Cypress Hill Smokeout Festival
at NOS Events Center San Bernadino, CA
03/03/12 Sat G. Love & Special Sauce Roseland Theater Portland, OR
03/03/12 Sat Dr. Dog War Memorial Auditorium Nashville, TN
03/03/12 Sat The Mother Hips Hole in the Wall Austin, TX
03/03/12 Sat Radiohead Toyota Center Houston, TX
03/04/12 Sun Dr. Dog Buckhead Theater Atlanta, GA
03/05/12 Mon Dr. Dog WorkPlay Birmingham, AL
03/05/12 Mon Radiohead American Airlines Center Dallas, TX
03/06/12 Tue G. Love & Special Sauce Emerson Center for the Arts Bozeman, MT
03/06/12 Tue White Rabbits Union Transfer Philadelphia, PA
03/07/12 Wed White Rabbits Black Cat Washington, DC
03/07/12 Wed Of Montreal Freebird Live Jacksonville Beach, FL
03/07/12 Wed Dr. Dog Riverside Warehouse Shreveport, LA
03/07/12 Wed G. Love & Special Sauce The Wilma Theatre Missoula, MT
03/07/12 Wed Har Mar Superstar Glasslands Brooklyn, NY
03/07/12 Wed Radiohead Frank Erwin Center Austin, TX
03/08/12 Thu Crystal Antlers Echo Los Angeles, CA
03/08/12 Thu Of Montreal Plaza Live Orlando, FL
03/08/12 Thu G. Love & Special Sauce Knitting Factory Concert House Boise, ID
03/08/12 Thu White Rabbits Jefferson Theater Charlottesville, VA
03/09/12 Fri Of Montreal Alabama Music Box Mobile, AL
03/09/12 Fri Big Light Brick & Mortar Music Hall San Francisco, CA
03/09/12 Fri Radiohead The Scottrade Center St. Louis, MO
03/09/12 Fri White Rabbits Lincoln Theatre Raleigh, NC
03/09/12 Fri Dr. Dog Stubb's Austin, TX
03/09/12 Fri G. Love & Special Sauce The Depot Salt Lake City, UT
03/10/12 Sat Crystal Antlers The Rogue Scottsdale, AZ
03/10/12 Sat The Mother Hips Powerhouse Pub Folsom, CA
03/10/12 Sat G. Love & Special Sauce Ogden Theatre Denver, CO
03/10/12 Sat Deer Tick Gasparilla Music Festival
at Curtis Hixon Waterfront Park Tampa, FL
03/10/12 Sat Of Montreal Howlin' Wolf New Orleans, LA
03/10/12 Sat Dr. Dog Fitzgerald's Houston, TX
03/11/12 Sun White Rabbits Variety Playhouse Atlanta, GA
03/11/12 Sun Radiohead Sprint Center Kansas City, MO
03/11/12 Sun Crystal Antlers VFW Santa Fe, NM
03/11/12 Sun Dr. Dog Granada Theater Dallas, TX
03/11/12 Sun Of Montreal Fitzgerald's Houston, TX
03/12/12 Mon White Rabbits BottleTree Birmingham, AL
03/12/12 Mon Of Montreal ACM Performance Lab Oklahoma City, OK
03/12/12 Mon Crystal Antlers Low Brow El Paso, TX
03/13/12 Tue Radiohead 1stBank Center Broomfield, CO
03/13/12 Tue White Rabbits One Eyed Jacks New Orleans, LA
03/13/12 Tue Dr. Dog The Blue Note Columbia, MO
03/13/12 Tue G. Love & Special Sauce Slowdown Omaha, NE
03/13/12 Tue Of Montreal Trees Dallas, TX
03/13/12 Tue Crystal Antlers The Korova San Antonio, TX
03/14/12 Wed G. Love & Special Sauce People's Court Des Moines, IA
03/14/12 Wed Dr. Dog Amber Room at Old National Centre Indianapolis, IN
03/14/12 Wed White Rabbits Fitzgerald's Houston, TX
03/14/12 Wed Of Montreal Sophie's Saloon Mcallen, TX
03/15/12 Thu Radiohead Jobing.com Arena Glendale, AZ
03/15/12 Thu Dr. Dog Orange Peel Asheville, NC
03/15/12 Thu Of Montreal Emo's East Austin, TX
03/15/12 Thu G. Love & Special Sauce Turner Hall Ballroom Milwaukee, WI
03/16/12 Fri The Mother Hips House of Blues West Hollywood, CA
03/16/12 Fri Dr. Dog 9:30 Club Washington, DC
03/16/12 Fri G. Love & Special Sauce First Avenue Minneapolis, MN
03/16/12 Fri Justice Terminal 5 New York, NY
03/17/12 Sat The Mother Hips Fox Theater Oakland, CA
03/17/12 Sat G. Love & Special Sauce Metro Chicago, IL
03/17/12 Sat Dr. Dog Rams Head Live Baltimore, MD
03/17/12 Sat Justice Terminal 5 New York, NY

ThomasEugene's Journal

Animal Collective | 05.29.09 | Oakland: Fri 5/29/2009 12:57PM; Sometimes things in life work out so well, it feels like there must be some superior power orchestrating all the events around us. Walking from the 19th street Bart station in Oakland to see Animal Collective perform at the Fox Theater, I was greeted by groups of fans with with faces painted to resemble wolves, kittens and panda bears. As they galloped passed me to get ahead in the line, I began to wonder what the gods of rock had in store for me tonight.

I don’t think I’ve ever been more excited for a band that I’ve never seen live before. I’ve become familiar with their impressive catalog of seven albums over the past few months as I was planning to record a couple songs by them at Coyote Hearing, a recording studio owned by Apollo Sunshine drummer Jeremy Black and Big Light percussionist Cochrane McMillan. The feeling of anticipation in my belly was further induced as we entered the floor of the 80 MILLION DOLLAR theater. The place is beautiful. The stage was set with one guitar, one floor drum, one cymbal, and four stations of samplers and mixers. This was backed by a giant sized graphic of the cover art off their newest album Merriweather Post Pavilion. Two giant 35 foot tall chains of gold speakers hung from both sides of the stage towards the audience. On each side of the speakers there was a gigantic Buddha-like statue with red and green eyes that reinforced the feeling that this was gonna be a great show. I couldn't decide if I wanted to be on the main floor and dance or try to get a seat upstairs to sit down, relax, and have my mind blown.

As the show started with the round vowel led songs like "Brother Sport" I watched as the sold out crowd crammed toward the stage and began to dance their painted faces off. Then as Avey Tare and Panda Bear began singing the repetitive lyrics "open up your, open up your, open up your throooaaaats" the sounds from the band mixed with the rebounding lyrics begged the audience to open up their minds as the music bounced off the decorated ceilings and walls of the Fox Theater. There was a gigantic inflated ball that hung above the band that had rhythmic projections of videos and animations that hypnotized the audience into falling into the world of Animal Collective. The band never really stepped into the spotlight, rather they stayed united between the glowing stands of their mixers and the omnipotent album cover in the background. Their transitions in between songs were deep, delicate, and left my ear intrigued. Somewhere between a combination of Kraftwerk, Ratatat, and Radiohead was this trio, whose samples seemed to come from thousands of roars, croaks, and buzzes with endless delays. At times I could have sworn I was living in an electric rain forest. The show went on to play many songs, old and new, with layered tribal beats, reggaeton melodies, and psychedelic layers that you can hear in different spaces of time. Most notable was their song "My Girls" which got the crowd moving to the beat of their floor drum and perfectly mixed vocal harmonies. Animal Collective brought music that just makes you wanna move and ask questions about how they did it later.

Fan Reviews After the Show:

"Psychedelic music is back!"
Dan-30-SF

"Effing Awesome. Meooooowwww..."
Katie-29-Oakland

"The Fox is now the Best Theatre in the Bay Area. Way better than the Warfield."
James-27-Oakland

"I wish we got tickets for the floor so we could dance. I didn't like sitting down the whole time in the balcony."
Sarah-25-San Francisco