I have listened to Explosions in the Sky a few times but do not own any of their records or never really got into their music. I knew they were an esoteric band that played long format songs full of ambience, noise and raw rock power but I had no idea of the pleasant surprise I was in for. I had the chance to see them live, took the opportunity and WOW, I was blown away! What a great band to see live! They are now up near the top of my ‘must see them live’ list along with Sonic Youth and The Arcade Fire as far an having a great stage presence and creating a performance that feels so organic and alive, it gives me chills.

I love the fact that their music is all instrumental leaving the feeling and interpretation completely up to the listener. In today’s pop song and short attention span world it’s wonderful to see that a band like this can sell out a show in Louisville, KY. If you have a chance to get out and see Explosions in the Sky, please do, you will not regret it! After their set there was no encore! I thought that was amazing. Everybody plays an encore these days, it’s expected, but at the end of the set they waved goodbye and then came back out 5 minutes later to inform us, yes they were really done and said something to the effect of they were drained from the performance and hope we enjoyed it, but that’s it. respect.

Explosions in the Sky performing Your Hand In Mine at Headliners in Louisville, KY on August, 31, 2010.

The soundsystem was nice! Thanks Lou and Ryan, you do a great job! I dropped some Terminal Dusk tracks, some exclusive Fault material and some other tasty gems… check out the set list…

1. Kromestar – Shockwave EP – Agravashon
2. Headhunter – Initiate EP – Drop the Waste
3. Fault – Unreleased Dubplate – Rub a Dub Remix
4. Matty G – West Coast Rocks – West Coast Rocks (Caspa Remix)
5. Roommate – Pacific Tremors – Conquer (6Blocc Rekut)
6. 6Blocc & Dstro – Talk too Loud / Culture – Talk Too Loud
7. Rusko – License to Thrill: Part 2 – Original Cut
8. Borgore – Viridian – One Step Ahead
9. Babylon System & SPL – Unreleased Dubplate – On Fire
10. Otto Von Schirach – Bass Low / Bass Galactica 8 – Bass Low
11. Sarantis – Nitroglycerine / Half Dead – Nitroglycerine
12. Fault – Unreleased Dubplate – Scape
13. Flux Pavilion – How Rude – How Rude
14. Babylon System – Regardless VIP / Raclette – Regardless VIP
15. Rusko – O.M.G.! – Hold On
16. Kromestar – License To Thrill: Part 3 – Focuz
17. Emalkay – Solid State / Battle Suit – Solid State
18. Truth – Terror Planet – Disappear
19. Caspa – Ave It: Volume 2 – Well’ Ard (Featuring The Others)

Line 47 – Scape by Line47

I used the voice recorder app to bootleg the show. The acoustic set was great and I’m hoping that at some point cursive put out some sort of acoustic “best of” album or something, that would be great. Anyways, the recordings are not bad considering I recorded them from my shirt pocket. enjoy!

Setlist

1. Caveman (From Mama, I’m Swollen)
2. Making Friends And Acquaintances (From Domestica)
3. Rise Up! Rise Up! (From Happy Hollow)
4. Sierra (From The Ugly Organ)
5. Love Cats (The Cure Cover)
6. From the Hips (From Mama, I’m Swollen)