Thursday 27 May 2010

Shellac + Mission Of Burma > Serralves > Live Recording


Shellac + Mission Of Burma
Serralves Museum of Contemporary Art, Porto, Portugal
Recording Equipment: CA Cardioid > STC 9100 > Tascam DR-07
25.05.2010

Shellac don't tour a lot, you know, so getting the chance to see Steve Albini, Bob Weston and Todd Trainer play in my hometown, 5 minutes away from my house, is kind of pure luck (and persistence from the promoters). Now add to the lineup post-punk legends Mission Of Burma and I guess you can't really ask for more. This was my first Shellac gig and certainly one of the best ones I've been to. Mission of Burma were awesome, combining the rawness of punk with some more sophisticated elements -- somewhere between the Ramones and the Wire -- but Shellac are Shellac. All I can say is that if you've never seen them live and you happen to catch them, don't think twice, 'cause it's true what people say about them: they're the best live act around. Three immensely talented, eccentric guys improvising a setlist of fucked up minimalist rock songs, a mix of brutality and velocity, style and sarcasm, guts and brains.
As for the recording, it's probably our best one so far, the sound is very clear and natural. I'm missing 4 songs of the Shellac setlist, so in case you spot them, drop us a line. Also, if you're interested in the FLAC files of the audio recording, I will trade them for video footage of this night. Finally, I've included the traditional Shellac Q&A for streaming below plus two songs from each band. I guess this will whet your appetite.

Setlist - Mission Of Burma
1. 1,2,3 Party | 2. 1001 Pleasant Dreams | 3. Good Cheer | 4. Donna Summeria | 5. That's How I Escaped My Certain Fate | 6. Them Two | 7. After The Rain | 8. 2wice | 9. Let Yourself Go | 10. This Is Not A Photograph | 11. Academy Fight Song | 12. Max Ernst

Setlist - Shellac
1. Ghosts | 2. Copper | 3. My Black Ass | 4. ??? | 5. Canada | 6. A Minute | 7. Squirrel | 8. ??? | 9. Steady As She Goes | 10. Prayer To God | 11. Killers | 12. Il Porno Star | 13. The End Of Radio | 14. ??? | 15. ??? Boycott | 16. Poke

Mission Of Burma - Let Yourself Go Live At Serralves by ashtapes
Shellac - Steady As She Goes Live At Serralves by ashtapes
Shellac Q&A Live At Serralves by ashtapes

Download: Mission Of Burma at Serralves | MP3 | 80 MB

Download: Shellac at Serralves | MP3 | 130 MB

8 comments:

gbz said...

track #15 appears to be 'boycott' from 'excellent italian greyhound'. i'm looking forward to find out the titles to missing ones. great recording. greets from poland.

Marco A. Melo said...

Ultra Mega Thanks pela dica!!!

Marco A. Melo [Ponto Alternativo]

joão said...

hey gbz! thanks for your help. it is indeed boycott! i'll update the setlist. :)

Vesi said...

Thanks so much for this!

Greetings from Bulgaria.

whiskybob said...

Great recording, much appreciated especially as they played 5 new songs, looking forward to seeing Shellac support Sonic Youth in December

whiskybob said...

Great recording, much appreciated especially as they played 5 new songs, looking forward to seeing Shellac support Sonic Youth in December

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