Would it not be grand to have these two play the same place, and not just on the same night, miles and 45 minutes apart? They played separate places but my friend Marci and I planned it so that we saw them both. We talked about it over Facebook. Damn....they are on the same night! Fee Lion was set to play this venue on the 25th floor of the Virgin Hotel....which actually was on the 25th floor....I thought it was just a name. HIDE was to play Empty Bottle as the headliner. Castration Anxiety is the name of the latest release and this was the party for it. Fee Lion had a 6 track CD I bought already at the Ela Minus show.We looked into who was playing before HIDE. Hmmm, they did not interest us. So it looks like we wanna do this. Fee Lion was to play first at her venue and that got the gears working in both our heads....can we make it to both shows? Parking around Empty Bottle would not likely be an issue, but by the Virgin Hotel right in downtown it would be a fucking headache.
No parking kills a good plan. Its a fun journey with my friend Marci, and going with someone makes me be on time, no bullshit. This is a fucking operation. She is constantly introducing me to new music. So we gonna do this. I arrive at Marci's on time and from there we take a taxi. We get there at the Hotel and we go to the 25th floor venue....on the fucking 25th floor, and it was a really nice place. I apologize for that. I honestly thought it was just a name. Hmmm, well. The washrooms were clean and spacious. I would go there again. We arrived at around 9pm with the belief that Fee Lion will be playing at around that time. It turns out it will be closer to 10pm. And so we thought, "oh shit", it's just one fucking first world problem on top of another.
I don't recall who it was Fee Lion was supposed to open for. I got some idea based on the music they were playing which was very dance heavy, and also chill. No one was really dancing and my mind was on how much would we get to see from who we intended to see. This fucking Red Bull I was drinking made my stray thoughts run laps around my mind.
Heather Gable....HIDE, with her its the passion of sharpening your weapons for battle, the hunt. Its music that is angry on the edge of rage. Its the industrial music as played by Klingons, messy and angry brand of dark industrial. And she gives you something to get angry at.....but, hey...we still are waiting for Fee Lion. Hmm, yeah I jumped ahead. Fee Lion...I bought from her the CD with 6 tracks on it, at this show with Ela Minus. And I like all 6. Whatever praise I got for one song goes for all. Ad/Just is fucking fabulous, it builds and you just follow her voice! Her voice! Hmm, is clear. Vision, fucking bla bla fabulous for a whole other set of reasons. And so on. Her vibrating beats compel you to dance. Its 10pm and she finally plays....I don't mean to sound it like that. Our strict schedule is not on her. So we watched her with part of our mind on not wanting to miss HIDE, but that was just a matter of getting to my car and going to Empty Bottle. Marci early on introduced me to her briefly. I forgot exactly which songs we heard before we left but I made sure, hmm.....we made sure to see Fee Lion on top of HIDE. Two mother fucking shows!!!.
A taxi ride to my car and then from there to Empty Bottle, once in motion we did contemplate on how much longer we could have stayed but no longer now since we saw her at Hideout. And ...That...Show....Was...Fucking Crazy. But, that's for later......... So we arrive at Empty Bottle. We say hi to people, talk. I know I talked to Rani from Girl Detective. And this fucking weakness, I bought the album and went to the front of the stage....no, it was after the show. Finally, Heather Gable....HIDE! She has such a commanding presence, many things at once, possessed, and in full command of her inner demons. She writhes about the floor of the stage. Heather seems to retreat, fall back and let her demons handle it, making this forth wall complete with a moat. The lights and fog make the mysterious complete. HIDE simmers in hypnotic rhythms and has you captured until that corner is turned and the machine takes off, in a faster mechanized pace. I'm taken back to where industrial music was created with the rhythms of the noises of machinery, sounds that were incidental and not meant to create music from. I really like this from HIDE. Even if I was on acid, I don't really think I would have a problem with the light show. Fog and flashing lights, yeah fucking bring it. So I am into Castration Anxiety. As I listen to it and make it familiar, I run through the other times I saw her. I'm glad HIDE plays a lot locally. And its the same with Fee Lion. They are from here, and that is so fucking cool and amazing. I get these random chances to see them. I like all if not most of Castration Anxiety, now that I can relax and hear it on my own time. Still...I like to visit and renew the memory of actually seeing them. What do you mean which ones. Just, all of them. Same as with Fee Lion. All of them. And more on that Hideout show later,
Zig
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