CUT//COPY

[djbionik]

I saw Cut Copy for my 4th time in Oakland last night, and I was pretty bummed. The sound mix was awful, and the crowd was even worse. After hearing the new songs live, I'm not sure how this album is going to stick with me the way the others have. Definitely my least favorite performance of theirs that I have attended.

Ah, this makes me so sad for you! Sounds like a complete opposite of my experience a few nights ago. Then again, the only time I "saw" them before that, was at Coachella, it was the single worst experience I've had in all my years at the fest, and it damn near tainted my opinion of Cut Copy, because I thought only douche faces like the ones surrounding me were their only fans and I wanted to slice all of them. What a fucking disaster.

I do like the off beats of their new material- but I will always like Bright Like Neon Love better because it's the one I started with- even if they only played one song off it. It's what I like. And I think that's what makes a difference between crowds- people coming into a show at different levels of exposure. I went with my dim wit girlfriend who only knows what I feed her, but she's fun to dance and drink with. I was mad excited during the huge disco party that came of "That was just a dream" but noticed the crowd really only went wild for the new songs... figures. Good thing SL,UT dances to just about anything, so it was an overall great show- we're not snobby about our fun.

[guedita]

I saw Cut Copy for my 4th time in Oakland last night, and I was pretty bummed. The sound mix was awful, and the crowd was even worse. After hearing the new songs live, I'm not sure how this album is going to stick with me the way the others have. Definitely my least favorite performance of theirs that I have attended.

Sloppy crowd?

[malcolmjamalawesome]

How was the bear factor

[Electrotek]

the stone roses: 852

655k actually.

[kvnty]

655k actually.

oh, sorry. that must have been their US fan group.

[Drinkey McDrinkerstein]

Ah, this makes me so sad for you! Sounds like a complete opposite of my experience a few nights ago. Then again, the only time I "saw" them before that, was at Coachella, it was the single worst experience I've had in all my years at the fest, and it damn near tainted my opinion of Cut Copy, because I thought only douche faces like the ones surrounding me were their only fans and I wanted to slice all of them. What a fucking disaster.

If you're talking about 2011 your experience was much different than most people here. That was one of my favorite sets out of every Coachella I've been to, and the crowd aroundme was fucking insanely awesome. So much fun.

[concertgoer]

If you're talking about 2011 your experience was much different than most people here. That was one of my favorite sets out of every Coachella I've been to, and the crowd aroundme was fucking insanely awesome. So much fun.

This
That was the most electric crowd for any set I have been to at Coachella

[Miroir Noir]

One of the top ten concert experiences of my life.

[kvnty]

Respect to djbionik and her dissenting opinion (discourse is good, no?), but at that moment in time in that tent in the desert with Cut Copy and thousands of adoring fans was one of the single greatest music moments in my life. I camped (no hotel) and my friend wouldn't go see Sleigh Bells with me (right before CC), so I ended up going into the Mojave alone for Sleigh Bells and raging my dick off then staying for CC, which (blasphemy) was even more fun than the Bells. To this day I get butterflies thinking about it. And I still rag on my friend for missing that set.

[westcoastpirate]

I can't wait to see them Wednesday and hopefully hear In Memory Capsule live.

[brando4n82]

Cut Copy was Allllllllright at HARD, fell a little flat for me. New material is pretty good, would have liked to hear more earlier material though

[IceyHotshot]

Cut Copy was Allllllllright at HARD, fell a little flat for me. New material is pretty good, would have liked to hear more earlier material though

Part of it was probably the e-tard crowd that was stiff the whole time.

I missed the first 20 mins so maybe I missed some new songs? I felt like they played too much old stuff. Also "Need You Now" sucks and needs to be dropped.

[Josh_Garrett]

Cut Copy was Allllllllright at HARD, fell a little flat for me. New material is pretty good, would have liked to hear more earlier material though

That was my first time seeing them and I enjoyed the hell out of it. At the beginning of the set I was surrounded by Calvin Harris fans but I eventually made my way over to some cut copy fans and had a blast. The new material is great live. I'm really hoping to see them again at coachella.

[kvnty]

just got back from the DJ set and CD signing by Cut Copy at Amoeba. as they were signing my CD (no vinyl, fuck), I said, "see you at Coachella." they hemmed and hawed a little and were like, "what's that?" I said it wasn't a question and they laughed (all four of them). the drummer gave me a wink and thumbs up, so CONFIRMED!

[concertgoer]

I will take it!

[djbionik]

To clarify, it wasn't that I thought the set, or even the show was bad in 2011, it was my experience at that particular set that sucked balls. As I mentioned before, I had no idea what to expect, how big the crowd was going to be or anything- I just knew that I liked Cut Copy enough to want a great sweet spot. So I did, about 20 people back from the front, all comfortable with my friend, about 20 minutes before starting time. Now, when you're short, the front is tricky, because you might get stuck with just seeing the back of someone's head, so I took a few steps back so I could see everything beautifully- Perfect, right?

Enter a bunch of giraffes, shirtless, sweaty and stinky with poor manners, totally just like stood in front of me just as the music started. And you know how when the lights go off, people all the sudden shift and sway? Well, I stood ground, and asked the gentlemen in front of me kindly if I could have my spot back in front of them, so I could see, since I had been waiting. At first they didn't reply, so I tapped, smiled and asked again. They were like "spots aren't reserved, so no." OK, whatever, I can move... oh wait, the place is totally packed and I don't know where my feet are, because the crowd is so tight and we're swaying, and now I have sweaty man skin smothering face and sliding around on my shoulders. THE WHOLE SHOW was like that- NOt even dancing. The guys in front gave in to the sway, the guys around squoze, and the dudes behind smooshed. I do remember some involuntary jumping so as to avoid further skin on unfamiliar skin smothering- I'm sure this was great for the rest of you.

In conclusion- Since I didn't know what to expect, and this is all that I saw, on all sides of me, I was left to think that all fans were this asshole-y, since at that time, that's all I could see. I don't remember the set, I'm sure it was great enough for me not to make a scene to get out. (if I hate it, I'll pretend I need to puke or about to cry, and people make way real fast- just a little trick I learned in prison ;p ) But I didn't so I'm sure the set was magnificent. I just had a horrible time next to horrible people.

Anyway, I'm very happy that it was a big crowd for Coachella standards enough that they potentially will be back, even if a wink is our only confirmation. Our SLC scene redeemed everything that I love about Cut Copy, but at Coachella, I'll be more careful about finding the dance party, with decent human beings, and not the view.

[kvnty]

... just a little trick I learned in prison ;p ...

like Orange Is The New Black?

[Fourthisto]

Saw them in Portland over the weekend, the new stuff sounded good enough - but the old hits really got the crowd going. They've still got a 10 on the fun factor. The budget for their light show has really been beefed up this time around, it seems.

[westcoastpirate]

True. Just found out my friend took a picture of him on the second level from below. Dave Chappelle was getting down with his hands up and everything.

This is one of his pics from facebook that he let me steal.
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Ha, from Reddit:

[–]kw708 7 points 1 hour ago*
What is your favorite "crazy fan" story?
PS I love you

[–]wearecutcopyVerified[S] 22 points 55 minutes ago
Dave Chappelle singing lean on me in our band room in Salt Lake the other night. I think we were the crazy fans though.
Love you too

[JorgeC]

How was the bear factor

Was Salah there?

[DFrank]

just got back from the DJ set and CD signing by Cut Copy at Amoeba. as they were signing my CD (no vinyl, fuck), I said, "see you at Coachella." they hemmed and hawed a little and were like, "what's that?" I said it wasn't a question and they laughed (all four of them). the drummer gave me a wink and thumbs up, so CONFIRMED!

I figured this was an obvious, but I take this as a definite confirm! Now we just have to speculate on the stage and time.

Still surprised I didn't hear about any after party for them, they probably had something private.

[kvnty]

and by the way? this CD is fantastic. can't stop listening to it.

P.S. in case anyone was wondering what a DJ set by Cut Copy looked like:



pretty much didn't change for the 30-40 minute set.

[heart cooks brain]

emergency room for prolapsed rectum.

[kvnty]

most probably

[moviebruin]

Still surprised I didn't hear about any after party for them, they probably had something private.

It was at the Honeycutt Downtown.

[tmac]

honeycutt downtown last night was fun as fuck and a madhouse

[presclinton]

To clarify, it wasn't that I thought the set, or even the show was bad in 2011, it was my experience at that particular set that sucked balls. As I mentioned before, I had no idea what to expect, how big the crowd was going to be or anything- I just knew that I liked Cut Copy enough to want a great sweet spot. So I did, about 20 people back from the front, all comfortable with my friend, about 20 minutes before starting time. Now, when you're short, the front is tricky, because you might get stuck with just seeing the back of someone's head, so I took a few steps back so I could see everything beautifully- Perfect, right?

Enter a bunch of giraffes, shirtless, sweaty and stinky with poor manners, totally just like stood in front of me just as the music started. And you know how when the lights go off, people all the sudden shift and sway? Well, I stood ground, and asked the gentlemen in front of me kindly if I could have my spot back in front of them, so I could see, since I had been waiting. At first they didn't reply, so I tapped, smiled and asked again. They were like "spots aren't reserved, so no." OK, whatever, I can move... oh wait, the place is totally packed and I don't know where my feet are, because the crowd is so tight and we're swaying, and now I have sweaty man skin smothering face and sliding around on my shoulders. THE WHOLE SHOW was like that- NOt even dancing. The guys in front gave in to the sway, the guys around squoze, and the dudes behind smooshed. I do remember some involuntary jumping so as to avoid further skin on unfamiliar skin smothering- I'm sure this was great for the rest of you.

In conclusion- Since I didn't know what to expect, and this is all that I saw, on all sides of me, I was left to think that all fans were this asshole-y, since at that time, that's all I could see. I don't remember the set, I'm sure it was great enough for me not to make a scene to get out. (if I hate it, I'll pretend I need to puke or about to cry, and people make way real fast- just a little trick I learned in prison ;p ) But I didn't so I'm sure the set was magnificent. I just had a horrible time next to horrible people.

Anyway, I'm very happy that it was a big crowd for Coachella standards enough that they potentially will be back, even if a wink is our only confirmation. Our SLC scene redeemed everything that I love about Cut Copy, but at Coachella, I'll be more careful about finding the dance party, with decent human beings, and not the view.

Bummer..................?? maybe you should stop going to music festivals, you don't sound very fun

[ocbruin84]

Spun the CD like 3 times in my car tonight. Addicting.

[Mr.Trent]

I saw them last night in Houston, it was a mixture of the worst and best concert experience rolled into one night. I don't know who's in charge of selecting the openers but it was a really bad joke on most of the audience and it took two and a half hours from the first opener to Cut Copy. The first opener was a really shady dude making noise with his guitar and some pre-programmed noises and had really freaky moves as if he were on something, the kind of dude you don't wanna stumble upon at night on a lonely street. Thankfully his "songs" and set was short, no more than 30 mins. So I thought that was the listed opener but no, after some 20 mins comes this guy on stage and starts fiddling with his synths and starts playing some weird noises and they eventually morph into some sort of dance pieces, not the kind of music to dance to really, if anyone was doubting the other guy was on something then this guy clearly was, having seizure-esque dance attacks and constat finger pointing at the audience and himself. Someone pointed out he was probably having more fun than anyone in the audience at that point, which I thought was completely accurate, I don't think he would have noticed if no one was there. He took way too long on stage about 40 minutes and by the end most people were completely annoyed and kind of asking for their money back. Me and my boyfriend were more pissed off than excited at that moment.

So Cut Copy finally decide to show up at about 11:10 and they absolutely killed, the audience was fucking great too, the best I've seen in a long long time and brought back the thoughts of coachella in 2011. I didn't have such high expectations for yesterday but I was so wrong and I'm glad it happened that way. If they're playing coachella next year they will absolutely make people cum and would consider going just to see them regardless of headliners.

So in short, worst opener experience and got dragged for too long but Cut Copy more than made up for it.

[malcolmjamalawesome]

I'm seeing these bros tomorrow night. I will show up at 11:10 pm.