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Monday, October 3, 2005

Sick Like Me

Posted by on October 3 at 10:32 AM

It’s always a bummer when Sunday night shows place a) four acts on a bill and b) go late, with the headliner hitting the stage around midnight. Some of us have to start work weeks on Monday! That said, I stuck it out for a good chunk of T. Raumschmiere’s set at Chop Suey last night, and it was worth the painful lack of sleep I’m feeling today. The dude plays techno like a punk, and last night he had a drummer and bassist with him, turning his last two albums into loud industrial- and techno- toned rock ‘n’ roll. Totally amazing. And although there were maybe 75 dedicated fans there, he kicked out the jams like it was Friday night and the place was packed to the rafters—pounding on his console, jumping around, diving onto the stage. Check out a bit of what you missed here (click through “artists” to get to his page where there are a couple good videos listed). If I was a rich woman I’d fly to San Francisco tomorrow to see these Berlin boys all over again. And local openers Foscil and Jerry Abstract were great as well.