Aug 22, 2023
Yo, Taipei! Sobs are playing The Wall live house on September 9th! =D
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Yo, Taipei! Sobs are playing The Wall live house on September 9th! =D
Hey! In case you missed the original live stream on March 6th, here is the full set & interview w/ Sobs on Audiotree Live! (posted today) =D
5 songs and 2 interview segments. High quality a/v (I wonder if that close-up camera made Celine nervous?)
Air Guitar, Last Resort, chat, Telltale Signs, Catflap, chat, LOML
Links: Bandcamp, Spotify, Instagram, Topshelf Records (YouTube), Middle Class Cigars (YouTube, SoundCloud) Sobs twitter
Celine Autumn-voc (Cayenne IG, Spotify, Twitter, YouTube, Bandcamp, SoundCloud), Jared Lim-gtr (also in SUBSONIC EYE, solo as Jorud-Bandcamp), Raphael Michael Ong-gtr (Fr. Middle Class Cigars label)
Zhang Bo-bass/b. voc (Cosmic Child, Blush),
Shaun Khiu-drums (ex-Monster Cat)
Soffi Peters-Synth (aka Sofklo: Sofklo Instagram, Bandcamp, SoundCloud, member of Blush.)
A few days earlier on the Sobs US tour, they also did a live set at KEXP in Seattle, also excellent in case you missed that *live stream. The first 2 songs are different from the Audiotree set:
*The original KEXP live stream was audio-only, but this the full video!
Burn Book, Astronomy, Air Guitar, Last Resort.
Sobs just announced a short Japan tour. =D
We are coming back to meet all of you in Japan! ✈️ 🇯🇵
Tickets on sale 4/8 10AM → sobs.live/tour
All the venues and bands are tagged in this post.
And KEXP just now uploaded the 4 songs from the set filmed on March 3rd.
Here they are in Chicago a couple of days later:
Celine Autumn - Vocals Jared Lim - Lead Guitar (Jared also mixed the KEXP set) Raphael Ong - Rhythm Guitar Zhang Bo - Bass Shaun Khiu - Drums Soffi Peters - Synths
A six-act journey from island grooves to hip-hop chaos
A feature by WAYNE LIM for The Austin Chronicle, recapping the Taiwan Beats Showcase. =D
He also praised Sobs for coming thru so well under trying circumstances (Bad weather, altered set time, only one rehearsal w/ the substitute drummer)
CLARA WANG of The Austin Chronicle profiled 9m88 ahead of her 2 sets in Austin. Baba went back to NYC and played in Brooklyn on Sunday night. (Music Hall of Williamsburg - SOLD OUT.) Would love to post a clip if anybody spots something on YT.
Here’s a clip from the show I saw last Sunday, Sobs at Baby’s All Right in Brooklyn. The uploader (joelrchan) has 2 more clips. He was right up front, me and my brother were in the back.
It was a full house in a small venue, great atmosphere. Louder than I expected, too. :O
I updated my previous post on the show with a bit more detail, incl. a setlist link and a photo of both bands (Sobs & Mei Semones) together backstage. (by ‘backstage’ I mean in the restaurant area of the venue. Merch table was in that area.
One more thing I saw on IG, Sobs had a substitute drummer (Jake Villarreal from the Austin band Glaze) for at least one set at SXSW; no idea why Shaun Khiu wasn’t on the kit, maybe he had to return early to Singapore? (Oh, I see Shaun posted a photo from Sydney, Australia a few days ago, perhaps that trip was planned before the sxsw dates were finalized?)
UPDATE: Just noticed this Topshelf Records twitter post from Feb. 6th:
topshelf records@topshelfrecords we’re looking for an Austin-based fill-in drummer for a band on our roster during SXSW. serious inquiries only pls. contact [email protected] for more information. ty!
(Someone tagged Jake on twitter so maybe that’s how things got hooked up)
Another angle of the same song as above. Short clip, but you get a better sense of the crowd grooving to the crazy electro ending:
Packed house for Sobs last night in Brooklyn 🎶😊👍
Such a great show, including the opening act Mei Semones. Sobs played every song I hoped to hear plus a bunch more, including 2 covers. Crowd was enthusiastic and appreciative. Bartenders were efficient, 😂
Mei's band on the right (Mei on guitar, w/ a violinist & a violist. Her full band usually includes bass & drums, but this arrangement was excellent!)
All in all, a great night and I hope they do well at sxsw! 😊
Get the Sobs Setlist of the concert at Baby's All Right, Brooklyn, NY, USA on March 12, 2023 and other Sobs Setlists for free on setlist.fm!
Heads up! Sobs live from Chicago this afternoon on Audiotree Live. =D
audiotree:
We're back with our first livestream of 2023!!! Join us at 1 PM CST (2 pm Eastern Standard Time) for @sobshaha's Audiotree Live debut ✨
UPDATE: Another excellent set from Sobs, and another successful appearance on a major indie channel! If you missed it, keep checking Audiotree TV and Audiotree YouTube, they are usually pretty quick to post the video after the live stream.
Links: Bandcamp, Spotify, Instagram, Topshelf Records YouTube, Middle Class Cigars (YouTube, SoundCloud) Sobs twitter
Several chances left to see them live, America, don't blow it!
Sobs are playing a live set online
... for Singtel. The links is here: https://www.facebook.com/singtel/videos/1281885369086792
SOBS: The Live Tracks. Powered by Singtel 5GWe’re gigging live from an underground train. Because, why not?
Thursday at 3:30 pm Singapore time. The stream is still available, I’m watching now! Wow, if they play every song from this set when I see them next month, I will be very happy. =D