@MattyC710 said:

I am going to be the lone dissenter here. I had a blast at all 3 shows I went to - 29th, 30th, and 31st. Sloth> YEM right out of the gate on the 29th? Pretty damn awesome. I'm not going to go off on details of each show here. Although I do believe the NYE gag was creative and a special moment to me. Golden Age, 46 Days and Suzie Greenberg in the 2nd set were definitely great as well.
Anyways, I think you guys are being waaaaay too critical of the band here and are kinda being wet blankets. Go ahead and lay it on me. I really don't care. It is a damn shame to sit here and read one negative or "unhappy" review after another. I am very grateful to have seen the boys at the Garden for the first time. I know this puts me in a position of not having any perspective in regard to previous runs. But you simply can't deny the specialness of seeing them at MSG on a New Year's run. Nowhere else I would rather be. Most importantly, they are moving in the right direction and will continue to do so. Just gotta believe!

Oh Kee Pah> YEM of the island run this was not. Hate to say it, but my number one disappointment of 3.0 is the disappearance of ANY kind of jamming in mikes and yem. Sure, its a nice song choice, "song" being the operative word here.