This venue is fantastic. 4000 happy Phreaks. The pit was reminiscent of Santa Barbara for me, friendly and uncrowded. I had forgotten Texas has an open-carry law: there were metal detectors going in. N20 legal in Texas, so lots of that around. I used to get 20lb tanks for $40 and give it away; at 3 for $20, that's at $3k a tank. I digress.

I had a good time, but the music was 3-star. However, I give four because the guys played most (all) of the new album's tunes over the two nights here, and they played well and are having fun taking them for a spin. NMINML was a great start, Breath and Burning nice. Ocelot had a bit of a jam, but nothing mind-melting. The band is playing so well it's hard to fault them.

Petrichor was good (I liked More from night 2 better), and Piper had a nice jam ('My Woman From Tokyo' quote in there).

Band was enjoying themselves and so was everyone in attendence. Vegas is gonna be wild.