Yeah, enjoyed the gig, but did leave kinda underwhelmed. The engineering problems broke things up a bit, and made the whole thing a bit on edge, like they couldn't really commit to their performance because a) they couldn't hear anything other than the bass and b) they were living in fear of something blowing up.
Did enjoy it though, was interesting to hear these songs re-imagined in a live context - particularly with live drums. It was weird because the JB's songs typically get propelled along by quite subtle shifts in rhythm and atmospheric synths, esp on the new record, which didn't really come through too much in a live context, . This is probably why the older stuff came across better - the rhythms are simpler, more consistent, and there's more of a krautrocking groove to it. Overall, prefer the new stuff on record, the old stuff live. Under the sun was awesome, found myself grinning at the amusingly spacerock guitars.
And, yes, the crowd were fucking irritating. Despite the sign behind the bar.
What's most disappointing about these kinds of gigs, is the lack of dancing. It's so frustrating.