theashtraysays

Yes the Nova was sound checked before the show, and an early bird headed for the rail did tip me off. Night 2 seems to be a given and hopefully it’ll make its way across the border for the upcoming shows there. I’d still trade it in for a satellite up there but hey, beggars / choosers and all that.

Molly Tuttle

Imagine my surprise - and anxiety - when I looked around the rail and saw neither hide nor hair of our reliable reporter on the premises. A quick communique confirmed that he was indeed not in the building but apparently chose sportsball over Wilco for the evening. Sigh. Unprepared as I was (with not a shred of paper on me or my rail companions), I accepted my fate and tried to capture a few moments of witticism and general observations about this almost-but-not-exactly St. Louis show. So here goes. The Factory is one of those newer indoor venues that many of you have started se

Bummer you missed it… I didn’t notice anyone in the rail who wasn’t in line with us hardcores in the sidewalk all afternoon. I think the designated zone for them was the long balcony along stage left which had stools along the rail of that balcony. The closest spots up there seemed to fill up pretty fast. That said, there weren’t any wristbands for the main GA area so I don’t know of the balcony peeps could’ve wandered down to the rail with us if they wanted.

I was in the immediate proximity of the bbop so I also don’t have a lot of insight to the other areas of the venue. But one thing I noticed is that during the set break, just as the band was about to re-enter the stage, they flooded the stage with red light and played the theme from Jaws. Apparently they’ve done this a couple shows now but I have no idea why. Inquiry to the crew about it yielded no insight other than “Fun, right??” so for now it’s a mystery. Prior to the actual show (but well after doors) there was a kayak race on the adjacent river which had representation from a

^ congrats!! see ya there!

The Back of My Eyelids

Beck with orchestra

It was a blast! Hot & crowded and everything you'd want out of a show. Pat was having the time of his life!

Big Star Quintet

Yo la Tengo + Built to Spill (yes, again).

Yo la Tengo + Built to Spill

Only an occasional fan of historical fiction, and this one was a tad long, but I greatly enjoyed the read.

Heckuva show indeed! I’ll just add that the venue was kind of like a much less bougie version of Salvage Station in Asheville if you’ve been to that one before it was washed away.

Wilco - bookending my Europe music trek

Jon Batiste

Deep Sea Diver opens. I rather doubt we’d get the “evening with” double Wilco sets. Great band out of (I think) the PNW somewhere. They’ve opened for Wilco before a few years back. This is on the wilcoworld page - 6.22.2025 London UK - Royal Albert Hall Doors 6pm Deep Sea Diver 7:30pm Wilco 8:30pm ALMOST SOLD OUT

As I missed night one in the forest in Antwerp, I can’t compare the two but I can say that this show was entirely delightful. Such a gorgeous evening and setting, a few nice setlist surprises, and a warm crowd who packed out the cozy little amphitheater to the far corners. In addition to the “sign decline” mentioned above (not that I’ll be deterred of course), I’ll add one bit of banter that I came across. Just before Via Chicago, in the quiet moment as the band was settling into the instrument change, someone (a woman I think) in the rail area in front of Nels let out a good solid “WOOO

Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band

Wilco

I still have my ticket to that 2016 show....

'Twas a delightful evening indeed. Louisville is my only real shot at a "local" show, so it was great seeing all my local Wilco pals out and about for this one. I do love the venue, despite the abyss in front of the stage. Fond memories of my second-ever Wilco show there ("Panties??"), and more than one rebuke of the NovaSign ("We know you stuffed the ballot box, and we don't support that kind of chicanery", and "No, we're not gonna play that one. You should probably just leave now"). Ah, youth.... For some reason I was thinking that the "Evening With" shows had a shorter firs

Yep! Making my way back to Kentucky via Asheville. See ya up front.

Wilco (1 of 3)

Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds