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    Matt Nathanson in Boulder tonite

    in After The Show

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    Sorry, I've been quite review happy lately... :lol

     

    I love Matt Nathanson... not only is he quite adorable with a fantastic voice, but where else can you hear beautiful songs only to have the singer banter between songs with gems such as "the prostate don't discriminate" (subtitled "a finger in the ass is a finger in the ass")? He and his guitarist also spent much time talking about alternate words for "vagina". The one I remember is "gorilla salad". Yikes.

     

    Early in the show, for no apparent reason, some fan decided to yell out the CU Buffs record (0-5). Matt was confused. When he finally figured out that the guy was talking about sports, he said "I don't know about sports. If I knew about sports I wouldn't be here. I'd be playing sports and sexing up some women." I, for one, am SO glad that Matt doesn't know about sports..... When he heard the team was the Buffs, he asked if it was a bunch of bodybuilders...

     

    :lol :wub

     

    It was a fun night. These are the songs that I remember (in no particular order):

     

    Sad Songs

    Bare

    Curve Of The Earth

    Angel

    Lucky Boy

    Dancing With Myself

    Blister In The Sun

    Pictures Of You -> I Saw

    Little Victories

     

    He may also have done Bent and Weight Of It All... I'm confusing myself because I listened to Beneath These Fireworks at least 5 times in the past few days and everything's getting jumbled in my brain. :unsure

     

    There were a lot more - he played for nearly an hour 45 minutes. I think there was an eminem cover... not sure what it was as I don't listen to eminem... And a lot of songs that I wasn't familiar with. Some new, some old, all fabulous.

     

    The downside of the night was that we had two drunken assholes behind us who would talk during every song then yell asinine things between every song. Partway through the set Matt did a handful of songs solo. One of the assholes said "oh, solo... this is the BEST part!". Then they proceeded to talk through the entire solo set as well. If it's so great, SHUT THE FUCK UP!!!!! I have no problem with yelling stupid shit between songs. Matt was pretty much encouraging it anyway. But I don't get why people have to talk through songs. Not like it was a particularly quiet show either, and they were still incredibly annoying. I can't believe people pay $15 to do that shit. Here's an idea: pool your money, skip the concert, get a case of cheap beer, and get drunk at home. Talk all you want through the songs. Yell asinine things at each other. Fuckers.

     

    Hmmmm... the cursing seems rampant tonight. Just the aftermath of a Matt Nathanson concert I guess. Apparently he said "fuck" 32 times. Before the encore. Yes, there was actually someone counting. :rolleyes

    Jenny Lewis & The Watson Twins

    in After The Show

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    First off, I have to admit that I was WAAAAAAAAAY late in coming to the Rilo Kiley party. I had never heard of them until early this year, when I kept hearing all this buzz about the new Jenny Lewis album. I think I checked out Rabbit Fur Coat before I got into Rilo Kiley... either way I am totally enamored of both bands. I think that Rilo Kiley is my current favorite band - a dead heat with the Eels, anyway.

     

    I have a huge girl crush on Jenny Lewis. HUGE. So when I found out a month or so ago that she was coming to Denver I was ever so excited. September 30 at the Fillmore. I thought.... wow, the Fillmore is a really big venue for JL and The Watson Twins to be playing. They played a date at the Bluebird over the summer that I missed (for which I subsequently and repeatedly kicked myself). I'm terrible at estimations, but I'd have to guess that the capacity of the Fillmore is at least 4x that of the Bluebird.

     

    I didn't think much of it though... at least until I got my ticket in the mail:

     

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    WHAT THE FUCK?!?!? Live Nation advertised this show as "Jenny Lewis & The Watson Twins". At least when I first found out about the show. I bought the ticket through the ducatking website, and no mention was made of the North Mississippi Allstars. I should have known. It wouldn't really have made a difference - I mean I would have gone anyway. But I was really juiced for a JL show, not a JL opening set. And maybe it's me, but JL and North Mississippi Allstars seems like quite an odd pairing. Oh well.

     

    On to the show. They opened with Run Devil Run - a severely different version than that on the album. But it was awesome. Then on to The Big Guns. After that, I can only say what songs they played... I have no memory for such things as song order. They played the following songs from RFC:

     

    Rise Up With Fists!!!

    Happy

    The Charging Sky (my favorite on the album!)

    Melt Your Heart

    You Are What You Love

    Handle With Care

     

    There was a song where the girls sang a capella - the parts I remember are something like this: sunday I missed him, wednesday I dated him, thursday he didn't call, friday he did, saturday I dumped him. Ha ha, that is totally paraphrased, but it was beautiful.

     

    There was a song that included the lyrics "I'll treat you kind, I'll rob you blind", and a song called Jack Killed Mom. I don't know if these were covers, or what.

     

    She also did two new songs. One was called Fernando and was very catchy and had some great dance moves by the girls... :) The other was Jenny and her guitar with the rest of the band singing into the mic. The chorus was "I'm A Liar". Also about building fires and whatnot. It was fabulous. Neither new song sounded remotely like a Rilo Kiley song, so it'll be interesting to find out what she does with them. I wouldn't be too upset about another JL & TWT album down the line.

     

    They ended the set with Born Secular and left the stage in phases... Jenny and the twins first, then the steel guit player and bassist, then the guitarist, finally the drummer. Stupid Fillmore teased us by letting us cheer wildly for about a minute and a half before turning up the lights & house music. So no encore. Pisser.

     

    Jenny has just the most amazing voice. Her albums don't do her any justice at all. Although there were 7 people on stage, I was completely mesmerized by her the entire evening. Whatever it was that made her forego her acting career for a life of music has brightened this world and made us all very lucky people indeed.

     

    I had been debating (since receiving my ticket!) whether to stay for the Mississippi Allstars or not. I've never listened to them, but really have never had the desire to. I would have been willing to give them a chance, but it was about 800 degrees inside the theatre and I was very sleepy after drinking beer all afternoon at my parents' house. Also, I was there alone and not really in a "talking to strangers" kind of mood. When Jenny thanked the "Mississippi Allstars" for letting them play, I took it as a sign and left after her set.

     

    It was kind of humorous to see the place after it was made clear there would be no encore. Kind of like a changing of the guard - all the JL fans were pouring out as the NMAS fans were pouring in. There were a LOT of people who left at the same time as I did.

     

    Overall, I'm pleased. It was a great show... kind of a bummer to pay $25 for an hour long JL set, but it was still worth it. I just wish Jenny was getting most of my money.....

    Band Of Horses 9/26/2006

    in After The Show

    Posted

    I saw Band Of Horses in Boulder tonight. Holy fucking hell, did they sound good!

     

    I'd never heard of them until a few months ago when someone recommended their "Everything All The Time" (EATT) album. I liked it immediately. I hear them compared to My Morning Jacket a lot, but I don't know - to me they kind of sound like The Shins. At any rate, it's a fabulous album.

     

    I didn't know what to expect from the show, as it turned out it was way more rocking than I thought it would be, based on EATT... they started with The First Song (well, obviously...) I can't remember what was next, but song 3 was The Funeral. The Funeral is far and away my favorite song on the album, and the live version just blew the album version away.

     

    After a new song, they did a cover of Steve Goodman's (or David Allan Coe's?!?) You Don't Even Call Me By My Name. I think this was the precise moment that I stopped really liking Band Of Horses and started loving them. Indie pop meets country & western, indeed.

     

    After that, details of the setlist are sketchy at best. I know they played another new song, a few more from EATT, and they closed the show with covers of The New Year (don't know this band) and ELO.

     

    Definitely a rocking good time. Two very enthusiastic thumbs up!

     

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    Kid's Music

    in Someone Else's Song

    Posted

    My nieces (3 and 1 1/2) LOVE LOVE LOVE Laurie Berkner. And I can handle her music without wanting to kill myself.

     

    They also like The Boy Least Likely To... probably the poppiness/catchy tunes. My nephew, who is 6 now, always liked the Beatles when he was little. Oh they like Barenaked Ladies too, always want to hear the "million dollar song".

    YLT or WAS?

    in Someone Else's Song

    Posted

    :lol Thanks Evonne.

     

    I do have some good ones coming up:

     

    9/26 Band Of Horses

    9/30 Jenny Lewis

    10/1 Matt Nathanson

    10/4 Ben Kweller

    10/6 Clap Your Hands Say Yeah

    10/21 Lucero

    10/22 Regina Spektor

    10/24 Bob Dylan

     

    AND I've already got my tickets... :dancing

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