1. Manchester Orchestra - Mean Everything To Nothing
2. Kevin Devine - Brother's Blood
3. Thrice - Beggars
4. Miniature Tigers - Tell It To The Volcano
5. PersonL - The Postives
6. mewithoutYou - It's All Crazy! It's All False! It's All A Dream! It's Alright!
7. As Tall As Lions - You Can't Take It With You
8.Dashboard Confessional - Alter The Ending
9. Relient K - Forget And Not Slow Down
10. Sleeping At Last - Storyboards
11. Owl City - Ocean Eyes
12. The Appleseed Cast - Sagarmatha
13. Mono - Hymn To The Immortal World
14.The Swell Season - Strict Joy
15. Muse - The Resistance
16. Brand New - Daisy
17. Say Anything - Say Anything
18. Fun. - Aim and Ignite
19. The Dear Hunter - Act III
20. Paramore - Brand New Eyes
This is probably nowhere near anyone elses top list, but it's what got the most plays in my itunes library this year.
It's rare these days that I attend a show where I am equally excited to see the next band on the lineup as the previous. This was one of those shows where it just kept getting better and better. I left with a somewhat nostalgic feel of past Copeland/Anberlin tours after watching Aaron Marsh play bass onstage with Anchor and Braille. I left feeling like I used to feel back in 2003 when music seemed to be at a more innocent and pure stage. It's reasons like this that make me love music.
Barcelona opened things up with a strong set. I saw them play with Mae/personL/Tokyo earlier this Spring and they put on a decent show, but this time around they sounded better somehow. Absolutely flawless performance. GREAT opener.
Here is their set, along with some photos I snapped:
Barcelona
Fall Out Of Trees
It's About Time
Loneliest Number Since The Number One (Three Dog Night Cover)
First Floor People
Come Back When You Can
The Takers
Up next was Anchor And Braille. Stephen Christian has been a personal hero of mine for years now, and so it was very exciting for me to be able to see one of my musical heroes in such an intimate venue. I was able to meet him for the first time after the show. An absolutely wonderful person to hold a conversation with. Great role model, and great musician. I was pleasantly surprised to see Aaron Marsh playing bass with Anchor and Braille, though he did produce the album and play Piano on parts so it makes sense I suppose.
They played a very mellow and personal set. Stephen's vocals were as true as ever.
Anchor and Braille set and subsequent photos:
Anchor&Braille
Rust
Sing Out
Wedding/Funeral
Sleep
Blur
Like Steps In A Dance
Sherwood was up next. They have only continued to get MORE amazing live. They played a killer fun setlist and did some interesting alternate versions of a few key songs, like "For The Longest Time." Set + photos:
Sherwood
Middle of the Night
Learn to Sing
I'll Wait For You
The Only Song
Song in My Head
Not Gonna Love
The Town That You Live In
For The Longest Time
Sunday night was my sixth time seeing the lovely Copeland. They never get old, they never bore me. Each and every time I have seen them play, they've always left me feeling in awe of the very existence of the songs they've crafted over the years. Each setlist I've seen them play has always been a musical gift for my ears and eyes and the talent this band possesses has always made me feel like they're somewhat underrated. Why this band isn't absolutely HUGE outside of the scene is beyond me. Copeland played the most mellow set I've seen them play. Lots of ESR songs and YAMS songs. I was STOKED to see them play Love Affair and Coffee. Seeing Testing The Strong Ones for the first time in about 5 years for me was the highlight of my evening. Beneath Medicine Tree will always be in my top albums of all time. It's a timeless record, much like this band's live show.
Copeland
The Grey Man
Chin Up
Sleep
On The Safest Ledge
Control Freak
Eat, Sleep, Repeat
Brightest
When You Thought You'd Never Stand Out
The Day I Lost My Voice (The Suitcase Song)
Pin Your Wings
Careful Now
No One Really Wins
You Have My Attention
Coffee
--
Love Affair
Testing The Strong Ones
Photos and Videos:
Sleep
Brightest
Coffee
Love Affair
Testing The Strong Ones
Absolutely fantastic tour. Copeland has no further tour plans for the United States this year. Sherwood has a new album coming out this fall, and a new EP they're selling on their tour for $5. Anchor And Braille's new album "Felt" is out on August 4th which you can still pre-order. Barcelona is still on tour through mid-august.
I have no idea how this is happening. I feel so at a loss for words, so confused as to why the wonderful things this summer has brought me are happening to me.
Why me?
What did I do to deserve?
Grace is disturbingly difficult for me to simply accept.
So I saw Band Of Horses tonight and OH MY GOSH they were amazing.
They played:
The Great Salt Lake
Is There A Ghost
Weed Party
The First Song
Wicked Gil
Window Blues
Marry Song
Cigarettes, Wedding Bands
Monsters
Ode to the LRC
No One's Gonna Love You
The Funeral
New song
New song
New song
New song
New song
--
Our Swords
Detlef Schrempf
New song
The General Specific
Also had a fantastic evening with the girl. So glad this is working out so well. :)
So I'm finally getting around to posting a blog of my photography from this show, and I've also uploaded all of the video I shot of mewithoutYou and The Dear Hunter for your viewing pleasure (or pain I suppose if you hate these bands for some odd reason).
Photos of Bear Colony:
These guys played a really solid set of songs, honestly. I had never listened to Bear Colony before tonight, but I was impressed. Many of their songs build into an awesome crescendo towards the end. Definitely recommend checking them out.
The Dear Hunter was great, and it was my first time seeing them. I hadn't seen Casey perform in a band since 2005 on the Acceptance/TREOS/Cartel/Augustana/Panic! tour.
I was able to capture three songs on video from TDH's setlist:
The Church And The Dime
The Oracles On The Delphi Express
Where The Road Parts
mewithoutYou always moves me when they play a live show, and it is always enlightening to speak with Aaron Weiss after each show. God is doing wonderful things in my life right now, and this band was the catalyst for the change in my life almost 3 years ago now. I can never thank them enough for being the voice God needed me to hear.
I was able to record 9 songs (8 videos, as one is two songs combined) from their set, and I snapped some pretty cool shots as well.
Setlist:
The Soviet
Bullet To Binary pt 2
A Glass Can Only Spill What It Contains
Goodbye, I
Sun and the Moon which merged perfectly into Tie Me Up, Untie Me!
Every Thought A Thought Of You
Beetle King
Son Of A Widow
January 1979
Timothy Hay
A Fox, A Crow and a Cookie
Paper Hanger (didn't play this, although it was the last song on the set during the encore)
Allah, Allah, Allah
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O, Porcupine
Cattail Down
In A Sweater Poorly Knit
I look incredibly tired, and rightly so. I drove 7 hours to see this show.
Here are the videos, in order of appearance on the set:
Bullet To Binary (Part Two)
A Glass Can Only Spill What It Contains
Goodbye, I
The Sun And The Moon + Tie Me Up, Untie Me!
Timothy Hay
The Fox, The Crow, And The Cookie
Cattail Down
In A Sweater Poorly Knit
Make sure you go see this band on the "Weiss Family Tour" this August. They'll be coming to plenty of cities they skipped on the current tour. I'll be at the New Brookland Tavern show, so come say hello!
Aug 16 2009 - Mohawk Place **Weiss Family Show**
Buffalo, New York
Aug 17 2009 - Musica **Weiss Family Show**
Akron, Ohio
Aug 18 2009 - The Mad Hatter **Weiss Family Show**
Covington, Kentucky
Aug 19 2009 - Off Broadway **Weiss Family Show**
St. Louis, Missouri
Aug 20 2009 - Hi-Tone Cafe **Weiss Family Show**
Memphis, Tennessee
Aug 21 2009 - The Marquee **Weiss Family Show**
Tulsa, Oklahoma
Aug 22 2009 - Outland Ballroom **Weiss Family Show**
Springfield, Missouri
Aug 23 2009 - Rocketown **Weiss Family Show**
Nashville, Tennessee
Aug 25 2009 - New Brookland Tavern **Weiss Family Show**
Columbia, South Carolina
Aug 26 2009 - Cat’s Cradle **Weiss Family Show**
Carrboro, North Carolina
Aug 27 2009 - The Jewish Mother **Weiss Family Show**
Virginia Beach, Virginia
Aug 28 2009 - The Ottobar **Weiss Family Show**
Baltimore, Maryland
Aug 28 2009 - Crocodile Rock **Weiss Family Show**
Allentown, Pennsylvania
Have any of you ever wondered what it is like for someone to think you're "the one" and not feel the same way back? I've always been pretty curious as to this concept.
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