When I was a teenager, Weezer came to my hometown. They were supporting Pinkerton, an album that I loved dearly and would continue to love dearly all the way through the writing of this review. On that night in Knoxville, TN, they played a healthy balance of Blue/Pinkerton songs, and we danced and sang and jumped up and down in unison- all the things you do when a band you like is killing it in the 90′s. And now, too, I suppose. Anyhow, Weezer closed with “Surfwax USA” and it was perfect and we all felt great and relaxed as they left the stage. THEN No Doubt played.
Last night, Midlake visited Knoxville’s beautiful old theater, the Bijou. After a charming opening set by Minneapolis bluesy-twosy Peter Wolf Crier (which actually featured some pretty compelling vocal looping) a giant picture was lowered behind the instruments. It was the druid-as-hell cover of the new Midlake album, The Courage of Others, featuring a trippy mirrored image of a few of the cloaked Jesuses of the band. Shortly after, Midlake took the stage, looking awesome and period-specific to their 70′s soaked songcraft. They were beardy, they were stoic, and underspoken. They launched into a very well balanced set of new selections and favorites from their previous album, The Trials of Van Occupanther, with a few long, jammy intros to the hits….which only worked (and they really worked) because this band LOOKS like they’d be all jam.
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Their recent set featured:
Good Morning
Right With You
Sleepwalker
Stars & Stripes
Download all tracks here.
Catch Rogue Wave on their NA tour.
MP3: Rogue Wave – Good Morning
Catch all three acts at:
9/18 Boulder, CO – Fox Theatre
9/19 Lawrence, KS – Granada Theatre
9/20 Minneapolis, MN – First Avenue Mainroom
9/21 Milwaukee, WI – Turner Hall
9/22 Grand Rapids, MI – Ladies Literary Club
9/24 Toronto, ON – The Opera House
9/25 Syracuse, NY – Westcott Theatre
9/27 Boston, MA – Royale
9/30 Philadelphia, PA – Theatre Of The Living Arts
10/1 Washington, DC – 9:30 Club
10/2 Carrboro, NC – Cat’s Cradle
10/4 Asheville, NC – The Orange Peel
10/5 Knoxville, TN – Bijou Theatre
10/6 Nashville, TN – Mercy Lounge
In April, Peter Wolf Crier dropped by Daytrotter.
MP3: Peter Wolf Crier – Hard As Nails
Enjoy their superb performance of ‘Shake The Disease’ in the feature below.
MP3: Rogue Wave – Good Morning
Yesterday’s set featured:
Right With You
Solitary Gun
Good Morning
Stars & Stripes
Stream the full playback here.
Permalight is out now.
MP3: Rogue Wave – Good Morning
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Last week, we debuted a mini-film by Rogue Wave.
Catch Rogue Wave on their NA journey.
Visit Rogue Wave on MySpace.
MP3: Rogue Wave – Good Morning
Their recent set featured:
Good Morning
Stars & Stripes
Solitary Gun
I’ll Never Leave You
Stream the full playback here.
Earlier this week, we debuted a mini-film by Rogue Wave.
Permalight will see daylight shortly.
MP3: Rogue Wave – Good Morning
