St. Vincent * 11/1/11 * 9:30 Club, Washington DC
24/Feb/2012
On November 1 at the 9:30 Club in Washington, D.C., I saw St. Vincent perform for the third time. She and her band are touring through the U.S. and Europe to promote the artist’s new album, Strange Mercy. Perhaps one of the most intriguing parts of the experience is hearing St. Vincent’s sound alternate between ethereal siren calls and raw, robotic guitar solos. Clark is like a real-life version of Hester Prynne’s daughter, Pearl, from The Scarlett Letter: an impish, childlike muse who explodes with anger before transforming back into her innocent self. Dressed in a glittery gold top, black leather shorts and tights, Clark’s short, dark curls slowly unfurled as the show went on.
The set was heavy on songs from Strange Mercy, such as “Year of the Tiger,” “Cruel,” and the album’s namesake. Between songs, Clark conversationally told stories of how the songs originated, connecting “Year of the Tiger” to the Chinese calendar and running through graveyards at midnight on Halloween. St. Vincent also played a smattering of songs from her previous album, Actor, ending the show with the see-sawing electronic rock number “Marrow.”
The encore started off with the flirty number “The Party” and climaxed to an explosive rendition of “Your Lips Are Red,” in which Clark waded into the crowd while continuing to shred her guitar. At the end, she offered her guitar up to the will of the crazed front row and returned to the stage, finishing again softly with the lyric, “Your lips are so fair, it’s not fair.”
The see-saw of emotion in her songs and live performance is what will keep me coming back to St. Vincent’s concerts again and again.
Concert review by MALLORY BENEDICT
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Wilco * Sasquatch @ the Gorge Pt. 2 * 5.30.11
18/Jun/2011
Recorded live at The Gorge on Monday, May 30, Wilco performs a two-hour, festival-closing set as part of the 2011 Sasquatch Music Festival outside Seattle, Wash. Courtesy of NPR/KEXP.
Jesus, Etc.
Airline to Heaven
Theologians
Walken
I'm the Man Who Loves You
Misunderstood
Spiders (Kidsmoke)
Encore
Hate it Here
The Late Greats
Heavy Metal Drummer
Hoodoo Voodoo
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Wilco * Sasquatch @ the Gorge Pt. 1 * 5.30.11
17/Jun/2011
“Wilco never makes the second record twice, which makes it doubly remarkable that so many of them are tremendous. As formidable as frontman Jeff Tweedy's catalog is, the sonically inventive rock band really stands out on stage — the place where extreme technical skill meets the chemistry and rousing showmanship of passionate rock veterans. Of course, it helps that the group has the luxury of drawing highlights from seven very different records when it performs. To see Wilco on stage is to hear the best of the best.”
Recorded live at The Gorge on Monday, May 30, Wilco performs a two-hour, festival-closing set as part of the 2011 Sasquatch Music Festival outside Seattle, Wash. Courtesy of NPR/KEXP.
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Ashes of American Flags
Bull Black Nova
Company in my Back
I Am Trying To Break Your Heart
Kamera
Handshake Drugs
One Wing
Shot in the Arm
I'll Fight
War on War
Via Chicago
Impossible Germany
Phoenix / Cymbals Eat Guitars / The Album Leaf // 2009
11/Mar/2010
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Radiohead encores * 8.28.08 * Santa Monica
12/Feb/2009
The encores
from Radiohead's concert supporting "In Rainbows",
from the summer of 2008, at the Santa Monica Bowl in
Cali.
First Encore
Cymbal Rush
House of Cards
Paranoid Android
Go Slowly
Everything in Its Right Place
Second Encore
Videotape
Lucky
Idioteque
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First Encore
Cymbal Rush
House of Cards
Paranoid Android
Go Slowly
Everything in Its Right Place
Second Encore
Videotape
Lucky
Idioteque
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Radiohead * 8.28.08 * Santa Monica
11/Dec/2008
The best rock
'n roll band in the world, on their "In Rainbows"
tour during the summer of 2008, at the Santa Monica
Bowl in Cali.
Set List
Reckoner
Optimistic
There There
15 Step
All I Need
Nude
Talk Show Host
Weird Fishes/Arpeggi
The Gloaming
Morning Bell
National Anthem
Faust Arp
No Surprises
Jigsaw Falling Into Place
The Bends
Karma Police
Bodysnatchers
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Set List
Reckoner
Optimistic
There There
15 Step
All I Need
Nude
Talk Show Host
Weird Fishes/Arpeggi
The Gloaming
Morning Bell
National Anthem
Faust Arp
No Surprises
Jigsaw Falling Into Place
The Bends
Karma Police
Bodysnatchers
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Pearl Jam * 6.15.08 * Bonnaroo * set two
07/Sep/2008
The second set from Pearl Jam's epic performance at Bonnaroo 2008, featuring "Black," "Porch," "Crazy Mary," "Alive," "All Along the Watchtower" and more. You can find set one here, and a solo concert from Eddie Vedder here. Enjoy!
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Pearl Jam * 6.15.08 * Bonnaroo * set one
30/Jul/2008
Pearl Jam Mixes Rarities, Hits, Politics At Bonnaroo
Pearl Jam capped its headlining slot Saturday at Bonnaroo with an impassioned rendering of Bob Dylan's "All Along the Watchtower," with frontman Eddie Vedder urging the sprawling throng to vote for change this coming November.
"There's a time and place for this kind of talk, right?," he said late in the show, noting that music alone can't change the world, only people like those in front of him can. "It is welded into the Constitution that people have not only the right, but the responsibility to make change. It can't get any worse. We're right here in the middle of America. We can change the whole world. Do you agree that this is the time and place for this kind of talk?" The crowd roared its approval.
Not long after reaching its scheduled finish time of 12:15 a.m., without hesitation Vedder and company pressed on with the Victoria Williams-penned fan fave "Crazy Mary," and others, before eventually forking over the mega-hit "Alive."
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Eddie Vedder * 4.7.08 * Berkeley, CA
19/May/2008
"Trying to remember, but
my feelings can't know for sure
Try to reach out, but it's gone
Lucky stars in your eyes..."
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