Romantica performed at Vita.mn’s Are You Local SXSW Send-Off
Posts Tagged ‘First Avenue’
Romantica | First Avenue | March 6th
March 15, 2010
Hunting Club | 7th Street Entry | March 6th
March 15, 2010Hunting Club performed at Vita.mn’s Are You Local SXSW Send-Off
City on the Make | First Avenue | March 6th
March 15, 2010City on the Make performed at Vita.mn’s Are You Local SXSW Send-Off
The Avett Brothers | First Avenue | March 5th, 2010
March 6, 2010The Avett Brothers played First Ave and it was one of the best shows I’ve been to in a good long while. The boys gave a joyful and exuberant performance that I found delightful.
(I wasn’t going to bring my camera out with me but decided at the last minute that I might regret not having it, and boy am I glad there was no policy prohibiting photos this night. This is essentially a collection of snapshots; I stood in the same spot for the duration of the show and didn’t have to do much to get these shots.)
Updated to add: Eric Bass posted a few videos from the show on his blog.
Setlist: And It Spread, Shame, Slight Figure of Speech, Travelin’ Song, Tear Down the House, Pretty Girl from Annapolis, Head Full of Doubt/Road Full of Promise, Roll In My Sweet Baby’s Arms, January Wedding, The Perfect Space, I Killed Sally’s Lover, November Blue, Kick Drum Heart, Laundry Room, Will You Return, Where Have All the Average People Gone, In the Curve, Backwards With Time, Go To Sleep, Matrimony
Encore: I & Love & You
I had such a blast shooting this show! I arrived shortly after doors opened and was hardy enough to be among the few who stuck it out after 1am and through the three (amazing and awesome and ridiculous) “just one more song, you guys” encores done by Mike Michel and Carnage the Executioner.
The condensed version: The Electric Fetus, a record store in Minneapolis, was damaged by a tornado on August 19, 2009. The store went into debt to pay for repairs to the damage it sustained and nearly half of its floor space was closed in the months after the storm hit.
The following bands came together to support the Fetus: Peter Wolf Crier, Cloud Cult, Roma Di Luna, Total Babe, Jeremy Messersmith, Caroline Smith and The Good Night Sleeps, Trailer Trash, Ruby Isle, Unknown Prophets, and Bill Mike Band with Carnage.
I took photos and I tossed them into iMovie and here you are, about to watch the silly little slideshow that I made.
Vimeo gives you the option of watching this slideshow in full-screen mode. You so totally should, yo.
The Electric Fetus Tornado Benefit at First Avenue from Meredith Westin on Vimeo.
Music: “Everybody Here Is A Cloud” by Cloud Cult, “Where Has Sally Gone” by Caroline Smith and The Good Night Sleeps, and “Shape Up” by Total Babe.
I’m not the only one talking about this show: Andrea Swensson of City Pages wrote a review of the show, Star Tribune did a write-up, Leslie Plesser posted photos at vita.mn, Staciaann Photography put together a slideshow, and howwastheshow.com posted some of my photos.
89.3 The Current’s Fifth Birthday Party, First Avenue, January 29th
January 30, 2010
