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Ted Leo and The Pharmacists performed at First Avenue. Title Tracks and The Dynamiters opened.

Hey! Look! It’s a photo of Wilco! I took this photo with my pocket-digi from the balcony at the DECC. A friend and I drove up to Duluth to see these guys a few weeks ago and it. was. EPIC. :) We listened to good tunes, stopped at a pawn shop, explored D-Town, hit up The Electric Fetus and Pizza LucĂ©, had dinner at the revolving restaurant (where, by the way, the sun began to set as we sat down to eat which made for some lovely vistas throughout our meal), and, of course, saw Wilco at the DECC.

The 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