This is going to be quick as the
Yankees have my attention this week, but about a month ago (I'm
really awful at this updating thing, I know) I caught two shows back to back that were just fantastic.
Beach House opened for Grizzly Bear at the Metro during a downpour, playing tunes pulled mostly from their last release,
Devotion.
Grizzly Bear focused on tracks from
Veckatimest, with the highlight coming when Victoria Legrand from Beach House joined the band on stage for "Two Weeks". I got drenched heading to the train afterward, but that song alone was worth the trip.
A week later I saw a packed
KMFDM show at the House of Blues. HOB policy specifically calls for no cameras, but it was a simple matter to smuggle mine in my sock on the way in (not that they even frisked us or checked bags at the door to begin with). The opening act, Angelspit or some such, was just side-splittingly horrible with their atrocious singing and posturing. Luckily, they were all but a fleeting memory once KMFDM came on and pounded our skulls for the following two hours. They were in town promoting their latest CD,
Blitz!, which I hadn't listened to more than once or twice before the show, so I was a little lost for the first few tunes. Over time, though, they brought in more and more classic tracks and everything began to fall into place. Overall a great show even after the rocky start.
Photos for the Beach House + Grizzly Bear concert are up on
Flickr, while the KMFDM snaps are in their own
set.
I couldn't find a setlist for the KMFDM show (despite spending the entire show right behind the board), but I did manage to rustle up one for Grizzly Bear.
Grizzly Bear // Chicago, IL // September 27, 2009
- Southern Point
- Cheerleader
- Lullabye
- Fine For Now
- Knife
- Two Weeks
- I Live With You
- Colorado
- Ready, Able
- Foreground
- While You Wait For The Others
- On A Neck, On A Spit
- Fix It
Tags:
Beach House,
Chicago,
Grizzly Bear,
KMFDM
