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[DID NOT ATTEND: November 9, 2024] The Spirit of the Beehive / Kassie Krut [moved to March 5, 2025]

I saw The Spirit of the Beehive seven years ago and they were outstanding live.  I’d never heard of them before that show but they blew me away with their set which was a great mix of shoegaze and noise.  I said then that I’d like to see them headline a show.

They’ve been around a few times and I wasn’t planning on going to this show because it was the same night as Makoto Kawabata.

But then they had all of their gear stolen.

On October 5, SOTB announced on social media that their van and trailer were stolen at a hotel by the Seattle airport. The trailer had all the band’s gear and most of their merch inside of it. Later that day, they shared an update that they had found the trailer, but it was virtually empty. On Sunday morning, SOTB found out that the van had been found in Seattle and impounded, but before they were able to claim it, the van was somehow restolen from the impound lot.

Their GoFundMe raised over $75,000, and they are rescheduling shows.  I don’t know if they had any specialized gear.

Well, here they are.  But it’s the same night that we have tickets to see Beck and Phoenix.  So, sorry SOTB.

It turns out that the show has sold out, so they didn’t me anyway.

I had never heard of Kassie Krut and had no idea that Kassie Krut was born out of the ashes of the great Philly math-rock band Palm, who disbanded in summer 2023.

Had I known that Kassie Krut was two members of Palm I would have had a much harder decision about whether to go or not.  Sometimes ignorance is a good thing.

But I’ll definitely be going to this show in March.