[DID NOT ATTEND: May 1, 2026] Dance with the Dead / Magic Sword / Megan McDuffee
I heard about this show and grabbed a ticket immediately. But only for Magic Sword. I’ve seen them twice and they are awesome live. I’ve really wanted to see them again. I didn’t know Dance with the Dead, but after listening to them , I can see that a night of movie-esque instrumentals would be a ton of fun.
But the the Afghan Whigs announced a show. I’d never seen them and have wanted to for a while, so I blew off this one.
Dance with the Dead is the duo of Justin Pointer and Tony Kim. Their music is a blend of metal and synthwave. They make instrumentals that sound like they’d fit well as a soundtrack. Although the music is usua;;y too fast for horror movies (which they love). I didn’t know them before this show was announced, but I’ve enjoyed their stuff and would have really liked this show.
Megan McDuffee is an award-winning composer, music producer, and recording artist for video games, trailers, and film. I played her popular song online and really liked the 80’s synth vibe (like Health and Carpenter Brut) but I didn’t really like her voice that much. I think i owuld have preferred these be instrumental (like the headliners). Although when I listened to her newer songs, she sings differently and I like this deeper/whispered voice a lot more. She’s got an album of covers and she made some really good choices.
I hope the headliners tour together again.
| 2024 Brooklyn Bowl | 2022 The Foundry | 2019 Union Transfer |
| Violin Akai € | Intro / Pathos, Pathos ∇ | Marigolds Ø |
| Chiba Funk € | Manchester ∇ | F Delano Ø |
| Late Night Comic € | Bright Whites ∇ | Hey Big Star $ |
| It All Began With a Burst ∇ | It All Began With a Burst ∇ | Say Yeah $ |
| Can’t Let Go, Juno $ | Wonder Woman, Wonder Me ∇ | Carry on Phenomenon ∠ |
| Marigolds Ø | Atticus, in the Desert ∇ | Honeybody $ |
| Colorful State € | I Am the Antichrist to You ∇ | Honeybody Remix $ |
| solo improv | Beat the Bright Out of Me ∇ | Can’t Let Go, Juno $ |
| I Am the Antichrist to You (solo) ∇ | This Must Be the Place (Naive Melody) (Talking Heads cover) | Theme From Jerome (Forgotten Words) Ø |
| Summer of ’42 (solo) Ø | Q&A ∠ | I Am the Antichrist to You (solo) ∇ |
| Violin Tsunami Ø | Penny Rabbit and Summer Bear Ø | This Must Be the Place (Naive Melody) (Talking Heads cover) (solo) |
| This Must Be the Place (Naive Melody) (Talking Heads cover) (solo) | Marigolds Ø | Violin/Banjo improv |
| Escape from Knossos € | I’d Do Anything for Love (But I Won’t Do That) (Meat Loaf cover) | Bright Whites ∇ |
| Icarus IV € | The Ballad of Mr. Steak ∠ | Q&A ∠ |
| Hahaha Pt. 2 ∠ | Honeybody (began with studio arrangement which bled into performing in the style of the Mattsoro remix) $ | Penny Rabbit and Summer Bear Ø |
| Lilliputian Chop € | encore | Angeline Ø |
| The Ballad of Mr. Steak ∠ | Violin Tsunami Ø | Violin Tsunami Ø |
| Philosophize in It! Chemicalize with It! ∠ | Philosophize in It! Chemicalize with It! ∠ | Ode to My Next Life $ |
| Honeybody $ | Philosophize in It! Chemicalize with It! ∠ | |
| encore | Atticus, in the Desert ∇ | |
| Penny Rabbit and Summer Bear (acoustic, in crowd) Ø | (I’ve Had) The Time of My Life (Bill Medley & Jennifer Warnes cover) | |
| Manchester (acoustic, in crowd) ∇ | The Ballad of Mr. Steak ∠ | |
| Ooh La La (Rod Stewart cover) (acoustic, in crowd) | It All Began With a Burst ∇ | |
| encore | ||
| Annie, Heart Thief of the Sea (acoustic, in crowd) Ø | ||
| Manchester (acoustic, in crowd) ∇ | ||
| Summer of ’42 (acoustic, in crowd) Ø |
| 2016 Union Transfer | 2015 TLA (opening for Guster) | 2014 New Brunswick (opening for Rod y Gab) |
| Stranger Things Theme [recordong] | violin improv | violin improv |
| Statues in a Gallery $ | Atticus, in the Desert ∇ | It All Began With a Burst ∇ |
| Hey Big Star $ | Bright Whites ∇ | Bittersweet Genesis for Him AND Her ∠ |
| m’lover $ | Bittersweet Genesis for Him AND Her ∠ | Atticus, in the Desert ∇ |
| Atticus, in the Desert (featuring extended banjo percussion solo) ∇ | The Ballad of Mr. Steak ∠ | Bright Whites ∇ |
| Bright Whites (with improv interlude featuring flute solo) ∇ | Q&A ∠ | Philosophize in It! Chemicalize with It! ∠ |
| Carry on Phenomenon ∠ | Philosophize in It! Chemicalize with It! ∠ | Manchester ∇ |
| Who’d You Kill $ | Manchester ∇ | |
| Can’t Let Go, Juno $ | ||
| Say Yeah $ | ||
| Ode to My Next Life $ | ||
| I Am the Antichrist to You ∇ (solo) | ||
| The Ballad of Mr. Steak (featuring Mr. Steak) ∠ | ||
| Philosophize in It! Chemicalize with It! ∠ | ||
| It All Began With a Burst (with “Don’t vote for Trump” vocal loop) ∇ | ||
| encore | ||
| Honeybody $ | ||
| Q&A ∠ | ||
| Manchester ∇ |
Ø Omoiyari (2019)
∇ 151a (2012)
