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Lucy Dacus–All Things Go Music Festival [Day 2] (Merriweather Post Pavilion, Columbia, MD, September 27, 2025)

Posted in All Things Go, Bartees Strange, Carol Ades, Clairo, Columbia, MD, Faye Webster, G Flip, Gigi Perez, Hazlett, Hey, Nothing, Hippo Campus, Katie Gavin, Lucy Dacus, Merriweather Post Pavilion, Orion Sun, Paris Paloma, The Backseat Lovers, Wallows, Wild Rivers, Zinadelphia on September 27, 2025| Leave a Comment »

[ATTENDED: September 27, 2025] Lucy Dacus 

My daughter and I saw Lucy Dacus on the first night of this tour back in April in Philadelphia.  Now, this was officially the last night of the U.S. tour (she did play other shows this year but not in the same way).  I had certainly never seen anyone on the first and final nights of a tour, and it was fascinating to see how much the show had morphed over the five months.  The set was the same, but the setlist was different.  It was shorter (festival timing rather than solo timing) but she also made some changes to what she played.

And the biggest difference was that she had a string quartet playing with her for many of the songs.

My daughter and I rushed  to the barricade to get right up close to Lucy and were then shocked that the pit remained largely empty.   It wasn’t that people weren’t into her–they were.  And the lawn was massively full.  I guess no one wanted to give up their seats after the long day?

Anyway we were right on the barrier, but pretty far to the right.  So when the quartet sat down, they basically blocked our view of the rest of the stage.  My daughter wandered around the pit (it was that empty) for a better view but determined that there wasn’t a better spot.  [Although having seen her photos, I think straight on was a much better spot].

The set was the same–a gigantic backdrop designed to look like a museum wall.  There were picture frames and columns and it looked amazing.  Although from our location off to the side, you could see the video screens that projected the mages.  Obviously we knew there were video screens, but the illusion was somewhat lost because the images were skewed a bit.

So the show opened the same way except that the Calliope Prelude had the quartet playing (instead of it being projected).  And the quartet stayed on stage for the first few songs.  Like in April, the first song was Hot & Heavy, which is a fun way to get the crowd excited.  She followed it with her biggest new single Ankles. (more…)

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Clairo–All Things Go Music Festival [Day 2] (Merriweather Post Pavilion, Columbia, MD, September 27, 2025)

Posted in All Things Go, Bartees Strange, Carol Ades, Clairo, Columbia, MD, Faye Webster, G Flip, Gigi Perez, Hazlett, Hey, Nothing, Hippo Campus, Lucy Dacus, Merriweather Post Pavilion, Orion Sun, Paris Paloma, The Backseat Lovers, Wallows, Wild Rivers, Zinadelphia on September 27, 2025| Leave a Comment »

[ATTENDED: September 27, 2025] Clairo-–All Things Go [Day 2]

Clairo was up next.  She’s a big deal and it was almost surprising that she was so low on the bill.  But I can’t really see her headlining a big festival because she is pretty low key and doesn’t do a big show.  Although having said that, I do like that her set was designed with a theme in mind–something like lounge singer, I guess.

Clairo wore a dress that was split vertically into half balck and half white, so when she turned one way or the other she looked all in one color.

When he set started she and her band were all seated together off to the side with cocktails.  It was very funny–they toasted each other.

And the set had that vibe,  I genuinely don’t get the Clairo love by young people as she seems very old lady to me.  Or maybe they like her chill vibe.

I find most of her songs pretty boring–not a lot happens in them.   I mean how do you write a song called Flamin’ Hot Cheetos and have it be a slow song that’s 2 minutes long where nothing happens. (more…)

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The Backseat Lovers–All Things Go Music Festival [Day 2] (Merriweather Post Pavilion, Columbia, MD, September 27, 2025)

Posted in All Things Go, Bartees Strange, Carol Ades, Clairo, Columbia, MD, Faye Webster, G Flip, Gigi Perez, Hazlett, Hey, Nothing, Hippo Campus, Lucy Dacus, Merriweather Post Pavilion, Orion Sun, Paris Paloma, The Backseat Lovers, Wallows, Wild Rivers, Zinadelphia on September 27, 2025| Leave a Comment »

[ATTENDED: September 27, 2025] The Backseat Lovers-–All Things Go [Day 2]

There’s something about the name The Backseat Lovers that I find distasteful.  Which is weird because I like bands called Tropical Fuck Storm.

I had no idea what they sounded like before this show, but I assumed if the curators picked them, they must be pretty good (especially since they’re all boys in the band).

On paper they’re a band I should totally like–described as psychedelic indie rock with a bit of a jamming component.

And yet I never really got into them.  I’m not sure why

But the crowd loved them, even singing along intensely to Pool House.  And that’s all that matters.

They certainly did some fun things like the way Snowbank Blues built and then suddenly dropped the sound.  And I enjoyed the way the band rocked out the loud parts.

But there was just something…maybe too much acoustic guitar? I also feel like the songs didn’t really have a hook?  Maybe if I was in a pit I would have been more engaged with them, but I just never felt it. (more…)

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Gigi Perez–All Things Go Music Festival [Day 2] (Merriweather Post Pavilion, Columbia, MD, September 27, 2025)

Posted in All Things Go, Bartees Strange, Carol Ades, Clairo, Columbia, MD, Faye Webster, G Flip, Gigi Perez, Hazlett, Hey, Nothing, Hippo Campus, Lucy Dacus, Merriweather Post Pavilion, Orion Sun, Paris Paloma, The Backseat Lovers, Wallows, Wild Rivers, Zinadelphia on September 27, 2025| Leave a Comment »

[ATTENDED: September 27, 2025] Paris Paloma-–All Things Go [Day 2]

After Paris Paloma, they played Wild Rivers on the screen.  But I wasn’t that into them.

And soon enough Gigi Perez came out.  I had just seen her a few months ago opening for Hozier.  This was actually my third time seeing her since she opened for Girl in Red last year.

I have enjoyed her each time–she had a great voice and great stage presence.

This time I was really impressed with her band.  Her lead guitarist in particular really shone.

I noted last time that she was pretty confident when we saw her with girl in red, but I have to assume after several month touring with Hozier in HUGE venues, her confidence must be through the roof.  And at this event, the crowd was totally into her (one girl had a sign that said, Gigi you saved my life.”

And she did not disappoint.  In fact, I enjoyed her more this time than last time.

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Paris Paloma–All Things Go Music Festival [Day 2] (Merriweather Post Pavilion, Columbia, MD, September 27, 2025)

Posted in All Things Go, Bartees Strange, Carol Ades, Clairo, Columbia, MD, Faye Webster, G Flip, Gigi Perez, Hazlett, Hey, Nothing, Hippo Campus, Lucy Dacus, Merriweather Post Pavilion, Orion Sun, Paris Paloma, The Backseat Lovers, Wallows, Wild Rivers, Zinadelphia on September 27, 2025| Leave a Comment »

[ATTENDED: September 27, 2025] Paris Paloma-–All Things Go [Day 2]

After G Flip, we hung in place for Paris Paloma to come out.  I knew her song Labour and really liked it but I didn’t know anything else about her.

She had a very cool backdrop–white drawings and her name in white on a black background.  I really couldn’t stop looking at it and even drew it a bit (I had brought a sketch book).

The opening from her album (a looped vocal line of “my mind (now)”).  Paris came out in a long flowing white dress.

She and her sang the lead vocals and moments later the song kicked in.

Paris played acoustic guitar and the rest of her band was a guy with a guitar.  And they made a big sound.  I love the way my My Mind turned so big with her voice so powerful.

She played an interesting mix of quiet songs (drywall) and song with bigger (somewhat darker) choruses (as good a reason).  Both guys sang harmony on the choruses and really made the vocals huge.  Her guitarist also played bass and there were definitely keys coming from somewhere–maybe triggered by the drums?

She said she’d hear the festival described as Lesbian Coachella and that was exactly where she wanted to be.

Her newest song Good Boy is great–a total diss of powerful man.  It opens with a woman saying “I knew one day I’d have to watch powerful men burn the world down, I just didn’t expect them to be such losers.” (more…)

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G Flip–All Things Go Music Festival [Day 2] (Merriweather Post Pavilion, Columbia, MD, September 27, 2025)

Posted in All Things Go, Bartees Strange, Carol Ades, Clairo, Columbia, MD, Faye Webster, G Flip, Gigi Perez, Hazlett, Hey, Nothing, Hippo Campus, Lucy Dacus, Merriweather Post Pavilion, Orion Sun, Paris Paloma, The Backseat Lovers, Wallows, Wild Rivers, Zinadelphia on September 27, 2025| Leave a Comment »

[ATTENDED: September 27, 2025] G Flip-–All Things Go [Day 2]

The weather was a but threatening and we didn’t really want to see anyone at the Chrysalis Stage, so we decided to park in the Pavilion.  We missed the end of Hazlett and saw some of Bartees Strange on the video screen.  So G Flip was up next.

I had no idea who G Flip was just a few weeks ago but I saw some kind of headline that she was dating someone.  I had never heard of either of them and the way it was written I didn’t know who or what a G Flip was.  So I looked her up and was really interested to see that she is a multi instrumentalist singer from Australia.

They set up the band’s kit and her drum set had a digital screen on the bass drum head.  This is the first time I’d ever seen this and it was really fun and interesting–all kinds of images and words were projected on it.  Super fun.

She had a few pink platforms that she danced and jumped around on.  She had a ton of energy and was really fun.  She wore a sleeveless shirt and bandana on her head.  Her first song Disco Cowgirl was a big dancey disco song.  There was even a keytar (they are really making a comeback). (more…)

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All Things Go Music Festival [Day 2] (Merriweather Post Pavilion, Columbia, MD, September 27, 2025)

Posted in All Things Go, Bartees Strange, Carol Ades, Clairo, Columbia, MD, Faye Webster, G Flip, Gigi Perez, Hazlett, Hey, Nothing, Hippo Campus, Lucy Dacus, Merriweather Post Pavilion, Orion Sun, Paris Paloma, The Backseat Lovers, Wallows, Wild Rivers, Zinadelphia on September 8, 2025| Leave a Comment »

[ATTENDED: September 27, 2025] All Things Go [Day 2]

After yesterday’s fun we headed back to our hotel and crashed.  Saturday’s show began at 11.  We had no intention of getting there that early–but there wasn’t a lot else to do in the area but hang out in the hotel.

I didn’t care about Zinadelphia (who I feel really missed an golden opportunity to call themselves Zinfindelphia) and I didn’t care about Carol Ades.  Hey, Nothing is a folkie duo, but they didn’t intrigue me enough to get there early for.

The weather was dicey with potential rain so we decided that we would just hang out under the comfort of the Pavilion and sneak out for food from time to time.

We hung out pretty close to the stage (about twenty rows up) but off to the side quite a bit.  So we had a decent but not great view–I wouldn’t want to pay for those seats for sure.

We wound up seeing most of the bands on the Pavilion Stage and watched the Chrysalis Stage bands on video.

I would have watched Bartees Strange, but I’ve seen him a few times, so really the first person I was intrigued by was G Flip.  So we rolled in to the Pavilion Stage and caught the end of Hazlett.

I enjoyed the little of Hazlett that we saw and then we caught about 20 minutes of Bartees on the video screen. (more…)

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Andy Shauf / Helena Deland (Union Transfer, Philadelphia, PA, March 31, 2022) [rescheduled date, rescheduled again and again] [DID NOT ATTEND]

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[POSTPONED: March 31, 2022] Andy Shauf / Helena Deland [rescheduled from May 1 2020, December 17, 2020 and September 12, 2021]

This show was postponed several times but when it finally rolled around I had two other shows earlier in the week, one of which was in New York City which turned out to be an absurdly late evening.  So I had to take a pass on Andy.  Who I’m not 100% sure I really want to see anyway.

Faye Webster was supposed to open for this show, but she has been replaced by Helena Deland.

Deland is a Canadian singer-songwriter with several EPs out. Her inspirations are Jessica Pratt, Joni Mitchell, and Sea Oleena.   Her music is quiet and gentle and her voice is high and soft.  Its quite lovely and was a good pairing.  I preferred her song “Someone New” which is a little more upbeat.

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This show appeared and then disappeared.  In May, Andy’s own website it was still an active date until you clicked on it and the ticket sales said March 2022.

Maybe in 2022 Andy will come back around.  He was supposed to play a show in NJ as well, but there was none listed in May.  We’ll see.

Postponing shows until December seemed like a safe bet.  My calendar was pretty free and I was hoping to see shows by now.  I’m not sure if I’d rather have gone to Philly or Asbury Park, though.  Well, next year will held me decide, I’m sure.

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Andy Shauf is a Canadian singer songwriter.  He sings quiet, introspective songs.  He was playing at Union Transfer at the beginning of May and then in New Jersey in the middle of May.

I was introduced to his music from a Tiny Desk Concert in which he never really moves.  He has very long hair which also never moves.  His songs are really very pretty and well constructed.

It’s his voice that I find utterly fascinating.  He enunciates in such an unusual way.  The way he emphasizes certain vowels defies his Saskatchewan upbringing.  He sings not unlike Margaret Glaspy and other newer singers who stress their vowels in an unusual to me way.

I really enjoyed his Tiny Desk and I enjoyed reading about the album The Party which sounds like the worst party ever.

Since then he has cut all of his hair and looks totally different–I wasn’t even sure it was the same guy.

Faye Webster is a singer from Georgia who actually has a similar singing style to Andy, which is fascinating.  She sings low key torchy ballads and would be a perfect opening act for him.  I’m going to have to listen to a bit more from her.

He’s the kind of musician that I would think about going to but probably wouldn’t, and then I’d wish I had.  Well, now I have two more chances.

His initial itinerary fascinated me:

Boston, Brooklyn, Philly, D.C., North Carolina, Atlanta, New Orleans, Alabama, Indiana, Pittsburgh, New Jersey, upstate New York.

The rescheduled shows keep the same basic set up except that now Philly is the day before NJ–I wonder what changed that plan.

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Andy Shauf / Faye Webster (Union Transfer, Philadelphia, PA, September 12, 2021) [rescheduled date, rescheduled again]

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[POSTPONED: September 12, 2021] Andy Shauf / Faye Webster [rescheduled from May 1 and December 17, 2020; moved to March 31, 2022]

indexThis show appeared and then disappeared.  In May, Andy’s own website it was still an active date until you clicked on it and the ticket sales said March 2022.

Maybe in 2022 Andy will come back around.  He was supposed to play a show in NJ as well, but there was none listed in May.  We’ll see.

Postponing shows until December seemed like a safe bet.  My calendar was pretty free and I was hoping to see shows by now.  I’m not sure if I’d rather have gone to Philly or Asbury Park, though.  Well, next year will held me decide, I’m sure.

Andy Shauf is a Canadian singer songwriter.  He sings quiet, introspective songs.  He was playing at Union Transfer at the beginning of Mat and then in New Jersey in the middle of May.

I was introduced to his music from a Tiny Desk Concert in which he never really moves.  He has very long hair which also never moves.  His songs are really very pretty and well constructed.

It’s his voice that I find utterly fascinating.  He enunciates in such an unusual way.  The way he emphasizes certain vowels defies his Saskatchewan upbringing.  He sings not unlike Margaret Glaspy and other newer sings who stress their vowels in an unusual to me way.

I really enjoyed his Tiny Desk and I enjoyed reading about the album The Party which sounds like the worst party ever.

Since then he has cut all of his hair and looks totally different–I wasn’t even sure it was the same guy.

Faye Webster is a singer from Georgia who actually has a similar singing style to Andy, which is fascinating.  She sings low key torchy ballads and would be a perfect opening act for him.  I’m going to have to listen to a bit more from her.

He’s the kind of musician that I would think about going to but probably wouldn’t, and then I’d wish I had.  Well, now I have two more chances.

His initial itinerary fascinated me:

Boston, Brooklyn, Philly, D.C., North Carolina, Atlanta, New Orleans, Alabama, Indiana, Pittsburgh, New Jersey, upstate New York.

The rescheduled shows keep the same basic set up except that now Philly is the day before NJ–I wonder what changed that plan.

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Andy Shauf / Faye Webster (House of Independents, Asbury Park NJ, December 18, 2020) [rescheduled–POSTPONED]

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[POSTPONED: December 18, 2020] Andy Shauf / Faye Webster [rescheduled from May 15, 2020]

indexPostponing shows until December seemed like a safe bet.  My calendar was pretty free and I was hoping to see shows by now.  I’m not sure if I’d rather have gone to Philly or Asbury Park, though.  Well, next year will held me decide, I’m sure.

Andy Shauf is a Canadian singer songwriter.  He sings quiet, introspective songs.  He was playing at Union Transfer at the beginning of Mat and then in New Jersey in the middle of May.

I was introduced to his music from a Tiny Desk Concert in which he never really moves.  He has very long hair which also never moves.  His songs are really very pretty and well constructed.

It’s his voice that I find utterly fascinating.  He enunciates in such an unusual way.  The way he emphasizes certain vowels defies his Saskatchewan upbringing.  He sings not unlike Margaret Glaspy and other newer sings who stress their vowels in an unusual to me way.

I really enjoyed his Tiny Desk and I enjoyed reading about the album The Party which sounds like the worst party ever.

Since then he has cut all of his hair and looks totally different–I wasn’t even sure it was the same guy.

Faye Webster is a singer from Georgia who actually has a similar singing style to Andy, which is fascinating.  She sings low key torchy ballads and would be a perfect opening act for him.  I’m going to have to listen to a bit more from her.

He’s the kind of musician that I would think about going to but probably wouldn’t, and then I’d wish I had.  Well, now I have two more chances.

His initial itinerary fascinated me:

Boston, Brooklyn, Philly, D.C., North Carolina, Atlanta, New Orleans, Alabama, Indiana, Pittsburgh, New Jersey, upstate New York.

The rescheduled shows keep the same basic set up except that now Philly is the day before NJ–I wonder what changed that plan.

shuaf

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