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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)

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[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)

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[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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Lucy Dacus / Julien Baker & Torres / Jay Som / Hop Along // Magdalena Bay / Remi Wolf / Annie Di Russo [A Make the World Better Benefit] (FDR Park, Philadelphia PA, July 25 & 27, 2025) [DID NOT ATTEND]

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[DID NOT ATTEND: July 25 & 27, 2025] Lucy Dacus / Julien Baker & Torres / Jay Som / Hop Along // Magdalena Bay / Remi Wolf / Annie Di Russo

Like every one of these benefits shows, the first day was made for me.

I love Lucy Dacus, although I have seen her twice this year already.

I would love to have seen Julien Baker & Torres together.  They cancelled all of their shows this summer and were replaced by Hop Along which was fine, but not as good as the original.  Interestingly, perhaps, Hop Along was supposed to open for Japanese Breakfast last year but they were replaced at the last minute.

Jay Som is a favorite underground artist whom I love and who has been pretty quiet as of late.

Day 2 was less exciting for me.

Remi Wolf is someone I’ve h heard about but don’t really know.  She appeared on American Idol so I assume she’s not someone I would like, even if she is listed as an indie artist.  I saw that she opened for Lorde in 2022 (which I didn’t go to) and back then I wrote

Remi Wolf is a singer songwriter whom I do not know.  The fact that she appeared on American Idol in 2014 makes me not like her.  That’s unfair, but whatever.

At least I’m consistent.

Magdalena Bay is a duo (I thought it was someone’s name, oops).  The duo consists of Mica Tenenbaum and Matthew Lewin, who met in high school.  They play synthy pop and I really like their song “Image” although the rest is more pop than alternative.  Dancy and probably a treat to listen to on a sunny summer day.

Annie DiRusso was the only person on the bill for both days whom I had never heard of.  She’s an interesting young musician who veers to the noisy while writing poppy songs.  She also sings about college and wrote a song called Ovid.  So she appeals to that side of my musical appreciation.  The Harvard Crimson (!) review says

The album is an evolution of her usual guitar-heavy rock instrumentals, experimenting with incorporating different genres while still maintaining a cohesive sound across the record.

I hope she opens for someone I’m seeing one of these days.

So why didn’t I go to Day One?  Well, I didn’t really need to see Lucy again.  Plus, this was in FDR Park which I know nothing about and I have really bad luck with outdoor venues in Philly.  So while I fully support the cause, I just wasn’t willing to make the effort for this one.  And obvsiously Day Two wasn’t my scene.

 

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Lucy Dacus (The Met Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, April 16, 2025)

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[ATTENDED: April 16, 2025] Lucy Dacus 

I have seen Lucy Dacus quite a few (six) times and she always puts on a mesmerizing show. The first time I saw her was at Johnny Brenda’s (capacity 250), the most recent was at Union Transfer (capacity 1200).  And now here she was starting off her first tour after boygenius in her former home town of Philadelphia by playing The Met (capacity 3800).

And, wow, did she step it up for this bigger venue.  She had a gigantic backdrop designed to look like a museum wall.  There were picture frames and columns and it looked amazing.  And even this was presented theatrically as for the openers and for Lucy’s first song, the whole extravaganza was covered in a dropcloth.  The band even walked through the dropcloth opening at the center of the backdrop.  When it dramatically dropped away, the crowd went nuts.

And as she sang, one (or more) of the frames would display a picture that had something to do with the song she was playing.

Because this was the Forever is a Feeling tour, she played mostly songs from that new album (she played the whole album, but not in order).  The album opens with Calliope Prelude and so did the show.  It’s a short instrumental which is primarily strings and it worked very nicely as “walk on” music.

And then she launched right into Hot & Heavy, a song that opens quietly but builds really nicely to get the whole band involved.  I was surprised that she hadn’t opened with a song from the new album, but she followed that up with five songs in a row from it.  The band includes Sarah Goldstone (keys vocals), Dominic Angelella (bass), Alan Good Parker Guitars), Phoenix Rousiamanis (violin), and Ricardo Lagomasino (drums).

First was Ankles, the big single from the album–I’m always surprised when bands play their new single so early, but it worked to keep the energy up.  This also happened to be the first Lucy album I hadn’t listened to much before the show.  So I didn’t know these new songs all that well.  But Lucy is engrossing as a performer.  And it’s fun to hear a sing for the first time in a live setting.  Like hearing the words to Modigliani–while she projected a Modigliani painting on the screen. (more…)

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Katie Gavin (The Met Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, April 16, 2025) [LUCY DACUS]

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[ATTENDED: April 16, 2025] Katie Gavin 

I Katie Gavin is the singer for Muna.  I didn’t really like the Muna album that much when it came out, but I was really impressed by their live show when I saw them at All Things Go a few years ago.

I felt kind of the same about the Katie Gavin album.  It was okay, but it didn’t excite me all that much.

In fact, I really wanted to see Jasmine.4.T because their song Elephant is one of my favorites this year.  Sadly, I didn’t realize the show started at 7:15 (I assumed 8) and when we rolled up at 7:45, Jasmine.4.T had already ended.

When Katie came out, she was met by thunderous applause, and as soon as she started performing, I was once again blown away by her stage presence.  She joked that people might not know who she is (the applause belied that).

I didn’t love Katie’s album as it leans a little too alt-country for me.  But as with anyone whose albums lean alt-country but who also rock out, in a live setting, the rocking comes to the fore.  And her four-piece band was outstanding, Both bassist Nana Adjoa and guitarist Eric Radloff provided backing vocals.  Adjoa even took a verse or two of some songs (she has a wonderful voice). (more…)

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