[ATTENDED: October 3, 2024] Nada Surf
I left Soul Coughing for this show. It was a risk because this was the first time Soul Coughing had toured in decades. But I was so miserable at the show that I was happy to leave. And it turned out that tonight’s Nada Surf show was fantastic.
Even though singer Matthew Caws’ voice was a bit shot because they had played two shows (one was a bonus show) the night before.
Since I had been at Soul Coughing, I arrived at Underground Arts basically as the final chords of Office Dog’s last song were fading away. I didn’t know Office Dog who are a power trio from New Zealand. And this summary makes me rather bummed that I missed them:
New Zealand singer-songwriter Kane Strang got tired of going it alone as a solo artist, he started an old-fashioned indie rock power trio called Office Dog. Backing him up are two friends from different iterations of his touring band: bassist Rassani Tolovaa and drummer Mitchell Innes. Like Dinosaur Jr., Sebadoh, and Built to Spill, this threesome emphasizes the personality of each player as it wrings maximum drama from a minimum of instruments.
So I hope they come back around.
This tour was for their latest album Moon Mirror, but they opened with two songs from 2003’s Let Go. The crowd was totally into it–very responsive and singing along. Matthew seemed to be really excited at the size of the crowd, which surprised me because I thought that they had played bigger venues before (but I see now that World Cafe Live is the same size as Underground Arts (this blows my mind as I feel like UA is quite small). (more…)
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