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All Things Go Music Festival [Day 3] (Merriweather Post Pavilion, Columbia, MD, September 28, 2025)

Posted in All Things Go, Almeda, Ashe, Columbia, MD, DJO, Doechii, Griff, Jasmine 4.T, Kesha  , Lola Young, Marina, Maude LaTour, Merriweather Post Pavilion, Michelle, Molly Grace, Peach PRC, Rachel Chinouriri, Role Model, The Aces on September 28, 2025| Leave a Comment »

[ATTENDED: September 28, 2025] All Things Go [Day 3]

And we woke up for Day 3.  A nice perk is that the hotel is next to a Royal Farms so I grabbed some fried chicken and their weird Chicken Palooza shirts (on sale for $5 since the Palooza was over).

This day proved to be very confusing because things were shuffled around.

Lola Young was supposed to perform but she got sick the day before and couldn’t make it (this was devastating to me as she was  the main person I wanted to see today).  And they switched where the final acts were going to perform.  DJO was supposed to play just before Kesha at the Pavilion stage and Doechii was supposed to headline the smaller stage.  They switched those two (I’m not sure who benefitted from that more).  But we didn’t find any of that out until we were there.

We headed over to the venue relatively early because we had to check out of the hotel.  I wanted to see Jasmine 4.T  because they opened for Lucy Dacus when we saw them but we arrived too late and missed their whole set.  So, typical, we arrived near the end of the 20 minute set today too.

They were playing at the Chrysalis Stage and it was really hot.  But some nice women shared their picnic tale with us (which was in the shade!) and we enjoyed watching the bands from there.

So we missed Molly Grace entirely since she was on the other stage.  As we were making plans for how to handle the rest of the day, they announced that Lola wouldn’t be there.  Some bands were moved to different stages and they announced that Doechii would be on the Pavilion Stage rather than the Chrysalis Stage.  My daughter was here for Doechii and we had pretty much planned to stay at the Chrysalis Stage all day to see her.  So that changed things too.

We stayed at Chrysalis stage to watch Peach PRC (who was famous for having a stripper pole as part of her set) and then we moseyed about getting food and checking merch and we grabbed some seats in the Pavilion just before Ashe came on.

I enjoyed how hard Maude LaTour rocked, but we did watch the videos of Griff and Marina.  And at our stage we saw Rachel Chinouriri and Role Model before Doechii came on. (more…)

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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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Noah Kahan–All Things Go Music Festival [Day 1] (Merriweather Post Pavilion, Columbia, MD, September 26, 2025)

Posted in All Things Go, Caroline Kingsbury, Columbia, MD, Joy Oladukin, Lucius, Merriweather Post Pavilion, Noah Kahan, Sharon Van Etten, Sharon Van Etten & the Attachment Theory, Sharon Van Etten and the Attachment Theory, Sunday (1984), The Beaches, The Last Dinner Party, The Marías on September 26, 2025| Leave a Comment »

[ATTENDED: September 26, 2025] Noah Kahan–All Things Go [Day 1]

Noah Kahan was the headliner for Friday night.

I know that I exist in a musical world that is all of my own so I didn’t know Noah at all.  I was aware of his song Stick Season because my daughter played it for me, but it seemed like he was basically a folk singer.  So I guess I don’t understand kids these days.

Anyhow, I was surprised that he would be the headliner, but clearly no one else was.

But I was pretty happy that it wasn’t just him and a mandolin.  He had a full band and they rocked much harder than I thought they would.  Although it was pretty fascinating to hear the crowd react so powerfully to a dude with a mandolin.

But he had a full band and they harmonized really nicely.  He also seemed genuinely funny and nice.  (I’m Noah Kahan and I’m here to ruin your evening). (more…)

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The Last Dinner Party–All Things Go Music Festival [Day 1] (Merriweather Post Pavilion, Columbia, MD, September 26, 2025)

Posted in All Things Go, Caroline Kingsbury, Columbia, MD, Joy Oladukin, Lucius, Merriweather Post Pavilion, Noah Kahan, Sharon Van Etten, Sharon Van Etten & the Attachment Theory, Sharon Van Etten and the Attachment Theory, Sunday (1984), The Beaches, The Last Dinner Party, The Marías on September 26, 2025| Leave a Comment »

[ATTENDED: September 26, 2025] The Last Dinner Party-All Things Go [Day 1]

I was most excited to see The Last Dinner Party. They had only played Philly once but I had tickets to another show that night.  Ugh.  So this was my first time seeing them.  And they were terrific.

The opening strains of Prelude to Ecstasy played over the speakers as they came out on stage.  The five women up front filled the whole stage–keys (Aurora Nishevci) , guitar (Emily Roberts), vocals (Abigail Morris), guitar (Lizzie Mayland), bass (Georgia Davies) with their drummer back on the riser.

They opened with Burn Alive and it was cool to hear these songs come to life.  The problem for me was that the woman next to me felt compelled to scream every single word.

The empowering anthem Caesar on a TV Screen came next and Aurora played keytar which was fun to see.  She rocked out next to Emily–who plays some phenomenal solos.

Count the Ways played live for the first time 2 nights ago in New York City. Abigail  went over to acknowledge the ASL interpreter and to thank them–she said they didn’t know they had one.

Abigail introduced the next song as being from the first record and you might know it.  And Lizzie said no you won’t this is from the new record.  Abigail laughed “I don’t know my own setlist.”

Second Best opens with gorgeous acapella harmonies from all of them.  It’s a great song, continuing their streak of great songs.  And of course since they were new, the woman next to me couldn’t sing them.

On Your Side has some really gorgeous quiet moments that showcases how great their voices are.

Aurora sang Gjuha next after giving a brief introduction about it (it’s about her relationship with her mother tongue).  Everyone sang backing vocals and Emily played the mandolin–absolutely lovely.  And it segued right into the rocking Sinner.   It was really fun to see Abigail dancing around the stage with abandon. Lizzie sings some lead vocals on this song too, which I didn’t realize.

Then came another new one Agnus Dei.  Which Abigail introduced as “This is a song about a boy–ew!”

After a moment with a QR code to donate to Palestine, Abigail said she was really sorry for what was happening on our country and it was not a time to be scared–letting us really know how the rest of the world sees us right now.

Aurora started playing the piano up on the riser and as Abigail walked up the risers and as they started the next song Aurora gasped and stopped playing–she was attacked by a huge moth. Everyone laughed–“you guys have some massive bugs here.”

They returned to Portrait of a Dead Girl which builds to some great sing alongs–over and over again as well as the really fun “give me the strength.”

I didn’t realize that the band doesn’t have a drummer.  They use session drummers for tour (wonder why).  For this show they had Victoria Smith who was great–she totally rocks. (more…)

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All Things Go Music Festival [Day 1] (Merriweather Post Pavilion, Columbia, MD, September 26, 2025)

Posted in All Things Go, Caroline Kingsbury, Columbia, MD, Joy Oladukin, Lucius, Merriweather Post Pavilion, Noah Kahan, Sharon Van Etten, Sharon Van Etten & the Attachment Theory, Sharon Van Etten and the Attachment Theory, Sunday (1984), The Beaches, The Last Dinner Party, The Marías on September 26, 2025| Leave a Comment »

[ATTENDED: September 26, 2025] All Things Go [Day 1]

My daughter and I went to All Things Go in 2023 and had a great time.  We didn’t go last year, but this year we decided to go again–for all three days (last time it was two).

The first day was a Friday and my daughter had a half day of school.  So we left after classes and got to MD in pretty decent time.  The early shows on Friday were great and I would have loved to see Lucius (having just seen them) and Sharon Van Etten (having seen them a few weeks earlier), but it was fine that we arrived too late for them.  But my huge YES was for The Last Dinner Party, a band I could have seen when they played Johnny Brenda’s but my wife and I had gone to a meh show elsewhere that not instead.  So I really wanted to see them!

We arrived, got good ADA parking (phew) and used our fast pass entry (yay).  We could hear The Beaches playing and they sounded great.  My daughter went for food and I grabbed a seat as we watched a video of The Marías playing. I was a little bummed we didn’t see them (although I hadn’t heard of them at all before this) because their set sounded really good.

In a bizarre coincidence, we ran into my niece/her cousin while getting food.  It was great to see her (she lives in DC).  She was really looking forward to seeing Noah Kahan.  Then we parted–thought we might see her at Noah but we didn’t.

Then we headed down to the Chrysalis Stage (which was pretty packed) in time to see The Last Dinner Party.  My daughter and I have different wants at a show.  I like to be really close and she is cool hanging out and letting the music wash over her.

So I snuck down as far as I could and enjoyed TLDP very very much.  I even got a photo of the setlist. (more…)

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