[ATTENDED: May 4, 2023] Liily
I wasn’t even entirely sure I was going to go to this show. I only really knew one song by The Walkmen. But I decided that I wouldn’t stay home. I’d go check out this reunion show.
The opening band was Liily who I had not heard of before. They came out–a four-piece from L.A.–and Charlie Anastasis the bassist (who had an awesome mop of curly hair), played a chord that rung out and feedbacked for about 90 seconds. All the while the singer Dylan Nash stood at the front of the stage kind of confrontationally.
Then the band kicked into “Wash.” It had a stomping bass and squealing guitars from Sam De La Torre. But it was drummer Maxx Morando who soon claimed all my attention. (more…)
