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Speedy Ortiz (Wellmont Theater, Montclair, NJ, September 12, 2024) [SILVERSUN PICKUPS]

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[ATTENDED: September 12, 2024] Speedy Ortiz

I saw Speedy Ortiz a month and a half ago at Milkboy, a small club where I literally was standing behind Sadie Dupuis as she climbed the stairs to the stage.   She had hurt her elbow and this the first time she’d played her guitar in public (for one song).

Then they were invited to open for Silversun Pickups.  I didn’t know they were the openers when I bought the ticket, and I was pretty excited about that–while I love seeing a new band that’s good, it’s even more fun seeing a band I’m really familiar with (this was my fifth time seeing them).

That show was like an Easter Egg for fans.  Seeing them as an opening band was a little different.   Although not hugely different.  Their setlist was very similar to Milkboy (first five songs the same) and they simply excised a few others to shorten the set.  They also ended with the song that Sadie played guitar on for us at Milkboy. (more…)

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Secret Chiefs 3: UR (Solar Myth, Philadelphia PA, September 11, 2024)

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[ATTENDED: September 11, 2024] Secret Chiefs 3: UR

I saw Secret Chiefs 3 seven years ago when they opened for Dead Cross.  They are a band created by Mr. Bungle’s Trey Spruance.  For that show the band came out all in hooded robes.  No one spoke.  One more note: Musicians tend to float in and out of SC3, so the concept of “current” and “former” members isn’t entirely applicable.  Thus, I have no idea who was on stage in front of me, except Trey who stood center stage.

The band for this show is an iteration of Secret Chiefs 3 called UR.  Fun fact:

In 2007, it was announced that Secret Chiefs 3 has always been a general name for seven different bands, each representing a different aspect of Spruance’s musical and philosophical interests. The seven bands are Electromagnetic Azoth, UR, Ishraqiyun, Traditionalists, Holy Vehm, FORMS, and NT Fan. Spruance has stated that the sound collages of Electromagnetic Azoth serve as the center of Secret Chiefs 3

This show was advertised as

Ars Nova Workshop is thrilled to present Secret Chiefs 3: UR, an incarnation of the shape-shifting avant-cult group led by Mr. Bungle guitarist/composer Trey Spruance, at Solar Myth on Wednesday, September 11, 2024. This show features a brand new incarnation of the SC3 surf band UR. including Spruance, Ches Smith, Shahzad Ismaily, Matt Hollenberg, and Adam Minkoff, performing a full set of all new music.

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Starset : Immersion (Fillmore Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, September 10, 2024) [DID NOT ATTEND]

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[DID NOT ATTEND: September 10, 2024] Starset 

My son and I have seen Starset twice.  Each show has been pretty fantastic.

When this show, the Final Chapter, was announced I really wanted us to go.  Especially since it was a 2 set night of only Starset.

But it was the same night as the Bikini Kill show which we already had tickets for.

The fact that we didn’t go to Bikini Kill makes us missing this show hurt a little bit more.

However, I had gone to a show on 9/7, 9/9 and then 9/11 and 9/12.  I’m not sure I could have made it.

Still, I’ll be this show was great and I’m bummed they didn’t swing back through the area once again with it (and maybe they still will).

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Bikini Kill / Sweeping Promises (Franklin Music Hall, Philadelphia, PA, September 10, 2024) [DID NOT ATTEND]

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[ATTENDED: September 10, 2024] Bikini Kill / Sweeping Promises

Last year my daughter and I saw Bikini Kill, 1,244 days after I bought the tickets.

And we really enjoyed it.

When they announced another tour this year, I grabbed a ticket for my daughter, my wife and I.  And then my wife and I got tickets to two Pearl Jam show just before this one.  And we were wiped out.  Fortunately, my daughter didn’t feel compelled to go either, so we were able to get rid of the tickets and feel okay about the evening.  I’m sure the show was fun.

The setlist was almost exactly the same, but I’ll bet the energy was great.

I didn’t know Sweeping Promises who are a post punk duo from Boston, Massachusetts now based in Lawrence, Kansas consisting of Lira Mondal and Caufield Schnug. Multi-instrumentalist Spenser Gralla has toured as their live drummer since 2019.

They sound… a lot like Bikini Kill.

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Pearl Jam (Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia, PA, September 9, 2024)

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[ATTENDED: September 9, 2024] Pearl Jam

After Saturday’s show we were pretty psyched to do it all again on Monday.  We wound leaving almost an hour later than Saturday night, because we saw how small the GA section was.  And even if we were in the back of it we’d still be damn close.  BUt heck, I guess everyone else had the same thought on a Monday night because we arrived and not only scored the same spot, but I was able to grab this cool poster.

And our new friends Greta and Molly were there again.  So we hung out with them and enjoyed Glen Hansard and were super psyched when the lights went down for Pearl Jam.

For this show I wanted to be a little closer to Mike and I think it was a bad choice.  The group around us was really loud and really pushy.  So the crowd was less enjoyable but the band was on fire.

We have seen Pearl Jam open with a banger, but mostly they tend to open with a slow building song like tonight’s Of the Girl (which I can’t believe we hadn’t heard live before).

We were delighted to get Elderly Woman in which everyone gets to scream Hello!   And speaking of screaming, a whole room of people singing the opening of Corduroy is pretty intense.  (more…)

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Glen Hansard (Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia, PA, September 9, 2024) [PEARL JAM]

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[ATTENDED: September 7, 2024] Glen Hansard

I knew that I was going to enjoy Glen’s show the first night but I didn’t think I’d enjoy it as much as I did.  So I was fully prepared for Glen to blow me away this second night.

And he did.

He seemed even more energized and intense than night 1.

He sang from his knees, he got near the edge of the stage, he danced with the rest of his band.  At one point he sat on a monitor and basically just fell off backwards.

I was a little surprised that he played basically the same set both nights (since Pearl Jam is pretty well known for mixing up their setlists.  At the end of this 45 minute set he played an acoustic version of hie beautiful song This Gift.

It was also keyboardist Mia’s last night on the tour and we all wished her a fond farewell.

My friend Jonathan told me that he’s seen Glen several times and his shows are always amazing.  I agree with him 100%.  I am certain he came away from tis tour with hundreds of new fans.  Everyone around me was blown away by him.  And when he came out later to sing a song with Eddie, he was welcomed to rapturous applause.

I’d really like to see him with a full band again.

 

9/9/2024 (Wells Fargo Center Philly) 9/7/2024 (Wells Fargo Center Philly)
Didn’t He Ramble ‰ Didn’t He Ramble ‰
Bearing Witness ⇔ Bearing Witness ⇔
Dead Reckoning [new] Dead Reckoning [new]
The Feast of St. John ⇔ The Feast of St. John ⇔
Down On Our Knees ⇔ Down On Our Knees ⇔
Fitzcarraldo (The Frames song) £ Fitzcarraldo (The Frames song) £
Revelate (The Frames song) £ Revelate (The Frames song) £
This Gift ® Broken Hearted Hoover Fixer Sucker Guy (The Swell Season song) (snippet)
THE FRAMES
£ Fitzcarraldo (1995)

SOLO
⇔ All That Was East Is West of Me Now (2023)
‰ A Season on the Line EP (2016)
® Rhythm and Repose (2012)

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Waxahatchee / Snail Mail / Greg Mendez (Fillmore Philly, Philadelphia, PA, September 8, 2024)

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[ATTENDED: September 8, 2024] Waxahatchee / Snail Mail / Greg Mendez

I would have liked to go to one of these two Waxahatchee shows.  I wouldn’t have gone to both shows, but I had a hard time deciding which one to go to.

It turns out in the end that it didn’t matter, because we wound up going to Pearl Jam shows on the 7th and the 9th.  I joked with my wife that I was going to try to go to this show too, but we had been standing for hours for Pearl Jam and then would be standing for Pearl Jam for hours the following day. So I had to give it a miss–even though I’ve heard the show was outstanding.

I love Gladie and would love to have seen them again, but when I saw this lineup, I had to choose the night with Snail Mail, a band I have wanted to see them since about 2018, but it keeps not happening.  This is now the seventh time I could have seen them but didn’t. (more…)

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Beabadoobie / Hovvdy (The Met Philadelphia, PA, September 8, 2024) [DID NOT ATTEND]

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[DID NOT ATTEND: September 8, 2024] Beabadoobie / Hovvdy

I saw Beabadoobie back in 2021 on her first tour of the U.S.  Since then, she’s put out a couple of albums and has been back to the States.  I didn’t go last time.  She was supposed to play at All Things Go last year but cancelled for some reason or another.

I would have liked to go to this show–I am genuinely surprised she played The Met.  I thought that my daughter would like to go to see her, although she recently told me that she didn’t care all that much.

This night turned out to be the same night that I had tickets to Waxahatchee, but was also the night between two Pearl Jam shows so we weren’t going anywhere.

I saw Hovvdy open for Pinegrove back in 2017.  They played a kind of noisy lo-fi rock (I see they call it pillowcore).  Both singers’ voices and musical styles were fairly different which kept the music constantly shifting.

I enjoyed them although I don’t really have strong memories of the show.

I imagine this night ended pretty early.

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Pearl Jam (Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia, PA, September 7, 2024)

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[ATTENDED: September 17, 2024] Pearl Jam

After Glen left the stage, we didn’t dare move as the pit was now pretty crowded–although to be honest the back of the pit still had a lot of room.  People were pressed up close but there was breathing room.

So we waited a while, chatted more with Greta and Molly and soon enough the lights went down.  The band came out and it stayed mostly dark while they played Long Road.

And it was amazing.  We’ve seen Pearl Jam five times before this and each time was either from a far away spot (or behind the stage).  And this time, we were as close to the band as if they were playing Union Transfer and I got there in plenty of time to be close.

And we were right in front of Eddie.  I assumed that that would be a prime spot, but I think a lot of people preferred to be in front of Mike McCready–he has a lot of contact with the people around him.

It was a little frustrating that they were all silhouetted by light behind them, but it looked really cool.

I didn’t want to take a ton of pictures and videos but of course I did!  And the sound was SO GOOD.  I expected the arena to sound crappy, but we were right in front and we weren’t too close, it was like he was right in front of us singing.  And we could follow every motion Eddie made while singing Low Light. (more…)

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Waxahatchee / Tim Heidecker & The Very Good Band / Gladie (Fillmore Philly, Philadelphia, PA, September 7, 2024) [DID NOT ATTEND]

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[DID NOT ATTEND: September 7, 2024] Waxahatchee / Tim Heidecker & The Very Good Band / Gladie

I would have liked to go to one of these two Waxahatchee shows.  I wouldn’t have gone to both shows, but I had a hard time deciding which one to go to.

I love Gladie and would love to have seen them again.

I wasn’t sure about Tim Heidecker and his band.  I assumed it would be serious and not goofy but I genuinely didn’t know what to expect.  Here’s an interesting revue from his 2023 tour

From cultfollowing.co.uk

Having a man who, just forty minutes ago, threw TicTacs around the stage and screeched about TikTok, stare through your soul as he covers Bob Dylan’s Shot of Love classic, Lenny Bruce, is an incredible feeling. Fear of God. Fear of Death. Tim Heidecker and his No More Bullshit tour, accompanied by The Very Good Band have it all. 

So it might have been interesting to see.

But we then got tickets to Pearl Jam for this night so I as glad I didn’t choose this one.

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