Mumford & Sons

Time to check another item off of my list of things to do this year. Last week we saw a new band, Mumford & Sons at Merriweather Post Pavilion. Jennie & Conor and Annie & Jamie met us at the venue. We had our mini-tailgate of sandwiches and beers. But then the sky opened and it POURED for almost an hour. We huddled down in our cars to wait for the storm to pass. When it finally did, it only left us time to see Mumford & Sons. We missed both opening bands. But staying dry and out of that crazy storm was the better option :) Finally got in just in time for the show. Pretty clean performance and the sound was pretty good. Overall, a fun concert!

Set List:

Sigh No More

Roll Away Your Stone

Winter Winds

Below My Feet

White Blank Page

Hopeless Wanderer

Little Lion Man

Lover of the Light

After The Storm

Lover's Eyes

Timshel

Thistle & Weeds

Awake My Soul

Dust Bowl Dance

Encore:

The Cave

Spoon and Arcade Fire!!

A group of us went to Merriweather Post Pavilion for the Spoon and Arcade Fire show. The weather turned out great! Not too hot or humid so it made sitting in the lawn quite comfortable. And with the nice weather the beers taste oh so good! Great show, lots of energy and a full day to recover!

Spoon Setlist (not a full list)

The Mystery Zone (acoustic)

Nobody Gets Me But You

Rhythm and Soul

Don't You Evah

Written In Reverse

Got Nuffin

The Ghost of You Lingers

Modern World (Wolf Parade cover)

I Turn My Camera On

Trouble Comes Running

I Summon You

Don't Make Me A Target

The Underdog

You Got Yr. Cherry Bomb

Black Like Me

Arcade Fire Setlist

Ready to Start

Month of May

Neighborhood #1 (Tunnels)

The Well and the Lighthouse

Half Light II (No Celebration)

Neighborhood #2 (Laika)

No Cars Go

Haïti

Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains)

The Suburbs

The Suburbs (Continued)

Modern Man

Rococo

Intervention

We Used to Wait

Neighborhood #3 (Power Out)

Rebellion (Lies)

Encore:

Keep the Car Running

Wake Up

Another Norah Jones Concert!

Kevin and I had extra tickets to the Norah Jones concert so we invited our friends Tom & Victoria to the show. As part of the deal, they needed to take us out for dinner before the show. We chose b: A Bolton Hill Bistro as our dinner location. We'd been there before but it was a first for Tom & Victoria. Tuesdays are half price wine bottles and we decided to have two! We had a great dinner there with a cheese plate appetizer, entrees and yummy dessert! Off to the show at the Lyric Opera House, our first concert there. This location is nice and the sound was pretty incredible inside. We had great seats! Center state, first row in the upper balcony. The crowd was definitely older, like much older. Which meant that during the show it was extremely quite and a polite applause was given at the end of each song. And then it would get really quiet before the start of the next song. Really strange. But, show was good and the new band is pretty talented.

Here is the set list:

1. I Wouldn't Need You
2. Tell Your Mama
3. Light as a Feather
4. Chasing Pirates
5. Even Though
6. It's Gonna Be
7. Broken
8. Waiting
9. Sunrise
10. You've Ruined Me
11. Back to Manhattan
12. Sinkin' Soon
13. Bull Rider (Rodney Crowell cover)
14. Man of the Hour
15. Don't Know Why
16. Young Blood
17. Stuck
18. Come Away With Me
19. Strangers

Encore

How Many Times Have You Broken My Heart
Lonestar

David Gray Concert!

Mr & I have been in Portland for the past few days. We decided to get some last minute tickets to the David Gray show at the Schnitzer downtown. We ended up getting 14th row on the floor! SWEET seats! That is until the guy with the hugest hair in the entire place sat right in front of us and blocked our awesome view. Mr took one for the team and sat behind him for the show. Ugh..so frustrating! But, the show was great, he played quite a few songs from the new album and rocked out to lots of old ones. Glad we went!

Set list:

Fugitive

First Chance

Sail Away

Jackdaw

World To Me

Life in Slow Motion

Nemesis

T.Y.L.

Babylon

Meet Me In The Morning

Breathe

Everytime

T.O.I.L.

Otherside

Be Mine

PFM

Eagles of Death Metal!!

We went to see Eagles of Death Metal on Saturday night at Ram's Head Live in downtown Baltimore. While the venue isn't the greatest, there's usually no wait to get a drink at one of their many bars and the prices are generally reasonable. This was our second concert there and we'll probably continue to see concerts here because it's so close! This was our third EODM show and they didn't disappoint! This band is full of tons of energy and the crowd always gets into it! We decided to brave the floor and got about 3 rows from center stage. Pretty awesome! I had a great view with no tall people in front and rocked out to my favorite song, Cherry Cola! I've been searching for a set list online but can't find one yet. Perhaps too soon? Not sure, but I surely can't remember all the songs they played. They were on stage for almost 2 hours and provided a solid set list of songs from all their albums. Mr_BTM even got an awesome mustache rides t-shirt!

New Kids On The Block and a special visit!

When I found out the New Kids on the Block were going to be in Baltimore I called up the sisters to see if they wanted to come out for the show and spend the weekend in Baltimore. Gretchen said yes and decided to bring a mystery guest with her. I suspected the mystery guest was my other sister Heidi, but she wasn't able to get off of work to make it out. So, I was surprised with a visit from my best friend Becky! They arrived on Thursday afternoon and we headed to Cross Street Market for lunch. Becky got her coveted chinese take out and Gretchen and I got cheese steaks. After lunch we took a quick walk to Federal Hill park for a view of the harbor. We headed home and got ready for the concert. We hit up the liquor store for those cute little booze bottles that we could smuggle into the show to avoid the expensive drinks there. All we had to do was buy some coke or sprite and we were set! The opening act, Jabbawockeez, was a dance group and they were okay but not all that entertaining. On to the main act - having never been to a show of NKOTB's in the past, I had no idea what to expect. The sound of that many girls/women screaming was incredibly loud! Holy moley! It was an insane amount of noise...the loudest concert i've been to! The drinks definately helped cope with that aspect of it! The show was good although I still wish I had seen them when I wanted to as a kid. Set list is below, which kicked butt...sang all the songs I wanted to hear and closed with Hangin' Tough, that was pretty darn cool.

NKOTB Set List:
Call It What You Want
My Favorite Girl
The Right Stuff
Didn't I Blow Your Mind
Valentine Girl
Please Don't Go Girl
Grown Man
Dirty Dancing
Games
Single (B STAGE)
If You Go Away (B Stage)
Two in the Morning (B STAGE)
Tonight (B STAGE)
Twisted
Baby I Believe In You
Give It To You
Joe's Medley (I Remember When, Where Do I Go From Here, Thank You)
Cover Girl
I'll Be Loving You Forever
Click, Click, Click (with Pose Off)
Summertime
Step By Step
Hangin Tough

One of the few photos I took from the weekend is of us totally smashed at the Brewer's Art after having a delicious dinner at b a Bolton Hill Bistro. Notice how none of us really have our eyes open except Gretchen, who normally always has her eyes closed so it's always a good clue to look for when she's been drinking!

Modest Mouse at Ram's Head Live

Last night was our first show at Ram's Head Live in downtown Baltimore. Michael & Caitlin got us (and themselves!) tickets for the Modest Mouse show. We met up at Houlihan's for a quick dinner and headed to the show around 8:00 PM. There were two opening bands, each playing a half hour set. The first band wasn't all that great, but was upbeat and had a lot of energy. The second band, Mimicking Birds, played a better show, but their music was a real downer! No energy at all and kinda boring. Modest Mouse then took their sweet ass time getting on stage, having us wait an hour and half between sets for them to come out. A little long, in my opinion! They didn't start playing until 10:30PM, already way past my bedtime! They put on a decent show and the energy was good. There were a few technical difficulties with the mics giving some feedback during a few of the songs, but overall it was pretty good. The venue, however, is strangely designed with three levels. We grabbed a spot at the railing on the second floor and had a good view, but there were definitely drawbacks to the design and places where the sound wasn't all that great. I'm sure we'll head back for more shows just because it's one of the places in town that has shows we like. Below is the set list for Modest Mouse - and no they didn't play Float On!

Set List:
Spitting Venom
Never Ending Math Equation
The View
Doin' the Cockroach
Fire It Up
Wild Packs of Family Dogs
Here It Comes
Dashboard
Guilty Cocker Spaniel
Tiny Cities Made of Ashes
Bukowski
Dramamine
Education
3rd Planet
This Devil's Workday
Paper Thin Walls
Parting of the Sensory

Encore:
The Good Times Are Killing Me
Bury Me With It
Alone Down There
Blame It On The Tetons

The Black Crowes - 9:30 Club, DC

We drove down to DC this weekend for The Black Crowes show at the 9:30 Club. This is our first show at the 9:30 Club and it's really a great venue. We were able to get a place standing right along the railing on the balcony, stage left, and had a great view of the stage! The concert had no opener, just a solid 2 hours of The Black Crowes! We've seen them play 3 previous times and this is the first time we've really gotten to see them jam on a lot of songs. There were many songs that lasted longer than 9 minutes. Really amazing!

Set List:

GOODBYE DAUGHTERS OF THE REVOLUTION

STING ME

GO TELL THE CONGREGATION

BALLAD IN URGENCY

WISER TIME

SHE TALKS TO ANGELS

POOR ELIJAH/ROBERT JOHNSON

COLD BOY SMILE

WHOA MULE

LAY IT ALL ON ME

WEE WHO SEE THE DEEP

THORN IN MY PRIDE

FEATHERS

REMEDY

WOUNDED BIRD

- encore -

DON’T DO IT

The Black Crowes and Dave Matthews Band Concert!!

On Saturday night a group of us drove up from Chicago to East Troy, WI for The Black Crowes/Dave Matthews Band concert. After grabbing dinner at Culver's, we loaded up the mini-van with some sodas and headed to the show. The last time I went to Alpine Valley, we got there late and we were never able to get a good look at the venue. This time, we got there in time and the venue is really cool with a backdrop of a ski slope. Pretty cool. The Black Crowes opened up but only played for about 45 minutes. A little disspointing and the only 2 songs I remember them playing were both from the new album. DMB came on a rocked the house for over 3 hours. Really awesome setlist and rare performances of Halloween and Spoon. Loved the old school set list but enjoyed some newer favorites like So Damn Lucky and Corn Bread! Another great addition to the show was Tim Reynolds! This was a great show and I'd love to see DMB again next year!

The Black Crowes Set List:
Movin' On Down The Line
Goodbye Daughters Of The Revolution
Wiser Time
Poor Elijah - Tribute To Johnson (Medley)
Oh Josephine
Jealous Again
Wounded Bird

DMB Set List:
Dancing Nancies
Seek Up
Proudest Monkey...>
Satellite
So Damn Lucky
Bartender
Corn Bread
Spoon
Water/Wine Jam
Burning Down The House
Louisiana Bayou
Anyone Seen the Bridge? ...>
Too Much (Tease) ...>
Halloween
Water/Wine Jam
Out of My Hands
Crush
Money
You Might Die Trying
Ants Marching
Encore:
Don't Drink the Water
Two Step