02.19.2007 The Shins/Viva Voce @ Commodore
Well this show kinda suprised me. I didn't think 3 albums in, the Shins would be playing that many songs off oh inverted world. Unlike a lot of bands i've seen, they seem to have forgiven me for missing the tour in which they were supporting their debut album, and actually played the majority of said aforementioned album.
Anyways onto the openers. Viva Voce is a Portland, OR based duo who play at times folky rock and the noisy rock the rest of the time. They're intro/outro song(s) contain the verse "We don't fuck around." This is true they don't. Two minutes in and we're labasted with a wall of noise coming from the guitarist's amp and we're loving it. On a couple songs the drummer trades in his skins for an acoustic guitar creating a lovely acoustic/electric guitar mix. They played 30 min, pretty good set. Definitely not what I was expecting after checking out their myspace page about 6 months ago.
The Shins were in great form today, opening with the lead off track, "Sleeping Lessons" from their new album Wincing the Night Away. You could tell they were feeding off the energy of the crowd. Even their slower numbers off their recent albums kept me interested. As mentioned before lotsa songs off of oh inverted! They played pretty much everything I was hoping they'd play. Anita Robinson from Viva Voce, sat in to do backing vocals for a bunch of songs, "New Slang" was especially moving. Natalie Portman would have been proud. They played just over an hour before closing out with "Caring is creepy." After the obligatory encore break, they came back with a Modern Lovers cover, then ending with a rocking version "So Says I" from Chutes too Narrow. I don't think i could have wanted more from this show. Definitely one of the front runners for show of the year right now.
Setlist
01.) Sleeping Lessons
02.) Australia
03.) Phantom Limb
04.) Kissing the Lipless
05.) Mine's Not a High Horse
06.) Girl Inform Me
07.) Girl On the Wing
08.) New Slang
09.) Saint Simon
10.) Girl Sailor
11.) Turn a Square
12.) Gone For Good
13.) A Comet Appears
14.) Turn on Me
15.) Know Your Onion!
16.) Pressed In a Book
17.) Caring is Creepy
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18.) Someone I Care About [Modern Lovers Cover]
19.) So Says I
$75/$46
Anyways onto the openers. Viva Voce is a Portland, OR based duo who play at times folky rock and the noisy rock the rest of the time. They're intro/outro song(s) contain the verse "We don't fuck around." This is true they don't. Two minutes in and we're labasted with a wall of noise coming from the guitarist's amp and we're loving it. On a couple songs the drummer trades in his skins for an acoustic guitar creating a lovely acoustic/electric guitar mix. They played 30 min, pretty good set. Definitely not what I was expecting after checking out their myspace page about 6 months ago.
The Shins were in great form today, opening with the lead off track, "Sleeping Lessons" from their new album Wincing the Night Away. You could tell they were feeding off the energy of the crowd. Even their slower numbers off their recent albums kept me interested. As mentioned before lotsa songs off of oh inverted! They played pretty much everything I was hoping they'd play. Anita Robinson from Viva Voce, sat in to do backing vocals for a bunch of songs, "New Slang" was especially moving. Natalie Portman would have been proud. They played just over an hour before closing out with "Caring is creepy." After the obligatory encore break, they came back with a Modern Lovers cover, then ending with a rocking version "So Says I" from Chutes too Narrow. I don't think i could have wanted more from this show. Definitely one of the front runners for show of the year right now.
Setlist
01.) Sleeping Lessons
02.) Australia
03.) Phantom Limb
04.) Kissing the Lipless
05.) Mine's Not a High Horse
06.) Girl Inform Me
07.) Girl On the Wing
08.) New Slang
09.) Saint Simon
10.) Girl Sailor
11.) Turn a Square
12.) Gone For Good
13.) A Comet Appears
14.) Turn on Me
15.) Know Your Onion!
16.) Pressed In a Book
17.) Caring is Creepy
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18.) Someone I Care About [Modern Lovers Cover]
19.) So Says I
$75/$46
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