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Setlist from Cedar Cultural Center, Minneapolis (03/26/11) |
Before we get started, I'd like to point out that I've been going to the Cedar Cultural Center for shows for a long time, well, at least when it was re-opened for music. It was mainly a World Music venue, and even when you look at the name, there was a sense of class and direction. It's good that the Cedar started booking more indie bands, which I'm started to see more and more play at the venue. Almost every artists I've talked to mentioned how amazing the place is, mostly because they are not used to playing in such a nice (and clean) room. If you think about it, most traditional music venues are basically dive bars converted to have a stage for bands.
In contrast to the Dodos' audience a few nights ago, this was a much older crowd. The Twilight Hours were the support act, a full band, but it seems mostly two main guys, John Munson and Matt Wilson*. When not playing songs about telephones ("Telephones") and, er, more telephones ("Call Me"), the two guys does amateur standup (Matt Wilson plays the straightman). Highlight of the night seems to be during "Sound Waves", Munson, the one "with the 'stache", started doing an interpretive dance and saying how we should feel the waves.
Going on stage fairly early, about close to ten, Trash Can Sinatras came on stage, a little nervous, but quite pleased just the same. They pretty much stuck to the setlist (see photo), with two notably great performances for "I Hung my Harp Upon the Willows" and "People" - both actually from the album, In the Music. Sure, we got huge cheers for "Weightlifting" and "Hayfever", but I thought the new songs sounded better live.
The highlight of the night was when lead singer Francis Reader brought out the iPad, leading John Douglas to joke about checking his emails. It's interesting, it's the first time I've seen a band utilizing the iPad as a music instrument, usually I see laptops used to play back loops and sounds that can't be produced by traditional instruments - but never playing the actual notes from a device. Speaking of different, there was a point when they asked for a trombone player to come on stage. That seemed really random (they basically sent out an email earlier asking for help).
Not on the setlist were the three songs for the encore, they were "How Can I Apply", "Howling" and "The Therapist".
* Trivia: Matt Wilson is Dan Wilson's brother. If you don't know who Dan Wilson is, he's the singer/songwriter of "Closing Time", a major hit for the band Semisonic, in the late 90s. Wilson also penned, in my opinion, the best song that Carrie Rodriguez ever sang.
In contrast to the Dodos' audience a few nights ago, this was a much older crowd. The Twilight Hours were the support act, a full band, but it seems mostly two main guys, John Munson and Matt Wilson*. When not playing songs about telephones ("Telephones") and, er, more telephones ("Call Me"), the two guys does amateur standup (Matt Wilson plays the straightman). Highlight of the night seems to be during "Sound Waves", Munson, the one "with the 'stache", started doing an interpretive dance and saying how we should feel the waves.
Going on stage fairly early, about close to ten, Trash Can Sinatras came on stage, a little nervous, but quite pleased just the same. They pretty much stuck to the setlist (see photo), with two notably great performances for "I Hung my Harp Upon the Willows" and "People" - both actually from the album, In the Music. Sure, we got huge cheers for "Weightlifting" and "Hayfever", but I thought the new songs sounded better live.
The highlight of the night was when lead singer Francis Reader brought out the iPad, leading John Douglas to joke about checking his emails. It's interesting, it's the first time I've seen a band utilizing the iPad as a music instrument, usually I see laptops used to play back loops and sounds that can't be produced by traditional instruments - but never playing the actual notes from a device. Speaking of different, there was a point when they asked for a trombone player to come on stage. That seemed really random (they basically sent out an email earlier asking for help).
Not on the setlist were the three songs for the encore, they were "How Can I Apply", "Howling" and "The Therapist".
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Trash Can Sinatras at the Cedar Cultural Center, Minneapolis (03/26/11) |
* Trivia: Matt Wilson is Dan Wilson's brother. If you don't know who Dan Wilson is, he's the singer/songwriter of "Closing Time", a major hit for the band Semisonic, in the late 90s. Wilson also penned, in my opinion, the best song that Carrie Rodriguez ever sang.
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