Setlist
Tour Dates
08/16 - St. Augustine, FL @ St. Augustine Amph
08/17 - Atlanta, GA @ Chastain Park Amphitheatre 08/19 - Woodlands, TX @ Cynthia Woods 08/20 - Austin, TX @ Moody Theater 08/22 - Dallas, TX @ South Side Ballroom 08/23 - Oklahoma City, OK @ Zoo Amphitheatre 08/26 - Los Angeles, CA @ Greek Theatre 08/27 - San Diego, CA @ SDSU Open Air Theatre 08/28 - San Jose, CA @ SJ State Event Center 08/31 - Portland, OR @ Edgefield Read More
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…that’s all you want on a summer’s night, watching live music at a club show, and that’s exactly what Los Angeles’ Youngblood Hawke delivered on, in their rousing 65 min. set at the Triple Rock Social Club.
Caught a Ghost: Jesse Nolan
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Caught a Ghost
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It was the band’s first time in town though, and they took advantage with tracks like ‘Time Go’, the album closing anthem, ‘Get Louder’, and title track. The best may have been saved for last as their self-described “gospel song” and album opener, ‘No Sugar in My Coffee’ closed their set, with Nolan singing in the middle of the crowd.
Youngblood Hawke
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Sam Martin and Nik Hughes
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Album opener ‘Rootless’ started the set, first with flourishing guitar, then echoing percussion, going into 80’s-esque keyboards with Martin’s vocals, which aptly set the tone for the hour ahead. ‘Glacier’ did anything but move as slowly as an actual glacier, and ‘Stars (Hold On)’, their 2nd single, was an ideal example of the band’s musical infectiousness, and had Martin asking his man on the boards to keep the lights down low for the song.
Alice Katz
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The band’s love of percussion grew as the set was continued, with ‘Dannyboy’, an ode to a fallen friend that had multiple drums beaten on, behind the buzz of keyboards and its bass foundations, to end the main set.
“We just wrote this song with some German fellas-- nice guys”, Martin mentioned in his intro to the new ‘Wolves’, written with duo, Digitalism, with singer Katz crooning on the chorus, “we can take our time to find our way”.
“Sing this song as loud as you can”, Martin implored before the last (and most anticipated) song of the night, ‘We Come Running’ was played, with the crowd completely unleashed for its chorus; hands/phones in the air, bodies moving, and voices chanting back to the band.
Feel-good, high-energy music had done its job.
Youngblood Hawke at Triple Rock, Minneapolis (08 Aug 2014) |
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