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JAMC Setlist
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Scottish alternative/shoegazing band The Jesus and Mary Chain recently headlined the Palace Theatre on May 9th in support of their new album Damage and Joy (ADA/Warner).
As previously mentioned, the Palace Theatre in St Paul has only been opened since March 2017, so we’re still very excited to see bands grace the venue. The size is nearly twice the size of First Avenue, and is a great fit for bands that have outgrown the Minneapolis area and needed a bigger space to accommodate their fans. I’ve compared the space to the Vic Theatre in Chicago, with its three or four viewing sections.
Joining JAMC on the first night of the U.S. tour were Philadelphia’s The Cobbs, featuring Paul Cobb and Ryan Cobb. Drummer Chris Coello, bassist Cody Ferdinand, and keyboardist Michael Prince, made up the rest of the live band.
You can tell The Cobbs weren’t afraid to wear their influences on their sleeves as the layers of noises kick in with ‘Upsidedown’ and ‘Annie Annie’. Ryan took lead with vocals and guitars, while Paul took over with ‘Climb On Top’. The rest of their 40-min set, the two songwriters would take turn singing.
Hearing them play, you can understand why bands like Black Rebel Motorcycle Club (and now JAMC) have personally requested the band to open for them.
A little trivia about the two main songwriters, they’re actually not brothers. They may have taken their surname from their original band called Ty Cobb, but eventually had to change the name when the baseball player’s estate threatened to sue.
W♥M contributors Amy & Emily, who was at the Palace Theatre show, described The Jesus and Mary Chain’s 2012 show as “not a great show.” They said the band kept starting and restarting songs and wasn’t focused on their show at all. They had hoped that the five-year absent and constant touring would make JAMC a better band.
The band has never been tight, as described by the Jesus and Mary Chain: Barbed Wire Kisses biography by Zoe Howe (St Martin's Press, 2014), which mentioned that their very first few gigs, they were a disaster. There were unintentional feedbacks and noises ... but somehow the brothers Jim and William Reid made that into an artform.
With JAMC’s seventh studio album Damage and Joy, a 19 year album in the making, the Scottish band is out back on tour. Understandably, looking over their setlist, that only a few tracks from the new record were played. Let’s face it, based on hearing fans overjoyed at hearing old songs like ‘Head On’, the audience couldn’t get enough of the old classics.
In typical JAMC fashion, the band played on a poorly lit stage, with a lot of backlighting (making for darkened silhouettes), and plenty of fog from a smoke machine. The smoke machine worked overtime, and during ‘Reverence’, causing the curtains to fall down and the fire alarm (complete with flashing lights) to go off and ending their set temporarily.
After some confusion, the venue announced the band will be back. They did come back to finish the song midway, but they just couldn’t catch a break, as the curtains started to fall again!
This actually isn’t the first time we’ve seen the smoke machine causing false fire alarms, as evident by Pusicifer at Northrop or Jóhann Jóhannsson at the Cedar, and it proved to be a pain for the artist.... but it is better to be safe than sorry, in case of an actual fire.
Again, since the venue is very new, they’re probably still working out the kinks, and will likely warn bands against using too much smoke on their set (or have plans to prevent this from happening again in the future).
JAMC’s remaining tour dates:
As previously mentioned, the Palace Theatre in St Paul has only been opened since March 2017, so we’re still very excited to see bands grace the venue. The size is nearly twice the size of First Avenue, and is a great fit for bands that have outgrown the Minneapolis area and needed a bigger space to accommodate their fans. I’ve compared the space to the Vic Theatre in Chicago, with its three or four viewing sections.
Joining JAMC on the first night of the U.S. tour were Philadelphia’s The Cobbs, featuring Paul Cobb and Ryan Cobb. Drummer Chris Coello, bassist Cody Ferdinand, and keyboardist Michael Prince, made up the rest of the live band.
You can tell The Cobbs weren’t afraid to wear their influences on their sleeves as the layers of noises kick in with ‘Upsidedown’ and ‘Annie Annie’. Ryan took lead with vocals and guitars, while Paul took over with ‘Climb On Top’. The rest of their 40-min set, the two songwriters would take turn singing.
Hearing them play, you can understand why bands like Black Rebel Motorcycle Club (and now JAMC) have personally requested the band to open for them.
A little trivia about the two main songwriters, they’re actually not brothers. They may have taken their surname from their original band called Ty Cobb, but eventually had to change the name when the baseball player’s estate threatened to sue.
W♥M contributors Amy & Emily, who was at the Palace Theatre show, described The Jesus and Mary Chain’s 2012 show as “not a great show.” They said the band kept starting and restarting songs and wasn’t focused on their show at all. They had hoped that the five-year absent and constant touring would make JAMC a better band.
The band has never been tight, as described by the Jesus and Mary Chain: Barbed Wire Kisses biography by Zoe Howe (St Martin's Press, 2014), which mentioned that their very first few gigs, they were a disaster. There were unintentional feedbacks and noises ... but somehow the brothers Jim and William Reid made that into an artform.
With JAMC’s seventh studio album Damage and Joy, a 19 year album in the making, the Scottish band is out back on tour. Understandably, looking over their setlist, that only a few tracks from the new record were played. Let’s face it, based on hearing fans overjoyed at hearing old songs like ‘Head On’, the audience couldn’t get enough of the old classics.
In typical JAMC fashion, the band played on a poorly lit stage, with a lot of backlighting (making for darkened silhouettes), and plenty of fog from a smoke machine. The smoke machine worked overtime, and during ‘Reverence’, causing the curtains to fall down and the fire alarm (complete with flashing lights) to go off and ending their set temporarily.
After some confusion, the venue announced the band will be back. They did come back to finish the song midway, but they just couldn’t catch a break, as the curtains started to fall again!
This actually isn’t the first time we’ve seen the smoke machine causing false fire alarms, as evident by Pusicifer at Northrop or Jóhann Jóhannsson at the Cedar, and it proved to be a pain for the artist.... but it is better to be safe than sorry, in case of an actual fire.
Again, since the venue is very new, they’re probably still working out the kinks, and will likely warn bands against using too much smoke on their set (or have plans to prevent this from happening again in the future).
JAMC’s remaining tour dates:
5/14 - Brooklyn, NY @ Brooklyn Steel
5/19 - Los Angeles, CA @ The Wiltern
5/20 - Oakland, CA @ The Fox Theater
5/22 - Portland, OR @ Crystal Ballroom
5/23 - Seattle, WA @ Showbox SoDo
5/24 - Vancouver, BC @ Vogue Theatre
5/19 - Los Angeles, CA @ The Wiltern
5/20 - Oakland, CA @ The Fox Theater
5/22 - Portland, OR @ Crystal Ballroom
5/23 - Seattle, WA @ Showbox SoDo
5/24 - Vancouver, BC @ Vogue Theatre
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The Cobbs at the Palace Theatre, St Paul (09 May 2017) |
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The Jesus and Mary Chain at the Palace Theatre, St Paul (09 May 2017) |
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