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Los Angeles’ Ian Sweet (Jilian Medford) headlined the 7th Street Entry on Saturday, August 6th. The show was originally scheduled for February 18, 2022, but due to COVID-19 restrictions, it was moved to August 6.
Opening the show was Chicago quartet Bnny, who started with just a quiet solo song from lead singer Jess Viscius. Shortly after that song ended, the rest of her band, which includes her twin sister Alexa Viscius, and Tim Makowski and Matt Pelkey, joined Jess on stage. Laughing she said, “That was the most rock ‘n roll thing I’ve ever done.”
The band (and debut record Everything) was created to honor and process the death of Jess’ partner. So many of their songs are somewhat depressing and emotional.
Their latest single, “I’m Just Fine”, is about “the sensation of time moving slowly when you are missing someone. It’s about attempting to deny that you are heartbroken in order to protect yourself.”
Highlight of their set was their drummer, Spud’s sixtieth birthday.
Ian Sweet is joined on stage by Jessie B on bass and Nate on drums (no, not that Nate on Drums).
Despite what Ian Sweet told us on stage, this was Sweet’s fourth time in Minneapolis (she mentioned she’s been three times on stage). She could be right, she may have cancelled an appearance… but according to our W♥M archive, this was her fourth time here: The first, in May 31, 2017 with Girlpool and Snail Mail at 7th Street Entry. The second with Ted Leo And The Pharmacists in November 11, 2017. The third as headliner at the 7th Street Entry October 29, 2018.
To be fair, Sweet’s always had a bad memory, as we witness in 2018, “ They’re [Ian Sweet] already familiar with the [Minneapolis] city, but they may have very short-term memory of it. Band leader, singer, guitarist Jilian Medford even joked about it, after playing “You Confuse Me”, she said that someone asked her where they played last night and it took over three minutes for her to remember. She actually didn’t say where they played (which tells me she didn’t actually remember!), but it was at O’Leavers in Omaha.”
Look, I get it, when you’re on stage, there’s a million things going on in your mind, the least of which is remembering things. She said audience expect her to also be a comedian, especially when she’s focusing on trying to tune her guitar or remembering what song is up next. It’s hard, but this is what she’s always wanted to do: to entertain people with her songs. She hopes that one day, she could be doing this as a full time job… because right now she still maintains a day job (which is currently a music supervisor for movie trailers).
There were a few new songs from her new album Show Me How You Disappear on her set, including “Dumb Driver”, “Get Better”, and set closer, “Sword”.
Encore song was a “sweet” version of Coldplay’s “Yellow.”
Opening the show was Chicago quartet Bnny, who started with just a quiet solo song from lead singer Jess Viscius. Shortly after that song ended, the rest of her band, which includes her twin sister Alexa Viscius, and Tim Makowski and Matt Pelkey, joined Jess on stage. Laughing she said, “That was the most rock ‘n roll thing I’ve ever done.”
The band (and debut record Everything) was created to honor and process the death of Jess’ partner. So many of their songs are somewhat depressing and emotional.
Their latest single, “I’m Just Fine”, is about “the sensation of time moving slowly when you are missing someone. It’s about attempting to deny that you are heartbroken in order to protect yourself.”
Highlight of their set was their drummer, Spud’s sixtieth birthday.
Ian Sweet is joined on stage by Jessie B on bass and Nate on drums (no, not that Nate on Drums).
Despite what Ian Sweet told us on stage, this was Sweet’s fourth time in Minneapolis (she mentioned she’s been three times on stage). She could be right, she may have cancelled an appearance… but according to our W♥M archive, this was her fourth time here: The first, in May 31, 2017 with Girlpool and Snail Mail at 7th Street Entry. The second with Ted Leo And The Pharmacists in November 11, 2017. The third as headliner at the 7th Street Entry October 29, 2018.
To be fair, Sweet’s always had a bad memory, as we witness in 2018, “ They’re [Ian Sweet] already familiar with the [Minneapolis] city, but they may have very short-term memory of it. Band leader, singer, guitarist Jilian Medford even joked about it, after playing “You Confuse Me”, she said that someone asked her where they played last night and it took over three minutes for her to remember. She actually didn’t say where they played (which tells me she didn’t actually remember!), but it was at O’Leavers in Omaha.”
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There were a few new songs from her new album Show Me How You Disappear on her set, including “Dumb Driver”, “Get Better”, and set closer, “Sword”.
Encore song was a “sweet” version of Coldplay’s “Yellow.”
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Ian Sweet at 7th Street Entry, Minneapolis (06 Aug 2022) |
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