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The all-ages, sold-out Rare Americans at the 7th St Entry took place on Tuesday, October 18. The band is touring in support of their new You're Not A Bad Person, It's Just A Bad World (Empire Records).
Opening the show was Toronto’s dark rock band DYLYN, led by singer singer Gwendolyn Lewis, who formerly performed as an electronic-pop act Guinevere.
Highlights of their 35-min set were a couple of cover songs, starting with Nirvana’s “Lithium”, which extra rocking “ye-yeaaah” chorus and Wheatus’s “Teenage Dirtbag”, the later is a great song. When we saw Wheatus in March 2019 and mentioned how great the song was (and that it should have been the set finale): “Wheatus’ best known song, “Teenage Dirtbag” was played near the end of the set, complete with unconventionally long break before the final chorus. Personally speaking, I felt like they should have ended their set with “Dirtbag”, because of the false ending…”
For DYLYN’s “slow jam” song, “Just A Boy”, they asked the audience to use their cellphone to light up the dancefloor.
Before the set finale, “Liberate Me,” the band thanked us for coming out early to see their set and that they were on the last stretch of the tour (that time they only had two more dates of Omaha and Boise).
The funny thing about Rare Americans is that they’re actually Canadian. The band is really popular with the YouTube and TikTok fans, so they’ve attracted a ton of young people, almost all of them have never been to a concert before. Which is amazing and healthy for the industry. Speaking with a few fans, they’re not normally the typical concert goer or normally a music follower. In fact, these fans felt like they have a personal connection to Rare Americans, through talking to the band directly on social media.
Starting their set with a “theme” intro to You're Not A Bad Person, It's Just A Bad World, which has a lot of tragic school shooting news reporting, behind a backdrop of Gary Jules’s version of “Mad World”. The band then launched into “Run the world”.
Singer, front-man James Priestner seemed really impressed about the 7th Street Entry, “We didn’t know how storied this place was!” He then told us how everyone played here, including The White Stripes and Blink 182. He also mentioned how great it was to see that Minneapolis was the hometown of the late Prince and Bob Dylan. Apparently, growing up, Priestner’s father was a massive Dylan, and his music was a staple in their household.
The rest of their set included some songs from their new EP You're Not A Bad Person, It's Just A Bad World, including “Love Is All I Bring” and “Moving On.”
With catchy rap lyrics, positive message, and fan engagement, it’s easy to see why this Canadian band have completely sold out their North American tour earlier this year.
The Rare American and DYLYN tour will end at 9th St. Parallel in Boise, Idaho, on October 25th.
Opening the show was Toronto’s dark rock band DYLYN, led by singer singer Gwendolyn Lewis, who formerly performed as an electronic-pop act Guinevere.
Highlights of their 35-min set were a couple of cover songs, starting with Nirvana’s “Lithium”, which extra rocking “ye-yeaaah” chorus and Wheatus’s “Teenage Dirtbag”, the later is a great song. When we saw Wheatus in March 2019 and mentioned how great the song was (and that it should have been the set finale): “Wheatus’ best known song, “Teenage Dirtbag” was played near the end of the set, complete with unconventionally long break before the final chorus. Personally speaking, I felt like they should have ended their set with “Dirtbag”, because of the false ending…”
For DYLYN’s “slow jam” song, “Just A Boy”, they asked the audience to use their cellphone to light up the dancefloor.
Before the set finale, “Liberate Me,” the band thanked us for coming out early to see their set and that they were on the last stretch of the tour (that time they only had two more dates of Omaha and Boise).
The funny thing about Rare Americans is that they’re actually Canadian. The band is really popular with the YouTube and TikTok fans, so they’ve attracted a ton of young people, almost all of them have never been to a concert before. Which is amazing and healthy for the industry. Speaking with a few fans, they’re not normally the typical concert goer or normally a music follower. In fact, these fans felt like they have a personal connection to Rare Americans, through talking to the band directly on social media.
Starting their set with a “theme” intro to You're Not A Bad Person, It's Just A Bad World, which has a lot of tragic school shooting news reporting, behind a backdrop of Gary Jules’s version of “Mad World”. The band then launched into “Run the world”.
Singer, front-man James Priestner seemed really impressed about the 7th Street Entry, “We didn’t know how storied this place was!” He then told us how everyone played here, including The White Stripes and Blink 182. He also mentioned how great it was to see that Minneapolis was the hometown of the late Prince and Bob Dylan. Apparently, growing up, Priestner’s father was a massive Dylan, and his music was a staple in their household.
The rest of their set included some songs from their new EP You're Not A Bad Person, It's Just A Bad World, including “Love Is All I Bring” and “Moving On.”
With catchy rap lyrics, positive message, and fan engagement, it’s easy to see why this Canadian band have completely sold out their North American tour earlier this year.
The Rare American and DYLYN tour will end at 9th St. Parallel in Boise, Idaho, on October 25th.
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