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Setlist
Tour Dates
10/03/13 Milwaukee, WI Shank Hall
10/04/13 Chicago, IL Bottom Lounge 10/05/13 Akron, OH Musica 10/07/13 Kalamazoo, MI Shakespeares 10/08/13 Pontiac, MI Pike Room 10/10/13 Rochester, NY Water Street 10/11/13 Albany, NY The Hollow 10/12/13 Brooklyn, NY Glasslands Gallery 11/07/13 Lexington, KY Cosmic Charlie's 11/08/13 Cincinnati, OH Taft Theatre Read More
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It was a Nashville night at the 7th Street Entry in Minneapolis yesterday with The Features and opener Tristen. The two acts is part of this exciting new wave of younger musicians (such as Caitlin Rose and Those Darlins) playing alt-country-rock with a DIY attitude from the "Music City".
Opening up the show was Tristen Gaspadarek, otherwise known simply as Tristen. I believe this was her second appearance in Minneapolis, according to her banter on stage. She's originally from Chicago, but currently "Nashville is where we hang our hats."
Most of her set is from her upcoming CAVES album, which is coming out October 15th. The album is said to be a departure from her previous Charlatans At The Garden Gate. Songs from the new album included "Easy Out ", "Catalyst " , "Gold Star ", " Island Dream", and "No One's Gonna Know ". Rounding out the rest of the show was her latest work, a collaboration song with her guitarist, Buddy, for "Anti-Baby" and her set finale "Bourgeois Bouquet".
The Features came on stage around ten and played a nearly hour long set consisting of songs from their new fourth self-titled album, "The New Romantic ", "Fox on the Run", "With Every Beat ", "Won't Be Long", etc.
The thing to note this Nashville quartet is that they maintained a high level of energy throughout their performance. Most bands can only sustain that level for so long before "taking it down a notch", but The Features were consistently energetic.
For the encore, the band played one of their first song they wrote called "Thursday". The song was actually meant to be included on their debut 1998 album called Spongebath, but it was never released. The oddity eventually found itself as an A-Side off a 10" vinyl. The song was a nice way to end the evening, even if it was only Wednesday.
The Features will continue their mid-west tour through mid October in New York. Although I did not see official CMJ listing, I'm almost certain that the band may end up doing some CMJ showcase (since the event is taking place October 15-19 this year). Yes, we are covering CMJ 2013, so if they turn up, I'll let you know.
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Most of her set is from her upcoming CAVES album, which is coming out October 15th. The album is said to be a departure from her previous Charlatans At The Garden Gate. Songs from the new album included "Easy Out ", "Catalyst " , "Gold Star ", " Island Dream", and "No One's Gonna Know ". Rounding out the rest of the show was her latest work, a collaboration song with her guitarist, Buddy, for "Anti-Baby" and her set finale "Bourgeois Bouquet".
The Features came on stage around ten and played a nearly hour long set consisting of songs from their new fourth self-titled album, "The New Romantic ", "Fox on the Run", "With Every Beat ", "Won't Be Long", etc.
The thing to note this Nashville quartet is that they maintained a high level of energy throughout their performance. Most bands can only sustain that level for so long before "taking it down a notch", but The Features were consistently energetic.
For the encore, the band played one of their first song they wrote called "Thursday". The song was actually meant to be included on their debut 1998 album called Spongebath, but it was never released. The oddity eventually found itself as an A-Side off a 10" vinyl. The song was a nice way to end the evening, even if it was only Wednesday.
The Features will continue their mid-west tour through mid October in New York. Although I did not see official CMJ listing, I'm almost certain that the band may end up doing some CMJ showcase (since the event is taking place October 15-19 this year). Yes, we are covering CMJ 2013, so if they turn up, I'll let you know.
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The Features at 7th Street Entry, Minneapolis (10/02/13) |
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