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Setlist
Tour Dates
09/16 - Madison, WI - Majestic Theatre
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09/18 - Chicago, IL - Metro 09/19 - Columbus, OH - Newport Music Hall 09/20 - Bristol, TN - Bristol R&R Reunion 09/21 - Maryland Heights, MD - Verizon Wireless 09/27 - Baltimore, MD - Shindig Festival 09/28 - Raleigh, NC - Lincoln Theatre 09/30 - Athens, GA - Georgia Theatre 10/01 - Oxford, MS - The Lyric Oxford 10/03 - Austin City Limits Festival 10/06 - Lawrence, KS - Bottleneck 10/08 - Fayetteville, AR - George's Majestic 10/10 - Austin City Limits Festival 10/11 - Austin, TX - Stubb's BBQ 10/13 - Tucson, AZ - The Flycatcher 10/16 - Los Angeles, CA - Troubador 10/17 - San Francisco, CA - Independent 10/20 - Portland, OR - Doug Fir Lounge 10/22 - Seattle, WA - Crocodile 10/24 - Life is Beautiful Festival 10/27 - Denver, CO - Bluebird Theater 10/29 - Dallas, TX - Trees 10/30 - Houston, TX - Fitzgerald's 11/02 - Birmingham, AL - Workplay Theater 11/03 - Atlanta, GA - Terminal West 11/04 - Winston-Salem, NC - Ziggy's 11/06 - Cambridge, MA - The Sinclair 11/07 - New York, NY - Stage 48 11/08 - Phila, PA - Theatre of the Living Arts 11/28 - Richmond, VA - The National
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Tennessee rockers J Roddy Walston & the Business are currently touring around Austin City Limits, stopping by Minneapolis' Fine Line Music Café last night, September 15th.
Opening up for J Roddy were Pujol, from Nashville, Tennessee. The five-piece band (although for live shows, they only have four members) played tracks from their sophomore album Kludge (like "No Words") and their 2012 debut album United States of Being (like "Dark Knight In Shining Armor").
The story behind USoB is they went back, two years later, to re-record those original tracks, sometime adding new arrangements, now that the band have better resources. The album, now re-titled as Reunited States of Being, will be released as part of "Cassette Store Day" (yes, that's now a thing, in answer to Record Store Day), as well as digitally on September 27th, via Saddle Creek.
From what I've heard of Pujol live, they are fun. Their music is very high-energy power punk, lyrically very fun and catchy. The band ended their set with "Youniverse", which they said was a song about "You and me and death and stuff."
Look for Pujol to return to Minneapolis again in October, with Screaming Females (and yes, I'm looking forward to this upcoming show).
To contrast the sold out show at the Fine Line Music Café, Rod Walston (of J Roddy Walston & the Business) commented, "The last time we were in Minneapolis, it was at breakfast time in front of 100 people." He was, of course, referring to The Current Morning Show on May 16, 2014, at 6am (!), the morning after his late night appearance with Cage the Elephant show at the Myth. Based on the head shaking of disapproval, that's an experience he doesn't want to repeat.
The first time I saw J Roddy Walston and the Business, they were the opening band for Lumineers at Target Center in 2013. They made a great impression on me, as Walston rocked the piano with great ease and confidence.
The Tennessee-based band started off hard and fast with "Sweat Shock" and got the audience singing and foot-stomping along to the song. Almost all the crowd were singing along to their 2013 album Essential Tremors (ATO Records), which made for more than half of their setlist. Of course, all the older songs, such as "Don't Break The Needle" from their 2010 self-titled were also well received.
The band's two biggest hits "Take It As It Comes" and "Heavy Bells" were instant singalong with the crowd. Speaking of singing along, the band required the audience to sing the chorus to "Midnight Cry" as their set finale.
J Roddy Walston and the Business recently taped their live show for "Austin City Limits" for its 40th anniversary season for PBS on September 2nd. If you're in Austin, look for the band to appear at Austin City Limits for October 3rd and again October 10th. Everywhere else, keep an eye on the piano-rocking band coming through your town.
Opening up for J Roddy were Pujol, from Nashville, Tennessee. The five-piece band (although for live shows, they only have four members) played tracks from their sophomore album Kludge (like "No Words") and their 2012 debut album United States of Being (like "Dark Knight In Shining Armor").
The story behind USoB is they went back, two years later, to re-record those original tracks, sometime adding new arrangements, now that the band have better resources. The album, now re-titled as Reunited States of Being, will be released as part of "Cassette Store Day" (yes, that's now a thing, in answer to Record Store Day), as well as digitally on September 27th, via Saddle Creek.
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Pujol
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Look for Pujol to return to Minneapolis again in October, with Screaming Females (and yes, I'm looking forward to this upcoming show).
To contrast the sold out show at the Fine Line Music Café, Rod Walston (of J Roddy Walston & the Business) commented, "The last time we were in Minneapolis, it was at breakfast time in front of 100 people." He was, of course, referring to The Current Morning Show on May 16, 2014, at 6am (!), the morning after his late night appearance with Cage the Elephant show at the Myth. Based on the head shaking of disapproval, that's an experience he doesn't want to repeat.
The first time I saw J Roddy Walston and the Business, they were the opening band for Lumineers at Target Center in 2013. They made a great impression on me, as Walston rocked the piano with great ease and confidence.
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Setlist
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The band's two biggest hits "Take It As It Comes" and "Heavy Bells" were instant singalong with the crowd. Speaking of singing along, the band required the audience to sing the chorus to "Midnight Cry" as their set finale.
J Roddy Walston and the Business recently taped their live show for "Austin City Limits" for its 40th anniversary season for PBS on September 2nd. If you're in Austin, look for the band to appear at Austin City Limits for October 3rd and again October 10th. Everywhere else, keep an eye on the piano-rocking band coming through your town.
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J Roddy Walston & the Business at Fine Line Music Cafe, Minneapolis (15 Sep 2014) |
