Silversun Pickups & Foals at Myth, Maplewood (05 May 2016)

Silversun Pickups Setlist Cradle (Better Nature) Well Thoughts Out Twinkles The Royal We Nightlight Circadian Rhythm (Last Dance) The Pit Little Lover's So Polite Friendly Fires Latchkey Kids Panic Switch Ragamuffin Lazy Eye -- Encore -- Kissing Families Dots and Dashes (Enough Already) The Wild Kind Foals Setlist Snake Oil Olympic Airways My Number Providence Spanish Sahra Red Socks Pugie Birch Tree Late Night Mountain at My Gates Inhaler What Went Down Joywave Setlist Parade Nice House Bad Dreams Somebody New Tongues Destruction Destruction Read More Silversun Pickups Having spent many times stopping in Minneapolis at smaller venues, like the 7th Street Entry, Silversun Pickups' Brian Aubert was amazed at the massive crowd for Rock the Garden, that he said, "This is a big deal!" … Foals "Are you ready? Because you don't sound f****ing ready!," yelled Foals' singer Yannis Philippakis as he worked the crowd. Foals rocked hard at First Avenue in Minneapolis last night to a group of young British rock music fans. … Joywave Special guest Joywave to open the show. Tour dates: 04/30/16 KDGE 102.1 EdgeFest 05/01/16 Austin, TX Stubb's Bar-B-Q …

The Foals and Silversun Pickups tour just recently stopped by the Myth Nightclub in Maplewood, Minnesota.

Joywave

New York’s Joywave was the first band to play Thursday night. They seemed comfortable with their newly gained, but much deserved, popularity as they played through a quick thirty-minute set.

Daniel Armbuster (the singer) had a personality that shined as he joked around with the crowd. The banner behind the drumkit said something to the extent of "due to circumstances out of our control, Joywave will not be headlining tonight". Not only could you see it written on the banner, Daniel made it a point to inform the crowd that they were not headlining and only had a 30-minute set.

Joywave played a handful of songs off of their debut album How Do You Feel Now? and their new release Swish which is an exclusive and unique digital release that features an unreleased bonus track.

Joywave ended with their hit song "Destruction". After playing through the song once, Armbuster informed the crowd that their contract states they do not have to leave the show until they feel the crowd has been satisfied so they started "Destruction" for a second time and played it again.

Foals

English indie rock band, Foals was the second band to play and their live show was so full of energy that I was blown away. Prior to walking on stage, the room went dark and then the crowd was hit with bright lights and nonstop strobe lights while an ambient track played. When the members of Foals were finally spotted entering the stage, the crowd started cheering. When the first song started, the crowd seemed to go silent as to appreciate the music that was being performed.

Foals' music sounds way different live than it does on recordings. When they play live, the music has this sort of intensity that is lost in the recordings. Singer Yannis Philippakis had an extremely powerful and raw sounding voice throughout the set. It was powerful and perfect even when he decided to jump into the crowd. He was quickly swallowed up by fans as he tried to make his way back up to the stage after wandering around and crowd surfing for a little bit.

Brian Aubert

The headliner of the night was Silversun Pickups, currently featuring Nikki Monninger on vocals/bass, Brian Aubert on guitar and lead vocals, Chris Guanlao on drums, and Joe Lester on keyboards and soundboard.

This alternative rock band from Los Angeles has been around for a while and seem to finally be getting the recognition they deserve. They released Better Nature last year and played a lot of songs off of that but did not forget about their three previous releases.

Each song they played was finished with a warm round of applause from the full house. The crowd was quiet throughout the actual songs as if to show their respect for the true musicianship that this band has. Silversun Pickups sounded like a carbon copy of their recordings when they played live. Each song was played with perfection by each of the four members and it was so tight that it was hard to believe it was just a recording.

Remaining tour dates:

05/08/16 89X Birthday Bash
05/09/16 Cleveland, OH House Of Blues
05/10/16 Cincinnati, OH Bogart's
05/12/16 Charlotte, NC Fillmore Charlotte
05/13/16 Atlanta, GA Center Stage Theater
05/14/16 Shaky Knees Music
05/16/16 North Myrtle Beach, SC House Of Blues
05/17/16 Greensboro, NC Cone Denim
05/18/16 Nashville, TN Ryman Auditorium
05/28/16 St. Louis, MO Ballpark Village
06/04/16 Live 105 BFD
06/06/16 Seattle, WA The Showbox
06/07/16 Portland, OR McMenamins Crystal
06/08/16 Eugene, OR McDonald Theatre
06/17/16 Radio 104.5 Birthday
06/20/16 Chattanooga, TN Track 29
06/21/16 Knoxville, TN The Mill & Mine
06/22/16 Asheville, NC The Orange Peel
06/24/16 Raleigh, NC The Ritz
06/25/16 Columbus, OH Newport Music Hall
06/26/16 DC101 Kerfuffle
07/22/16 Panorama Festival
07/25/16 Portland, ME State Theatre
07/26/16 South Burlington, VT Higher Ground
07/28/16 Quebec City, QC Imperial Bell
07/31/16 Lollapalooza
08/27/16 Timpanogos Music Festival

Silversun Pickups at Myth, Maplewood (05 May 2016)

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