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Bastille Setlist
- Send Them Off!
- Laura Palmer
- Warmth
- Snakes
- Flaws
- Two Evils
- Lethargy
- Things We Lost in the Fire
- The Draw
- The Currents
- Bad Blood
- Blame
- Good Grief
- Fake It
- Icarus
- Pompeii
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Banks Setlist
- Poltergeist
- F**k With Myself
- Gemini Feed
- Mind Games
- Weaker Girl
- Trainwreck
- This Is Not About Us
- Drowning
- Beggin’ for Thread
- Waiting Game
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Judah & the Lion Setlist
- Kickin' da Leaves
- Hold On
- Booty Wurk (One Cheek At a Time) (T-Pain cover)
- Reputation
- Mr. Brightside (The Killers cover)
- Insane
- Rich Kids
- Take It All Back
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Coin Setlist
- Atlas
- Speaking Voice
- Time Machine
- I Don't Wanna Dance
- It’s a Trap
- Run
- Boyfriend
- Talk Too Much
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While the Snow thankfully held off until after the show and into the next day, there was plenty of Show to take in at local station GO 96.3’s second annual Snow Show held at Myth in suburban Maplewood and headlined by Bastille.
Opening up the multi-band evening was a local group that literally battled their way into their appearance, winning out over a handful of local bands, for the honor of opening the show. John Chuck & the Class are an alternative pop/indie hip-hop duo (JC "John Chuck" Stroebel and Henry "The Class" Donato) that took advantage of their twenty-minute slot to introduce themselves to their biggest audience to date, play songs from their self-released EP Grow Up, and more than ably stir up the crowd, for what was several more hours of music ahead.
Next up was Nashville formed band COIN, who paid dividends in providing a good spark of youthful energy and fun, in their brief thirty-three minute set. The synth-embellished indie pop quartet (Chase Lawrence-vocals/synths; Joe Memmel- guitar; Zachary Dyke- bass; Ryan Winnen- drums) started as students at Belmont University in 2012 signing with Columbia soon , and is still touring on 2015’s self-titled debut, though a new album is imminent in the new year.
The all-ages crowd screamed in approval as singer Lawrence noted, before they launched into ‘Time Machine’ and then the new ‘I Don’t Want to Dance’. ‘Run’ was irresistible with its jangly guitar intro and Lawrence’s rhythmic near-falsetto vocals and its road testing of the new ‘Boyfriend’ was a success judging from the crowd’s reaction. Closing with the kissing anthem ‘Talk Too Much’, the song has received heavy airplay and obviously the crowd’s ear, as they sang along with the band at each chorus.
Another Nashville-based group was next, the hippie folk-hop/pop ensemble Judah & the Lion, who has continued growing to next level heights, every time we see them live. The core trio (Singer/guitarist Judah Akers; mandolinist Brian Macdonald; banjo player Nate Zuercher) joined together in 2011 with their newest full-length, Folk Hop n’ Roll, taking their traditional folk/bluegrass sound and mixing it up with hip-hop and dance grooves for a interesting and unique combination.
“We’re gonna give you guys everything we have” singer Akers said, starting their thirty-five minute set with the harmonizing intro of ‘Kickin’ da Leaves’, which had the crowd clapping in unison immediately. Hippie dancing was encouraged during the mandolin-fueled ‘Hold On’ and things got a little crazy on stage as the band twerked in line to an auto-tuned T-Pain cover before Akers jumped into the crowd to lead everyone in jumping to ‘Reputation’ from the middle of the floor.
“This was our favorite song in the 4th grade” Akers said, keeping energy high with their cover of The Killers’ ‘Mr. Brightside’ (and making some of us feel really old) grabbing sunglasses and running along the high bar counters to sing the song amongst outstretched hands and cell phones in the air.
Zuercher’s banjo was fuzzed and pedaled to sound like a lead guitar on ‘Insane’ and they thanked the station for their support before ‘Rich Kids’, a song about pursuing your dreams, which seemed to a strike a chord with a younger audience.
A brief wail from the Lion King introduced ‘Take It All Back’, a massive hit as anthemic as anything Mumford and Sons has ever done, and a serious contender for best song of late summer/early fall. With a memorable live performance and catchy songs, Judah & the Lion very nearly stole the entire show.
The mood shifted to hazy, experimental, and more theatric as Orange County electro-pop singer-songwriter Banks was next, playing many songs from her newest, The Altar (Harvest Records) for the very first time before a live audience. She and the station have been friends for some time, as she played the very first GO Show in March 2015, which we also covered, and played a forty-minute set, though she is not currently on tour.
Joined by two veiled interpretive dancers, a keyboardist and live drummer, the singer, dressed in wispy black cloak and boots began with ‘Poltergeist’ (co-written/produced by Grammy nominee John Hill), amidst minimal red and blue lighting and rolling fog. ‘F**k with Myself’ throbbed with its hip-hop beat and Kate Bush-esque vocal effects sung into a second mic and the “passive aggressive” chorus ‘Gemini Feed’ seemed to describe a lot of Minnesotans by nature.
She’s not afraid to curse to make her point, as on the new ‘Weaker Girl’ but speaking between songs, she seemed quite shy, “this is the first time I’m playing any of this stuff”, she said demurely. Tempo downshifted further for a spare ‘Drowning’, her voice framed mostly by a hypnotic drum beat before elevating back for ‘Beggin’ for Thread’, her breakout hit from first album, Goddess. Ending with ‘Waiting Game’ (which may ring familiar from a Victoria’s Secret commercial), the show transcended into the ethereal.
Not a French band, rather a London alt/indie pop group named after the French holiday celebrated on singer Dan Smith’s birthday, Bastille introduced us to a sixty-seven minute glimpse into their Wild World with the opening ‘Send Them Off!’.
Joined by keyboardist Kyle Simmons, guitarist/bassist Will Farquarson, drummer Chris “Woody” Wood and multi-instrumentalist Charlie Barnes, next was the Twin Peaks-inspired ‘Laura Palmer’ with Smith jumping about and standing on monitor speakers to help incite the crowd.
Understanding the crowd was there to have fun and unwind, Smith introduced ‘Snakes’, a song peppered with soundbites as being for “anyone who feels like jumping up and down like a maniac”. For ‘Flaws’, Smith left the stage to serenade everyone on the floor as he made his way through the crowd, with security in tow.
Making his way to the upper deck, he hung over the railing for ‘Two Evils’, from the new Wild World album (Virgin/EMI Universal Records), the audience craning their necks in rapt attention to see him, and Smith slapping high held hands on his way back down.
Digging deep, the band unearthed ‘The Draw’ from their extended first album and the crowd roared and clapped along for early hit, ‘Bad Blood’. With the Kelly Le Brock sound clip introducing lead single from the new album, ‘Good Grief’, Smith said this was the song “for anyone feeling like jumping up and down to a song about death”(which didn’t deter anyone).
Bastille’s abbreviated set wound up with the mythology-inspired ‘Icarus’ and Smith saying to the receptive audience, “We’re far away from home, but we feel very welcome, so thank you” before starting biggest hit ‘Pompeii’ slow and solo on the piano, with the song quickly rising aided by a thumping drum and chorus of harmony voices.
As the house lights went up and crowd filed out, snow had started to fall outside (continuing into the next day, and measuring six to eight inches) giving everyone the Snow part of Snow Show, but the Show portion of five bands over almost five hours, was by far the most memorable part.
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Bastille at GO96.3 Snow Show, Myth, Maplewood (15 Dec 2016)
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