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Ian Sweet at 7th Street Entry
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Los Angeles’ Ian Sweet headlined the 7th Street Entry on Monday, October 29, as part of her tour for her new album Crush Crusher (Hardly Art Records).
Opening the show was fellow LA’s Young Jesus, who actually was over 15 minutes late from the announced set time. Their fans waited patiently, and quickly gathered to the dance floor when the band came on stage.
The full rock band (singer and guitarist John Rossiter, keyboardist Eric Shevrin, bassist/composer Marcel Borbon, and drummer Kern Haug) worked together well as a unit, and played tracks from their latest The Whole Thing Is Just There (Saddle Creek). As the title suggest, it’s an artist’s view of a blank canvas, and sometime the band would improvise and create something new out of their live performance.
Since their set was delayed, it bled into the start time of Ian Sweet (aka Jilian Medford). The last time Ian Sweet was in town it was with Girlpool in May 2017 and again with Ted Leo in November 2017. They’re already familiar with the city, but they may have very short-term memory of it. Band leader, singer, guitarist Jilian Medford even joked about it, after playing “You Confuse Me”, she said that someone asked her where they played last night and it took over three minutes for her to remember. She actually didn’t say where they played (which tells me she didn’t actually remember!), but it was at O’Leavers in Omaha.
Most of Ian Sweet’s quiet/lo-fi set featured songs from her new album Crush Crusher, including “Hiding”. The single is about living in a freezing Brooklyn apartment after her long tour schedule. The song addresses many of Medford’s anxieties, and is perfect when she ended up moving from Boston to Los Angeles.
Ian Sweet’s Crush Crusher is out now on Hardly Art.
Tour dates:
Opening the show was fellow LA’s Young Jesus, who actually was over 15 minutes late from the announced set time. Their fans waited patiently, and quickly gathered to the dance floor when the band came on stage.
The full rock band (singer and guitarist John Rossiter, keyboardist Eric Shevrin, bassist/composer Marcel Borbon, and drummer Kern Haug) worked together well as a unit, and played tracks from their latest The Whole Thing Is Just There (Saddle Creek). As the title suggest, it’s an artist’s view of a blank canvas, and sometime the band would improvise and create something new out of their live performance.
Since their set was delayed, it bled into the start time of Ian Sweet (aka Jilian Medford). The last time Ian Sweet was in town it was with Girlpool in May 2017 and again with Ted Leo in November 2017. They’re already familiar with the city, but they may have very short-term memory of it. Band leader, singer, guitarist Jilian Medford even joked about it, after playing “You Confuse Me”, she said that someone asked her where they played last night and it took over three minutes for her to remember. She actually didn’t say where they played (which tells me she didn’t actually remember!), but it was at O’Leavers in Omaha.
Most of Ian Sweet’s quiet/lo-fi set featured songs from her new album Crush Crusher, including “Hiding”. The single is about living in a freezing Brooklyn apartment after her long tour schedule. The song addresses many of Medford’s anxieties, and is perfect when she ended up moving from Boston to Los Angeles.
Ian Sweet’s Crush Crusher is out now on Hardly Art.
Tour dates:
10/30 - Chicago @ Subterranean
11/1 - Toronto, ON @ The Monarch
11/2 - Buffalo @ Mohawk Place
11/3 - Boston, MA @ Great Scott
11/5 - Brooklyn, NY @ Park Church Co-op
11/6 - Philadelphia, PA @ Johnny Brenda's
11/7 - Washington, DC @ Union Stage
11/8 - Durham, NC @ The Pinhook
11/9 - Asheville, NC @ The Mothlight
11/10 - Atlanta, GA @ Drunken Unicorn
11/11 - Orlando, FL @ 11Eleven Fest
11/12 - Tallahassee, FL @ The Wilbury
11/13 - New Orleans, LA @ Gasa Gasa
11/14 - Houston, TX @ White Oak Music Hall
11/15 - Dallas, TX @ Three Links
11/16 - Austin, TX @ The Mohawk
11/19 - Phoenix, AZ @ Valley Bar
11/20 - San Diego, CA @ Soda Bar
11/1 - Toronto, ON @ The Monarch
11/2 - Buffalo @ Mohawk Place
11/3 - Boston, MA @ Great Scott
11/5 - Brooklyn, NY @ Park Church Co-op
11/6 - Philadelphia, PA @ Johnny Brenda's
11/7 - Washington, DC @ Union Stage
11/8 - Durham, NC @ The Pinhook
11/9 - Asheville, NC @ The Mothlight
11/10 - Atlanta, GA @ Drunken Unicorn
11/11 - Orlando, FL @ 11Eleven Fest
11/12 - Tallahassee, FL @ The Wilbury
11/13 - New Orleans, LA @ Gasa Gasa
11/14 - Houston, TX @ White Oak Music Hall
11/15 - Dallas, TX @ Three Links
11/16 - Austin, TX @ The Mohawk
11/19 - Phoenix, AZ @ Valley Bar
11/20 - San Diego, CA @ Soda Bar
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