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Bear's Den Setlist
Tour Dates
10/31 Denver, CO Lost Lake Lounge
11/01 Salt Lake City, UT Urban Lounge 11/03 Portland, OR Doug Fir Lounge 11/04 Vancouver, BC Biltmore Cabaret 11/05 Seattle, WA The Crocodile 11/07 San Francisco, CA Great American Music 11/08 Los Angeles, CA Bootleg HiFi 11/09 San Diego, CA The Casbah 11/13 Austin, TX The Parish 11/14 Dallas, TX The Loft 11/15 Memphis, TN Hi-Tone Café 11/16 Nashville, TN 3rd & Lindsley 11/17 Atlanta, GA The Earl 11/19 Washington, DC Rock & Roll Hotel 11/21 Toronto, ON Virgin Mobile Mod Club 11/22 Montreal, QB Petit Campus 11/24 Cambridge, MA The Sinclair 11/25 Brooklyn, NY Warsaw Read More
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Bear's Den just played the Fine Line Music Café in Minneapolis last night. It was a great turnout, surprising even the band.
Holland's Christof was the first musician on stage, of course, asked if there were any Dutch people in the audience. The first three songs on his set were "Cuckoo", "Honey Tears", and "Love's Glory". The rest of his set were newer songs, typical of developing artists, he's constantly writing new songs.
Highlight of his show was when he was peer pressured into letting down his hair, and also a cover of a traditional American folk song, "Silver Dagger".
From Vancouver "the most cities", Dan Mangan + Blacksmith are normally a larger band, but for this tour, their guitarist Gordon just had a baby, so they are a stripped down three-piece for this tour. They announced that their last Minneapolis appearance was with The Rural Alberta Advantage, which I immediately thought was last week, but they were referencing October 30, 2012.
They played some tracks from their 2011 Arts & Crafts album Oh Fortune (including "Leaves, Trees, Forest" and "Rows Of Houses"). Most of their live music featured a trumpeter, except for some rare exceptions when the band stepped off the stage for Mangan to play "Basket" solo.
They ended their set with "Vessel", which is taken from their forthcoming 2015 Club Meds album.
London-based band Bear's Den have been building up a fanbase in the area, having played in the Twin Cities at least three previous times (supporting Mumford & Sons at Xcel in 2013, headlining at Turf Club in March 2014, and Triple Rock in August 2014)... so the band enjoy coming through town.
In fact, as singer Andrew Davie was about to say, "I don't want to compare and favor some cities over..." and before he finished, the audience shouted out, Minneapolis. "You said it, not me!," Davie said. Then jokingly, "You guys sucked!" It's clear that Bear's Den are having a wonderful time building friendship and bonding with their fans, new and old.
They spent their time in the green room at the Fine Line watching music videos by Shania Twain, and Davie said, "It felt good." Twain became a running joke throughout their show, as Davie started singing lyrics to "Man! I Feel Like A Woman!" right before "Stubborn Beast". Then when they announced they were going to play a cover, the audience immediately snapped back, "Shania Twain!" ... which sadly, they were unprepared for. Instead, we're given a great cover of Bruce Springsteen's "Dancing in the Dark".
Bear's Den basically played almost every songs known to them, including every song from their debut album Islands, which landed October 20, 2014, on Communion Records. Even towards the end of their set, the band teased, "Yep, that's the very last song we will play. There's absolutely no way we're playing another song..."
Of course, they came back for the two-song encore: starting with "Don't Let The Sun Steal You Away" played in the audience with three acoustic guitars, and then "Agape" on the traditional stage.
If you enjoy folk rock music in the style of Mumford & Sons or Noah and the Whale, you might want to check out Bear's Den. Their music, some electric, some acoustic folk, have a tendency to build up to an explosive satisfying ending.
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Christof
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Highlight of his show was when he was peer pressured into letting down his hair, and also a cover of a traditional American folk song, "Silver Dagger".
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Dan Mangan + Blacksmith
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They played some tracks from their 2011 Arts & Crafts album Oh Fortune (including "Leaves, Trees, Forest" and "Rows Of Houses"). Most of their live music featured a trumpeter, except for some rare exceptions when the band stepped off the stage for Mangan to play "Basket" solo.
They ended their set with "Vessel", which is taken from their forthcoming 2015 Club Meds album.
London-based band Bear's Den have been building up a fanbase in the area, having played in the Twin Cities at least three previous times (supporting Mumford & Sons at Xcel in 2013, headlining at Turf Club in March 2014, and Triple Rock in August 2014)... so the band enjoy coming through town.
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Andrew Davie
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They spent their time in the green room at the Fine Line watching music videos by Shania Twain, and Davie said, "It felt good." Twain became a running joke throughout their show, as Davie started singing lyrics to "Man! I Feel Like A Woman!" right before "Stubborn Beast". Then when they announced they were going to play a cover, the audience immediately snapped back, "Shania Twain!" ... which sadly, they were unprepared for. Instead, we're given a great cover of Bruce Springsteen's "Dancing in the Dark".
Bear's Den basically played almost every songs known to them, including every song from their debut album Islands, which landed October 20, 2014, on Communion Records. Even towards the end of their set, the band teased, "Yep, that's the very last song we will play. There's absolutely no way we're playing another song..."
Of course, they came back for the two-song encore: starting with "Don't Let The Sun Steal You Away" played in the audience with three acoustic guitars, and then "Agape" on the traditional stage.
If you enjoy folk rock music in the style of Mumford & Sons or Noah and the Whale, you might want to check out Bear's Den. Their music, some electric, some acoustic folk, have a tendency to build up to an explosive satisfying ending.
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Bear's Den at Fine Line Music Cafe, Minneapolis (29 Oct 2014) |
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