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Courtney Barnett / Kurt Vile Setlist
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The best of both worlds, Courtney Barnett and Kurt Vile unite to record and tour together to bring us their music at the sold out show at the Palace Theatre in St Paul, last Wednesday (October 25).
Opening up the show was Jen Cloher, and if I’m not misreading what Cloher said on stage, she is Courtney Barnett’s wife and partner. Although we haven’t heard much of Cloher’s music in the U.S., she was no stranger when it came to performing live music. She started her career as the frontswoman of Jen Cloher And The Endless Sea (which actually Kurt & Courtney honored with covering one of her songs ‘Fear Is Like a Forest’ on their setlist).
After spending years in music hiatus, Cloher watched her partner on TV and the internet as Barnett took over the world in music. Possibly inspired by this, Cloher went back into the studios to write and record her forth self-titled album, released only in August 2017. The album featured Barnett on lead guitar with the rhythm section of Bones Sloane and Jen Sholakis.
Unfortunately, for this tour, Cloher is playing solo, with only an acoustic guitar. Her guitar tech, Kelly, was mentioned as a “legend”, touring with Paul Simon, Ani DiFranco, Patty Smith, etc., and Cloher was happy to have her pre-tuned her guitars for her 30-min set.
Half of Cloher’s set actually included one to three minute stories about each one of her songs. The stories gave us an insight in Cloher as a person. For example, we know she was absolutely obsessed with Jim Morrison from the Doors, for which ‘David Bowie Eyes’ was written for… or that her set closer ‘Strong Woman’ was actually about her going undercover as a boy called Johnny to play Galaga game arcade at the corner store.
The not-so-secret story behind the Courtney Barnett and Kurt Vile collaboration was that the two musicians actually had high respect for each other’s music. Whenever the two would run into each other, they have expressed interesting in writing songs together. Of course, since both were touring musicians, it meant that the two couldn’t actually get together anytime soon.
After over a year, the two finally made it happen when Vile booked a summer tour in Australia and, on the side, recording studio time with Barnett. The 8-day recording session resulted in the finished album Lotta Sea Lice (inspired by a Stella Mozgawa beach-side-story).
Kurt & Courtney’s live band called The Sea Lice is a supergroup of Janet Weiss (Sleater-Kinney, Wild Flag), Rob Laakso (The Violators, The Swirlies, Mice Parade), Stella Mozgawa (Warpaint), and Katie Harkin (Sky Larkin, touring member of Sleater-Kinney and Wild Beasts).
Much like Kurt & Courtney’s headlining appearance at Desert Daze (13 October 2017), the band kept the same setlist throughout this tour.
Like their record, some songs were a lot of fun, while some songs are long guitar droning (with everyone’s hair covering their face as they concentrate on playing the chords). It was very much harmonies, both combative vocals, and guitar harmonies (or “guitarmonies” as Barnett would have it).
Since the Lotta Sea Lice album only delivered less than 45 minutes, the rest of the set consisted of solo songs from both camps, including Vile’s ‘Out of the Woodwork’ and Barnett’s well-known ‘Depreston’ songs, and some cover songs. ‘Untogether’, a Belly song (not to be confused with rapper/grime Belly), closed out their set.
If you like Kurt Vile and Courtney Barnett, this is a great team-up you cannot afford to miss. Most of their shows, including the Palace Theatre, sold out, so get your tickets sooner rather than later.
Tour dates:
Opening up the show was Jen Cloher, and if I’m not misreading what Cloher said on stage, she is Courtney Barnett’s wife and partner. Although we haven’t heard much of Cloher’s music in the U.S., she was no stranger when it came to performing live music. She started her career as the frontswoman of Jen Cloher And The Endless Sea (which actually Kurt & Courtney honored with covering one of her songs ‘Fear Is Like a Forest’ on their setlist).
After spending years in music hiatus, Cloher watched her partner on TV and the internet as Barnett took over the world in music. Possibly inspired by this, Cloher went back into the studios to write and record her forth self-titled album, released only in August 2017. The album featured Barnett on lead guitar with the rhythm section of Bones Sloane and Jen Sholakis.
Unfortunately, for this tour, Cloher is playing solo, with only an acoustic guitar. Her guitar tech, Kelly, was mentioned as a “legend”, touring with Paul Simon, Ani DiFranco, Patty Smith, etc., and Cloher was happy to have her pre-tuned her guitars for her 30-min set.
Half of Cloher’s set actually included one to three minute stories about each one of her songs. The stories gave us an insight in Cloher as a person. For example, we know she was absolutely obsessed with Jim Morrison from the Doors, for which ‘David Bowie Eyes’ was written for… or that her set closer ‘Strong Woman’ was actually about her going undercover as a boy called Johnny to play Galaga game arcade at the corner store.
The not-so-secret story behind the Courtney Barnett and Kurt Vile collaboration was that the two musicians actually had high respect for each other’s music. Whenever the two would run into each other, they have expressed interesting in writing songs together. Of course, since both were touring musicians, it meant that the two couldn’t actually get together anytime soon.
After over a year, the two finally made it happen when Vile booked a summer tour in Australia and, on the side, recording studio time with Barnett. The 8-day recording session resulted in the finished album Lotta Sea Lice (inspired by a Stella Mozgawa beach-side-story).
Kurt & Courtney’s live band called The Sea Lice is a supergroup of Janet Weiss (Sleater-Kinney, Wild Flag), Rob Laakso (The Violators, The Swirlies, Mice Parade), Stella Mozgawa (Warpaint), and Katie Harkin (Sky Larkin, touring member of Sleater-Kinney and Wild Beasts).
Much like Kurt & Courtney’s headlining appearance at Desert Daze (13 October 2017), the band kept the same setlist throughout this tour.
Like their record, some songs were a lot of fun, while some songs are long guitar droning (with everyone’s hair covering their face as they concentrate on playing the chords). It was very much harmonies, both combative vocals, and guitar harmonies (or “guitarmonies” as Barnett would have it).
Since the Lotta Sea Lice album only delivered less than 45 minutes, the rest of the set consisted of solo songs from both camps, including Vile’s ‘Out of the Woodwork’ and Barnett’s well-known ‘Depreston’ songs, and some cover songs. ‘Untogether’, a Belly song (not to be confused with rapper/grime Belly), closed out their set.
If you like Kurt Vile and Courtney Barnett, this is a great team-up you cannot afford to miss. Most of their shows, including the Palace Theatre, sold out, so get your tickets sooner rather than later.
Tour dates:
10/30 - Royal Oak, MI - Royal Oak Music
10/31 - Toronto, Ontario - Massey Hall
11/01 - New York, NY - Beacon Theatre
11/03 - Upper Darby, PA - Tower Theatre
11/04 - Boston, MA - Orpheum Theatre
11/06 - Loew's Jersey Theatre - Jersey City, NJ
11/07 - The Anthem - Washington, DC
11/09 - Nashville, TN - Ryman Auditorium
11/10 - Dallas, TX - McFarlin Memorial Auditorium
11/11 - Austin, TX - ACL Live
10/31 - Toronto, Ontario - Massey Hall
11/01 - New York, NY - Beacon Theatre
11/03 - Upper Darby, PA - Tower Theatre
11/04 - Boston, MA - Orpheum Theatre
11/06 - Loew's Jersey Theatre - Jersey City, NJ
11/07 - The Anthem - Washington, DC
11/09 - Nashville, TN - Ryman Auditorium
11/10 - Dallas, TX - McFarlin Memorial Auditorium
11/11 - Austin, TX - ACL Live
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