2010 Concert Journals

[Ian]

last week saw GALACTIC

lots of dancing and girls and alcohol

i was on photo assignment so i only got a little of each

but they were great though.  cyril neville showed up, great musicians at all posts.

[plvarona]

Going to see Jars of Clay for I think the 11th time Thursday night...with just my wife..that hasn't happened in a LOOOOOOOONG time.

Interestingly enough, I am actually seeing Jars of Clay on Friday night in Lafayette, LA.  If I remember correctly, I believe this will be the 13th time I'm seeing them.

[murlough23]

Interestingly enough, I am actually seeing Jars of Clay on Friday night in Lafayette, LA.  If I remember correctly, I believe this will be the 13th time I'm seeing them.

You and I might be even, but I'd have to do a recount.

[ajyouthguy]

Saw Jars and Brandon Heath tonight.

I wasn't a big fan of BH before tonight, but he won me over a little with his show.  I was a lot more impressed than I expected to be, although I thought they gave him too much time, and didn't take enough themselves.

Jars started off looking like it was gonna just be debut album stuff, then looking like it was gonna just be debut album and latest album stuff, but wound up doing a few others from a couple of other albums as well.  They were solid, as usual, and had a lot of fun and interacted well with the crowd.  I've seen them 11 times now, and it would fall somewhere in the middle of those times as far as where it ranked among them.

Jars Setlist:
Liquid
Like a Child
Love Song for a Savior
Shelter
We Will Follow
Worlds Apart (with an extended musical ending including some pretty awesome electric guitar from Steve)
Out of My Hands
Flood
Work
Lay Your Weapons Down (with a snippet of the already played We Will Follow)
Carry Me (Dead Man)

Encore:
Small Rebellions
Two Hands

There were 5 songs from the self-titled, 4 from The Shelter, 2 from Monsters, 2 from The Long Fall

It was good but not enough songs, not enough time, in my opinion.  A little short for my taste and expectations, in other words

[murlough23]

Oh, man, that would be a way disappointing setlist for me. They didn't even hit any of my favorites from The Shelter. Remind me not to see them live again until they put out another album. (Sadly, the first-album-only fans probably feel somewhat vindicated.)

[ajyouthguy]

the reasoning i have heard and that they said in one way or another for doing a lot of the debut album  was because it is sort of a tour to celebrate the 15 years they have been doing this...a "Rewind" type thing.  i had seen a setlist for a show a few dates back so I kinda knew what was coming.  i was less disappointed about that than I was about it just seeming a little short overall.

like i said, it would fall very middle of the pack in the rankings of the 11 times i've seen them (probably lower middle), but that doesn't mean it wasn't good.  And, to be honest, I probably enjoyed it more than I otherwise would have simply b/c it was the first time my wife and I have gotten to do something like that with just the two of us in a while, and thanks to my best friend being in town for a few days, we had a babysitter and got to do it.  Ministry life, and parenting 2 kids, combine for not a lot of just the two of us things, so that was nice to actually get.

[murlough23]

the reasoning i have heard and that they said in one way or another for doing a lot of the debut album  was because it is sort of a tour to celebrate the 15 years they have been doing this...a "Rewind" type thing.  i had seen a setlist for a show a few dates back so I kinda knew what was coming.  i was less disappointed about that than I was about it just seeming a little short overall.

I'd heard about the "Rewind" concerts and that they were playing the debut album in full at some of these... it'd actually be interesting to hear their updates on some of the less-played songs from that album, so hopefully that'll turn up as an edition of Live at Gray Matters or something. Still, I have yet to hear a re-do of anything from the self-titled that tops the original recording and/or the live versions from that era, mostly due to the absence of the strings on subsequent recordings/tours. And I wish the self-titled didn't get all the attention when this group was taking their trips down memory lane. (Then again, we did get that update of "Frail" on the tour for Long Fall last year, which totally came out of nowhere and was awesome.)

like i said, it would fall very middle of the pack in the rankings of the 11 times i've seen them (probably lower middle), but that doesn't mean it wasn't good.  And, to be honest, I probably enjoyed it more than I otherwise would have simply b/c it was the first time my wife and I have gotten to do something like that with just the two of us in a while, and thanks to my best friend being in town for a few days, we had a babysitter and got to do it.  Ministry life, and parenting 2 kids, combine for not a lot of just the two of us things, so that was nice to actually get.

I know - at that point, you're lucky to have "a life" at all, right? (One of many reasons why I've put off parenthood.)

In all seriousness, I don't mean to diminish your experience at all - just to say that because I've seen these guys so many times and I think they've grown so much since their debut (the weaknesses of their current album notwithstanding), I can afford to wait for a better tour with a focus on stronger material. If I lived in some obscure location where they didn't tour often (not saying your location is obscure - you're closer to their usual touring radius, but I live in a major market) and/or my life was crazy enough that I needed to take the chance to see them lest it never present itself again, I'd take what I could get as well.

Also, I really don't understand this group's fascination with Brandon Heath of late. He's just not. That. Good.

[murlough23]

Mae was great tonight. A bit of a shaky start due to sound issues and Dave Elkins being noticeably sick, which made it hard for him to hit notes right (thankfully, an understanding audience was more than willing to help him out on the old songs). I'm glad I had the heads-up from you guys about Singularity and (a)fternoon getting the snub; it helped me to manage expectations. Knowing what was new stuff from (e)vening and what was old stuff from Destination: Beautiful that I had forgotten about was challenging, but either way, I was struck by several Mae songs that had never struck me before, and I will need to go back and give D:B another chance in conjunction with digesting the new EP. I'll try to get a full setlist up tomorrow after verifying with the band's forums or wherever fans post such things. I will say that it's not a replica of the previous Mae setlist posted in this thread, as they seemed flexible in terms of honoring fan requests if there was a loud enough contingent shouting for them (most notably, "Sun"). They covered most of The Everglow, including several tracks I hadn't personally heard them play live before. The ending punch of "We're So Far Away", "Someone Else's Arms", and "The Fisherman Song" just did a number on me in terms of elated nostalgia.

The ridiculous thing was that the concert started at 7:30, but Mae didn't take the stage until 10. 3 opening bands is way too many, especially when they're all relatively new artists and I know none of them. Beta Wolf was up first, and they had a fairly energetic rock sound with some solid guitar solos. A bit heavy on the bass, but overall not too shabby. Windsor Drive was dull. Basic piano rock with a heavy dose of the "Coldplay plod". Terrible Things, thankfully, didn't live up to their name. They weren't awesome, but they were tolerable. They did a Led Zeppelin cover that I'm apparently killing rock music by not being able to identify. Aside from that, think typical emo-pop stuff with the energy level ramped up due to livelier and somewhat more abrasive guitars/vocals. Fun, but it started to give me a headache. That might have been a side effect of the order in which the bands took the stage, though. (Speaking of which, hey Mr. Sound Guy, was it really necessary to crank up NWA's "Fuck tha Police" as the first band was taking the stage? It certainly didn't seem like the entrance music of their choosing, nor was it apt for the band or the all-ages audience in any way, shape, or form.)

[ewok20t3]

^Glad you enjoyed it.

I agree with your opinions on Windsor Drive and Terrible Things. Windsor Drive are extremely boring. I became a bigger fan of Terrible Things each of the three times I saw them. Their songs grow on you very quickly.

I think there's a good chance you'll enjoy Destination: Beautiful more now that you've experienced many of the songs in concert. I know you're not a fan of the production on the album, but the songs are still really solid, in my opinion. I'm excited to see the setlist, so I can see which songs I'll be bummed that they didn't play the times that I saw them.    That trio of songs they closed the set with is fantastic!

[murlough23]

This might not be exactly right, but here's what I can recall of the setlist:

Bloom
Anything
Embers & Envelopes
The Everglow
Suspension
Breakdown
Night/Day
The Ocean
I Just Needed You to Know
Mistakes We Knew We Were Making
Just Let Go
Summertime
Giving It Away
Tisbury Lane

Encore:
Sun
We're So Far Away
Someone Else's Arms
The Fisherman Song (We All Need Love)

"Sun" was a semi-acoustic arrangement. Dave and Zach were playing their electric guitars, but nobody else was on stage for those until Rob came out to provide keyboards near the end. I hadn't realized how much Rob provided for the band in terms of inventive keyboard parts and BGV's. I'm not sure how they ever got along without him.

Despite seeing them live twice in the era of The Everglow, I'd never heard the title track, "Breakdown", "Mistakes", or "We're So Far Away" live before. (Thankfully I did hear "Painless", "This Is the Countdown", and "Cover Me" back then, because otherwise I'd have sorely missed those.)

But I've only heard two tracks from Singularity live ("Crazy 8s" before the album was even out, and now a very lethargic version of "Just Let Go" due to it being the point where Dave's voice started to give out), which is a bummer. I know it's not their best album, but I would have loved to experience "Brink of Disaster", "Sometimes I Can't Make It Alone", and especially "Rocket" live. Those are some of my all-time favorite Mae songs. The same goes for the (a)fternoon EP - I know they did a tour for it recently, but I can't even find live footage for any of those songs. I wonder if that's because getting the old band members back meant they had little time to rehearse the material written without them?

Anyway, this might be my last concert for the year unless I can catch Future of Forestry's Christmas Tour somewhere that is not a Calvary Chapel.

[ewok20t3]

This might not be exactly right, but here's what I can recall of the setlist:

Bloom
Anything
Embers & Envelopes
The Everglow
Suspension
Breakdown
Night/Day
The Ocean
I Just Needed You to Know
Mistakes We Knew We Were Making
Just Let Go
Summertime
Giving It Away
Tisbury Lane

Encore:
Sun
We're So Far Away
Someone Else's Arms
The Fisherman Song (We All Need Love)

"Sun" was a semi-acoustic arrangement. Dave and Zach were playing their electric guitars, but nobody else was on stage for those until Rob came out to provide keyboards near the end. I hadn't realized how much Rob provided for the band in terms of inventive keyboard parts and BGV's. I'm not sure how they ever got along without him.

Despite seeing them live twice in the era of The Everglow, I'd never heard the title track, "Breakdown", "Mistakes", or "We're So Far Away" live before. (Thankfully I did hear "Painless", "This Is the Countdown", and "Cover Me" back then, because otherwise I'd have sorely missed those.)

But I've only heard two tracks from Singularity live ("Crazy 8s" before the album was even out, and now a very lethargic version of "Just Let Go" due to it being the point where Dave's voice started to give out), which is a bummer. I know it's not their best album, but I would have loved to experience "Brink of Disaster", "Sometimes I Can't Make It Alone", and especially "Rocket" live. Those are some of my all-time favorite Mae songs. The same goes for the (a)fternoon EP - I know they did a tour for it recently, but I can't even find live footage for any of those songs.

Pretty excellent setlist. I wish they would've played "Brink of Disaster" at the shows I saw on this tour, as well. I did get to catch them when they toured on Singularity and "Brink of Disaster" was probably the song on that album that sounded the best played live.

I agree with you about Rob. I never realized how much he brings to the band until this tour, either.

I wonder if that's because getting the old band members back meant they had little time to rehearse the material written without them?

I'd say that's probably the reason. I guess they did learn some of the songs from (m)orning, and I think the only song from (e)vening they all had a part in writing was "Bloom", so I guess they learned the rest of the songs from that EP, as well. I'd assume there probably wasn't enough time for them to learn everything they missed while they were away.

[murlough23]

I agree with you about Rob. I never realized how much he brings to the band until this tour, either.

He's sort of the joy of the band. I remember the first time I saw Mae, he was like shadowboxing or something to the beat of "All Deliberate Speed".

I'd say that's probably the reason. I guess they did learn some of the songs from (m)orning, and I think the only song from (e)vening they all had a part in writing was "Bloom", so I guess they learned the rest of the songs from that EP, as well.

Out of the songs that would work well live, anyway. "A Quiet (e)vening" and the three-part "Seasons" are all solo piano, which I'm assuming is all Rob.

[ewok20t3]

"A Quiet (e)vening" and the three-part "Seasons" are all solo piano, which I'm assuming is all Rob.

It's Jacob, the drummer, who plays those. Who knew he was such a good piano player?

[murlough23]

It's Jacob, the drummer, who plays those. Who knew he was such a good piano player?

Hey, I just found out yesterday that Dave Elkins could play the xylophone.

[plvarona]

Now to give my account of Jars of Clay/Brandon Heath, as I saw them last Friday.  Overall, I thought it was a pretty solid show.

Brandon Heath was up first, and I like him a lot better live than on CD.  I find his CDs to be a bit dull, but he does a very good job live.  In concert, Brandon has a clear voice, lots of energy and a pretty good sense of humor.  On particularly humorous comment occurred when Brandon told us that Carrie Underwood was apparently a big fan of his music.  Basically, his mom told him about Underwood's fandom because it was mentioned in People magazine.  To that, Brandon replied, "You mean I have a chance with Carrie Underwood?"  Furthermore, based on some of his comments in between songs, Brandon seems like a thoughtful guy.  I'm not sure why that doesn't translate to CD, as I find his lyrics to be banal and awkward.  To be fair, he does have a few songs where it sounds like he's trying to be profound, but they sound so choppy that it doesn't quite work too well for me.  It also doesn't help that I find Brandon's music to be way too simple.  Still, in concert, I can focus more on Brandon's energy and showmanship, so the things that bother me on his CDs don't annoy me as much live.

As for Jars, it was a pretty solid set for them.  It wasn't the best I've seen them, but they still did a good job.  The set list was identical to what AJ reported, so that part of it was mildly disappointing.  Still, this was the first time I had heard close to half of the songs on the set list live, so I can't complain about that.  FYI, I wasn't able to catch them while they were touring for The Long Fall..., so the only songs I had previously heard live from that album were the two they previewed during the Music Builds tour.  As for the songs they did from The Shelter, most of them sounded good live, but likely won't become concert favorites.  I think "Small Rebellions" went over the best live.  On the other end, "Out of My Hands", plodded a bit at the beginning, but ended decently.  That song also got the most tepid reaction from the crowd, which makes me wonder that was chosen as the first single when you also consider that the song is tanking on radio.

Those nitpicks aside, I still found a lot to like about the concert.  The guys had a lot of energy, and interacted with the crowd quite well.  Musically, they sounded good, which is the most important thing.  In terms of musical tricks, they didn't throw in as many as I had seen them do in the past, although they did feature the bass drum on a number of songs.  My favorite use of it was Dan hitting the bass drum at the closing sequence of "Worlds Apart."  The guys also had a number of humorous lines, which included one segment where Dan announced that the self-titled CD would be available in vinyl for a limited time.  This led to a bunch of one-liners about vinyl in general, not just records, but other things.  Dan also mentioned visiting the Star Wars museum, and said he made the mistake of telling his kids that's where he was.  I also thought it was nice for the guys to invite Brandon Heath and his band back on stage for the last few songs, with Brandon Heath's band running onto the stage with bear masks on towards the end of "Dead Man (Carry Me)."  This also led to the guys making comments about bears after coming back from the encore.  So overall, it was a pretty solid show and I'm glad I made the trip.  Not to mention, I did get to explore downtown Lafayette a little bit before the show, so I'm fine with that too.

[Ian]

damn, you people see a lot of jars shows huh

[murlough23]

damn, you people see a lot of jars shows huh

It happens when you've been a fan of a bad for a decade and a half.

[murlough23]

Saw Future of Forestry perform the first date of their Advent Christmas tour tonight, out in Simi Valley. My Mom's birthday is this weekend, and she likes Christmas music, so we brought her to the concert with us. I think she though some of the arrangements were a bit strange, but hey, you gotta give a woman who is turning 60 credit for being willing to go to a rock show with her son.

The opening band was Kye Kye. They used to be known as Paper Rings up until recently. Synth-y rock music with a female lead singer. It reminded me of Paper Route meets Plumb at times. Pretty good, though I couldn't understand what the heck they were singing about. Members of the band stayed on stage to help out with various FoF songs.

All members of FoF were in top form tonight, though they couldn't say the same for their computer, which was mis-timing video clips and click tracks, and basically making life difficult. So their set had several technical difficulties. They gave 110% to stay on rhythm and deliver a solid performance even if the multimedia wasn't doing them any favors. (This gave Eric Owyoung a chance to wisecrack about the superiority of PCs to Macs.)

The setlist opened and closed with tracks from the three Travel EPs, with all 10 songs from their two Christmas EPs in between to comprise the main section of the concert. Of the non-seasonal material, four of the six songs they picked were tracks I'd never heard them play live before (Your Day's Not Over, Working to Be Loved, Slow Your Breath Down, and Halleluiah), and the other two were my absolute favorites from the first two Travel EPs (Closer to Me and So Close So Far), so I didn't mind the repetition. I'd already heard how majestic most of the first Christmas EP could be in a live setting, so the awe-striking renditions of songs like "O Come, O Come Emmanuel" and "O Holy Night" went over as beautifully as expected, though I hadn't heard them play "The First Noel" live before, which is starting to become one of my favorite carols thanks to the simple acoustic beauty of their arrangement.

The new Christmas stuff has more unusual arrangements - basically Eric says Christmas carols only started to sound cool to him when he slowed them way down, which is funny but also very true. "Joy to the World" and "Angels We Have Heard on High" seemed odd in their slow measuredness at first, especially with the minimal acoustic guitar/rhythm track arrangement of "Angels". "Joy to the World", I had heard last year, yet I still forgot about its unexpected morphing into "All Creatures of Our God and King" in the thunderous coda. Pretty cool. The biggest surprise was "Do You Hear What I Hear?", which seemed to be doing the typical FoF thing - imagine Sigur Ros doing Christmas carols and you sort of get the idea - but took a startlingly thunderous turn in the third verse that literally caused my wife to jump a bit in her seat. Awesome.

Also unexpected in terms of material from the new Christmas EP was the liturgical Latin chant "Pie Jesu", and an original Christmas song Eric wrote called "The Earth Stood Still". The expected show-stopper - "Little Drummer Boy" closed out the main set, with its brilliant drum march arrangement and everyone banging on stuff in the breakdown at the end of the song.

Some doofus went and set off the fire alarm by using the wrong exit during the last song. The funny thing was, I was so used to loud sounds and flashing lights coming from the stage at odd times, and the screeching alarm bells and strobe lights were almost perfectly timed with every other beat of the song, that it took a second to realize it wasn't part of the song. Absolutely nobody panicked or even bothered to move, so if it had been a real fire, at least we would have all gone out on a high note.

[plvarona]

Doing a bit of catch-up here.

Two weeks ago, I saw Iron & Wine at the House of Blues in New Orleans.  First up, though was Nomo, a jazz band hailing from Michigan.  They were a lot of fun as well, combining loads of energy with proficient musicianship.  I'll admit the style of music isn't my favorite, but Nomo seems very good at what they do, and their on-stage energy translated well to the crowd, so I couldn't help but have fun.

As for Iron and Wine, his set was interesting, to say the least.  On the plus side, I like that in concert he changes up his songs significantly from the CD.  Some examples include "Peace Beneath the City" turning into an acoustic pop song, "Flightless Bird, American Mouth" going almost completely acapella, "House by the Sea" getting turned into a Spanish-style party song, and the encore "Boy With a Coin" speeding up a notch.  The instrumentation within his band was also well-thought-out, and I appreciated that.  On the other side, Sam Beam mumbles a lot, and far too often I had a hard time understanding what he was saying, both when he was talking and singing.  I do wonder if he knows how to use a microphone properly, because there were times when he'd sound muffled, but then he'd shift a little bit and suddenly he'd sound crystal clear, before sounding muffled again a few seconds later.  That was a pretty significant annoyance in what otherwise was an enjoyable show.

So overall, I'd say there was more to like than dislike here, but at the same time this wasn't "Concert of the Year" material either.

As for a set list, I will say that my lack of familiarity with Iron & Wine's older songs combined with Sam's muffled vocals left me unable to identify roughly one-third of the set list.  However, the songs I will list below are in the order they were performed.  There are just some gaps in the list.

Iron & Wine's partial set list: "Flightless Bird, American Mouth", "Upward Over The Mountain", "Peace Beneath The City", "Naked As We Came", "Sodom, South Georgia", "House By The Sea", "Pagan Angel and a Borrowed Car", "Summer in Savannah", "Teeth in the Grass", "Wolves (Song of the Shepherd's Dog)", "Boy With a Coin" (encore)

[murlough23]

Maybe Sam Beam was mumbling because he'd had a bit too much of his brother, Jim.

Incidentally, the church where the FoF concert took place last night seemed to be raiding my mp3 collection in terms of what was playing in the background before and after sets. Paper Route, Andrew Bird, and Grizzly Bear were audible at different points. I&W's "Pagan Angel and a Borrowed Car" started to play as we filed out after the concert was over. It's awfully weird to be in a church's sanctuary and hear that line about birds shitting empty chapel pews.

[plvarona]

Maybe Sam Beam was mumbling because he'd had a bit too much of his brother, Jim.

lol.  Good one.

Seriously though, when I was talking to my brother on the phone the day after the concert, I mentioned Sam's mumbling.  He suspected it may have been from too much weed.  Speaking of which, I did catch a whiff of that on some of the concert-goers.  Thankfully, the smell wasn't dominant or else that would have been extremely irritating.  It was just obvious that some people were smoking weed before the concert.

As for that I&W song that played after the FoF concert, you have to wonder who green-lighted that.  You'd think people would take time and place into consideration when they'd pick music.
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Now here's part two of my "Concert Journal catch-up."  The day after Thanksgiving I saw The Rocket Summer at the House of Blues in Houston.  Since Houston is a four-hour drive from Baton Rouge, I decided to make that into an overnight trip.  I drove up to Houston the morning of the concert, and then explored downtown until concert time.  Then I stayed in Houston overnight before heading back to Baton Rouge the next day.

On concert night, I arrived at the House of Blues roughly half an hour before the listed concert time only to find an unannounced opening act was about ready to start.  (Personally, my view on unannounced opening acts is that I like them before the listed show time, but not after.)  This was two members of a local band called Verse City doing an acoustic set.  It was not bad for a time-filler either.  The lead singer has a nice voice, and the guys are competent musically.  However, there were too many times when I couldn't make out what the lead singer was saying, and those of you who know me know that bugs me.  Interestingly enough, they also did an acoustic version of "Tik Tok Rok", which if nothing else was a bit amusing.  Overall, nothing overly impressive but it was good enough for its purpose.

Next up at about the listed show time was Ariel Abshire, a 19-year old signer-songwriter from Austin.  What stood about Ariel was her strong voice, and it also helped that she wasn't too hard on the eyes either.     Ariel did have a few moments where she unexpectedly sped up her tempo, which is something I tend to notice in younger artists, and she also has quite a bit of room to improve in her songwriting.  However, I do think she has potential, and we'll see how she develops from here.  Apparently, she has been getting a lot of buzz as of late, so we might be hearing more of her in the future.

The headlining act was The Rocket Summer, and this show was just Bryce Avary solo, and he rotated between different instruments.  Bryce spent most of his time on the piano, although he moved over to acoustic guitar on a few songs.  Then there were two songs where Bryce employed a sampler to get an entire "full band" sound going.  For this, he started by hammering out a drum passage and then once he was finished the same passage repeated over and over again.  He then, moved to other instruments, (e.g. keyboard, bass guitar, electric guitar, etc.) and played a lick there and having it repeat until he had an entire "band" going.  It was quite impressive to see Bryce play all of those instruments, and even more so to have him get the timing on each of the links down to make everything sound coherent. 

Bryce was also quite entertaining during his solo material.  For one thing, Bryce is one of the most animated artists I've ever seen, which certainly helped to get the crowd fired up.  Bryce also encouraged us to sing along as he said up front "My goal is for you guys to sing louder than me."  Bryce also told us a few stories in between songs.  One was the story of a side-job he took at Starbucks at the same time he was getting his music career started, and telling about the horror stories he had with customers.  Eventually, he quit and focused on his music full-time, which segued into "This is Me", the only song he did from his first album.  Bryce also told us before "Brat Pack" that some fans told him how much that song changed their lives.  However, one was some drunk girl during the Warped Tour who was trying to get backstage with another one of the bands, and he suspected she was just trying to butter him up.  Another guy told Bryce that his music got him to stop using drugs, which caught Bryce off-guard.  So between the energetic performances and the funny stories, there was a lot to keep me engaged in the performance.

As for the set list, it was pretty evenly distributed between this last three albums.  One nice thing was that the second half of the set list was almost exclusely requests, although due to time constraints some of the songs were cut short.  I was pleasantly surprised to hear "So, In This Hour..." close the set.  It is my favorite Rocket Summer song, but I wasn't expecting to hear it because it is almost 7 minutes long and it was not a radio single.  However, there are apparently a bunch of other fans of that song, and enough people requested it that he decided do it.  Granted, this was one of the songs that was cut short by the time constraints, but I'll take half of that song over none of it.  So overall, I'm definitely glad I made the trip to Houston, and this is going to be one of my highest-rated concerts of the year.

Set Lists
The Rocket Summer: "Move to The Other Side of the Block", "Around The Clock", "Roses", "Maps" (Yeah Yeah Yeahs cover), "This is Me", "Hills and Valleys", "Waiting", "Do You Feel?", (Instrumental song using the sampler), "Brat Pack", "Walls", "Never Knew", "Break It Out", "I'm Doing Everything (For You)" (1st verse and chorus), "I Need a Break...But I'd Rather Have a Breakthrough" (1st verse and chorus), "Of Men and Angels", "So Much Love", "Hey Ya!" (OutKast cover featuring the sampler)
Encore: "Run to You", "Save", "So, In This Hour..." (second half)

Ariel Abshire (partial setlist): "She's On Your Mind", "Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow?" ('60's cover), "No Greater Pretender", "Nothing New", (4 other songs I couldn't recognize)

Verse City: "Wait For You", (song that featured a line from The Rocket Summer's "Tell Me Something Good"), "Tik Tok Rok", "Lullaby"

[murlough23]

As for that I&W song that played after the FoF concert, you have to wonder who green-lighted that.  You'd think people would take time and place into consideration when they'd pick music.

I figured, at least the church is progressive enough not to have a "no secular music" rule, and they probably just used the iTunes collection of someone who was informed enough to figure "This is the kind of playlist an eclectic Future of Forestry fan might have on their iPod". As to how they missed the swear word in that particular song... uh, mumbling?