Alright Carew--I will spill the beans. The Cold War Kids absolutely rocked. They play with such energy and enthusiasm; it is surprising that their songs don't all get 'up tempo.' The show was at The Ambassador Theatre, situated at the end of O’Connell Street. The theatre was an interesting structure, a round room but traditional theatre décor. It had great acoustics and a decent light show. We had balcony seats which provided a great vantage point and the sound couldn’t be better.
A Canadian band called ‘Pink Mountaintops’ was the opener. It was a duet with guitar, tambourine, and synthesizer. Various members of The Cold War Kids (in various configurations) came out and jammed with them on the last couple of songs. The complete setlist is a bit of a blur; We Used to Vacation and Hospital Beds were awesome. The second to last song in the main set was Hang Me Out To Dry; it brought the house down.
We heard most of the songs from the released Album, (We Used to Vacation, Hang me Out to Dry, Tell me In the Morning, Hair Down, Passing the Hat, Saint John, Hospital Beds, Pregnant, Red Wine Success, God Make Up Your Mind, Rubidoux). The only song that they may not have played was Robbers (I don’t specifically remember it). There was a new song (‘Daughter’), and even a Tom Waits cover.
All in all it was a great show, Sissy and I really enjoyed it.
A Canadian band called ‘Pink Mountaintops’ was the opener. It was a duet with guitar, tambourine, and synthesizer. Various members of The Cold War Kids (in various configurations) came out and jammed with them on the last couple of songs. The complete setlist is a bit of a blur; We Used to Vacation and Hospital Beds were awesome. The second to last song in the main set was Hang Me Out To Dry; it brought the house down.
We heard most of the songs from the released Album, (We Used to Vacation, Hang me Out to Dry, Tell me In the Morning, Hair Down, Passing the Hat, Saint John, Hospital Beds, Pregnant, Red Wine Success, God Make Up Your Mind, Rubidoux). The only song that they may not have played was Robbers (I don’t specifically remember it). There was a new song (‘Daughter’), and even a Tom Waits cover.
All in all it was a great show, Sissy and I really enjoyed it.
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Nice work guys, looks like a great venue.
So now go and check out Wolf Parade and Sunset Rubdown. Same lead singer with 2 different bands.
We saw Sunset Rubdown the other night and they killed.
Keep rocking people, keep rocking.
the picture of you with the crocodile was very similar to what I did today..went to Alligator alley and saw and took pictures of lots of alligators then went to a neat pub in Everglade City ..it was called the Rod and Gun Club and was built in 1889..see even your SC mum is a traveler. Tonight we went to a concert in a parking lot for free!!!! There was an Argentinian guitar player that preformed for 3 hours.. I got his CD so you can hear him.. he was fabulous.. Alex Fox..he could even play the guitar behind his back..
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