Raveonettes at Triple Rock, Minneapolis (09/26/12)
It’s been nearly five years since I last saw the Raveonettes. Glad I made it out to see the band in top form at last night’s performance at the Triple Rock Social Club in Minneapolis.
- Sinking with the Sun
- Hallucinations
- She Owns the Streets
- Dead Sound
- Apparitions
- Curse the Night
- Gone Forever
- Blush
- Love Can Destroy Everything
- Young and Cold
- The Enemy
- Attack of the Ghost Riders
- Beat City
- Bowels of the Beast
- Aly, Walk With Me
- Endless Shore
- Mount Hopeless
- You Won’t Be Missing That Part of Me
- Bisou Magique
- Some Time Alone, Alone
- Quand Vas Tu Rentrer?
- I Follow You
- Crystallized
Raveonettes North American 2012 Tour
- 06/14 – Los Angeles, CA @ Majestic Halls
- 06/23 – Chicago, IL @ Subterranean
- 06/24 – Chicago, IL @ Green Music Fest
- 08/04 – Montreal, QC @ Osheaga Festival
- 09/21 – Portland, OR @ Hawthorne Theater
- 09/22 – Seattle, WA @ Neumo’s
- 09/23 – Vancouver, BC @ Venue
- 09/26 – Minneapolis, MN @ Triple Rock
- 09/27 – Chicago, IL @ Lincoln Hall
- 09/28 – St. Louis, MO @ The Firebird
- 09/30 – Detroit, MI @ Magic Stick
- 10/02 – Toronto, ON @ Phoenix
- 10/04 – Philadelphia, PA @ Union Transfer
- 10/05 – New York, NY 2 Webster Hall
- 10/06 – Washington, DC @ Black Cat
- 10/07 – Boston, MA @ Paradise Rock Club
- 10/08 – Los Angeles, CA @ El Rey Theater
- 10/11 – Solana Beach, CA @ Belly Up Tavern
- 10/12 – San Francisco, CA @ Bimbo’s 365 Club
It’s been nearly five years since I last saw the Raveonettes. Glad I made it out to see the band in top form at last night’s performance at the Triple Rock Social Club in Minneapolis.
Opening up was Melody’s Echo Chamber, a band from Paris, France. I have to say, I love dreampop and what Melody’s Echo Chamber has going for them is singer Melody Prochet’s melodic vocals. Sometime the background vocals from their bassist lend themselves to sounding like old-school Lush, so I would throw them in the shoegazing bus as well.
Their brief setlist included everything on their debut self-titled album, which you can hear on NPR.org. Set list in correct order: “Endless Shore”, “Mount Hopeless”, “You Won’t Be Missing That Part of Me”, “Bisou Magique”, “Some Time Alone, Alone”, “Quand Vas Tu Rentrer?”, “I Follow You” and ended their set with “Crystallized.”
The Raveonettes recently released their new album, Observator (September 11th), on Vice Records, and it’s the reason they’re on tour.
As you can see from the setlist, most of the songs are from the new album (“Sinking With the Sun”, “She Owns the Streets”, “The Enemy”, “Curse the Night”, and “Young and Cold”), but since they did a great job on mixing up the set with previous materials.
Personally the highlight for me was their one-two punch of “Attack of the Ghost Riders” and “Beat City.” These songs were my two favorite tracks off of Whip it On, which was the first album I bought from them.
The Danish duo (with touring drummer) is currently on tour in support of Observator.
