She Keeps Bees at 7th Street Entry, Minneapolis (25 Aug 2014)
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She Keeps Bees Setlist
Tour Dates
08/26 – Grand Forks, ND @ NDMOA
08/28 – Spokane, WA @ Jones Radiator 08/29 – Seattle, WA @ El Corazon 08/30 – Portland, OR @ Hawthorne Theatre 09/03 – San Francisco, CA @ Brick & Mortar 09/06 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Satellite 09/07 – San Diego, CA @ Soda Bar 09/08 – Phoenix, AZ @ Rhythm Room 09/10 – Las Vegas, NV @ Beauty Bar 09/11 – Salt Lake City, UT @ Kilby Court 09/12 – Denver, CO @ Marquis Theater 09/13 – Kansas City, MO @ Czar bar 09/14 – Lincoln, NE @ Duffy's Taver 09/15 – Des Moines, IA @ Vaudeville Mews 09/16 – Milwaukee, WI @ Club Garibaldi 09/17 – Detroit, MI @ PJ's Lager House 09/19 – Cleveland, OH @ Beachland Tavern 09/20 – Athens, OH @ The Union 09/25 – Cambridge, MA @ Middle East Upstairs 09/26 – Philadelphia, PA @ Kung Fu Necktie 09/27 – Washington, DC @ The Lot 11/12 – Bristol, ENG @ The Lantern 11/13 – Manchester, ENG @ Gullivers 11/15 – London, ENG @ The Lexington Read More
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Célosia
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Alternative Paris/Minneapolis rock group Célosia started the evening off playing songs from their Fuzzy EP, including all "By The Sea",
"Beez" ("You know, like the animal."), and "Popo Creepin'". Songs seemed like they were done in the jazz style of school, often with notes and song structures that were not predictable.
Highlight of their set was a song with the pending title "Pinks and Blues", that they said was "…very, very, very new. And I mean it."
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Batteryboy
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Next was orchestra-ish band Batteryboy, who sang emotional songs about relationships, love, and trusts. Although you only get a sense of how the band sound at the tiny 7th Street Entry stage, I suspect they would sound a million times better with a full size orchestra behind singer Cobey Rouse.
Highlight of their set was "Me Again", a song that they claimed was "the climax of our set".
Since 2006, Brooklyn's She Keeps Bees have been making music at home, starting with Minisink Hotel. When we saw them in 2010, the band was a duo (Jessica Larrabee and Andy LaPlant), but for this current tour, they decided to add a third band member. The extra guitarist added a fuller sound, and also to help carry the song while Larrabee goes to her keyboard, for songs like "Is What It Is" and "Both Sides".
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Setlist
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As you can see from their setlist the majority of their songs were from Eight Houses ("Breezy", "Owl", "Is What It Is", "Feather Lighter", "Both Sides", "Wasichu", "Greasy Grass", and "Raven"), which is coming out September 16th on Future Gods. Interestingly enough, they decided to cross off "Radiance" on their set. Not on the set was "All Or None / Dark Horse", which was played right before their set finale, "Gimme". There was a non-encore, which they almost step off the stage, but instead just started their instruments up again to play "See Me" as the final song.
With the exception of the three older songs, I got the impression that their fans were still trying to feel out these unheard songs. Obviously the band love these new songs and just excited to play these new material.
They dedicated "Owl" to Meg in the audience, who they said that she used to run a bar in San Francisco and Larrabee would bribe audience to listen to her music by bringing grill cheese sandwiches.
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Jessica Larrabee
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Jessica Larrabee is actually pretty entertaining as just a speaker. Her Nancy Kerrigan impression after her sprained ankle is pretty hilarious, "Whyyyyyyy?"
Fans interested in checking out what She Keeps Bees' latest album Eight Houses album sounds like, then you should definitely check them out on this current tour.
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She Keeps Bees at 7th Street Entry, Minneapolis (25 Aug 2014) |