The Orwells at Triple Rock Social Club, Minneapolis (18 Mar 2017)
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Chicago’s The Orwells made an appearance at the Triple Rock Social Club in Minneapolis in support of their third album Terrible Human Beings (Canvasback/Atlantic).
Fellow Chicagoans The Walters (Luke Olson, Walter Kosner, Michael Tirabassi, Danny Wells, Charlie Ekhaus) joined the Orwells on their US tour. Although it’s not stated, based on interactions and hero-worshipping, you got the feeling that the band may actually have been named after their guitarist Walter Kosner (on the far left of the stage).
The Minneapolis show was also special to The Walters as their bassist Danny Wells was originally from here. There were friends & family at the show to welcome the opener back in town.
Most of the songs on their a mix of 2015’s Young Men and 2014’s Songs For Dads (such as ‘I Love You So’). Midway in their set, they had to re-tune the bass, so the band sang an impromptu song about walking down the street for St Patrick’s Day.
Near the end of their set, they dedicated ‘Autumn Leaves’ to Danny’s dad, as it was his favorite song. The older song may have been out of practice, as one of their guitarist confessed (jokingly?) he had no idea how to play it.
The turnout for The Orwells at the Triple Rock Social Club show was very good, indicating that they’ve successfully built up a large following in the Minneapolis area. We’re also not sure if singer Mario Cuomo is related to Rivers Cuomo, but since the band announced an entire UK tour with Weezer… it sounds more than just a coincident.
The Orwells’ lineup hasn’t changed since 2009 (Mario Cuomo as singer, Dominic Corso on guitar, Matt O’Keefe also on guitar, Grant Brinner on bass, and Henry Brinner on drums), which also tells us that they’re all close friends & family (at least on the Brinners’ case).
Shortly after ‘Fry’ was played, Henry Brinner thrashed on the drums so hard that he actually broke the cymbal… leaving the rest of the band telling (bad) jokes, while Henry tried and fix his drum setup. Outside of the random broken guitar strings, the rest of the show went on without any issues.
They ended their set with our favorite ‘Double Feature’. We previously described the song as “a small dose of Weezer, a large dose of Pavement and an even larger dose of badass”, and it delivered live… leaving the show on a very strong note.
Terrible Human Beings is available on Canvasback/Atlantic Records. Look for The Orwells with Weezer this October.
Remaining tour dates:
Fellow Chicagoans The Walters (Luke Olson, Walter Kosner, Michael Tirabassi, Danny Wells, Charlie Ekhaus) joined the Orwells on their US tour. Although it’s not stated, based on interactions and hero-worshipping, you got the feeling that the band may actually have been named after their guitarist Walter Kosner (on the far left of the stage).
The Minneapolis show was also special to The Walters as their bassist Danny Wells was originally from here. There were friends & family at the show to welcome the opener back in town.
Most of the songs on their a mix of 2015’s Young Men and 2014’s Songs For Dads (such as ‘I Love You So’). Midway in their set, they had to re-tune the bass, so the band sang an impromptu song about walking down the street for St Patrick’s Day.
Near the end of their set, they dedicated ‘Autumn Leaves’ to Danny’s dad, as it was his favorite song. The older song may have been out of practice, as one of their guitarist confessed (jokingly?) he had no idea how to play it.
The turnout for The Orwells at the Triple Rock Social Club show was very good, indicating that they’ve successfully built up a large following in the Minneapolis area. We’re also not sure if singer Mario Cuomo is related to Rivers Cuomo, but since the band announced an entire UK tour with Weezer… it sounds more than just a coincident.
The Orwells’ lineup hasn’t changed since 2009 (Mario Cuomo as singer, Dominic Corso on guitar, Matt O’Keefe also on guitar, Grant Brinner on bass, and Henry Brinner on drums), which also tells us that they’re all close friends & family (at least on the Brinners’ case).
Shortly after ‘Fry’ was played, Henry Brinner thrashed on the drums so hard that he actually broke the cymbal… leaving the rest of the band telling (bad) jokes, while Henry tried and fix his drum setup. Outside of the random broken guitar strings, the rest of the show went on without any issues.
They ended their set with our favorite ‘Double Feature’. We previously described the song as “a small dose of Weezer, a large dose of Pavement and an even larger dose of badass”, and it delivered live… leaving the show on a very strong note.
Terrible Human Beings is available on Canvasback/Atlantic Records. Look for The Orwells with Weezer this October.
Remaining tour dates:
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05/26 – Philadelphia, PA @ Union Transfer
05/27 – Washington, DC @ Black Cat 05/28 – Asbury Park, NJ @ Wonder Bar 05/31 – Hamden, CT @ The Ballroom 06/02 – Cambridge, MA @ The Sinclair 06/06 – Carrboro, NC @ Cat’s Cradle 06/07 – Atlanta, GA @ Terminal West 10/15 – Berlin, Germany @ Columbiahalle^ 10/16 – Cologne, Germany @ Ewerk^ |
10/18 – Brussels, Belgium @ Ancienne Belgique^
10/19 – Paris, France @ Olympia^ 10/21 – Tilburg, Netherlands @ 013^ 10/23 – Leeds, UK @ O2 Academy^ 10/24 – Glasgow, UK @ O2 Academy^ 10/25 – Manchester, UK @ O2 Apollo^ 10/27 – Birmingham, UK @ O2 Academy^ 10/28 – London, UK @ SSE Arena, Wembley^ ^ with Weezer |
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The Orwells at Triple Rock Social Club, Minneapolis (18 Mar 2017) |