Flashback: Ada Jane at the 400 Bar, Minneapolis (21 Aug 2009)

I ended up stopping by the 400 Bar to check Ada Jane, mostly due to Lara’s championing of the band. Kate & Lara were also in the audience, although I didn’t actually see them until the show was nearly over.



So whatever happened to Ada Jane? Their last live appearance was at the 7th Street Entry, opening for Birds of Chicago on 29 August 2013.



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Let me tell you: street parking was insane on a Friday night on Cedar Avenue. I thought I was late at 9 o’clock, even though the first band, the Thundercats-loving Magic Black Pumas, didn’t go on until closer to 10. Off topic: there are no pumas in the original Thundercats crew.

The Escape Artists, previously known as MonthNumberColor, where singer Collin, through the power of his Three Wolves T-Shirt, tells us that he is “a mysterious loner who knows how to ‘howl at the moon’ from time to time.”

Ada Jane seems comfortable on stage at the 400 Bar. I get the impression that they’ve frequently play or have attend shows here. Their fans seems to be an army of young dancing women, which is obviously a bonus.

Since this is a CD release party, they basically play the entire the new album, Again… Again, live – with the exception of “Near Mrs”. Bonus “classic” songs from their Never Been Better album was also played: “On Your Level”, “The Wayside” and “Show ‘Em Your Teeth”.

The highlight of the show was Dan on horns for “Down The Highway”, and drummer Charlie Wilson singing on, I believe for the song “The Right Wrong”.

Again… Again was recently released on CD and downloads, please refer to Lara’s review. I couldn’t quite figure out how their flashy website adajane.com (there’s no information on how to buy the new album under the “merch” section), but thankfully there’s always amazon. I see on their tour information that they are playing Arlene’s Grocery in New York, which I discovered is actually not a grocery store.