Tilly and the Wall at First Unitarian, Sunday 7/27/08
Last night's Tilly concert was pretty awesome.
Due to my gastrointestinal difficulties, Lisa and I arrived at the show probably close to 8:30 (doors opened at 7:30). We were able to score a pretty sweet parking spot only a block and a half away on 22nd. When we arrived, Pony Pants was finishing up their set, and we only caught a few songs--I had to run to the ladies room right away, so Lisa caught more of them than I did. I remember a rather screechy girl.
After Pony Pants finished up, we were able to claim a chunk of wall over on the left side of the room, between the doors to the rooms where the equipment was stored. We sat on the floor by the wall and chatted (and admired the attractive legs of the college-aged hipsters around us) until The Ruby Suns came on. They were pretty good, we both thought. A guy and a girl, with some interesting percussion and keyboard elements. I continued to sit through their whole performance; Lisa stood up briefly but then sat down again, since there wasn't a ton going on on the stage. It was nice to sit with Lisa and listen to pretty music. Some of stuff was kind of dancey, with a good beat, but I was saving all my energy for Tilly.
Tilly and the Wall came on probably around 10ish. They started off a bit weak, in my opinion, compared to how they were when I saw them in '06. But they played some of my favorites of theirs, including "Rainbows in the Dark", "Bad Education", and "Bottoms of Barrels", which really rocked. They played a lot of things off their new album, of course, none of which I recognized since I haven't heard it yet. One of the encores was "Freest Man", and the last song I think was called "Night of the Living Dead". That one featured a repeating chorus at the end with lines like "I want to fuck it up" and "It makes me feel alive". Holy teen anthem, Batman. But as always, Tilly delivered their songs with sincerity, earnestness, and energy. The teen angst didn't sound fake at all coming from them, even though they've got to be in their mid 20s, because they were so darn sincere. They were a lot of fun to watch.
Some pictures:
The two singers, blurry.
This one turned out nice, I thought.
The guitar guy, whose haircut is truly horrible, and the tap dancer. They had her on a pedestal at the back of the stage, so it was hard to get good shots of her. But that girl just glows, she's so obviously having a wonderful time and loving what she's doing. She has a beautiful smile.
Other side of the stage. The short singer with the keyboard guy (in striped sweater) and another guitar guy I don't remember from last time I saw them.
A better shot of them over there. You can see the singer is wearing a chain of fake flowers. There were fake flowers wrapped around the mic stand at the last Tilly show I saw, too. A theme?
Pretty ink.
Back to this side of the stage. I think this one turned pretty well.
More of the same.
Most interesting photo I took last night.
I like this one a lot.
I also managed to sneak one photo of the lovely Lisa while we were in the crowd:
Overall, it was a really good show. I dropped Lisa home around 11:30, and got home myself around 12.
Due to my gastrointestinal difficulties, Lisa and I arrived at the show probably close to 8:30 (doors opened at 7:30). We were able to score a pretty sweet parking spot only a block and a half away on 22nd. When we arrived, Pony Pants was finishing up their set, and we only caught a few songs--I had to run to the ladies room right away, so Lisa caught more of them than I did. I remember a rather screechy girl.
After Pony Pants finished up, we were able to claim a chunk of wall over on the left side of the room, between the doors to the rooms where the equipment was stored. We sat on the floor by the wall and chatted (and admired the attractive legs of the college-aged hipsters around us) until The Ruby Suns came on. They were pretty good, we both thought. A guy and a girl, with some interesting percussion and keyboard elements. I continued to sit through their whole performance; Lisa stood up briefly but then sat down again, since there wasn't a ton going on on the stage. It was nice to sit with Lisa and listen to pretty music. Some of stuff was kind of dancey, with a good beat, but I was saving all my energy for Tilly.
Tilly and the Wall came on probably around 10ish. They started off a bit weak, in my opinion, compared to how they were when I saw them in '06. But they played some of my favorites of theirs, including "Rainbows in the Dark", "Bad Education", and "Bottoms of Barrels", which really rocked. They played a lot of things off their new album, of course, none of which I recognized since I haven't heard it yet. One of the encores was "Freest Man", and the last song I think was called "Night of the Living Dead". That one featured a repeating chorus at the end with lines like "I want to fuck it up" and "It makes me feel alive". Holy teen anthem, Batman. But as always, Tilly delivered their songs with sincerity, earnestness, and energy. The teen angst didn't sound fake at all coming from them, even though they've got to be in their mid 20s, because they were so darn sincere. They were a lot of fun to watch.
Some pictures:
The two singers, blurry.
This one turned out nice, I thought.
The guitar guy, whose haircut is truly horrible, and the tap dancer. They had her on a pedestal at the back of the stage, so it was hard to get good shots of her. But that girl just glows, she's so obviously having a wonderful time and loving what she's doing. She has a beautiful smile.
Other side of the stage. The short singer with the keyboard guy (in striped sweater) and another guitar guy I don't remember from last time I saw them.
A better shot of them over there. You can see the singer is wearing a chain of fake flowers. There were fake flowers wrapped around the mic stand at the last Tilly show I saw, too. A theme?
Pretty ink.
Back to this side of the stage. I think this one turned pretty well.
More of the same.
Most interesting photo I took last night.
I like this one a lot.
I also managed to sneak one photo of the lovely Lisa while we were in the crowd:
Overall, it was a really good show. I dropped Lisa home around 11:30, and got home myself around 12.