Raymond Barrett12 said:The Hold Steady sounded distant. They didn't grab me at all...
and there's your answer 🙂
I felt the same way listening from afar... once I moved closer and actually paid attention to the band, they completely won me over. Honestly, it was more about their charm than the songs themselves, but does that even matter?
The Stooges were much better than I expected. They only played three new tracks—one of which was actually decent, "Electric Chair"—and they played the whole 🙏 fun 🙏 house 🙏 set. They were energetic, powerful, pure rock and roll... my only question is, was it just me, or did Ashton struggle a bit with those wah-wah parts from the album, opting instead to just grind through three punk chords? 🤔
ADF didn't play anything I recognized, had no drummer, and were frankly terrible. 😕 That "Fortress Europe" track was a genuinely great little thing; it might be worth checking out their last two albums too...
!!! Caught a few sets; Talking Heads were solid, though the frontman was a bit lacking. A shame I couldn't see the full show.
Overall, it was good!