The brothers put on a very high energy show, with both bouncing around onstage and then between songs switching off onto different instruments after virtually every song. At any given moment, they could be playing their banjo or guitar (with accompanying foot kick drum and high hat), piano or drums. Their two voices complement each other perfectly; it helped seeing them live to differentiate which brother was singing which parts. Although, in retrospect the differences in the timbre of their voices seems obvious. They didn't slow down much for stage banter, although when they did it usually highlighted their southern charm with things like: "We're real happy y'all could be gracious enough to come see us." Bob Crawford seemed to be enjoying himself on the doublebass (occasionally switching over to standard electric bass), and I can't emphasize enough how awesome Joe Kwan was. He was playing like he should be at a metal show: headbanging in time with the music with his long hair, holding his cello up in the air and just going nuts on it.The set covered a solid mix of old and new songs, including a sped up version of "Talk On Indolence" which was just great, along with strong renditions of some of their best songs like "I Would Be Sad," "Laundry Room," and my personal favorite, closer "If It's The Beaches." There were some notable exceptions like "Kick Drum Heart," "Die Die Die" or "Murder In The City" but still, an excellent show.
"Laundry Room"
Watch all of the stomping going on during the hoe-down! It's nutty!
"And It Spread"
Last song of the set proper, before the encore.
"Head Full Of Doubt / Road Full Of Promise"
The ever popular blue-lit croon.
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