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2009:03:20:08:00. Friday. NO!: JAIL (#470, FEB 27 2009).
We think this show sold out, though it appears that nobody was really working the door once the first band started so it's hard to say. The upstairs at Y-Not III was certainly packed for the Jail set and hopefully they sold a bunch of copies of their new record. Everybody seemed pretty into it, though in the darkness and from the front of the crowd, I couldn't see too much of what was going on around me.
posted by Aaron S. Veenstra 2009:03:17:08:00. Tuesday. NO!: JAIL (#469, FEB 27 2009).
Most of what the band played were tunes off their new album, for which this was the release show. This one has been in their live set for a while and has a nice solid pop structure to it, which should be enough to satisfy you even if you can't make out any of the visuals.
posted by Aaron S. Veenstra 2009:03:12:08:00. Thursday. NO!: JAIL (#468, FEB 27 2009).
As the show went on, it seemed like the room got darker and darker (with the exception of the backstage window, lit by a nearby streetlight). Hopefully you can see some of what's going on in this clip, as Jail introduces a new song that's even newer than the new songs on their new record.
posted by Aaron S. Veenstra 2009:03:10:08:00. Tuesday. NO!: THE TRUSTY KNIFE (#467, FEB 27 2009).
All right, so I've quit trying to figure out what song this is. It's another non-album track, and another one that's livelier than most of what's on the record. Curious note: the bassoon player switches to flute on this one, to make the band's instrumentation just a bit odder.
posted by Aaron S. Veenstra 2009:03:05:08:00. Thursday. NO!: THE TRUSTY KNIFE (#466, FEB 27 2009).
Perhaps for the last time in quite a while, we went to Milwaukee to see Jail play last Friday. Opening in the somewhat oddly laid-out club was a band with a somewhat odd instrumentation, the Trusty Knife, Milwaukee's presumably only indie rock band with a bassoon player. They played a spirited opening set, which included some tunes from their recently released debut, and also some non-album tracks like this one. The energy on display here is generally quite a bit higher than that on their record and I hope they find a way to capture it in the future.
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