That was a throughly enjoyable evening of music, it so nice to get hear musicians doing timeless music and not what happens to be trendy at the time.
Very much enjoyed the opening set by Cory Chisel and The Wandering Sons, it's not very often that I wished an opener player longer, because I would have dug hearing more from this group. I rather enjoy bands that are able to bring rock, pop and twang influences together without veering off to deep into alt-country or straight ahead rock. They reminded me of early Blue Rodeo....
What can I say about Brendan Benson in a world littered with bandwagon jumping indie bands, it's nice to know that he stills rocks those catchy songs live. Nice mix of new and old songs with a solid band behind him. In four years time he'll probably release another great album of timeless sounding tunes, when most people will have already forgotten about Passion Pit.
It also landed on me like a ton of bricks during his set that "Garbage Day" may well be the song of the year. With that kickin' Funk Brothersesque rhythm track and Motown string arrangement, it easily crushes other contemporary soul efforts. Made me think that a Brendan Benson and JC Brooks and the Uptown Sound would be an excellent concert pairing....
