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csi_sanders1129So, been a while - since February, I think, yeah? Tonight was a band called Mike Mains and the Branches, William Beckett (formerly of The Academy Is...), hellogoodbye and Relient K. I've seen The Academy Is... before, and same with hellogoobye, but I'd never heard of MM and I'd never seen RK.
Made it downtown by like... 5:30, chilled until the doors opened at 6. Got decent spots on the rail by the stage. Suffered through the hour wait until the show actually started (always the longest hour everrrrrr). Mike Mains was up first. They weren't bad. Dad ended up buying their CD. Snapped a pic of their setlist, but someone has doctor worthy handwriting and I'm not quite interested enough to decipher it? They played until like 730ish.
William Beckett was up next, started around 740 and only played like... 6 songs. Compromising Me, Scarlett (Tokyo), Dear Life, Benny & June, Dig A Hole, and Great Night. I was hoping for more, and maybe for at least one TAI song (he's played After The Last Midtown Show at at least one other show on the tour, and he's also played like twice as many songs, to...) but nonetheless, it was awesome.
Hellogoodbye was next up, but they didn't start til like 8:40, after a really long soundcheck and a mix up with their setlist. I have no idea what they played, other than that they ended with one of two songs I know by them - Here In Your Arms (the other one I know being Touchdown, Turnaround). But,yeah. About halfway through the set, Dad and I ducked out of our spots on the rail. We knew we'd never get back to them, but we were okay with that. Or, well, I was. Dad didn't know anything by them anyway. Plus, William Beckett was hanging out by the merch tables. Got a poster and had that signed, and got a t-shirt, too. Got a picture with him. :) :D :)
Dad and I grabbed a drink and headed up the second level so we could watch the tailend of Here In Your Arms and then waited til almost 10 before Relient K started. Managed to snap a pic of their setlist, too, or else I wouldn't know almost all of that they played. I know a lot of their older stuff, but they newer? Not at all. It was good though. They played: Who I Am Hates Who I've Been, High of '75, Mood Rings, In Love with the 80's, Don't Blink, Candlelight, Sahara, The Lining Is Silver, Boomerang - William Beckett came back out for that one, Getting Into You, Holy Holy/Doxology, Motorcycle Drive By (Third Eye Blind cover), Forget And Not Slow Down, Collapsible Lung, ?, Sadie Hawkins Dance, and Savannah. We ducked out before Savannah was over and made it home super quick. :)
My only complaint was that the lighting was terrible for pictures. Rams Head can be like that sometimes - its a smallish place, but it's usually okay - they all used red and blue lights, mostly, which makes getting good pics hard. Plus, sometimes (mostly on William Beckett) the stage wasnt lit as well as it could've been, so... sadface for that.
But, then... this...
kind of makes up for that.
William Beckett Forrest Kline (Hellogoodbye), Matt Thiessen (Relient K)
Made it downtown by like... 5:30, chilled until the doors opened at 6. Got decent spots on the rail by the stage. Suffered through the hour wait until the show actually started (always the longest hour everrrrrr). Mike Mains was up first. They weren't bad. Dad ended up buying their CD. Snapped a pic of their setlist, but someone has doctor worthy handwriting and I'm not quite interested enough to decipher it? They played until like 730ish.
William Beckett was up next, started around 740 and only played like... 6 songs. Compromising Me, Scarlett (Tokyo), Dear Life, Benny & June, Dig A Hole, and Great Night. I was hoping for more, and maybe for at least one TAI song (he's played After The Last Midtown Show at at least one other show on the tour, and he's also played like twice as many songs, to...) but nonetheless, it was awesome.
Hellogoodbye was next up, but they didn't start til like 8:40, after a really long soundcheck and a mix up with their setlist. I have no idea what they played, other than that they ended with one of two songs I know by them - Here In Your Arms (the other one I know being Touchdown, Turnaround). But,yeah. About halfway through the set, Dad and I ducked out of our spots on the rail. We knew we'd never get back to them, but we were okay with that. Or, well, I was. Dad didn't know anything by them anyway. Plus, William Beckett was hanging out by the merch tables. Got a poster and had that signed, and got a t-shirt, too. Got a picture with him. :) :D :)
Dad and I grabbed a drink and headed up the second level so we could watch the tailend of Here In Your Arms and then waited til almost 10 before Relient K started. Managed to snap a pic of their setlist, too, or else I wouldn't know almost all of that they played. I know a lot of their older stuff, but they newer? Not at all. It was good though. They played: Who I Am Hates Who I've Been, High of '75, Mood Rings, In Love with the 80's, Don't Blink, Candlelight, Sahara, The Lining Is Silver, Boomerang - William Beckett came back out for that one, Getting Into You, Holy Holy/Doxology, Motorcycle Drive By (Third Eye Blind cover), Forget And Not Slow Down, Collapsible Lung, ?, Sadie Hawkins Dance, and Savannah. We ducked out before Savannah was over and made it home super quick. :)
My only complaint was that the lighting was terrible for pictures. Rams Head can be like that sometimes - its a smallish place, but it's usually okay - they all used red and blue lights, mostly, which makes getting good pics hard. Plus, sometimes (mostly on William Beckett) the stage wasnt lit as well as it could've been, so... sadface for that.
But, then... this...
kind of makes up for that.
William Beckett Forrest Kline (Hellogoodbye), Matt Thiessen (Relient K)
