Friend had a spare ticket and he asked me if I wanted to go. The show was at the Metro here, and I didn’t hear them before. They’re part of this new Portland scene that’s becoming big.
They do folky music with melody but have a unique style about them. I was reminded of 10,000 Maniacs by some of their songs. The audience were mainly the “artistic” type (not hipsters), and were into them. People who attended, you could tell, were really into them.
Funny thing: About half way through the set, the singer, in between songs, tells the audience that they were going to play some Ministry. The crowd started cheering. I thought I misheard this and he was talking of some song they were going to play next.
Sure enough, the band went into playing this weird folky version of Stigmata for a few minutes. That surprised me a bit. It was actually done well.
What also surprised me was that the crowd knew the song and cheered the band on. Some were singing along to it.
Anyhow, I was between the concert and the bar downstairs, Smartbar, as Andy Rourke from The Smiths was DJing there. He played a good mix of music, including some of the new Depressed Mode…