Post by rachel on Jun 13, 2008 12:32:42 GMT -5
Band of Horses, Holopaw, Seth Kauffman
Beta Bar, Tallahassee, FL
March 223rd, 2008
Review by Meghan Kearney
First and foremost, this was one of the sickest shows I’ve ever been to. I had no idea of the crowd that would eventually pack The Beta Bar wall-to-wall.
The openers were Seth Kauffman and Holopaw, who were both very, very good. On the last Seth Kauffman song, they used a kid’s Playskool xylophone, it was seriously sweet.
Anyway, as I said the bar was packed wall-to-wall, and luckily, I was in the front. The crowd was absolutely insane and you could tell the band loved it. The scruffy bearded men of Band of Horses got on the stage and immediately kicked into the melodic trippy goodness they are known for. They played “Is There A Ghost” about two or three songs into the set and this is the exact point where the crowd gained the energy that would not fade until the last note of the last song. I looked around the bodies lined along the barrier of the stage and watched as every one just swayed. With heads hung down and hands over heads the crowd was just waiting for the song to explode, and once it did they all just lost it.
Through the set, the band played my next two favorites “No One’s Gonna Love You” and “Funeral” and they played them flawlessly. I just remember thinking to myself how it could be possible for them to take such a calm, chill song and make everyone in the entire bar jump like they were listening to “Shout!”
My most favorite part of the entire show was the drummer, Creighton Barrett. He was pounding the hell out of those drums all night and never looked tired or took the smile off his face. I’m super grateful for the drum stick he tossed to me at the end of the show, to add to my collection.
When they played the last song before their encore, frontman Ben Bridwell announced that this would be thier “fake last song” which I thought was cool. Since the whole encore thing is expected by basically every band now-a-days. They came back on after the crowd nearly tore the stage apart from banging on it so hard and played three more amazing songs. Everyone was dancing. Everyone was sweaty. Everyone was happy. It was a phenomenal show, and I’m very glad that such a wonderfully talented band graced Tallahassee with their presence.
Beta Bar, Tallahassee, FL
March 223rd, 2008
Review by Meghan Kearney
First and foremost, this was one of the sickest shows I’ve ever been to. I had no idea of the crowd that would eventually pack The Beta Bar wall-to-wall.
The openers were Seth Kauffman and Holopaw, who were both very, very good. On the last Seth Kauffman song, they used a kid’s Playskool xylophone, it was seriously sweet.
Anyway, as I said the bar was packed wall-to-wall, and luckily, I was in the front. The crowd was absolutely insane and you could tell the band loved it. The scruffy bearded men of Band of Horses got on the stage and immediately kicked into the melodic trippy goodness they are known for. They played “Is There A Ghost” about two or three songs into the set and this is the exact point where the crowd gained the energy that would not fade until the last note of the last song. I looked around the bodies lined along the barrier of the stage and watched as every one just swayed. With heads hung down and hands over heads the crowd was just waiting for the song to explode, and once it did they all just lost it.
Through the set, the band played my next two favorites “No One’s Gonna Love You” and “Funeral” and they played them flawlessly. I just remember thinking to myself how it could be possible for them to take such a calm, chill song and make everyone in the entire bar jump like they were listening to “Shout!”
My most favorite part of the entire show was the drummer, Creighton Barrett. He was pounding the hell out of those drums all night and never looked tired or took the smile off his face. I’m super grateful for the drum stick he tossed to me at the end of the show, to add to my collection.
When they played the last song before their encore, frontman Ben Bridwell announced that this would be thier “fake last song” which I thought was cool. Since the whole encore thing is expected by basically every band now-a-days. They came back on after the crowd nearly tore the stage apart from banging on it so hard and played three more amazing songs. Everyone was dancing. Everyone was sweaty. Everyone was happy. It was a phenomenal show, and I’m very glad that such a wonderfully talented band graced Tallahassee with their presence.