Simone Felice, Tom Brosseau
Schenley Plaza, Pittsburgh, PA Part of WYEP's Final Fridays series. post continues.... sorry, I haven't yet written about this show... add your own comments if you were also there!
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Matthew Sweet, Tommy Keene
Club Cafe, Pittsburgh, PA I was so excited to see this show. It was good to Sweet again, but I was very glad to finally see Tommy Keene live. post continues.... I had been a fan of Keene's since my college radio days. The Washington, DC, native put out a few independent EPs which got some attention from my (and many) college radio outlet(s) and the music press. His Byrds-esque jangle-pop sound was emerging as a popular force in the music underground (especially from bands emerging from below the Mason-Dixon line). I almost didn't get to see him, since when the show was announced I already had unbreakable plans to see Natalie Merchant the same night. The Natalie show ended up getting cancelled, however. Here's a couple of videos (not by me) of Sweet's performance.
Sam Roberts Band, Valerie June, Elizabeth & The Catapult, the Red Western
Schenley Plaza, Pittsburgh, PA The WYEP Summer Music Festival. Great show. Threat of a thunderstorm delayed Valerie June set for a long time. post continues.... sorry, I haven't yet written about this show... add your own comments if you were also there!
Jake Bugg
Point State Park, Pittsburgh, PA post continues.... setlist (according to this source ): There's a Beast and We All Feed It Trouble Town Seen It All Me and You Storm Passes Away Two Fingers Messed Up Kids Ballad of Mr Jones Saffron Broken Simple Pleasures Green Man Kingpin Taste It Slumville Sunrise Hercules What Doesn't Kill You A Song About Love My My, Hey Hey (Out of the Blue) Lightning Bolt
Smithereens
Point State Park, Pittsburgh, PA post continues.... I wrote the next days that "The band sounds great, and a good time was had by all!" Setlist for the concert at the Three Rivers Arts Festival: 1. Behind the Wall of Sleep 2. Top of the Pops 3. Sorry 4. War for My Mind 5. Miles From Nowhere 6. Yesterday's Girl 7. Blues Before and After 8. Room Without a View 9. Drown in My Own Tears 10. Green Thoughts 11. House We Used to Live In/Sparks (The Who) 12. Please Please Me 13. It's Only Love 14. Blue Period 15. Especially For You 16. Time and Time Again 17. Blood and Roses 18. A Girl Like You (with snippets of Free's "All Right Now," Get Together by The Youngbloods, and The Who's "Behind Blue Eyes")