KXT Summer Cut 2013

My super quick concert review - I'll add more later (yeah, that might be a lie)

The Avett Brothers - Absolutely one of the best live bands I've ever seen!!!   They are energetic, talented and amazing!!! I don't think anyone could see them perform and not love them.  I just don't think it's possible. 

Set list

Down with the Shine
The Fall
You and I
Go to Sleep
Paul Newman vs. The Demons - the only song that I would lose
Laundry Room
Part from Me
Will You Return?
Distraction #74
At the Beach
Colorshow
Stand by Me
Jack of Diamonds
Gimmeakiss
Slight Figure of Speech
The Once and Future Carpenter
My Heart Like a Kickdrum
I and Love and You

Encore

Yellow Rose of  Texas
Talk on Indolence
Life

Grace Potter and the Nocturnals - I think the only song I knew by them going into the show was Stars but she was a good performer. 

Matt and Kim - fun and high energy but not my favorite music

Dawes - fabulous, I would love to see a full set.  They only got thirty minutes which wasn't enough.

Hayes Carll - I don't think he had enough time to find his groove.  I love his music and didn't get to hear some of my favorite songs.  I would like to catch him in a smaller venue for a full set.  Stomp and Holler was fun. 

Me and my guy at the end of the night. 

Dawes new album - Stories Don't End

 

 

Dawe's new album, Stories Don't End, came out yesterday and I can't stop listening to it.  I am not a  critic so if you want a review where they pick albums apart you can find plenty of those on Google.  Basically, anything I share on here is something that I love.  If I don't love it, I move on. 

So Dawes may be "the next big thing".  They did open for Bob Dylan which is a big deal.  They're just my kind of music.  I love the granola crunchy, folk roots feel.  I love music that speaks to me, lyrics that touch my heart and sngs that I think were written just for me.  It's hard for me to pick favorite tracks because I'm loving all of them.  Check out Someone Will,  Most People and Just Beneath the Surface.  Below is a lyrics video of their first single, From a Window Seat.  This song is growing on me but it definitely wasn't my favorite from the album and honestly it has a very different mood than the rest of the album. 

I will be catching Dawe's at KXT's Summer Cut in Dallas in June.