Chicago: home of hot dogs, mediocre sports teams, and malort. Oh, and lots and lots of hipsters. Minus the Bear and the Velvet Teen managed to show up at the Metro and sufficiently killed it. Got to the venue a touch late and missed a few of the Velvet Teen’s songs, however they played a good variety from their discography. Old school jams like “Radiapathy” and :”Tokyoto” with newer jams like “No Star”. Judah Nagler sounded awesome and switched from guitar to keyboard a few times as well. VT’s new quartet line up really stepped their live show up since the last time I’ve seen them. It’s a shame their set wasn’t longer, easily one of the best live bands there is.
Minus the Bear started off with a few songs from “This is What I Know About Being Gigantic”. Pretty awesome and probably one of the last times they’ll play this many songs from that LP. They also mixed in a few songs from other albums but the crown jewel was “Highly Refined Pirates” in it’s entirety. Crowd was really into it, lots of bros and girls dancing and singing along. Ended with an encore of some songs from their new album “OMNI” as well as “Pachuca Sunrise”. The touches of nostalgia really made this show pretty special. VT and MTB always kill it when they tour together and hopefully this isn’t the last time it happens. Contributed by Wyatt Routson
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