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Take A Listen: Going To Town from The Delta Mirror

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With all the music festivals going on this summer it’s difficult to keep track of who’s playing where, but the folks at Pitchfork just made it a bit easier.  You can check out their summer festival guide here.

After multiple occasions of missing Minus the Bear either a day late or a city short, I finally caught up with them at the Ritz in Ybor City.  The band started things off with “Drilling”, a track from ‘Menos el Oso’, and proceeded along with a couple ‘Planet of Ice’ tracks, “Throwin’ Shapes” and “Knights”.  Their mellow tunes sounded groovier in a live environment and the audience was definitely soaking it in.  The set-list included a lot of new ‘OMNI’ material, such as, “My Time”, “Summer Angel”, “Excuses” and “Into The Mirror”, which was part of the three song encore.  To conclude the evening, MTB went with an oldie but a goodie, “Absinthe Party at the Fly Honey Warehouse”.

Minus the Bear was  pretty reserved on stage, but if you were expecting rowdy behavior, chances are, you never heard their music before.  Although, the bass player, Murchy, did show signs of life after just about every song, giving the audience two very enthusiastic thumbs up.  So I guess I’ll follow his lead and give the night a wink and a hand shoot.

Austin City Limits Festival 2010: October 8th-10th @ Zilker Park

Lineup includes artists like: Muse, The National, Flaming Lips, Band of Horses, Vampire Weekend, The xx, Monsters of Folk, Broken Bells, Yeasayer, Beach House, The Strokes, Girls, Local Natives, Gaslight Anthem, Pete Yorn, LCD Soundsystem, Spoon, The Black Keys, Phish…etc.

You can check out the complete roster here.