Friday, 07/25/2014
PNC Music Pavilion, Charlotte, NC
Set 1: Mike’s Song > Back on the Train > Weekapaug Groove, Wingsuit > Possum, Tube > My Friend, My Friend, Winterqueen, Beauty of a Broken Heart, David Bowie, Golgi Apparatus
Set 2: 555 > Chalk Dust Torture[1] > Fuego -> Twist -> When the Circus Comes > Piper -> Rift, Waiting All Night, Reba, Character Zero
Encore: Loving Cup
[1] Unfinished.
I was there.
Not one of my top shows, and certainly a let down through the eyes of a regular Charlotte attendee. They usually slay.
Highlights:
Mike’s>BOTT>Weekapaug opener
Bowie and Golgi
Improv during Chalkdust, Fuego, and Twist
Lowlights:
Winterqueen. I turned to my buddy a few minutes into the song, after watching people POUR out of the pavilion to go do what they do and said “Well, I guess everyone officially hates this fucking song.” It’s a huge energy zapper. Waiting All Night, which is one of my favorite new tunes, just came at an odd part of the second set, and I was hoping they’d take it to outer-space.
All in all it just seemed like the energy wasn’t really there, which is odd since Charlotte usually delivers. But still a fun show and good crowd.
^Took the words right outta my mouth. I went to a show I probably shouldn’t have (financially) expecting the typical Charlotte heat and left a little disappointed. Don’t get me wrong, they were tight and I enjoyed the Tube, Reba, Golgi, My friend My friend, and When the Circus Comes to Town as well as my daughter’s namesake, Piper. All in all though, I never once thought “Wow” as I usually do at least once during a mediocre show. We weren’t expecting the lot to be dry for tix and the box office line was RIDICULOUSLY long, so we didn’t even get inside until Wingsuit 
Looks like we missed the best part of the show. All that aside, I really enjoyed my evening and had a great time with my little rager who was attending her 3rd show 