nada surf, sea wolf @ the fillmore
Saturday night I went to the one true Fillmore to see Nada Surf (myspace) and Sea Wolf (myspace).
I’d seen Sea Wolf a week ago at SxSW and Nada Surf a month ago (acoustic) at the Swedish American Hall, but I decided to hit this show up anyway.
I’d seen Sea Wolf a week ago at SxSW (as I mentioned) and they played a fairly similar setlist this time. While I liked their previous set, I feel like this show worked a lot better. It was tighter and sounded better (probably due to the fact that they had a chance to sound check). I expected that the front rows would be Nada Surf diehards that were just waiting for their band to come on and to be somewhat indifferent to the opener, but as it was there were a lot of people who knew the songs and were shouting out requests. I was a bit surprised.
I guess I don’t have a lot else to say about Sea Wolf. They played well. It was a fun set. I’m not sad that I saw them again.
the view through the wide-angle mirrors that were set up stage rear
Nada Surf came on after a short break. I’d seen them twice before but this was, in fact, the first time I’d see them play as a full rock band–the previous two were acoustic and stripped down and informal for a benefit. During the break I noticed a lot of young adults, so to speak, at the front. As I mentioned yesterday, I love it when I see an all ages crowd at an all ages show.
The band played pretty well, rocking their new songs and old ones as well, much to the crowd’s enjoyment.
Matthew also turns out to be super nice. Between two songs, the kid right in front of me said quite quietly “I’m really thirsty, Matthew” and during the next set break he said a little louder “Matthew, do you have any extra water?” and Matthew handed him a bottle of water. Nice guy!
A bunch more photos after the jump, or check out my photo album.
