(I'm pretty sure, as it appears this is what they've been playing this whole tour. I just don't fully recall them playing Blue Blood, but perhaps the arrangement was a bit different and I didn't recognize it).
Prelude
Total Life Forever
Balloons
Olympic Airways
My Number
Bad Habit
Milk & Black Spiders
Blue Blood
Spanish Sahara
Red Socks Pugie
Late Night
Providence
Electric Bloom
Encore:
Stepson
Inhaler
Two Steps, Twice
Here's the early comments, more to add tomorrow perhaps (along with something about Sue McLean I hope).
from Facebook:
just got back from a mind-blowing concert from Foals Foals @ First Avenue - Minneapolis, MN . Wow, the Antidotes stuff is so energetic live! I always wondered if their dancey mathrock would be enhanced live, and I was totally right to wonder. They seemed to remind me of a number of my favorite live groups, all in one in a way, like MUTEMATH , Annuals and Local Natives along with their singer/guitarist Yannis Philippakis almost channeling Darroh Sudderth from fair to midland by climbing on top of 1 of the amps. Man what a show! more perhaps in the blog soon.
http://www.foals.co.uk/live.htm 02-11 London, England - Rough Trade East 02-28 Dublin, Ireland - The Academy 03-01 Dublin, Ireland - The Academy 03-02 Manchester, England - Manchester Academy 03-04 Liverpool, England - O2 Academy 03-05 Glasgow, England - Barrowland 03-06 Birmingham, England - HMV Institute 03-08 Norwich, England - UEA 03-09 Leeds, England - Leeds Metropolitan University 03-11 Bristol, England - O2 Academy 03-12 Nottingham, England - Rock City 03-13 Portsmouth, England - Pyramid Centre 03-15 Brussels, Belgium - AB 03-16 Amsterdam, Netherlands - Paradiso 03-18 Hamburg, Germany - Markthalle 03-19 Berlin, Germany - Astra 03-20 Cologne, Germany - Live Music Hall 03-22 Zurich, Switzerland - M4 Music Festival 03-23 Villeurbanne, France - Transbordeur 03-25 Paris, France - Olympia 03-26 Lille, France - Aeronef 03-28 London, England - Royal Albert Hall (two shows) + 04-10 Reno, NV - Knitting Factory # 04-11 San Francisco, CA - The Fillmore # 04-12 Indio, CA - Coachella 04-13 Las Vegas, NV - House of Blues # 04-18 Tempe, AZ - Marquee Theatre # 04-19 Indio, CA - Coachella 04-20 Sacramento, CA - Ace of Spades 04-22 Mexico City, Mexico - El Plaza Condesa 04-25 Houston, TX - Fitzgeralds ^* 04-26 Dallas, TX - House of Blues ^* 04-27 Austin, TX - Emo's ^* 04-28 New Orleans, LA - House of Blues ^* 04-30 Atlanta, GA - Goat Farm ^* 05-01 Charlotte, NC - Neighborhood Theatre ^* 05-03 New York, NY - Terminal 5 ^* 05-04 Philadelphia, PA - Electric Factory ^* 05-05 Washington, DC - 930 Club ^* 05-06 Albany, NY - Upstate Concert Hall ^* 05-08 Providence, RI - The Met ^* 05-09 Boston, MA - House of Blues ^* 05-10 Montreal, Quebec - Club Soda ^* 05-11 Toronto, Ontario - Koolhaus ^* 05-13 Cleveland, OH - House of Blues ^* 05-14 Cincinnati, OH - Bogarts ^* 05-15 Columbus, OH - Newport Music Hall ^* 05-17 Indianapolis, IN - Deluxe ^* 05-18 Chicago, IL - Vic Theatre ^* 05-19 Milwaukee, WI - Turner Hall ^* 05-20 Minneapolis, MN - First Avenue ^* 05-29 Portland, OR - Crystal Ballroom ^* 05-30 Vancouver, British Columbia - Commodore ^* 05-31 Seattle, WA - Neptune ^* 06-03 Salt Lake City, UT - The Depot ^* 06-04 Denver, CO - Ogden Theatre * 06-05 Lawrence, KS - Granada ^* 06-07 St. Louis, MO - Pageant ^* 06-09 Pittsburgh, PA - Mr. Smalls ^* 06-11 Baltimore, MD - Ram's Head ^* 06-12 Asheville, NC - Orange Peel ^* + with Efterklang # with The Neighbourhood ^ with Surfer Blood * with Blondfire
I nearly saw Foals at the 7th Street Entry back in 2010. There's at least 1 long blog about it, and the fact it was the same evening Menomena was headlining at The Varsity Theater and Janelle Monae was opening for of Montreal in the Mainroom.
I bought a ticket, but had to eat it as the timing didn't work out to see both them and Menomena (with Brent Knopf by the way). I think/hope I made the right choice, even though I have only grown to enjoy Foals more and more, and Total Life Forever since. But, Brent isn't with Menomena anymore, and he may never play with them again. And Janelle, the show was sold out anyway. But I do mean to see her live at some point. Anyway, Surfer Blood is 1 of the openers, 1 of the 2 acts they played music from at the 89.3 Music Meeting I didn't hate. This is another Spring show that adds to maybe the most insanely busy Spring concert schedule I've ever faced. But in fairness, many of the shows are for artists that are sort of Bucket List-acts, and I also wonder how many if any chances I'll have to see again.
2/8/13 6:00PM
I'm enjoying this album over the last few days. The 2 standout tracks being ""Milk and Black Spiders" and "Providence"..great classic Foals builds/crescendos. More to add, although only if I find the time. It'll be in the mix for the 2013 Countdown, but I'm skeptical if I will enjoy as much as their other 2 LPs. 12/15/12 12:30AM
New song "My Number" which compared to "Inhaler" sounds more like their traditional sound, which is fine, but I'm not as intrigued by. I kind of felt the same way about "This Orient" which I find works okay on the record, but as a single, is one of if not the worst songs on Total Life Forever. But anyway, this is still worth passing along of course.
11/7/12 2:04AM
Video for the new single "Inhaler." Pretty sweet groove. Also pretty heavy for them, which I'm not so surprised by actually.
We revealed to you last week a name…and the name was ‘Holy Fire’. Now we have some more things to tell you.
‘Holy Fire’ will land on British shores on Feb 11th 2013.
You’ll be able to pre-order a copy of the album (case you forget) on
iTunes from Nov 5th, upon which time you’ll get ‘Inhaler’ straight away.
A final announcement for our Australian contingent…we’ll be
performing a one-off club show at Oxford Art Factory in Sydney on Wed
Jan 23. Tickets go on sale on Oct 30 at 9am from http://www.moshtix.com.au/ & 1300 438 849. See you there.
More news coming soon.
Foals x
Both of their full length records are excellent, so I can't help but be giddy about hearing this thing early next year. And hopefully if/when they play in Minnesota on tour, the show won't have Menomena or Janelle Monae conflict.
Menomena and Foals: Equally goofy and both releasing excellent 2010 albums, AND in Minneapolis the very same evening of September 23rd, 2010.
I've waited about 3 years to see Menomena live. They finally booked another show here for September 23rd, and my favorite venue in town, The Varsity Theater. It was October or November 2007 when they last played in Minnesota, at the Varsity in fact. The same evening The Faceless were on the bill with Arsis and the headliner Enslaved at Station 4 in St.Paul. I decided for quantity, over perhaps quality, by skipping Menomena.
So the new Foals album came out earlier this year, and has become a regular-rotation record for me. It's really a breakthrough in a lot of ways. And I certainly would be interested in seeing them live now, more than ever.
They are from England (as opposed to Menomena being from the States), and who knows how often they'll find their way over here. But then again, the same could be said for Menomena. It may depend on how much more touring Menomena does for Mines this Fall or more likely in 2011. How big/much bigger they become and the demand for touring continues. Just on the surface, the odds seem better Menomena would be back sooner. But the same question should be raised about Foals, given they are a bit of a hipster band (one of the rare exceptions where the lemmings and usually low-substance-taste-media, actually promote a band whose music justifies it in some ways. In other ways, I'd argue it gets raped by them).
Perhaps Foals will find their way across the pond, to Minneapolis again in 2011 as well.
I just hate to have to pick.
The details right now for a possible concert jump.
Menomena has 1 opener, Suckers. The doors at The Varsity Theater are 7pm. The music starts at 8pm. If all goes well, Menomena will be starting by 9pm. They'll probably play over an hour. Maybe 90 minutes. The show ends by 10:30pm..maybe 11pm at the latest.
Meanwhile, Foals at The Entry: Entry shows, unless they are all-ages, NEVER start less than 1 hour after the doors. But also Entry shows pretty much every time have 2 or 3 openers. I've been to (sadly) probably 15 or 20 shows there over the last 10 years. I don't recall, save for The Appleseed Cast I think, any shows without not 1 but 2 or more opening bands. If the math works out, 2 bands get added to the bill, and even if the 1st band starts at 8pm, probably the earliest Foals could go on stage would be 10pm, but more likely closer to 11pm. Especially if more than 2 bands open, which would hardly be surprising. Maybe Foals has 1 or 2 national/international openers on their September/October tour, and then The Entry adds at least 1 local opener.
It's possible Foals won't even be starting until 11pm. If that happens, a concert-jump sounds very possible.
However, 1 or 2 other minor beefs that remain with this. The same night, of Montreal w/ Janella Monae are in The Mainroom. I actually would go for seeing of Montreal live sometime, as much as I've been underwhelmed by their studio music. But Monae has become hipster band 101 as well. So the mass of people there, like the Jimmy Gnecco 7th Street Entry/Gayngs-Ball thing back in May, has to happen at the pathetically joining venues the exact same evening.
But at least it's on a Thursday (and not Friday) and there is no Twins game at Target Field that evening thank gawd.
I just hate it when this stuff comes up. I'm a victim in some way of my own taste. But you got 2 of the better indie-prog bands in town the same evening. It reminds me a little of when Kaddisfly were in town the same night Mew headlined at The Fine Line, the Fall of 2006. I managed to see both, but it wasn't easy.
This wouldn't be such a big deal to me, perhaps, except for the fact Mines and Total Life Forever are both in my top 5 on my 2010 Album Index. And the fact Foals may not be back for many years given they are from England and the cost of touring overseas isn't always simple.
And I can't see myself eating the Menomena ticket. I already purchased it, and I've waited far too long too see them live. Even if I am able to pull off seeing both of these shows that night, part of me may be a bit down about lost time trying to chat with the guys in Menomena as well. Although I got to chat a bit with Brent Knopf last Fall when he was in town with Ramona Falls (ironically, at the Entry), I'd still love to say hello, and maybe have him sign my new disc. That may be possible beforehand. But also meeting Danny Seim and Justin Harris (of Menomena) would be a big deal to me. Danny was actually there with Ramona as well, as the drummer, but I had no idea until after the show, and I wasn't able to talk to him.
But that may be possible still, beforehand, or for a few minutes after wards, depending on how loaded up the bill at the Entry gets (and maybe I'll trying calling over to The Entry to find out the more specific times of the bands, the day/afternoon/early evening that day, since of course the bill's times and schedule are never known until the day/afternoon or evening of the show. But at least I would assume Foals is last since they are headlining).
but beyond all of these shenanigans, I still think if a promoter had any clue, these 2 bands should have ended up on the same bill. Now of course the finances of that wouldn't benefit each band as much I'd guess. And I may be 1 of the, if not the only person who will/would-want-to see both of these bands (some of their fans may be at the of Montreal show w/ Janelle Monae instead anyway), but I still say a bill together would make sense and benefit each band in terms of exposure no matter.
The indie-prog fan is in town, but like most fans in this town, they stay in the woods until the night of the show.
interesting and still different from their previous record's sound. But not as good as "Spanish Sahara"
3/4/10 1:12AM
A new song
really surprised, impressed and more optimistic about this album after hearing that. It sounds like they may be moving in new, better directions. And possibly be stripping their obvious influences away to a point.
2/19/10 11:32PM
I just noticed this on rateyourmusic and Foals's last.fm. Foals, a band who seem to quote other bands, almost blatantly, but still managed to have their songs be enjoyable. They really are the hybrid of Minus the Bear and Bloc Party in many ways.
While this hardly is a HUGE deal to look forward to, I enjoyed 2008's "Antidotes" enough to have optimism with this.
