Two Great Live Shows- Juliana Hatfield Three (Reunion) and Murder By Death!

I have waited 20+ years to see Juliana Hatfield (Three) and it was definitely worth the wait. She played her debut show for this rejuvenated band/reunion tour, for which they played their first and only (until last month) album in its entirety, from start to finish- "Become What You Are," and then played some of her solo hits as well. I have had a crush on her since the 1990s and she lived up to expectations, live.

Here's a look at the setlist from her show in Cambridge, MA (the day after her show at Port City Music Hall, in Portland, ME) and aside from her cover of the Minor Threat song (which I wish she had played) it looks very similar.


  1. First Set-Album "Become What You Are" performed in its entirety
  2. Supermodel 
  3. My Sister 
  4. This Is the Sound 
  5. For the Birds 
  6. Mabel 
  7. A Dame With a Rod 
  8. Addicted 
  9. Feelin' Massachusetts 
    (snippet, song stopped after a few lines)
  10. Feelin' Massachusetts 
  11. Spin the Bottle 
  12. President Garfield 
  13. Little Pieces 
  14. I Got No Idols 
  15. Second Set
  16. Dumb Fun 
  17. Push Pin 
  18. I Don't Wanna Hear It 
    (Minor Threat cover)
  19. Wood 
  20. I'm Shy 
  21. Fleur de Lys 
  22. Encore:
  23. Nirvana 
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Then, the next night, I traveled down to Boston to see a band I've been a big fan of since I discovered them almost 15 years ago, working at Bull Moose Music. The band is Murder By Death. I've seen them, I think, 4 times now and it's great seeing them with a larger catalogue of songs now; and they certainly did not disappoint with their song choices (playing new material from their newest album, but also reaching back into their first 2 albums, which are my favorites). I'm disappointed that no one seems to have posted a setlist (I don't generally write stuff down at the show, I'm just there to enjoy the music, so it's hard to remember each song in order). I found a setlist from their show a couple nights prior, with basically the same songs, in a different order.


  1. I Came Around 
  2. Ball & Chain 
  3. The Curse of Elkhart 
  4. A Masters In Reverse Psychology 
  5. Strange Eyes 
  6. Big Dark Love 
  7. Ash 
  8. Lost River 
  9. Ghost Fields 
  10. Steal Away 
  11. Kentucky Bourbon 
  12. As Long as There is Whiskey in the World 
  13. Foxglove 
  14. Last Thing 
  15. I Shot An Arrow 
  16. Three Men Hanging 
  17. Shiola 
  18. Brother 
  19. A Second Opinion 
  20. Spring Break 1899 
  21. Comin' Home 
  22. Encore:
  23. Rumbrave 
  24. The Desert Is On Fire 

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