Concerts to Catch Up On... (The Felice Brothers and then Lana Del Ray)

It seems like 2018 has been moving far to fast for me. I've yet to catch up on concerts I've been to since the beginning of the new year, so this post stretches all the way back to mid-January for my first concert of the new year.

I went to see the Felice Brothers, a sort of last minute decision, at the Sinclair in Cambridge. The day before, the band put out a post that two of them decided to leave the band, unfortunately they comprised a lot of the heart and energy of the band, so the show wasn't as hyped or energetic as I'd been used to, since I saw them a few other times in the past. Perhaps they simply didn't have time to find adequate replacements or they are going in a different direction with their music now. With that being said, I think their songs were missing a bit of those crucial elements- one being the fiddle. Overall, it was still a decent show, but I think I saw them in their prime when they opened for Conor Oberst and then played as his backing band just a mere few years ago.


  1. White Limo
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  2. Aerosol Ball
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  3. Rockefeller Druglaw Blues
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  4. Bread Song
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  5. Jack at the Asylum
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  6. Silver in the Shadow
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  7. Plunder
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  8. Butch Cassidy
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  9. Whiskey in My Whiskey
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  10. Bird on a Broken Wing
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  11. Lincoln Continental
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  12. Life in the Dark
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  13. Wonderful Life
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  14. Cus's Catskill Gym
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  16. Sell the House
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  17. Cherry Licorice
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  18. River Jordan
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  19. The Mating of the Doves
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The next night, I went into Boston to see Lana Del Ray (for only the second time, the first time was about 5 years ago, outside at the old Tweeter Center in Mansfield, with Grimes). I was very excited to see her this time around because every single one of her albums has been great and I was looking forward to seeing what she'd do in an arena, as she can clearly command a room. She did not disappoint, either. Her voice was an incredible force, even with that old '60s beach-drawl of a croon that she's perfected to sound absolutely sexy and powerful all in one. She even pulled out an acoustic version of one of her first songs "Yayo" and had a medley including the amazingly elegant song "Young and Beautiful" from The Great Gatsby soundtrack. She definitely covered her whole catalogue well during the span of the whole night. She is certainly a performer and an artist, each song seems to play well as a soundtrack and she has developed an actress-type of persona, usually releasing an elegant/movie-like video for each song. She has so much going on in her head that it seems difficult to contain her. I say just continue to let her be who she is. 


A girl named Jhene Aiko opened the show and set the stage and the vibe for a sensual night of female artistry. I wasn't too into her music, but I could see why she'd been chosen as the opener. Hell, she even had a harpist. 


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