07/23/03 Columbus, OH, Little Brothers

w/ M. Ward

[review]

by mikefromohio13...

jenny started out with a beautiful solo version of it's a hit that won the crowd over... then they pretty much vibrated the building for a few minutes as the rest of the band set up... talk about BADASS ...then they rolled right into a rocking version of execution of all things... I became a fan a mere 4 months ago when i saw them and they seem like they've exponentially became cleaner, more confident, and LOUDER. Other songs I know that they played though i didn't get an order include:
so long, science vs. romance, room 8, good that won't come out( rocking extra hard), jenny you're barely alive(rocking extra,extra hard), better son/daughter, paint's peeling, my slumbering heart (great rockout), capturing moods, with arms outstretched (extra long)... at one point in response to calls for the frug they said "we don't even know it" and "we had to fire our old drummer because he always wanted to play the frug"... another awesome new song had a rockout in which all sang something about "we've come a long way" but don't know the title... there was another new song (it rocked)after you thought they were done and about to slam their guitars (spectacular views was last and then they kind of kept almost letting the guitars die and bringing them back and it was tight)... there was another long beautiful relatively quiet (for r.k.) song that i think was new... and then at the very very end of the second encore they played a beautiful steadily building song that i have not seen online, but they played it in april at chapel hill/carborro show and again here
All in all it was a long, amazingly inspiring show and I'm sure it will get the highest review ratings possible... I've only seen about 5 or 6 concerts in my 21 years bc I don't have much money.. I've seen counting crows/live, blues traveler, weezer, and smashing pumpkins, and this was the best concert I've ever had the priveledge to see.

-mikefromohio13