live music – Page 2

It’s been a LONG time since I’ve blogged. So long in fact I’m going to attempt to recap what all has happened in the last year. I’m going to start with New Years Eve… here it goes!

Who wouldn’t want to bring in 2014 with The Avett Brothers? This past NYE I decided it was time to say adios to the bar scene and go see my favorite band in Charlotte, NC. The evening turned out to be more amazing than ever. My Charlotte friends were able to score box seats for the show. I was in heaven. I ended up selling my tickets on Craigslist… that was my first Craisglist transaction ever and I didn’t end up on Dateline, score!

Shovels + Rope (another band I adore) opened the show.

Right after Shovels + Rope left the stage one of the mirror balls fell onto the stage. Thankfully no one was on stage!

The Avett Brothers (you can see where the mirror ball fell)

I pretty much had a perma-smile on my face during the entire show nor did I move from my seat. I ended out the year on a high note seeing The Avett Brothers perform.

Stay tuned for more posts that features a recap of 2014! I hope to get ahead before December hits!

xoxo

My Bucket List of Bands

Somebody Told Me

August 25, 2013 alittlebitsquirrely

It would be hot as Haiti’s for The Killers concert and they weren’t lying. It felt like I was trapped in a sauna with scores of people surrounding me and incredibly stuffy it was hard to breathe, but who cares… I was FINALLY seeing The Killers. Ever since they hit the music scene, I’ve been waiting ever so patiently for them to come to Raleigh or anywhere in the state of North Carolina. My dreams came true on August 12th when they performed at Red Hat Amphitheater.

They really rocked their first show in Raleigh playing several of my favorite songs from their early music like All These Things That I’ve Done, Human, Somebody Told Me, Mr. Brightside, When You Were Young, and Losing Touch. I had a major swoon moment when he sang a tidbit of James Taylor’s Carolina in My Mind. At that moment, Brandon Flowers made me weak in the knees.

Due to the insane heat we had to get some “air” which basically meant we needed to get out of the massive crowd. While we were standing off to the side a man came out of the pit and ripped his wristband off and proceeded to give it to us. For the remained of the show we took turns going in the pit to get an up close + personal view. It was oh-so amazing. I felt like I was on cloud 45,985 watching Brandon Flowers commandeer the stage. The only downside of the night was the heat, it was rather unbearable, but we mustered through it!

Not my best concert photo, but here’s Brandon Flowers of The Killers. Swoon.

My Bucket List of Bands

Passion Pit

June 26, 2013 alittlebitsquirrely

Ok, so I realize I’m still waaaaaay behind on all my blogging. Way behind. I saw Passion Pit 2 weeks ago… so yeah, I’m behind on everything.

So the day after I saw The National, I had tickets to see Passion Pit. (My last post was yesterday so that means I saw The National 2 weeks ago too). Enough about all my tardiness.

My gal pal, Natalie and I grabbed a quick bit to eat at the Hibernian in Cary (the one that didn’t burn down… too soon?) before we headed to Koka Booth Amphitheater to see Passion Pit. Due to time constraints with getting off work + going home to freshen up, we skipped the opening act. For the record, I don’t always skip the opening acts.

Passion Pit put on amazing show. I realize that I refer to every concert as “amazing”, but it’s true. I don’t think I’ve ever been to a bad concert. As for the Passion Pit concert I’d say I enjoyed their performance of Sleepyhead (my fav) Carried Away, Moth’s Wings and Take a Walk.

Here’s some of the pictures I took from the concert…

DSCN1111 — Passion Pit at Koka Booth in Cary. I realize this is a bit blurry, but I wanted to show what the over look of the stage was.

DSCN1114 — Passion Pit at Koka Booth in Cary.

DSCN1118 — Passion Pit at Koka Booth in Cary.

DSCN1127 — Passion Pit at Koka Booth in Cary.

DSCN1119 — Passion Pit at Koka Booth in Cary.

Another great show in my books! My next concert is July 27th… brace yourselves…. I’m going to see Weezy aka L’il Wayne and T.I. I’m mainly going so I can go see T.I. Shout out to Groupon for $22 concert tickets!

Have a good night y’all!

xoxo

My Bucket List of Bands

Band of Horses

May 9, 2013May 13, 2013 alittlebitsquirrely

Last night was my first concert of 2013 and boy was it amazing!

If you have never been to a Band of Horses show, you must drop what you’re doing immediately (when I say immediately I mean after you read my post) and then find tickets to one of their shows. You’ll thank me. Seriously, you will. This will mark the second time I’ve seen them perform (they’re officially tied with New Kids on the Block). Don’t tell them that, I doubt they would want to be associated with an 80’s boy band. I hope this blog post doesn’t ruin my street cred.

Back to last night’s show.

I’m pretty sure I went a little nuts when they played my FAVORITE song of theirs, The Funeral. When I saw them last year with My Morning Jacket, I’m pretty sure they closed the show with The Funeral (which was the perfect song to close the show with) so you can imagine my excitement when they included it in their set list. This leaves me to rate my top 5 concerts of all time (this could possibly change since I’ve got 6-7 more shows this year)

Mumford + Sons
The Avett Brothers
Band of Horses
Kings of Leon
New Kids on the Block (yeah I know I’m being judged, but those guys can put on a good show AND they’ve still got it)

Like I said earlier in my post, go see Band of Horses. If you like them you can thank me, if you don’t then you need to listen to them again because you’re obviously missing out on something great.

Enjoy some of the pictures I took from last night’s show!

BOH4 — Band of Horses at The Ritz in Raleigh

BOH3 — Band of Horses at The Ritz in Raleigh

BOH2 — He totally posed for me in this picture.

BOH5 — Band of Horses at The Ritz in Raleigh

xoxo

Around Town

Cuatro de Drink-o

May 6, 2013 alittlebitsquirrely

I celebrated Cinco de Mayo on the 4th of May rather than the 5th (is it tacky that we celebrated Cinco de Mayo on the 4th?)… oh well it’s too late now! Dos Taquitos Xoco had a block party in downtown Raleigh that we couldn’t resist going to. Unfortunately the weather was not favorable for us. HELLO!! It’s May and I should be able to wear my maxi dress and not freeze my tail off like I did.

I was expecting a large crowd at the block party, but looking back on it now I’ve come up with my own conclusion. People were watching the Kentucky Derby + not celebrating Cinco de Mayo on the 4th. Maybe next year I should actually celebrate events on the actual date, not the day before. I’m going to use this blog post as a reminder.

Regardless of the crowd I had an incredible time with my friends. We wore mustaches… I opted for a temporary tattoo mustache I ordered from Fab (it was a hit). Dos Taquitos Xoco had set up cornhole, had an outside bar, live music, face painting for kids, etc. Next year I plan to celebrate Cinco de Mayo on the actual day, not the day before.

Chuck + Natalie 4Ever (oh and you too Brad)

photo(1) — Cornhole fun outside Dos Taquitos Xoco

xoxo

Tag: live music

It’s Been Awhile… Part 1

Somebody Told Me

Passion Pit

Band of Horses

Cuatro de Drink-o