Jun
09
2012

The Maine @ The Marquee

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It was Wednesday night this week, driving back from the Botanical Gardens that we past The Marquee and noticed the billboard listing for The Maine that we didn't otherwise know about. Well, I didn't, but it wasn't news to Katie. While saving the money on the show right now was the right call, it didn't make the knowledge of missing this show that much easier.

That disappointment however was turned around on Thursday morning, when we won tickets through The Morning Infidelity on KWSS. And thank god that we did, because this was a great show and would have been a shame to miss.

Unlike shows in the past we virtually missed the openers. It wasn't that much of a conscious decision as much as it just being hard to peel ourselves off the couch where we'd been watching episodes on The Surreal Life (finally) on Hulu. The couch being so comfortable and hard to leave is such a common occurrence right now. Spending every waking hour unpacking / cleaning / random home improvement stuff will do that to you. Anyways, the openers - we got to The Marquee not long before the second band finished their set. This ended up making for a more enjoyable experience, not having stood at the Marquee for hours before The Maine started. We did see enough for me to be reminded what I like in music - 4 chords, and a verse chorus structure. I'm sure the sea of teenage girls loved Lydia, but they were mostly lost on me.

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A few songs into the set, it was pretty obvious that saving money and sitting this one out would have been a mistake. I've probably said this after every time we've seen this, but this was the best Maine show we've seen. John's vocal performance and stage banter was noticeably improved since we saw them a year ago.

I know I've said this every time I've seen them, but tonight was definitely their best show I've seen. The band sounded tighter than ever, and John's vocals sounded a lot stronger. And the new songs from Pioneer sounded great live.

A few of the older song got some cool new arrangements. The highlight of those was the slowed down groovy version of The Way We Talk. I wish I had that on tape.

Great show. And Katie walked away with a new shirt - sugar skull with the band's logo for eyes. Too cool.

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