Photo credit: My shitty camera phone.
This past Friday at the Independent, Mudhoney came to town and flat out killed it. Wooden Shjips were also on the bill. I wasn't planning on a review but Mudhoney rocked me hard enough to feel compelled to brag about their sheer balls-awesomeness. However, due to transportation (and other personal deliberations) I missed most of their set along with the opener (can't recall name and too lazy to troll for my ticket stub). The Shjips continue to lock into that molten- spacey psychedelic groove with laser-like precision. I love seeing this band play and was kinda pissed I wasn't able see their full set. My state of mind was perfectly in tuned with the thick repetitive slabs of bass and eerie keys emanating from the stage.
Afterward, Mudhoney took the stage around 11, Most of their set focused on material off the new record, The Lucky Ones, one of the best records released this year, do yourself a favor and grab it here if you don't already own it. They played all hits e.g. "Touch Me I'm Sick", "Let It Slide", "In ‘n’ Out of Grace", Sweet Young Thing Ain’t Sweet No More, etc. The band drenched me in a washing machine of pure noise. My favorite part of the evening had to be when the band broke into "Hate the Police" and the whole place when crazy. Everyone in the front was jumping up and down and singing at the top of their lungs, including myself. Finally ending the evening with an awesome cover of the Flag's "Fix Me". Man oh man, what a great night. Mudhoney laid it down hard.
Setlist
01. The Money Will Roll Right In
02. I'm Now
03. The Lucky Ones
04. Next Time
05. You Got It (Keep It Outta My Face)
06. Suck You Dry
07. Inside Job
08. Blinding Sun
09. Sweet Young Thing Ain't Sweet No More
10. Good Enough
11. No One Has
12. Touch Me I'm Sick
13. F.D.K. (Fearless Doctor Killers)
14. This Gift
15. Hard On For War
16. When Tomorrow Hits
17. In 'N' Out Of Grace
18. Hate The Police
Encore
19. The Open Mind
20. Street Waves
21. Tales Of Terror
22. Fix Me
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