the war on drugs-lost in the dream

[lpkell2145]

Just discovered WOD. I'm late to all things cool because I'm old and a mom. This album is the bizness though!

[parkervb]

New tour dates and I actually get to see them locally!

http://www.thewarondrugs.net/

[Crispy]

New tour dates and I actually get to see them locally!

http://www.thewarondrugs.net/

YES! I'll get to see them at Cain's Ballroom! 

[dmooney99]

Playing a hometown show at the Tower Theater on 3/27 

[dmooney99]

Playing a hometown show at the Tower Theater on 3/27 

anyone else going to the show on Friday? 

[GO4IT]

Ms GO4IT and I have tix and are planning to go.  We're a bit tentative due to my Mom's condition but hope to be able to make the trip.

[rincon2]

4-14 only 16 miles from my house. Hollywood is 45 miles and is usually as close as shows get, so a trip to Ventura to see a first rate band is a real treat.

[parkervb]

catching them for the 2nd time on Saturday. This time I don't have to drive 3 hours.

[GO4IT]

Just finishing up mojitos and food at Cuba Libre and heading to the Tower close to when doors open at 7. Super stoked to see WOD again,  and on their home turf.

[GO4IT]

Here's a review of the Friday night show in Philly with setlist and video links:
http://thekey.xpn.org/2015/03/28/the-war-on-drugs-tower-theater-2/

We were 5th row near center in the balcony and fortunately arrived in time to get a good seat.  Based on the hundred or so people in the balcony when we arrived at about 7:30, I thought they'd never fill the place which holds about 3,000 (all GA and mostly seated except for a big pit up front for this show) but soon after WOD started at 9 sharp the huge balcony was literally filled to the rafters.

It was a great show to be sure, but did not approach the epic status of the 9:30 Club show last April.  That show, just a month after the release of Lost in the Dream, had a freshness and intensity that wasn't quite there on Friday.  I replayed videos of both shows this morning which just confirmed those impressions.  I chalk it up to the grueling and long tour they've been on and the need to pace themselves.  At the 9:30 Club they played for 2 1/2 hours and on Friday 1 3/4 hours.

I'm looking forward to seeing them at least a couple more times this year, at Governor's Ball and when they return to the 9:30 Club in June.

And British prime minister Cameron and his wife are fans too:
http://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/mar/27/david-cameron-backs-the-war-on-drugs

[parkervb]

Norfolk was the opposite of Philly this weekend as there wasn't more than a few hundred people at the Norva show on Friday.  Pretty sure they played the same setlist as well.

[dmooney99]

Here's a review of the Friday night show in Philly with setlist and video links:
http://thekey.xpn.org/2015/03/28/the-war-on-drugs-tower-theater-2/

We were 5th row near center in the balcony and fortunately arrived in time to get a good seat.  Based on the hundred or so people in the balcony when we arrived at about 7:30, I thought they'd never fill the place which holds about 3,000 (all GA and mostly seated except for a big pit up front for this show) but soon after WOD started at 9 sharp the huge balcony was literally filled to the rafters.

It was a great show to be sure, but did not approach the epic status of the 9:30 Club show last April.  That show, just a month after the release of Lost in the Dream, had a freshness and intensity that wasn't quite there on Friday.  I replayed videos of both shows this morning which just confirmed those impressions.  I chalk it up to the grueling and long tour they've been on and the need to pace themselves.  At the 9:30 Club they played for 2 1/2 hours and on Friday 1 3/4 hours.

I'm looking forward to seeing them at least a couple more times this year, at Governor's Ball and when they return to the 9:30 Club in June.

And British prime minister Cameron and his wife are fans too:
http://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/mar/27/david-cameron-backs-the-war-on-drugs

2 1/2 hours?  awesome. how many songs did they play that night? 

Packed at the Tower.  Pretty much sit/stand where you wanted to.  floor, seats or balcony.  Band was pretty spot on.  I was on the floor.  Saw two guys wearing MMJ shirts (I had on one as well) so hung out with them.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F_OHv-zyhP0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OkM34dlWrkw

[lpkell2145]

I just saw WOD at the Georgia Theatre last week in Athens. They were truly magnificent! I'm sure I made some people mad because of how hard I was dancing but damn I couldn't help it.  That guitar, those drums, the baritone sax, all that reverb...so so good!

[sillyboob]

These guys were awesome when they opened OBH2!  The music just set the right vibe for those 4 lost days of music and sun. 

Lost In The Dream and Slave Ambient are great albums.  Definitely a favorite!

[goldenyim]

I just saw WOD at the Georgia Theatre last week in Athens. They were truly magnificent! I'm sure I made some people mad because of how hard I was dancing but damn I couldn't help it.  That guitar, those drums, the baritone sax, all that reverb...so so good!

We were dancing our asses off right there with ya! We saw a guy in an MMJ shirt and rode the epic dance wave with him. biggest takeaway: I need more baritone sax in my life.

[lpkell2145]

I just saw WOD at the Georgia Theatre last week in Athens. They were truly magnificent! I'm sure I made some people mad because of how hard I was dancing but damn I couldn't help it.  That guitar, those drums, the baritone sax, all that reverb...so so good!

We were dancing our asses off right there with ya! We saw a guy in an MMJ shirt and rode the epic dance wave with him. biggest takeaway: I need more baritone sax in my life.

Thank you goldenyim! I thought it was just me with the baritone sax and all the crazy dancing. I saw a guy with an MMJ shirt there too, wonder if it was the same one. We chatted after the show about how he and his girlfriend were able to score MMJ tickets there. My husband and I had no such luck. That show is going to be epic though :)

[GO4IT]

An Ocean Between the Waves from Governor's Ball a couple of days ago....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gqXu2L8maKE

Another great show and now onto the 9:30 Club in less than two weeks.  I'm lost in the dream.

[oistheone]

Saw these guys at Field Trip fest last weekend and WOW! Compared to my first experience seeing them about a year and a half ago, it was like a whole new band. These guys THRIVE on open air. The arrangements have developed, and they sounded loose in the best way possible, like they were actually having fun, instead of their brand of surgically precise rock like when I saw them previously.

And now I see they've signed to Atlantic Records. What a year!!

[Murph]

Got my tickets this morning for their Radio City show 

[APR]

An Ocean Between the Waves from Governor's Ball a couple of days ago....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gqXu2L8maKE

Another great show and now onto the 9:30 Club in less than two weeks.  I'm lost in the dream.

Great footage!  I can't believe these guys are still touring and will be for most of the rest of the year.  9:30 Club show next weekend.