Just got back from The Weakerthans at Music Hall of Williamsburg. Holy hell it was good! Makes me even happier I'm seeing them tomorrow as well! Two bands, a German group called Tomte and the Canadian band Rock Plaza Central, opened and both put on excellent sets. After being a huge fan of The Weakerthans for years, however, and never having the chance to see them live, their set was one of the better shows I've been to this year.
Setlist, for those who care:
Night Windows
Tournament of Hearts
Our Intrepid Explorer...
Benediction
Reconstruction Site
Aside
Relative Surplus Value
One Great City!
Sounds Familiar
Bigfoot!
Plea from a Cat Named Virtute
The Reasons
Hymn of the Medical Oddity
Left and Leaving
Civil Twilight
(Manifest)
ENCORE 1:
Utilities
Confessions of a Futon-Revolutionist
Pamphleteer
ENCORE 2:
Watermark
Virtute the Cat Explains Her Departure
They didn't play a couple of my favorites, notably Leash, Everything Must Go, History of the Defeated, Sun in an Empty Room, or This is a Fire Door Never Leave Open but after a fairly whopping 21 song set, I definitely can't (and don't want to) complain. Hopefully they'll play some other stuff tomorrow night but I'd even be really happy seeing that same set again (the encores should be different in any case b/c they were deciding which songs to play sorta off the cuff at that point).