Monday night’s show was one of my most anticipated shows of the year. I can say I was only more excited about seeing Phoenix play earlier in the year, but Beach House managed to blow away even that stellar performance. I did get incredibly sad when the show got moved from Rhythm Room to The Clubhouse. The venue is much less intimate and almost always has issues with sound. There’s really no excuse for a venue of that size that does shows as often as they do to have such awful sound. I know lots of you would agree.

My worst fears were confirmed when The Middle East took the stage. They sounded incredibly thin and were actually giving me a headache for the first couple of songs. The issues with sound soon started to dissolve and I began getting into the band’s stage show quite a bit. I’d love to see them again in another environment more fitting to their band. Luckily Bachelorette sounded pretty wonderful from the start. Arizona was lucky to get a visit from the one woman band led by Annabel Alpers. Her psych-pop sound mixes elements of electronic and analog instruments and her beautiful vocals and the visuals projected onto the screen behind her really set the stage for Beach House.

And what can be said about Beach House? They managed to sell out the show a second time after it moved venues and everyone in the room seemed to be screaming at maximum volume whenever there was a moment of silence between songs. Victoria’s voice is one of the most distinguishable and powerful in all of music today and I have never seen a vocalist command the room the way she did on Monday night. While they played a set that was heavy on “Teen Dream” tracks, they did manage to sneak a few older ones in for us longtime fans. Contributor Tyler Nevitt was there to get a few shots of the night.



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