Deerhunter Is Now On Tour

Deerhunter opened their fall tour at Cat’s Cradle Saturday night. The tour promotes their new album Halcyon Digest, released just two weeks ago on September 28th.

The welcome from the eclectic Cradle crowd was almost as warm as the distorted melodies to come. The group methodically made their way through the set, while frontman Bradford Cox kept the mood relaxed by joking with the crowd between songs. (He jokingly claimed one of his guitars was hand made by his friend’s dad. If it’s true – thank you, Bradford Cox’s friend’s dad!)

Deerhunter’s music has been described as “ambient punk” which is a pretty spot on description. It’s not as sleepy as ambient, nor is it as jarring as punk. It sits confidently in the middle.

All in all the show gave me a much-welcomed sense of both excitement and relaxation. To me, Deerhunter is the musical equivalent to “Icy Hot” – Distorted noise to dull the pain, warm melodies to relax it away.

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Menomena, Suckers Play Cat’s Cradle

On Thursday night Suckers rolled into town with Menomena to play at the Cat’s Cradle.  Photographer Elisabeth Vitale was there!

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Gayngs Come to Town

Gayngs played at The Cat’s Cradle on Wednesday night to a totally stoked crowd, rounding out their tour to promote their debut album Relayted.  Check out the photo gallery below!

Oh, and Fend was lucky enough to catch Justin Vernon at the piano later that night at a bar down the street…

Photos by Elisabeth Vitale

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