YACHT at 7th Street Entry, Minneapolis (02/16/12)

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From http://weheartmusic.typepad.com/blog/2012/02/yacht-at-7th-street-entry-minneapolis-021612.html

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Y▲CHT played out to an "almost sold-out" show at the 7th Street Entry,
last night in Minneapolis. I was quite happy to see so many people out
last night, especially on a Thursday. The audience was young, even for
an 18+ show, and they would be drinking Pabst if they legal (just to
give you an idea of the hipsterness).

∆ Wiping Out Thousands
Opening up for YACHT was a local band called Wiping Out Thousands. I
got the information about them from a friend/fan standing outside the
venue. He tells me that they're a couple, Alaine Dickman & Taylor
Nelson, going to McNally music college and they were really excited to
be asked to play that night. So I knew to expect them to be young, as
it turned out, Dickman just turned 21 last night with her second legal
drink.

Their music is a bit dance/electro, sometime Nelson (who is also in
another band called The New Monarchs) does the guitar thing, but it's
mostly pre-programmed beats and button-pushing noise. For a semi-new
band, they actually had enough music for a full set... even though
they ended their set early. A brief pause before they plug things back
in and play one last song, "Closer".

∆ Bobby Birdman
Bobby Birdman was next, which I was rather excited to see because I've
previously wrote about him. His set was pretty minimalistic, with just
a drummer, Jeff Brodsky, and Robert the Birdman.

Bobby Birdman's set was pretty short, which I suspect was deliberate
because they were pulling double duty that night by being in YACHT's
touring band. They did play "Don't Walk Away" and I remember I liked
"Only For A While". Bobby may sing about being "young and the
restless", but I'm pretty sure they feel old and restful.

As for YACHT (Young Americans Challenging High Technology). It's been
almost four years since I saw YACHT, Jona Bechtolt by his lonesome
self, opening up for a big buzz band called Vampire Weekender (you may
have heard of them). Now he has a full band, including one Claire L.
Evans, she really brought up the energy level to a whole new level. It
was as if YACHT steered in a different direction. The YACHT then and
the YACHT now are different... yet the same. Their new sound is
probably considered like their old sound, when Bechtolt was in The
Blow, a band we covered in 2007.

Most of their songs were from their two DFA record, See Mystery Lights
and Shangri-La, including "I Walked Alone", "Love in the Dark", and
"I'm In Love With a Ripper". They ended their show with "Dystopia (The
Earth Is On Fire)". I didn't stay for the encore (sorry I have to
sleep!), but since they didn't play "Shangri-La", one would hazard a
guess that they would play that eventually.

Speaking of which, YACHT just released their video for "Shangri-La".

Very glad to have caught YACHT in their all-new, all-dance,
incarnation. Based on seeing the band dressed in this Mormon all-white
clothing, I would suggest gathering a large group and dressing in that
garment at their next show. Their album, Shangri-La, is out now via
DFA Records.