November 19, 2005
Death Cab for Cutie and Stars
On Monday I went to see Death Cab for Cutie and Stars at The Warfield. Stars is an indie band from Canada and I've been listening to them at work pretty frequently the last couple weeks. Their music is mostly soft and melodic and with great lyrics. I enjoyed their live set and they played a few of my favorite songs including Elevator Love Letter, Your Ex Lover is Dead, and What I'm Trying to Say. The only downside of their set was the incredibly annoying group of 15 year olds standing near us. They were clearly OC watching Death Cab "fans" and spent the entire Stars set carrying on loud conversations. And of course the girls screamed their ear piercing screams after each Stars song even though they were paying absolutely no attention. Someone behind me asked them once to be quiet, but that lasted all of half a song. I still don't know why they even bothered being down in the pit for Stars if they weren't going to bother listening to them. Sigh. Fortunately after the Stars set they thankfully pushed their way more towards the front and away from us.
Death Cab played an excellent set which consisted of lots of songs from Plans, a few from Transatlanticism, and topped off with a nice selection of older songs. My favorite part of the show was What Sarah Said directly followed by Brothers on a Hotel Bed. I honestly wasn't expecting them to play What Sarah Said, so that was exciting. Death Cab is one of my favorite bands, and it was really great to see them again.
The set list:
- Marching Bands of Manhatten
- We Laugh Indoors
- New Year
- Title and Registration
- Photobooth
- Soul Meets Body
- Summer Skin
- Movie Script Ending
- Crooked Teeth
- Different Names
- Amputations
- Company Calls
- Company Calls Epilogue
- What Sarah Said
- Brothers on a Hotel Bed
- Hindsight
- Sound of Settling
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- Into the Dark
- Title Track
- Prove My Hypothesis