Band Of Horses- Mirage Rock

themessenger · December 2012

dr122931 wrote:

Mirage Rock is not bad, but for now it's my least favorite of their albums. All of their albums are good, but i prefer their first two albums over their last two.
For anyone whose not seen them live, I suggest doing whatever you can to see them. You will not be disappointed.

Agree 100% with this. I love their first 2 albums, their 3rd is decent, and Mirage Rock hasn't really struck me yet. However I saw them at Deluna Fest and thought they were great. I much rather prefer them live than I do listening to most of their studio stuff. I'll go see them live anytime they come through Dallas despite their last 2 albums not being all that awesome to me.

jervin007 · December 2012

Damn, they killed it in Portland @ The State Theatre. The majority of the place was on its feet the whole time, which I think caught the band off guard because they had never played Maine before. Ben even commented on it multiple times. I don't think many bands realize how passionate the fans are up in Maine, but we appreciate any band willing to make the 2 hour trek north of Boston and the energy level at shows is usually out of control. Great live show, band sounded amazing. Definitely worth every penny!

LoveBoatAdmiral · December 2012

jervin007 wrote:

Damn, they killed it in Portland @ The State Theatre. The majority of the place was on its feet the whole time, which I think caught the band off guard because they had never played Maine before. Ben even commented on it multiple times. I don't think many bands realize how passionate the fans are up in Maine, but we appreciate any band willing to make the 2 hour trek north of Boston and the energy level at shows is usually out of control. Great live show, band sounded amazing. Definitely worth every penny!

GREAT show in Portland Saturday night. You could tell the band was really feeling it. I saw them in Montreal and Boston as well, and Portland was by far the best. I'm not sure what happened in Boston, Ben was having technical problems all night, and they ended up cutting the show by about 25 minutes. Only played one encore song.

derbydave · April 2013

Anyone hitting a Band of Horses show on this tour??

I'm doing the 2 Nashville shows at The Ryman next weekend

These will be my 5th & 6th Band of Horses shows...
but I've never seen a show HERE and have heard it is an AMAZING venue!!!
:ugeek:

JH57554 · April 2013

derbydave wrote:

Anyone hitting a Band of Horses show on this tour??

I'm doing the 2 Nashville shows at The Ryman next weekend

This will be my 5th Band of Horses show...
but I've never seen a show HERE and have heard it is an AMAZING venue!!!
:ugeek:

The Ryman is great. I saw Wilco there in 08 and the venue is just amazing.

I'll be seeing my fourth BOH's show at the Shaky Knees Fest here in ATL in a few weeks and can't wait.

themessenger · April 2013

Better Dan and I are heading to Austin next week to see them at Stubb's. Can't wait!

PhillyCrownOfThorns · April 2013

Was in Vegas this weekend and caught last nights show. Cosmo was a great venue. The crowd was a very strange mix, but the band was very good. I really enjoyed seeing them headline a show for the first time. The tunes played off Cease to Begin were highlights for me.

After the show, I met some friends for drinks. When I was leaving the Cosmo hotel, I had a chance encounter with Ben. He was stoked that anyone would remember he did hunger strike with Eddie! Good times!

Better Dan · April 2013

2 more days til Austin..can't wait!

porchdweller · April 2013

derbydave wrote:

Anyone hitting a Band of Horses show on this tour??

I'm doing the 2 Nashville shows at The Ryman next weekend

These will be my 5th & 6th Band of Horses shows...
but I've never seen a show HERE and have heard it is an AMAZING venue!!!
:ugeek:

Be at Sunday's show.. Ryman is awesome..

Indifference71 · April 2013

PhillyCrownOfThorns wrote:

Was in Vegas this weekend and caught last nights show. Cosmo was a great venue. The crowd was a very strange mix, but the band was very good. I really enjoyed seeing them headline a show for the first time. The tunes played off Cease to Begin were highlights for me.

After the show, I met some friends for drinks. When I was leaving the Cosmo hotel, I had a chance encounter with Ben. He was stoked that anyone would remember he did hunger strike with Eddie! Good times!

That's awesome! I would have said the same thing to Ben about doing Hunger Strike at the Garden.

Saw some pics on the BoH facebook page from that show...looked like a really cool place to see a show.

derbydave · April 2013

I may have 2 extra tickets to the Saturday night show in Nashville at The Ryman...
Send me a PM if you're interested!!
:ugeek:

Better Dan · April 2013

Fun show in Austin last night. Surprised that they didn't play much from the new album though.

derbydave · April 2013

Just got home from Night 1 at The Ryman...
Band of Horses BLEW IT UP!!!
They kicked off the night with a 45 minute acoustic set that included GREAT versions of "No One Is Gonna Love You" "Marry Song" "The Funeral" & "Weed Party"

Then after a brief intermission, we got an entire Electric set PLUS Encore too!!

The highlight of the show for me was an AMAZING performance of "Slow Cruel Hand Of Time" during the acoustic set!!
They even teased us and said they have more SURPRISES ready for tomorrow night :ugeek:

LukinFan · April 2013

derbydave wrote:

Just got home from Night 1 at The Ryman...
Band of Horses BLEW IT UP!!!
They kicked off the night with a 45 minute acoustic set that included GREAT versions of "No One Is Gonna Love You" "Marry Song" "The Funeral" & "Weed Party"
Then after a brief intermission, we got an entire Electric set PLUS Encore too!!
The highlight of the show for me was an AMAZING performance of "Slow Cruel Hand Of Time" during the acoustic set!!
They even teased us and said they have more SURPRISES ready for tomorrow night :ugeek:

Very cool. I love this band. I was just listening to this album yesterday

vc23 · April 2013

DerbyDave, the show last night was sick. So So Good. They sounded amazing at the Ryman. Looking forward to the show tonight.

Sheets Of Clay · April 2013

Tonight's show was cancelled because the band was in Oxford, MS but the equipment wound up in Oxford, NC. That's annoying but also kinda funny.

derbydave · April 2013

vc23 wrote:

DerbyDave, the show last night was sick. So So Good. They sounded amazing at the Ryman. Looking forward to the show tonight.

Night 2 was UNBELIEVABLE!!!

It seemed like they put a bit more thought into the acoustic set tonight & boy did they SHINE!!!

Ben opening with a solo performance of "ST. AUGUSTINE" was BRILLIANT!!!
Ryan, Tyler & Ben closed out the acoustic set with an acapella version of "NEIGHBOR", that was possibly the BEST performance of the night!!
We got 2 versions of "NO ONE'S GONNA LOVE YOU" tonight & they were both OUTSTANDING!!!

I'm so glad I decided to stay for BOTH shows...Night 2 has a slight edge for me, but may be because I had better seats !!! :ugeek:

LukinFan · April 2013

Dave - both shows sounded awesome

porchdweller · May 2013

LukinFan wrote:

Dave - both shows sounded awesome

Didn't go Saturday, but loved the Sunday show..Only bad thing is it wasn't long enough, haha. Wanted a second encore, but it was great.

DragonsAfter3or4 · May 2013

Saw the Saturday night show at the Ryman. They absolutely crushed it!!!!!!! What a freakin show! That was my 6th or 7th time I've seen them. The Ryman show ranks #1 in my book! If ya get a chance to catch em live, DO IT!

Band Of Horses- Mirage Rock

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