Concert review/photos: The Districts @ The First Unitarian Church
Please note: This article is published as an archive copy from Philadelphia City Paper. My City Paper is not affiliated with Philadelphia City Paper. Philadelphia City Paper was an alternative weekly newspaper in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The last edition was published on October 8, 2015.
Who's the poet who said, "There's no one more youer than you?"
Clear Plastic Masks
Maggie Grabmeier
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The Districts
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The Districts
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Clear Plastic Masks
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Pine Barons
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Pine Barons
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Fly Golden Eagle shows off its signature cologne, "Swagger"
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Fly Golden Eagle
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Fly Golden Eagle
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Eight things that happened at 5/15 the Districts show:
1. The first opener of the night, Nashville’s semi-sweet psychedelic Fly Golden Eagle, was selling an original cologne on their merch table called “Swagger,” which is also the name of their album. The band’s drummer Richard Harper told me the band developed the scent first and then based the album around the cologne. It didn’t really smell that good.
2. When the second band of the night, Pine Barons, did their mic check, they mixed it up a bit: “check; check; Czech Republic; Chex Mix.”
3. The Pine Barons set was outstanding. Their rusty old rock ’n’ roll sound mixed with the spacey guitar effects and funny/sad lyrics, and they switched vocalists and instruments around with the bassist sometimes jumping to his big sideways bass drums. The house was packed by the time Pine Barons took the stage.
4. Overheard in the ladies room:
- Girl #1: Who’s the poet who said, “There’s no one more youer than you?"
- Girl #2: That’s Dr. Seuss.
5. The room was so hot that people were huddled together under the radius of the ceiling fans, rubbing beer cans on their foreheads.
6. The room was so hot that the floor was slick with condensation and sweat and the irritating people in the mosh pit kept falling down.
7. When The Districts hit the stage, the people in the audience went crazy. People started cheering just watching them set up; it felt like we were at the Wells Fargo Center.
8. Seeing The Districts live in Philadelphia is an experience everyone should have. Boyish lead singer Rob Grote, curly hair popping out from underneath his baseball cap, was the right amount of coolly uninterested when it came to the audience. The band was professional, their stage presence was out of this world, but how could it not be with the people in the audience screaming every word of their songs?
