The Magnetic Fields
Many thinks to the lovely women at Venus Magazine who worked very hard to get me a photopass for The Magnetic Fields show at Chicago’s Old Town School of Folk Music. The lighting was rather dim and my camera shutter felt louder than it had ever been (I’m actually looking into a camera silencer…) It was a great experience to see a band I love for the second and third time. (I also went last night) The unfortunate thing was that they kept their setlist exactly the same (though the banter was different.) I hadn’t expected that from a band with such a massive catalog with great creativity so that was a little disappointing. Highlights of both sets were definitely “Smoke and Mirrors” and “Papa was a Rodeo” I wish they had played “I Think I Need a New Heart” or “The Luckiest Guy on the Lower East Side,” my personal favorite Magnetic Fields song. I’ve been a fan of this bad since my university days and I have a real fondness for them. I wrote a much more thorough and professional review (vs. slight ramble) that Venus published here
Complete photoset on flickr with color and black and white versions for each shot can be found here