Tilly and the Wall at the 400 Bar, Minneapolis, 10/6/12
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Tilly and the Wall are a delightful act to see. They come onto the stage
with a little audience participation: "We say 'Tilly,' you say 'what'
(Tilly! What? Tilly! What?) -- We say 'Oh,' you say 'Fuck!'" You get the
picture. Everyone is yelling from the start. When they started in with
"Love Riot," the single from the album they'd released four days prior
to the show, the bass was intense. Shake your ribcage intense. Intense
enough to blow a fuse and disrupt the show, as it turns out. They
battled electrical issues for the first three songs. See the setlist!
If
you're not familiar with Tilly and the Wall, they often use a
tap-dancer as a percussion instrument. When I saw Tilly in 2010, they
had scaled back Jamie's tap-dancing because she was four months
pregnant, and she wore an awkward dress with a cartoon fetus on the
front. This time, Derek had lost his voice and couldn't sing. That was a
shame in that the songs Derek sings tend to be my favorite, but also in
that I still haven't seen Tilly and the Wall functioning at full
capacity.
Still,
there are few bands more fun to watch than Tilly. Their mood is
infectious, and their music makes even me want to dance when it's played
live. By the time they got to "Night of the Living Dead," I was hoarse
from singing and covered in confetti. "Beat Control" isn't on that
setlist, but they played it, and danced and danced.
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have more to say in photos and video than I do in words, it seems. Check
out "Sing Songs Along" in video form at the bottom of the page.
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Tilly and the Wall are a delightful act to see. They come onto the stage
with a little audience participation: "We say 'Tilly,' you say 'what'
(Tilly! What? Tilly! What?) -- We say 'Oh,' you say 'Fuck!'" You get the
picture. Everyone is yelling from the start. When they started in with
"Love Riot," the single from the album they'd released four days prior
to the show, the bass was intense. Shake your ribcage intense. Intense
enough to blow a fuse and disrupt the show, as it turns out. They
battled electrical issues for the first three songs. See the setlist!
If
you're not familiar with Tilly and the Wall, they often use a
tap-dancer as a percussion instrument. When I saw Tilly in 2010, they
had scaled back Jamie's tap-dancing because she was four months
pregnant, and she wore an awkward dress with a cartoon fetus on the
front. This time, Derek had lost his voice and couldn't sing. That was a
shame in that the songs Derek sings tend to be my favorite, but also in
that I still haven't seen Tilly and the Wall functioning at full
capacity.
Still,
there are few bands more fun to watch than Tilly. Their mood is
infectious, and their music makes even me want to dance when it's played
live. By the time they got to "Night of the Living Dead," I was hoarse
from singing and covered in confetti. "Beat Control" isn't on that
setlist, but they played it, and danced and danced.
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