death cab

I went to see Death Cab for Cutie last Wednesday at Roy Wilkins Auditorium in Saint Paul. It's part of the same complex as the Xcel Center and the Ordway (they call it the River Centre...that's centre with an "re" at the end). I saw DCFC last June at the Orpheum but missed them when they opened for Neil Young last fall. Needless to say I'm a fan, so it was great to see them again.

Because of the nature of the space our seats were better than the previous time. Here's the bird's eye view from the Orpheum last year.
















And the head-on view from the much more boxy Roy Wilkins. We were in the balcony but much, much closer.












They played a few songs from their new EP, The Open Door, along with material that spanned pretty much the entire DCFC catalogue (not to sound like a total fanboy) and a good time was had by all.

It was interesting to see that their stage decoration changed completely between June and April. That must cost a fortune.

Mahalo.