Kurt Vile, a very talented alternative artist is originally from Philadelphia, PA. He played in the indie rock group The War on Drugs prior to releasing his solo albums with the Violators. I am not one of Kurt Vile's oldest fans, but I easily got hooked on his newest album, Waking On a Pretty Daze, which was released this spring. I was eager to purchase my ticket once I knew that Kurt was playing at the 9:30 Club because they never fail to have perfect sound quality, which is can be lacking at smaller venues.
Kurt has this awkward and quirky personality when he speaks to the audience. He also has a great smile and you can tell he is elated that he is creating music that is making people happy. The crowd was super mellow and fans bobbed their heads, tapped their feet and got into the music in their own way when Kurt opened with "Wakin on a Pretty Day," which was the perfect song to open for this set because it got the audience to sing along. He is a versatile guitarist, constantly switching guitars between songs to construct different sounds. I love how he can play mellow songs and then right after power through a harder rock song.
"KV Crimes" is also from his new album and is great live because of the powerful chords and short but quick riffs that he plays throughout the song. I also noticed the drummer got really into the set on this song. He really starts to rock out at "KV Crimes." Later on in the show, he played my favorite song of the night, "Hunchback" (see a clip above) which he plays on his Jazzmaster-- or is it a Jaguar?--guitar. It is psychedelic with a touch of blues and 100% enjoyable.
Afterwards, they played "Baby's Arms" which is the one song where you can listen and feel like there is no one else in the room. It is so personal and such a beautiful song that listeners clearly got so lost in the song. The whole set mesmerized me and it also helped that I was in the second row. If you even like one Kurt Vile & The Violators song you would love their shows because he has such a wide range of songs that appeal to any rock fan.
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