The Hold Steady: "Citrus"

When the band came out for their encore, all they had left from Boys and Girls was this song, and if that didn't tip off that it was coming, Tad Kubler's acoustic guitar deployment did. It didn't wind up as the actual closer -- the encore ran about 20 minutes -- but it was a nice cap to newer, bigger-than-club-sized material. The show wasn't as intimate as either of the other shows I've seen them at -- one an acoustic set in Brooklyn, the other a crazed Halloween-night event at the Annex -- but it was certainly the same kind of huge shared experience. It's hard to know after a show like that whether I'd prefer them to stay on the road for a while longer or to get back into the studio and crank out another great record. Either way, rock fans win.

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[runningoutofangels]

Oh duh, it says Madison in the beginning. WEll, they were awesome in Austin.

[runningoutofangels]

What great sound and picture for a live show!! This isn't from Austin is it? It looks like they might be dressed the same as that show and this song was their first encore song. That was the best show I've seen aside from the first time I drove to Minneapolis to see Westerberg.

[metfan630]

nice link man - hold it steady!