Posts Tagged ‘Dispatch’
May’s Hits
One thing I have enjoyed with MOG, aside from streaming music 24/7, is it presents a list of everything I have listened to. It also puts those songs into categories of top songs, albums and artists that I’ve been checking out.
Here are the hits for May:
Top Songs
• Broken American by Dispatch
• Beto by Dispatch
• Sail by AWOLNATION
• Turn This Ship Around by Dispatch
• Melon Bend by Dispatch
• Mighty To Save by Laura Story
• Two Against One (Feat. Jack White) by Danger Mouse & Daniele Luppi
• Bad Romance by Lady GaGa
• Where Them Girls At (Feat. Nicki Minaj & Flo Rida) by David Guetta
• The Gambling Priest by Danger Mouse & Daniele Luppi
Top Albums
• Rome by Danger Mouse & Daniele Luppi
• Dispatch Ep by Dispatch
• Turtleneck & Chain (Explicit Version) by The Lonely Island
• Burst Apart by The Antlers
• D by White Denim
• Fits by White Denim
• Megalithic Symphonyby AWOLNATION
• Street Sweeper Social Club by Street Sweeper Social Club
• The Sauce by Panty Raid
• Suck It And See by Arctic Monkeys
Top Artists
• Arctic Monkeys
• Danger Mouse & Daniele Luppi
• White Denim
• The Lonely Island
• The Antlers
• Panty Raid
• Street Sweeper Social Club
• AWOLNATION
• MGMT
• Death Cab For Cutie
Dispatch reunion tour at Red Rocks
When Dispatch announced they would be playing their first show together in nine years at Red Rocks it didn’t take too long for tickets to sell out.
The band, which has a tremendous underground following, sold-out two shows and had to add a third date at the legendary amphitheatre in Morrison.
Thanks to a membership to a Dispatch fan club, we got first crack at the tickets and picked up five for the Friday night show. I missed the Saturday night show, but was able to go again Sunday when one of my buddies had an extra ticket.
Both shows were spectacular and having not played together since their 2002 breakup, they sounded great.
Both nights the Flobots from Denver opened, and both nights I missed them because we were in the parking lot enjoying some tailgate action. I’ve seen the Flobots before and wasn’t all that impressed so missing them was no big loss.
Both nights, Dispatch came on around 8 p.m. while it was still light. Sunday they had some sound and equipment problems and had to take a few entrances to get things going. But once they did it was a nonstop three hour barrage of hits.
Both Friday and Saturday they played pretty much the same songs, but mixed up the order a little bit and threw in some different guests and dancers.
Highlights from both nights included: The General, Steeples, Two Coins, Bats in the Belfry, Bang Bang, Time Served, Bullet Holes, Prince of Spades, Broken American and Beto.
In all, Friday they played for about three hours with and encore and Sunday a little less. Each night following the intermission, the trio would venture into the middle of the audience and Braddigan and Chad freestyled on “Cut it Ya Match it” while Pete played the guitar. Each night they threw in a little cover of Simon and Garfunkel’s “Mr. Robinson” and Buffalo Springfield’s “For What it’s Worth.”
One highlight from Sunday was a nice acoustic set of “Carry You” that was absent Friday.
They also played some of their new songs off the Dispatch EP recently released. Songs like Valentine and Broken American were a welcome change and featured a banjo jam session.
A testament to the band’s popularity, Friday a group from Brazil made the trip just to see their first show in nearly a decade.
The trio seemed to really enjoy themselves and be back together playing. Multiple times they commented how amazing it was to be playing Red Rocks, and it was a homecoming of sorts for Braddigan who is from Denver. It was an awesome sight to see Red Rocks sold out filled to the brim with a sea of bobbing heads.
The tour is promoting education and teachers and the group is encouraging fans to bring books to shows to donate.
While both shows were great, I would have to say Friday’s was better. There were fewer technical issues, better playlist and they played longer and more intensely.
That being said, if you are fortunate enough to be on the list of cities they are hitting for this limited tour – go. It may be the last time to see Dispatch for another decade.
DISPATCH @ RED ROCKS, MORRISON, CO – JUNE 3, 2011
SETLIST
Melon Bend
Here We Go
Open Up
Cover This
Time Served
Con Man
Bullet Holes
Bang Bang
Beto
Passerby
Steeples
Valentine
Spades
Flying Horses
Past The Falls
Turn This Ship Around
Two Coins
Broken American
General
Elias
—–
Cut It Ya Match It
Outloud
Bats
DISPATCH @ RED ROCKS, MORRISON, CO – JUNE 5, 2011
SETLIST
Flying Horses
Melon Bend
Time Served
Con Man
Outloud
Past The Falls
Bulletholes
Turn This Ship Around
Two Coins
Beto
Carry You
Spades
Steeples
Valentine
Bang Bang
Passerby
Bats
Broken American
General
—–
Cut It Ya Match It
Elias
Dispatch 2011 reunion tour
I got my tickets for the Dispatch show this week.
I know what you’re thinking, didn’t those guys break up years ago? Yes, yes they did, but lucky for anyone who likes good music they have decided to do a reunion tour this year that includes three dates at Red Rocks.
Fort those of you not familiar with Dispatch, which is majority of the world, they are pretty much the best band to ever (partially) come out of Colorado.
Their underground following is only eclipsed by the fond memories that accompany these tunes. Check out this interview the Post published this week. And make sure to get to what is going to be one of the best shows of the year.
