<\/a>Philadelphia native Kurt Vile<\/strong> <\/a>(and his touring band, The Violators) drew in a large crowd for his Friday night show at Terminal 5. Vile plans to begin touring extensively across the US and Europe for the remainder of the year \u00a0in support of his most recent album, Wakin on a Pretty Daze<\/em>, released earlier this year through Matador Records. The bill also included Lee Ranaldo and The Dust–consisting of Sonic Youth\u2019s guitar virtuoso, Lee Ranaldo and drummer Steve Shelley–and Brooklyn indie band Beach Fossils.<\/p>\n

Vile, who has been a musician since the age of 14, has cited lo-fi legends like Pavement and Tom Petty as some of his major influences. Wakin on a Pretty Daze<\/em> (Vile\u2019s 5th studio album) has received much acclamation and has been referred to as his most musically solid work to date.<\/p>\n

Beach Fossils took the stage first, opening with material off of Clash The Truth<\/em>, including the dreamy, new-wave song \u201cGenerational Synthetic\u201d Joy Division-like post-punk \u201cShallow,\u201d and the lighter indie-pop melody entitled \u201cCareless.\u201d<\/p>\n

Fellow Matador labelmates Lee Ranaldo and The Dust followed, bringing forth material from their most recent work, Between The Time and The Tides<\/em>. Songs such as \u201cXtina as I Knew Her\u201d and \u201cFire Island (phases)\u201d exhibited Ranaldo\u2019s desire to drift away from his signature experimental work in Sonic Youth, and instead hinted a number of 60\u2019s rock influences, such as the Grateful Dead and the blues rock band, Hot Tuna.<\/p>\n

The setlist for Kurt Vile and The Violators mostly included material from the Vile\u2019s last three albums. The band started off with the 9 minute opener \u201cWakin on A Pretty Day,\u201d Vile\u2019s face buried underneath his infamous mangled, brown hair, muttering a quick \u2018thank you\u2019 before following with the drowsy tune \u201cJesus Fever\u201d \u00a0from 2011\u2019s Smoke Ring for My Halo<\/em>. Vile then resumed performing material off of Wakin on a Pretty Daze<\/em>, such as the droning indie-psych single \u201cNever Run Away,\u201d as well as the Petty-esque \u201cKV Crimes\u201d and the bouncier \u201cWas All Talk\u201d, the background instrumentals slightly reminiscent of 80\u2019s pop. Vile took a moment to perform a couple of acoustic songs–including the fan favorite “Peeping Tomboy\u201d– while sitting on a tie-dye blanket draped couch near the corner of the stage. The lights throughout the venue dimmed, save for the spotlight focused on him.\u00a0Vile resumed alongside The Violators after a couple of technical difficulties (\u201cWe\u2019re sorry, this is a very blue-collar production we have here\u201d he mumbled jokingly), playing a couple songs (\u201cHunchback,\u201d \u201cFreak Train\u201d) \u00a0off of Childish Prodigy, and was greeted with much enthusiasm.<\/p>\n

Though some may argue that\u00a0Wakin on a Pretty Daze\u00a0<\/em>greatly differs from Kurt Vile’s earlier material, there is no doubt that he and his now semi-permanent touring band have the potential to enrapture audiences through live performance. \u00a0Kurt Vile and The Violators offer a truly innovative type of psychedelic, lo-fi that will keep ardent listeners talking for years to come.<\/p>\n

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