Live photos: Bowerbirds @ the Pike Room (7/16/09)

A few friends and I saw Bowerbirds at the Pike Room at the Crofoot on Thursday night. It was my third time seeing them (Pitchfork on Saturday made four) and, as always, they were absolutely beautiful. They played with a crackling in the background to sound like a campfire (awww), and one of the guys from opening band Megafaun played bass. I always get really excited when I see the stand-alone bass drum because it reminds me of being in drumline in high school…so that was exciting! Megafaun was great too, as were the band members’ huge beards.

Bowerbirds’ MySpace
Megafaun’s MySpace

Bowerbirds’ setlist:

“Bur Oak”
“Beneath Your Tree”
“Teeth”
“House of Diamonds”
“Silver Clouds”
“Hooves”
“In Our Talons”
“The Ticonderoga”
“Crooked Lust”
“Bright Future”
“Northern Lights”
“Chimes”

Encore:
“My Oldest Memory”
“Hearts of Oak”