Reviews attached to September 1, 2024
Marathon Set 1: Robot Stop > Big Fig Wasp > Gamma Knife > People-Vultures > Mr. Beat, Sad Pilot > Rats In The Sky > Daily Blues -> Cut Throat Boogie, You Can Be Your Silhouette[1] -> Iron Lung, Crumbling Castle > The Fourth Colour, Hell > Predator X, Dragon > Flamethrower, All Is Known, Straws In The Wind, Welcome to an Altered Future > Digital Black > Han-Tyumi, The Confused Cyborg > Soy-Protein Munt Machine > Vomit Coffin > Murder of the Universe, Swan Song[2] -> Set, Head On/Pill
How grateful I am that they had the streaming experience dialed in for this show. I attended both nights of FH, and Im basically waiting for Stu to release the official SBDs from those shows to relisten to them because the streaming was rough at the beginning. Not so here. The Northerly Marathon also flows like the DMB shit laden waters of their river, where FH had some awkward pauses and general rust they were working through. dont get me wrong, the FH shows were great and I'll get to writing a review for them eventually, but after a couple relistens I am ready to put Northerly at least at the level of RR3 in terms of their marathon shows. I want to give it the edge simply because of how expanded the music selection has become even from Nov 2022. PDA, Silver Cord, b741, all of those albums shine in this show and work seemlessly with staples and long time favorites.
Nonagon now has a fantastic place alongside the b741 stuff, with Mr Beat making for the perfect launching pad into their other bluesy tunes. Iron Lung, CC, 4C is just crushing. Dragon>Flamethrower I mean come on.
MOTU suite, Silver Cord table jam and a Head On/Pill thrown on the end to make the full show 3h15m will go down in legend.
Saw this one in person, still my favourite setlist I've seen from the band, though the raw aesthetic and vibes may not have been as good as red rocks. Was soo happy for Crumbling Castle and Fourth Colour, I come to these shows in hope of Polygondwanaland. Another note is that this is my 2nd of 3 Straws in the Wind plays over my 4 shows.
This was the first time in what felt like forever that I went to a show in Chicago that had nice weather. That goes for any band. Couldn't have asked for a nicer day. Getting five Nonagon songs to open the set is an all time classic. It's way toward the top of their best ever set openers.
The Flight b741 tracks sounded great and Crumbling Castle is tight. Dragon was the highlight of the metal sections and one of my favorite versions. The Murder of the Universe suite in full was a major highlight and the Head/On Pill closer was the perfect bow on top.
Great energy all around. Plus it was 3h 15m of music! Can't ask for a much better day.