Date: May 22nd, 2011
Venue: Triple Rock Social Club
I’d been looking forward to this show since the instant I found out Kimya Dawson was coming to Minnesota. I’ve been a fan for over four years and was not at the Eyedea tribute she showed up at last year.
I had not heard of Aesop Rock before the announcement of the show, but began listening to Aesop Rock and Hail Mary Mallon immediately afterward. I saw a few videos online of new Kimya songs off her upcoming album ‘Thunder Things’ and Aesop and Kimya performing together on their upcoming collaboration, as well as some Hail Mary Mallon music videos. I had a general idea of the show layout from aesoprock.com, but had no clue what to expect for a playlist from Kimya.
The show opened with Kimya playing guitar and singing the new songs Delicate Cycle and Earthquake with Aesop. Kimya then played ‘Eleventeen,’ ‘Chemistry,’ three songs off of her children’s album Alphabutt, ‘Being Cool,’ ‘Loose Lips,’ ‘Tire Swings,’ a new song I posted a video of, ‘the Beer,’ ‘Year 10,’ ‘Giants,’ ‘Randy Savage,’ and the new songs ‘Walk like Thunder,’ ‘Teleprompters,’ and ‘Complicated’ with Aesop Rock.
A girl was hassling Kimya by yelling how she loved her and that she should be headlining and generally being loud. The girl was a little rude to Aesop as he came out for his second session with Kimya and then she called the girl onto stage to quiet her during ‘Walk like Thunder.’ I cried when I heard this song online and I cried again when I saw it live.
Kimya’s set was everything I’d ever dreamed of. She played most of my favorites off ‘My Cute Fiend Sweet Princess’ and ‘Remember that I Love You,’ adorable songs I’d never heard off ‘Alphabutt,’ and emotionally charged new songs that give me high hopes for her upcoming album.
Aesop Rock, Rob Sonic, and DJ BIG WIZ came on stage next. They performed Hail Mary Mallon songs off their recent debut album ‘Are You Gonna Eat That?,’ as well as a variety of Aesop Rock songs like crowd favorites ‘No Regrets’ and ‘Daylight.’
As Kimya warned us, Rob Sonic had the crowd fist pumping and dancing right off the bat. DJ BIG WIZ did an individual session to a welcoming crowd and at the end of their set Kimya came back out for a few new songs with Aesop Rock and DJ BIG WIZ, one of which was ‘Aquarium.’ They performed a song they played at the Eyedea tribute last November and then Kimya went backstage.
Rob Sonic came back out, he and Aesop considered some song requests from the crowd, and they closed with ‘None Shall Pass.’
The band came back out for a meet and greet in the bar after the show had cleared out. I have heard the lines for Kimya were quite long.
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