Sea Wolf/Jealous Girlfriends – Schuba’s – 6/5/08

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Well occasionally I will venture out to a show where I have pretty much zero idea about an artist, and such was a night last night, and these guys were actually pretty solid. I have heard a few songs by Sea Wolf before, but not a whole lot, and certainly not a whole album. The song “Black Dirt” I had heard of course, and you most likely have heard it before as well, and it is a pretty good jam. I actually was more familiar with openers Jealous Girlfriends since I have heard them before and have seen them when they opened for Nada Surf at Metro back in April (ps: side note, Nada Surf will be back here at Ribfest on Sunday). However, my general impression of Sea Wolf was of a very chilled out, subdued kind of sound with some orchestration thrown in, and while that is primarily true of their live sound as well, live they sounded much more upbeat than I expected.

The Jealous Girlfriends were on when I got there and they put on another extremely solid show. I kind of dug their sound when I saw them back in April, and they certainly have some catchy ass shit going on and they certainly rock it out pretty well. I think we will be hearing more and more from these guys in the future because they are pretty good. It was a little odd to have them paired here with Sea Wolf, since these guys are much more rock than Sea Wolf is, but either way, they were still solid.

I think if you listen to a lot of Sea Wolf you probably do really notice the chilled out nature of their music. But I think live it takes on more of a groovy alt-country-rock kind of feel than it maybe does on the albums and recorded works. This is really a good thing for the live shows, and they did a good job of bringing the crowd into it, and everyone seemed high energy and in good spirits. Overall, even though I wasn’t really that familiar with them, I was still pretty impressed and would certainly recommend checking them out if you dig their sound. And if you think you like the songs but they are just a little too chilled out, then for the live sound just imagine that but slightly higher energy and more upbeat. I can’t really speak to setlists or song selections since I really am not up to speed on their stuff, I’d be curious what super fans thought of the show. Anyway, another good show, despite Schuba’s being ridiculously crowded (seriously, stop putting the tables out Schuba’s, it is always a disaster), and both Jealous Girlfriends and Sea Wolf were pretty solid. Remaining tour dates are here:

Jun 6 2008 8:00P 7th Street Entry Minneapolis, Minnesota
Jun 7 2008 8:00P Parkway Theatre Winnipeg, Manitoba
Jun 9 2008 8:00P The Republik Calgary, Alberta
Jun 10 2008 8:00P Velvet Underground Edmonton, Alberta
Jun 12 2008 8:00P Media Club Vancouver, British Columbia
Jun 13 2008 8:00P Lucky Bar Victoria, British Columbia
Jun 14 2008 8:00P High Dive Seattle, Washington
Jun 15 2008 8:00P Doug Fir Lounge Portland, Oregon
Jun 17 2008 8:00P The Independent San Francisco, California
Jun 19 2008 8:00P Echoplex Los Angeles, California
Jun 20 2008 8:00P Casbah San Diego, California

Sea Wolf – Black Dirt – From Leaves in the River
The Jealous Girlfriends – How Now – From The Jealous Girlfriends