7/28 Chapel Hill, NC
post a comment | posted Aug 1
"Great Northern took the stage with an amazing set full of songs from their debut album Trading Twilight For Daylight. The vocals of Solon Bixler and Rachel Stolte blended beautifully throughout the set on "Just A Dream" and the band rocked out on the anthematic tune, "Home."
7/26 Washington, DC
1 comment | posted Aug 1
"Songs like "Telling Lies" and "Home" were fan favorites that had a lot of people singing along. Many of the songs had great solos and the lyrics blended so well with the music, that everyone was just swaying back and forth while enjoying a great night. When you listen to their album, you notice the lush soundscapes that they create. Seeing them live, allows you to visualize how they create each of those sounds. To me, that was the real treat."
7/24 New York, NY
post a comment | posted Jul 26
...Their abbreviated set included heartfelt and energetic tracks from Daylight. While songs like "Home," "Into the Light," and "Telling Lies" had the crowd swooning for more, the musical subtleties were the true highlights. For instance, watching drummer Davey Latter, dressed in all white, simultaneously play the xylophone...
Notes from Great Northern
post a comment | posted Jul 24
if they only knew ..what they missed
harvard and geese ....
oh..
and by the way..
the middle east where we played was awesome....
and the virb guys came out again and they ruuuuuuuule.
the show was good! thanks to everyone that came out..
can't wait to play nyc..
7/ 23 Boston, MA
post a comment | posted Jul 24
...Everything was coming up nipples at Great Northern's show at the Middle East in Cambridge: singer/guitarist Solon Bixler was worried about showing his off to the crowd thanks to an extremely low-cut v-neck t-shirt, so he tried covering them up with a pair of black suspenders; and singer/keyboardist Rachel Stolte narrowly avoided a Janet Jackson-like wardrobe malfunction of her own. Oh, right: there was also one heck of a concert going on, and the good news is that Great Northern are just as good, if not better, on stage than they are on disc...
Notes from Great Northern
post a comment | posted Jul 23
If you walk 2 feet into Canada, you better have that passport and an alibi once you turn around. after being hassled for 10 minutes for not having one, the security guard told us, "if you're going into Canada, GO INTO Canada."
7/ 19 Ann Arbor, MI
post a comment | posted Jul 23
...I loved Low is a Height which featured Rachel banging a Kettle Drum in one hand while swinging some jingle bells in the other...fun stuff. Home was a tight song that rocked live. Pack your bags and climb on board with this band...a great trip...
Notes From Great Northern
2 comments | posted Jul 20
Originally posted at Great Northern Summer Tour
Hey! Your ol' pal Ashley here to tell you that last night was another smashing round of rock awesomeness. The Blind Pig in Ann Arbor, Michigan is littered in history with its wall to wall resume of rock n' roll royalty; everyone from Nirvana to Jim...
7/18 Chicago, IL
1 comment | posted Jul 19
Originally posted at Great Northern Summer Tour
Radio Free Chicago has all the details on the Chicago show from last night:...the dark setting of this night actually provided a great backdrop for the performance, which was further accentuated the more intimate confines of Subterranean and by...
Notes From Great Northern
post a comment | posted Jul 19
Originally posted at Great Northern Summer Tour
Hey! It's Ashley, here- writing from our hotel about an hour outside of Chicago. We played the Subterranean lastnight, and had a fabulous time. The sound there was great and the audience seemed to really respond to the performance. I think we al...