The Village Underground is a relatively new venue. It’s a long narrow room with bare brick walls and skylights. A sold out show meant we were quite near the back and for what was to follow it’s just as well.
We were treated to a full on assault of... our senses. Bob clearly turned everything up to ten skipped over eleven and went straight to twelve. It’s a nonstop blast of the simplest of rock setups, bass, drums and guitar. No time for banter as they career through 24 songs in a little over an hour and fifteen minutes.
The oldies in the audience left happy with nine Husker Du songs from all over their back catalogue with a little Sugar thrown in while there enough quality from Bob’s current and last album to keep the newly converted interested.
Highlights too many to mention but ‘Hoover Dam’ and ‘Something I learned today’ stand out for me. It’s exhausting to watch and so how a 54 year old can perform like that on stage every night is impressive. A rockin good night.