November 17, 2014 – Columbus, OH – Interpol, Hundred Waters

Venue:  Newport Music Hall

This was a crowded show at the Newport.

I went down to Columbus alone and it was very cold out that night.  Unseasonably so, as if winter had already come.

This was my second time seeing Interpol.  I had seen them before at Lollapalooza 2007.

They were good here at the Newport, but they were better, tighter and had more energy at Lolla.  The one stand out was how much I liked the song 'Lights' live.  'Lights' was the first single off of their not-very-good-by-any-standard self-titled album that came out a few years before.  The song built up and drove home a very real energy.

Throughout the show, lead singer Paul Banks said as little as humanly possible.  I remember laughing a couple times during the show because his only stage banter was telling everyone what a song was called after they had played it.

They played 'My Blue Supreme'.

Paul said, "That was 'My Blue Supreme'"

They played 'All The Rage Back Home'.

Paul would say, "That was 'All The Rage Back Home'".

I don't need a band to talk much or at all during a show.  I am alright with whatever.  I just thought it was so basic and so straightforward.  It was like he had nothing else to say.  I kind of appreciated it.

A day or two later Interpol's bus would become stranded for awhile in a blizzard along a stretch of highway outside of Buffalo, NY.

They had to cancel a show or two after this Columbus show.