I love looking for images to go along with my posts - usually I run into something stunning - like this photo of Kianna Alarid from Tilly and the Wall, taken in the UK by wunderkind photographer Andrew Kendall. Check out more pictures from this show at Andrew's page here.

So here's the Tilly show from their recent stop in Houston - fantastic show with Pony Up and Houston's own The Western Civilization opening. For whatever stupid reason I didn't tape The Western Civilization, and I still regret it. Good news is that I did get Pony Up's set - and that will be coming later this week.

This was the 2nd time in 2006 that I've taped Tilly and the Wall - you can hear the one from June, here - and check out this one from their 2004 tour opening for Rilo Kiley. It's interesting to hear the sonic differences between the two shows - its not often that I get to tape the same band multiple times in the same year, and this opportunity presented a unique opportunity for me to hear the same band, with the same soundguy, at two different venues, taped off of two different boards.

This show, taped at Numbers Nightclub has a lot more of a "arena" rock feel to it - more prominent vocals, heavy reverb giving it a "big" sound - while the show from Walters on Washington was more keyboard and treble heavy, giving a more intimate feel to the audio. Check them both out and let me know what you think.

As always though, Tilly rocked - putting on a totally kick-ass and over-the-top performance encouraging wild crowd particaption. Someone had brought a bubble machine to the show and kept generating hundreds of bubbles which flow above the crowds head and exploding into various band members. If you have pictures, send em on!

Live MP3s:
Intro
Rainbows in the Dark
Reckless
Black and Blue
Love Song
Bessa
Fell Down The Stairs
The Freest Man
Sing Songs Along
You And I Misbehaving
Bad Education
Brave Day
A Perfect Fit
Lost Girls
Nights Of The Living Dead

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