Been missing Midi Matilda? Well they are back! The indie-pop duo straight outta Oakland were on fire at their show last Friday night with Panic is Perfect at The Independent!
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| Midi Matilda at The Independent 7/8/2016 photo by Marc Fong |
The last time I saw Midi Matilda was at the height of their climb up the indie-pop ladder when they opened for Geographer at The Fillmore in 2013. They even made an appearance at the high-caliber festival, Outside Lands later that year. But then they suddenly... disappeared.
Some unforeseen circumstances with their label and management didn't stop them from making music for the past three years though, they just haven't had an outlet for it.
Finally freed from said label and any label at that, Midi Matilda has been building up their own comeback one single at a time! They've released a new single every month since February when they came crashing back on to the scene with, "Tidal Wave".
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| Panic is Perfect at The Independent 7/8/2016 photo by Marc Fong |
San Francisco's new high-powered, electro-pop band, Panic is Perfect, got he crowded room fully riled during their adrenaline pumping, insatiable percussion charged set. They played for a better part of an hour, leaving fans roaring for more fun when they left the stage to make way for Midi Matilda.
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| Midi Matilda at The Independent 7/8/2016 photo by Marc Fong |
Picking up were Panic is Perfect left off, Skylar and Logan hit the dim stage in an inconspicuous fashion and jumped right into the same sensational single that brought them back, "Tidal Wave." They seemed lighter on stage than I remembered them: fun and unpretentious. With high energy and even higher spirits, I immediately felt spirits of surrounding fans lift to a higher level. The room moved and shaked with the duo as they poured their hearts out on stage. Even on the most dreamy of their dream-pop tracks, there was something new, something almost edgy . Midi Matilda's re-invention finds the Oakland indie boys with a little more rock and a little less emo. Even their cover of the slow tempoed R&B hit, "Hotline Bling," was fun-loving and catchy.
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| Midi Matilda at The Independent 7/8/2016 photo by Marc Fong |
Skylar's invigorating command of the stage and Logan's consistent, vigorous drumming of up-beat tunes: including of course, new ones that hadn't been played live until very recently, captivated dancing fans happily. Their sensational performance and the show-case of local bands last week at The Independent prove without a doubt that the local music scene in SF is alive and kicking!
While Midi Matilda plan to keep releasing material they made while they were "away", they haven't talked about releasing an album anytime soon. All the more reason to make it out to one of their shows!
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| Midi Matilda at The Independent 7/8/2016 photo by Marc Fong |
July 8th, 2016 set-list
1. Tidal Wave
2. Love and The Movies
3. You Make Me Feel Like
4. Red Light District
5. Apple Pie
6. Hotline Bling
7. Slowly No Way
8. Ottawa
9. Talk About It
10. By The Firelight
11. Day Dreams
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