It has been a pretty rough beginning of the year, and I had chosen to not see some shows - including ones that I even had tickets for (Joy Oladokun, Guster, ugh), but I did make it out to see this Travis show at the Agora. Going back and trying to figure out when I saw them last, I realized that it was before I started my blog (9/13/00 at the Agora), but I did post about them here - talking about how nice it is having just moved to a city where I don’t have to drive two hours back home after the show. Reading that was just a little extra motivation to make sure I made it to this show - and I’m so glad I did!
They sounded great. It wasn’t a huge crowd, which I’ll always appreciate. Even got a nice spot up front for some good video. They’re such a delightful and down-to-earth band. Fran in particular is a real character. I ran across a podcast he did with Bob Lefsetz. Very entertaining. And their new album is as good as anything they’ve done!
