The Mother Hips @ Sweetwater Music Hall, Mill Valley, CA, USA, 03/20/2025

Sold-out show at Sweetwater. Mother Hips kicked things off with a solid rendition of Sunset Blues from their Glowing Lantern album, a perfect start to the evening. The sound near the stage was excellent. For All in Favor, Jason Crosby joined the band on second keys and stuck around for the next five songs. Been Lost Once was especially powerful and intense, with Brian's bass lines sounding amazing. The band played a few standout tracks from their latest album that worked great live. The somewhat Dylanesque Mona Lisa and the Last Supper was another highlight of the first set. I don't think I'd ever caught that one live before. An excellent first half of the night.

The second set opened with Crosby on keys again, and he ended up playing on about half of the songs performed. They rolled out a bunch of hits, including my personal favorite new song We Want What We Want and the classic White Falcon Fuzz. Transit Wind impressed with a killer instrumental ending, while the long Magazine was pure psychedelic jamming. Everything about the second set was spot on! The encore brought White Headphones (Here she comes, she's walking down the Judah line...) and the long-awaited Time-Sick Son of a Grizzly Bear. The Thursday night energy felt totally like a Friday. What a show!

My 15th Hips concert.

Set 1 (8:12 PM — 9:06 PM): Sunset Blues, One Way Out, Leaving the Valley, All in Favor, Been Lost Once, Love Never Leaves, Shootout, Child Mystery, Where Was I?, Mona Lisa and the Last Supper, Later Days, Such a Thing

Set 2 (9:32 PM — 10:48 PM): Clean Me Up, Jess OXOX, Honeydew, No-Name Darrell, We Want What We Want, Time We Had, Am I Allowed?, Transit Wind, Magazine, White Falcon Fuzz, Fantasma, Song in a Can, I've Made No Decision, Del Mar Station

Encore (10:50 PM — 10:58 PM): White Headphones, Time-Sick Son of a Grizzly Bear

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