Compared to the Metz’s Larimer Lounge gig in November, Tuesday’s Hi-Dive show was huge. Maybe not in volume and intensity, but certainly in fan fervor.
With personnel changes over the past few years, Akron/Family’s sound has evolved from a sort of modernized freak folk into a solid post-rock bulldozer.
When Ed Sheeran began to play “The A Team” at 1stBank Center Tuesday night, the UK phenom wasn’t just wrapping up a dreamy show, he was closing the largest U.S. arena show he’d ever played.