Stephen Malkmus & the Jicks: 134 - 2014

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20140116, The Forum, Kentish town, London
Lariat
Planetary motion
Tigers
Cold son
Cinnamon and lesbians
Scattegories
J Smoov
Forever 28
Harness your hopes
Shibboleth
(Do not feed the) Oyster
Out of reaches
Houston Hades (fragment)
Baby Cmon
Independence street
Chartjunk

The first recorded show of the tour, at the Forum in London, is a perfectly amiable stroll. I can't honestly say anything exceptional happens, but if this is an average 2014 Jicks show, the batting average will be quite high. It takes a little while to get going, but from 'J Smoov' onwards they're in a groove. The recordings quality is average but you can hear what's going on.

There are a couple of songs we haven't heard in a while: 'Cold son' and 'Out of reaches' from 'Real emotional trash', '(Do not feed the) Oyster' from 'Pig lib'. 'Harness your hopes' has been held over from the Crystal Ballroom set two months earlier. Mostly, it's a pretty standard set though. It's a short recording, there may be parts of the show unrecorded. 'Houston Hades' breaks off after the intro, and possibly the show ran longer than the final recorded song 'Chartjunk'.