The final night to the Palomar Rock Shop residency was a special one and probably one of the best shows I’ve seen this band perform from their 5 night run. The highlight was starting a song in complete darkness and had audience members turn on their flashlights in a subsequent order to the music.
Nada Surf was supposed to play acoustic tonight but due to an instrument mishap we got a treat by seeing the band play stripped down songs on electric gear. Ira was sorta acoustic by playing an empty box. Kudos to him for playing days after getting his cast off his broken hand. Although I haven’t been that impressed with Nada Surf’s recent albums, when they decide to play acoustic they tend to stick with their classic hits. Tonight was an added bonus of having Doug Gilllard of Guided By Voices accompany them onstage.