When we first saw Punch Brothers at Pickathon 2010, we knew that "this [was] a band with great things ahead of them." Sure enough, Chris Thile and company have proved us right, with a well-received tour for Antifogmatic, including a thunderous night at Portland's Aladdin Theater. This inventive bluegrass outfit brought their non-traditional spin on quite traditional instruments to an enthused, foot-stompin' crowd, and melophobe's Ian McNeil was there to capture the night. Check out his photos above, and check out the rest of their tour:
03/19 The Mystic Theater (Petaluma, CA)
03/31 Plaza Theater (Orlando, FL)
04/01 Florida Theater (Jacksonville, FL)
04/02 Savannah Music Festival (Savannah, GA)
04/03 Vinyl Music Hall (Pensacola, FL)
04/16 Bowery Ballroom (New York, NY)
04/19 LA Bluegrass Situation at the Largo (Los Angeles, CA)
04/30 Stagecoach Festival (Indio, CA)
05/01 Snug Harbor Cultural Center (Staten Island, NY)
05/07 Blue Nile (New Orleans, LA)
05/08 JazzFest (New Orleans, LA)
05/10 Rockwood Music Hall (Chris Thile & Michael Daves duo show) (New York, NY)
05/11 Rockwood Music Hall (Chris Thile & Michael Daves duo show) (New York, NY)
05/12 Rockwood Music Hall (Chris Thile & Michael Daves duo show) (New York, NY)
05/27 Summer Camp Festival (Chillicothe, IL)
05/29 DelFest (Cumberland, MD)
06/16 Telluride Bluegrass Festival (Telluride, CO)
06/24 ROMP: Bluegrass Roots & Branches Festival (Owensboro, KY)
06/25 DMB Caravan Festival (Atlantic City, NJ)
08/05 Lowell Summer Music Series (Lowell, MA)
08/28 Wolf Trap (with Bruce Hornsby) (Vienna, VA)
09/04 Moab Music Festival (Moab, UT)