I'm not even sure how I discovered Vulfpeck. I'm sure it was some random video being algorithm'd my way. As such, I have no idea of their relative popularity, or, who their audience is? I'm sure, based on the fact that they packed Madison Square Garden, that they have a huge base. But they've always felt like my little secret, and that's how I like to imagine them. As a UMich grad who used to hang out with music majors, I feel a personal sort of kinship with them. As a Tally Hall superfan, I've always felt like Vulfpeck was sort of their spiritual successors. So, of course, I've heard this performance before. As soon as I saw Vulfpeck come up I knew this would be an insta-5 stars. I want them to be the biggest band in the world, but I also want them to be my little secret.
Live At Madison Square Garden
Vulfpeck
2019
- Album Summary
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Vulfpeck is an American funk band founded in 2011 in Ann Arbor, Michigan, by Jack Stratton, Theo Katzman, Woody Goss and Joe Dart. The band has released four extended plays, five studio albums, a compilation and a live album through their own record label. The band gained recognition in 2014 for releasing Sleepify, a silent album that exposed a loophole in Spotify's royalty distribution and funded an admission-free tour. In September 2019, the band headlined a sold-out concert at Madison Square Garden, one of the first to do so without a manager or record label. Recording of the performance was released as a live album, titled Live at Madison Square Garden, along with a full concert film. The live performance featured touring partners Stanley, Wong, Dosik, and guest artists Charles Jones, Chris Thile, Dave Koz, Nate Smith, Mark Dover, Richie Rodriguez and others.
Reviews
Like a review? Give it a thumb up to help us display relevant reviews!How have I never heard of this band before? What a revelation.
Not my sort of music but very talented.
The crowd is very wild in this live album. Amazing atmosphere.
Funk, soul, jazz pop. Me ha gustado. Un 4.
I've been an on-and-off fan of Vulfpeck for a while, and this was a fun live LP that captured their quirky spirit pretty well while highlighting the best of their discography. Whatever sound engineer recorded this did the band no favors though – the whole thing is entirely too mid-heavy, and Joe Dart's bass (the best part of the band imo) is lost in the mix. It was grating to listen to in a way, but it's a testament to the band's energy that I mostly enjoyed the LP in full despite its poor sound quality.
Ever walk into a conversation mid-joke and you have no idea what's going on? This is how I felt going into this album. I mean, it seems like the crowd was having a great time? This was way too long to hold my attention all the way through, and I am clearly not the target audience of this goofball vibe. But I do think this is some really vibrant, well-played music from a bunch of musicians who clearly sound like they are having a blast. Can't hate on that, no sir. Instrumentals > songs with vocals. Fave Songs: Cory Wong, Smile Meditation, My First Car
Ehhhh, not bad but not that interesting. 3/5.
Never heard of this band before but I was surprised yet not shocked they were from Ann Arbor. Does every band that originates in AA have to have some sort of quirky off the wall quality? This album was alright. I don’t love live albums and part of it is some songs are really hard to play live. Their instrumentals are good but after I listened to some of their studio recorded music there is a big difference between that and the live sounds. Overall it was fine. If I were to listen to this band again it wouldn’t be from the live album. 5.6/10