Nan’s brother’s band’s latest incarnation. Formerly Caviar, formerly Figdish. It’s quite amazing to watch the transformation of Mike and Blake’s music together as the years go by. I started going to Figdish concerts…let’s see…1995 maybe? Figdish was pure rock. Caviar added in a little bit of sampling, a little bit of electronica, more pop than rock. Prairie Cartel is solid rock with a big dose of electronica. Like Beck and The Glimmer Twins thrown into a blender together with a little dash of Snow Patrol on top. Anthemic choruses.
Whether you like these guys’ music that much (as much as me) or not, they’ve been playing together for so many years, they KNOW how to put on a show. Compared to the three or four 12-teen bands that went on before them, the contrast was remarkable. You might not become their biggest fan, but you’re not going to walk away from the Prairie Cartel without feeling that these guys played their hearts out and completely harmonically so.