CONCERT REVIEW: The Milk Carton Kids, The Lumineers and Old Crow Medicine Show @ Electric Factory 8/4

"We're wearing our best suits," Joey Ryan announces to the sold-out Electric Factory on Saturday night as he takes the stage with the other half of The Milk Carton Kids duo, Kenneth Pattengale.

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CONCERT REVIEW: The Milk Carton Kids, The Lumineers and Old Crow Medicine Show @ Electric Factory 8/4

POSTED: Monday, August 6, 2012, 3:40 PM

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The Milk Carton Kids, The Lumineers and Old Crow Medicine Show at the Electric Factory combine forces for “The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down." By Courtney Sexton

“We’re wearing our best suits,” Joey Ryan announces to the sold-out Electric Factory on Saturday night as he takes the stage with the other half of The Milk Carton Kids duo, Kenneth Pattengale. They are indeed dressed impeccably. Without further introduction, Ryan’s tall, thin frame turns slightly toward Pattengale who is bent seriously toward the neck of his guitar and they sail into a series of finely-tuned harmonies that would give Simon and Garfunkel a run for their money. They build momentum; Pattengale’s finger-picking is envious and though they move little, you can tell they’re really letting loose. By the time they close with a little bow, the Kids have gotten the whole audience clapping along with them.

The Lumineers are up next and, midway through touring for their debut self-titled album, have got their act down. They’ve been selling-out venues all over the country, slicking back their hair, stomping their boots, and making girls like me swoon and wish I were cellist Neyla Pekarek. I will say I enjoyed their performance at Johnny Brenda’s back in April a bit more, if only for the intimate nature of the bar, which seems more properly-suited for appreciating the beautiful grit of this trio.

Finally, the “big guns” come out; true pioneers in the roots revival, Old Crow Medicine Show have been at it since 1998, and it shows. With this group, it’s hard to pin a finger on who’s the most talented, but a highlight was definitely Ketch Secor and Chance McCoy dueling fiddles down on their knees.

In what was is now on my list of top live music moments, all three acts shared the stage to close the four-hour set with “The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down” and “I Shall Be Released.” Mind. Blown.

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