The last time I saw Against Me! play was when they opened for Foo Fighters at Madison Square Garden in 2008 during their tour for their album New Wave. This was prior to frontwoman Laura Jane Grace’s transformation, back when she was known as Tom Gabriel. A lot has happened since then, with Grace and guitarist James Bowman acting as the only remaining from that version of the bands lineup.
But immediately upon taken the stage at McCarren Park for their free Northside Festival performance I realized none of that mattered, as they sounded just as great as I remembered. They sent the capacity crowd at McCarren Park into an all out frenzy, with crowdsurfers of all ages floating above the crowd.
Their most recent album Transgender Dysphoria Blues was the main focus, but they pulled the best from their ever growing discography, delivering hit after hit. The heat didn’t deter any of the fun, Against Me! delivered a blistering set, one of the best of the entire week.
Find their setlist below along with more photos from their performance, as well as photos of Mitski, who opened the show.
Setlist:
1. FuckMyLife666
2. Cliché Guevara
3. Pints of Guinness Make You Strong
4. Unconditional Love
5. Walking Is Still Honest
6. Miami
7. I Was a Teenage Anarchist
8. Those Anarcho Punks Are Mysterious…
9. Don’t Lose Touch
10. Thrash Unreal
11. T.S.R. (This Shit Rules)
12. Drinking With the Jocks
13. Transgender Dysphoria Blues
14. Rapid Decompression
15. The Ocean
16. Black Me Out
17. True Trans Soul Rebel
Encore:
18. Androgynous (The Replacements Cover)
19. Dead Friend
20. Sink, Florida, Sink
Mitski:
Against Me!:
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