Iron and Wine Tickets

low anthem was cool, all 4 band members switched around playing every instrument

Awesome show. Sounded great. He brought a 7 piece set with him and they jammed nicely. Would highly recommend!

Okay, maybe Sam needed a break from playing by himself for all those years. I can understand that. But really, I listen to Iron & Wine for Sam's amazing voice and his stunning lyrics. With the ten people backing him up, most of the time I could hear neither. This could be the problem of the sound guy in the back, but I was standing right next to him, so I heard what he was hearing. This is the way he thought it should be heard. It's too bad. The band was really talented and fun. I liked them, just not covering up the Iron & Wine that I bought the tickets for.

Driving 4 hours to a venue isn't my norm, but Iron & Wine made the journey worth it. The complexity of Sam Beam's songs came out wonderfully on stage and were modified enough to make it worth the money of not just listening to the CD in the dark in your room. Though my favorite song wasn't played, other songs took on a whole new life for me on stage. The Low Anthem who open was a refreshing surprise from normal opening bands, enough so that we purchased an album. The venue, the location, the music and performance were all worth the investment on every front. If you haven't seen Iron & Wine live yet, I high suggest making it a priority show.

went to the show expecting a decent time seeing this band who I thought was known for their softer, slower music. boy was i in for a treat! 10 piece band on stage and they rocked it. it was an awesome show!!

I feel many veteran Iron & Wine fans would've been somewhat disappointed at this concert, but I assure you, anyone with an open mind would have seen this as a spectacular performance. Many of the songs performed (i.e. Boy With A Coin, House By The Sea) were classics with twists, and as a musician myself, I could truly appreciate the twist Mr. Beam put on his work. Some of the songs, I'll be honest, I did not recognize, but he sure put some pep in his step with some of the lighter tracks, i.e. the closer Tree By The River off the new album. Everything was "moveable", aka, you could sway or bob or groove to anything he played up there. It was roughly a 4 hour concert (with the opening band, The Low Anthem, which was surprisingly refreshing), so you can only imagine that 4 hours of the whispering Sam Beam we once knew would be nothing short of...well, hypnotizing in the mildest terms. It was a wonderful twist, with many Pink Floydesque instrumental fusions and solo's. Bottom line: If you like the new album "Kiss Each Other Clean", this will be the perfect concert. If you like his really old stuff...you may not DISLIKE it, but it will be different. Overall, for me, stellar concert, and worth every penny! And yes: his beard is even better in person.

The word I would describe to characterize the performance was "confusing". Beam and his multi-instrumental band went into extended, drawn-out jams--some lasting up to what felt like 10 or more minutes--during which, most of the time, I felt like not a lot was happening. He is obviously getting in touch with his newer, funky sound from Kiss Each Other Clean, and with this, I also want to say that if you are going to his concerts expecting to find the soft, angelic voice strumming a single guitar (see The Sea and the Rhythm EP) youre probably not gonna find it, as I didn't either, except for when he played Cinder and Smoke and one other quieter tune. The songs were stellar, but the improvisations were weak and unnecessary. Maybe the new Iron and Wine is best left to its old devices.

Fans of Iron & Wine for a while, my boyfriend and I decided to buy some tickets. We expected Sam sitting up there with his guitar playing his beautiful music acoustically, since all of his recordings are like that. Well, we were so wrong. And it was so much more beautiful than we expected. On top of Sam's wonderful voice, he had a whole band behind him. Back up singers, piano and keyboard, saxophones, drums, percussion, bass, guitar, and other instruments I could never label. He changed all of his songs, in good ways. Some were way more upbeat, some blue-sy, some slow, some sexy... Everything was amazing. They put on an unforgettable show. I will most definitely be seeing Iron & Wine again when they come back to Philadelphia, which I hope is very soon.

I have been a long time fan and this was my first live show. I guess I expected a more toned down, subdued vibe then what I witnessed. I was thoroughly impressed. Some of the song arrangements were different than the studio recordings and I have to say they were phenomenal! If you are a fan you have to see them live. You won't be disappointed.

i gave this particular show the lowest rating i could - but that has much less to do with I&W than it does the venue. if you like the low anthem or music in that style you would have been pleased. they did great and really shine in their "gather round the mic" songs. the crowd was thin enough at that point that you could actually listen to the music. if you were there for iron and wine then you were likely disappointed by the very loud/drunk/uninterested crowd hanging around the bar which was many times louder than the audio mix (particularly the inaudible vocals of sam beam). whomever was running the soundboard was deaf, incompetent or likely both. i suspect that the electric factory gathers a fair amount of people who attend shows as an excuse to drink or a place to socialize that happens to have "background" music. if you're attending a show there - make sure it's an energetic and loud act or one that's expensive enough to weed out attendees who simply didn't have anything better to do that particular night. otherwise it will get drowned out by people who could care less about music. looking forward to seeing LA/I&W somewhere else.

Disappointed. The big band was too much. Very little of the traditional Iron & Wine acoustic music of his prior albums.

The venue is smallish, so wherever you are you have quite a good view. Very mellow crowd, everyone was there just to enjoy the music. I liked the opening band, they had a really interesting mix of instruments and voices. Iron and Wine was even more fantasic than I expected. There must have been a dozen musicians on stage with Sam and the music they made was unreal. I was surprised at how upbeat the music was at times, and I loved how they jammed for a bit before each song. The setting felt very intimate and was so easy to get to. I parked two rows away from the door; not any farther than I would park to go out to eat. I feel lucky to have gone to this show.

Great show. Iron and Wine are so talented and brought such energy to the stage. Loved watching Sam Beam, he is incredibly passionate and creative with his music. You won't regret seeing these guys live

We were very disappointed. He is great don't get me wrong, but the show was not what we expected from listening to his cd's. It turned into a "jam band." We felt like we were at a Phish concert. The music was good, just NOT what we expected. I don't think we would go see them again. Who puts on a concert that doesn't match his cd's???

Iron & Wine was great and I am so incredible happy I went to this event. I loved the mixture of songs that they played and the encore was phenomenal!

the show was very good and i enjoyed myself very much! only thing i would have to say about it would be that the songs were sometimes unrecognizable because of the extra instruments and music added to it. also, the sound at the electric factory could be improved. a little difficult at times to hear.

Too much instrumental cacophony and not enough of Sam Bean singing. His band of 10 or more people and multiple drummers just took away from his performance. He did play several of my favorites and those were great.

As expected, Sam Beam and the rest of Iron & Wine put on a phenomenal performance. The crowd was great and everyone was very happy. The Low Anthem, the opening act, was a fantastic pre-gamer and a pleasant surprise.

Iron and wine's musical genius has been expanded into a quite large, extremely talented band, including an incredible sax player. An amazing experience not only for Iron and Wine fans, but for any fan of true musical talent. Opening band, The Low Anthem was equally striking!!

I enjoyed the show very much, but was slightly disappointed. I feel Sam Beam's voice was not forward and clear enough, sound-wise. I love all his music and was ready to be blown away by a live performance...but that did not happen. I think he missed some opportunities to "own" the crowd, but did not take advantage of that. Anyhow, a good show, but not a great show. Hard to match the very high production standards of the Kiss Each Other Clean album? The Low Anthem was very good, I will definitely see them whenever they are around. And I hope I&W comes back to Maine!