Last Saturday was one of the few times in my life that I actually showed up early for a concert. The last time I tried to go see As Tall As Lions they had already performed by the time I showed up. I was trying to avoid having the same thing happen again. I’ve been fortunate enough to have seen MTB perform several times before. Every time they’ve been phenomenal and I wasn’t expecting any less from them this time.

From the outside The Note looks like a tiny neighborhood bar. This is deceiving, because once you get inside it seems to open up. It’s not a big venue, but a couple hundred people can easily fit in front of the stage and up on the balconies to watch the show. After the doors opened and the …