Live at Schuba's Tavern
This live recording documents a December 2000 show in Chicago during which … Read Full Bio ↴This live recording documents a December 2000 show in Chicago during which the Handsome Family entertain, performing a good mix of material, drawing songs from all of their albums to date. The sound is decent and fans will definitely enjoy the teasing banter -- nine of the 25 tracks -- between Brett and Rennie Sparks and the random personal details that get revealed (the magic balls story is hilarious). Of the 14 songs, half are from Through the Trees, including the chokingly sad "So Much Wine," "Down in the Ground," the only song in the band's repertoire in which Rennie sings lead (albeit in an affected, old-lady-on-the-porch, nasally tone), the darkly incisive "Weightless Again," and another fan favorite, "The Woman Downstairs," which closes the show.

Throughout the set are also heard a few songs each from In the Air and Milk and Scissors ("Winnebago Skeletons" falls apart, but "Amelia Earhart Vs. the Dancing Bear" and "Drunk By Noon" go well), two from Odessa ("Arlene" and "Moving Furniture Around"), and one that would end up on Twilight ("I Know You Are There," which Brett effectively delivers with a crooner's tremolo). While not the place for newcomers to start, Live at Schuba's Tavern is a good listen.
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Live at Schuba's Tavern
The Handsome Family Lyrics


A Beautiful Thing Don't you remember that snowy December When we went to see…
Amelia Earhart Vs. The Dancing Bear Amelia, Amelia Earhart, after her plane was torn apart and…
Arlene Arlene, I'm sorry for what I've done I wasn't looking for…
Cathedrals the Cathedral in Cologne looks like a spaceship like the han…
Down In The Ground I am not afraid when you call me down Down the…
Drunk By Noon There once was a poodle who thought he was a…
I Know You Are There When the rope of death strangles And dark waters roar and…
Moving Furniture Around Took a walk down the alley today I'm getting used to…
My Ghost My ghost drives around with a bag of dead fish Falling…
My Sister's Tiny Hands We came in this world together Legs wrapped around each othe…
So Much Wine I had nothing to say on Christmas day When you…
The Giant Of Illinois The giant of Illinois Died from a blister on his toe After…
The Sad Milkman Above the dark highway, on a black tar roof Stood the…
The Woman Downstairs Chicago is where the woman downstairs Starved herself to dea…
Tinfoil Late New Year's Eve, paper hat on your head, It's hard…
Weightless Again We stopped for coffee in the Redwood forest Giant dripping l…
Winnebago Skeletons There's a fish in my stomach a thousand years old Can't…