{"id":63349,"date":"2025-10-15T16:37:58","date_gmt":"2025-10-15T21:37:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/beintheloopchicago.com\/?p=63349"},"modified":"2025-10-16T11:51:21","modified_gmt":"2025-10-16T16:51:21","slug":"in-the-loop-on-the-road-series-presents-miki-berenyi-trio-at-pearl-street-warehouse-washington-dc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/beintheloopchicago.com\/?p=63349","title":{"rendered":"In The Loop On the Road Series Presents: Miki Berenyi Trio at Pearl Street Warehouse Washington, DC"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Review by: Raymond Burton Estes<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Photos by: Fleurette Estes<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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On Friday, 10 October 2025, Miki Berenyi Trio played to a packed crowd at the Pearl Street<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Warehouse located at the Wharf area in Washington, DC with local art punkers Bottled Up<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

as the opener.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Washington, DC\u2019s Bottled Up opened the show with a frenetic bang of indie rock\/art pop<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

bliss. Led by singer\/guitarist Nikhil Rao, Bottled up delighted the crowd with their blend of<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

1970\u2019s and 1980\u2019s-inspired rock that was as vital and contemporary as it was reminiscent<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

of a time before any these incredible musicians were born.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Rao makes no effort to hide his affection for Talking Heads and literally wears it on his<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

sleeve \u2013 he’s got \u201cStop Making Sense\u201d tattooed on his left arm and, of course, the band\u2019s<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

songs shimmer with reflections of this inspiration and we were all the better for it. But the<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

magic doesn\u2019t end with Rao, his bandmates – Jeremy Ray (drums), Nina Randazzo (bass),<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dajando Smith (guitar\/vocals) – were instrumental in manifesting these songs before their<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

audience and it was a delight to watch and hear them do it. Be sure to check them out!<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Bottled Up\u2019s setlist follows:<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ride Forever<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Revive<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Big Rush<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Johnnie<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fried Egg<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

House Is On Fire<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Miki Berenyi Trio is comprised of singer\/guitarist Miki Berenyi (formerly of Lush\/currently of<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Piroshka), guitarist Kevin \u201cMoose\u201d McKillop (formerly of Moose\/currently of Piroshka), and<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

bassist Oliver Cherer (of Gilroy Mere and Aircooled). Berenyi and company shared that<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

hiccups with their travel and a lengthy immigration line at the airport caused them to rush<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

to the gig and make it just in time. The audience, of course, was not dismayed because<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

they began lining up well before the doors opened and waited patiently for the band to<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

play.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Miki Berenyi Trio began the show with their latest single, Doldrum Days, setting the tone for<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

a joyous, yet melancholy, performance of dream pop and shoegaze delight. Their 17-song<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

set included five Lush covers, surely satiating fans of Berenyi\u2019s work from the early 1990s.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The crowd ate it up and swayed and sang and bathed in the sonic atmosphere. There were<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

a handful of interesting folks that showed up, too…Mark and Wendy Redfern from Under<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

the Radar Magazine, Dave Mann, the bassist for local dream pop band anocean, and Will<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ritcher, one of the most unique photographers in the area.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Toward the end of their set, Berenyi reminded the audience that they don\u2019t do encores but<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

did appreciate the rush that came from an audience begging for more and offered that they<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

could take advantage of the time it took her to catch her breath and hit her vape. The<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

audience new their assignment and howled and cajoled the band to play more songs,<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

which they did before launching into a cover of Lush\u2019s Light From A Dead Star and then<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

their original single, Stranger.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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While many in the audience had seen Berenyi perform before this was first time for others.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

But after communing with the band and crowd for 17 songs and catching up with them in<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

the crowd for selfies and autographs afterwards, no one left the show a Stranger.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Be sure to check out their debut album, Tripla, on Bella Union Records, and go see them<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

when they play your town.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Miki Berenyi\u2019s setlist follows:<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Doldrum Days<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hurricane<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A Different Girl<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Undertow (Lush cover)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Leaves Me Cold (Lush cover)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gango<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kinch<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Manu<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

8th Deadly Sin<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Vertigo<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

For Love (Lush cover)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ubique<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Big I Am<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ladykillers (Lush cover)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Stray (Lush cover)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Light From A Dead Star (Lush cover)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Stranger<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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