San Diego indie rock band Delta Spirit came on with a "Hello" and began a song that inspired clapping on its own, but it did not stay long.  The trumpet was too low, but luckily was fixed in the same song.  I could tell someone was into it well enough from the shaking of the barrier that rocked to the beat.  The next one was more upbeat but nothing special.  This one was followed by a song that included singer Matthew Vasquez's yell/singing in the middle of the song that would be present for most of the rest of the songs.

Asking a second time in a row how the crowd was doing, Vasquez spoke of how three years ago that they played their first show at Soma on the smaller stage.   A few songs later they thanked The Shins for letting them play in front of them.  Vasquez put on the harmonica for the intro to the next song.  The guitarist went over to help the drummer drum and the keyboardist took over on guitar.  This solid song would have been a great finisher to their set, but they had a few more to play.  The next song was good overall, but there was a constant tom beat that threatened to drive me mad.  

Out of the blue Vasquez said, "Hi Johnny, what's up man?  Johnny Carson is here everybody, not the dead one, the young one."  He explained this was someone who he had not seen in a decade and dedicated the next song to him, saying he loved him dearly.  He proceeded to go on the keyboards and instructed the crowd to do the "yeahs" of the song.  It was a mellow one that picked up a little and had a trash can lid used along with a tambourine.  Before the last song Vasquez said "Brandon and I agree, this is the best crowd of the tour."  The last song had an extra bass drum picked up and beaten with a shaker.  It was not as great of an ending song as earlier, but it did the job just fine.