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I suppose it was inevitable that this song -- performed by somebody -- would wind up in my recordings this year. As the band themselves point out, it's the song of the summer, as inescapable as it is enthralling. And in the Barrymore, it kind of succeeded despite itself. As good as the song is, and as well as the band pulled it off, the acoustics in there threatened to derail the whole thing. Throughout the show, the band and their weirdly active but ineffective sound guy struggled to deal with how the room reflected their high-treble sound. The place is just not built for rock music, and definitely not the bright-sounding stuff Of Montreal brought in -- it's the same thing we heard during the New Pornographers show, and this time it seemed to be bad enough to actually move some people toward the back of the room and out into the lobby. I was happy with the band at this show, but I don't think I'm going back to the Barrymore anytime soon.
Posted by Aaron S. Veenstra ::: 2006:08:17:08:00
Hey Aaron. I'm so with you about the Barrymore. But you knew that. Wish I could have seen the OM show.
Give Mark, Lucy, Ben and the gang hellos from New Jersey. It's just like Madison here, but muggier, Jewisher and packed with Ann Coulter rage. ("Witches of East Brunswick" indeed.)
-e
PS your submission bot won't let me post due to "questionable content." I think it thought there was nothing wrong with the new pornographers.
That's weird -- there's no content filtering that I know of, and the comment moderation process doesn't have a notification, unfortunately. Although I do find myself thinking lately that there *is* something wrong with the New Pornographers.