The Dig came out featuring songs from their new demo (free, definitely download these three songs) and kept us doing the appropriate indie head-nod for most of their eight-set list. Live, their songs featured great leads and a strong bass presence (Emile Mosseri). Their guitarist (David Baldwin) does not have as much stage presence as the bassist but on the studio version this can't really be picked up on...Erick Eiser keep us synthed with his Casio. Apparently this group was only doing a ten show tour before heading back to New York.
Glass Ghost (which I kept hearing as Glass Coast) were the wrong choice for the second act- but they are lyric experiment rather than a rock group. I give Eliot, mastering multiple keyboards and a synthesized sound, credit. He came out to a crowd expecting a rowdier second set, and those around me concurred that the duo came across as too experimental for most of the crowd, who were eagerly anticipating the headlining band. The album (as I go back for the review) sounds makes Eliot sound like a higher-pitched cross between Ben Gibbard and The Decemberist's Colin Meloy but with a more mechanical sound. The looping from the keyboards enters with slow, methodical beats. I found myself blinking along with the beats but intently listening to the lyrics-the aesthetic here really made up for the lack of stage presence. They concluded well-dust is flying upwards as a guest appearance from the White Rabbit percussionists finally boosts the crowd with "Living A Mechanical Life."
Check out "Like a Diamond."
I stopped writing for the headliners after they entered (following a long pause after the techs had finished setup) carrying Budweisers.
I was in the second row of standing room, meaning behind Ari and Mel and the incessant photographer. For the record: median age is about 25, 300 hundred people or so in attendance.
We go to Acadia at the intersection of Cedar/Riverside for critique over a beer, nachos, fries. Don't really write much of that down, too hungry.
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