King Khan & the Shrines - Waterloo Park (SXSW 2009; March 21)

text: Joshua Bean / photos: Joshua Bean

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King Kahn & the Shrines are practiced showmen. Their Mess With Texas 3 performance at Waterloo Park left no doubt of this. It only took a song before Kahn and the Shrines’ guitarist and bassist jumped into the crowd. It only took a couple more before he invited the crowd to burn dollar bills as a prelude to “Welfare Bread.” Several foolhardy audience members did just this. They were rewarded by lots of continued theatrics, including many slides around the stage. The beauty of the set was that none of the performance seemed forced - it provided an ideal backdrop to the energetic garage rock they blasted across the Waterloo Park lawn. What a blast!

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song battle!!!

Two songs go in, one comes out. Pick a side.

Father John Misty - Nancy From Now On
vs.
The Men - Candy

thanks so much nadine! probably the best compliment a photog can get!

and thanks for reminding me to embed the video in the post too!

by Steve Benoit on Sun May 20, 2012 at 09.33 am from the entry: Father John Misty + Har Mar Superstar - Brighton Music Hall (Boston, MA; May 16, 2012)

I can’t get over how these photos captured my up close memory of the night.

by nadine on Sat May 19, 2012 at 11.08 pm from the entry: Father John Misty + Har Mar Superstar - Brighton Music Hall (Boston, MA; May 16, 2012)

Or should it be whoever?  F my grammar.

by nadine on Sat May 19, 2012 at 10.30 pm from the entry: Father John Misty + Har Mar Superstar - Brighton Music Hall (Boston, MA; May 16, 2012)

Whomever took these photos certainly captured the night!

by nadine on Sat May 19, 2012 at 10.26 pm from the entry: Father John Misty + Har Mar Superstar - Brighton Music Hall (Boston, MA; May 16, 2012)

“Mindkilla” is awesome. I’ve got this music video last week and really impressed through watching every performance particularly “Glass Jar”. Thanks dude. :)
dance contest

by Mark Waugh on Thu May 17, 2012 at 05.54 am from the entry: Gang Gang Dance's Illuminating "Mindkilla"

Also, I have yet to pay this venue a visit, is it good spot? good people, good vibe, good atmosphere?
... man, i hope i win some tickets…

by Jaz Bonnin-Aldatz on Thu May 17, 2012 at 12.27 am from the entry: It's all good, see Fishbone for free at Fête

Looking forward to the show. Would love to win some tix for my pals.

by MC Breath on Wed May 16, 2012 at 07.40 pm from the entry: It's all good, see Fishbone for free at Fête

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