In counterpoint to Surfer Blood’s diffident reaction to their limited set time, Okkervil River let everyone know what was up and how they felt about it the moment they took the stage at Flamingo Cantina. Lead singer Will Sheff greeted the audience with a brief rant about self-satisfied public safety authority figures clad in yellow vests with suspicious bulges in their pants, and proceeded to launch into a breakneck thirty minutes of music.
If there was even a moment’s break in the music, it was a brief and tense one that saw band members exchanging “okay, whatever” glances and coping with laster-than-last-minute adjustments. On the whole, the pace of the set only did good things for the band, turning a time slot that under normal circumstances might have taken five or six songs to fill into a lightning fast parade of audience favorites like “Our Life is Not a Movie or Maybe” and “John Allyn Smith Sails,” as well as new songs from their oh-so-soon to be released album, “I Am Very Far.”
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Two songs go in, one comes out. Pick a side.
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
