Who Could Win A Rabbit

Animal Collective played the Commodore last night. Opening the evening was Barr and First Nation.

Barr was a guy that basically did some spoken word poetry to music. It was nothing like anything I've seen before at a concert. The artist was really into it and extremely appreciative of everyone that came early and actually listened. During his set, he had some audio problems with the sound guy for the night, though so did the second openers. His act got boring kinda fast but you have to give him some credit for what he was doing. It's certainly different, though if it was me having to perform like that every night, I'd probably shoot myself.

First nation was the next openers. The band consists of three girls. Their sound is quite experimental, just like the headliners. Throughout the set, they also had some difficulties with their in-ear monitors and the sound level on stage. Aside from that, I enjoyed what I heard. Their set ran 35mins.

Animal Collective came on stage to a packed Commodore crowd. The original venue for the show was at Richard's, but it sold quite fast and they moved it to a larger venue to accomodate the demand. The quartet from Baltimore had some great energy. The songs felt like layers of sound, overlapping from one to the next. Transitions between songs were nicely blended in.



The music was psychedelic and trippy at times. Their performance was intense and an interesting experience. Set lasted 1hr 35mins.