Loney Dear played first, using the same stage setup complete with three large gramophones that Andrew Bird would use later... The sweet Swedish man named Emil played so softly everyone was forced to be silent -- it was really beautiful. I don't really listen to Loney Dear, but from what I've heard of him, he sounds better live than recorded. After his set, he casually walked by Morgan and me in his white shirt and black suspenders with a drink, and we immediately sprung on the opportunity: "Hey, Great Show!" He stopped and the three of us talked for a while -- great guy!
When Andrew Bird hit the stage, it was pure euphoria. he opened with "Masterswarm" from his newest album Noble Beast and proceeded to play several songs from that album, along with so many good ones from his previous albums. Of course, he threw in the package deal of "Fake Palindromes" and "Imitosis" (i about cried when Imitosis came on.) This show was really unbelievably amazing. He had two huge Gramophones set up on each side with his band behind him, and one rotating gramophone right behind him. The lighting was really simple, and he was wearing black pants, a white shirt, a small black tie, and a black blazer that he kept taking off and putting back on... He used a loop machine for most of the songs, playing several different parts on the violin, guitar, glockenspeiel, and of course his whistling.. ohhhhhh his whistling.. and his voice. just the perfect package. the look on his face matched the beauty of his voice and whistle and smoothness of the instruments.. although he had a great band accompanying him (Morgan met the bassist, that band-aid) the only time i really noticed the band was when the clarinet player came out to play...
All in all it was an amazing show... until next show (Deerhunter on Tuesday) i dont think i can stop thinking about the show. seriously. Well, i guess there is a grilled cheese invitational tomorrow?
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