Originally posted by jpauls20:
could not make the show.. how was it...did they play that song about the yeti?? love that song
"Abominable Snow"? I think they played it, but I'm not sure.
I thought the show was "just OK," but that may have just been me. My seasonal allergies hit me hard last night. My 24-Hour Claritin must have either worn off or was ineffectual against the pollen onslaught. Anyway, I was kind of in a allergy-induced dazed throughout the entire show and wasn't really enjoying myself all that much as a result.
Islands performed well enough. Many of their songs sounded a bit different from their album, but that's cool. I kind of got an Arcade Fire vibe from them, but where Arcade Fire would go nuts and give everything they had for the audience, Islands were a bit more pretentious and reserved. They held back their best stuff, hoarding it for a later day. Perhaps the Black Cat audience deserved it, but Islands didn't exactly win me over as a result.
The Black Cat audience was more annoying than usual though. There were a couple of loud talkers up front. When some guy near me politely asked them to be quiet or move to the rear, the loud-talking male decided to impress his loud-talking girlfriend by talking even louder and generally being an ass. Then, apparently some people from New Orleans seemingly took exception to Islands not performing there during the tour and made a big scene. WTF? During one quiet song, the Islands frontman actually shushed the crowd. I enjoyed that, but, after the main set ended, the lead singer for Why? came out and admonished the audience for not applauding more. I thought that was extremely tacky. I immediately stopped applauding on principle. Anyway, they did then come out for an encore, and I'm glad they did because the encore was a definite highlight of the show. The show ended at 12:15! That's the latest I can recall a Black Cat show ending on a weeknight in a very long time.
