Gotta admit, I've seen Vanderslice I guess 3 times now and he's good-- artistically. I love it.
Mountain Goats were such *charmers*-- he worked the crowd amazingly and made a two-piece (mostly) acoustic into something really exciting and fun.
I was surprised, also, at how many folks stuck around after Metro closed until the post-1am finish time... really a credit to the band.