midlake: damn good

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roscoe - midlake

saw midlake at bowery on friday. they were impressive. maybe one too many slow burners in the set, but overall, pretty glorious. at times 3 guys playing synth/keys. tim smith has this sweetly urgent voice. he totally harmonizes with everyone around him. even the guitars. and himself. it's pretty wack.

i know the cool kids like to compare midlake to fleetwood mac, but really? come on, people. midlake is way more proggy. plus, last time i checked, there are no criz-azy gypsy/witches in midlake. their stage set-up looks like a keyboard warehouse. for real. the whole band goes off into the atmosphere every now and then, but they always come back.



that camera-phone video is super-lame. in every possible way. it involves me a dingbat asking about the sound and dude asking said dingbat if she needs another beer.

yep.

one of midlake's openers was annie clark, aka st. vincent. up there on her own, she played keys, electric guitar and some stomping/distortion to create her own percussion. she rocks this weird combo of purity and total psycho-ness. sort of an amazing performer actually.

also, dude from entourage adrian grenier was there. this was confirmed by yetta. who went up to him. and confirmed it. (he is in a band. who knew?) plus, some dude apparently peed next to sufjan stevens. wow, a hipster boy's wet dream. yeah it is.

~ peace out.