The Blow was the second opening band. I like The Blow. It's just fun music that you can dance too. Khaela, the lead singer, was there on stage but the other guy, Jona, was not. Armed with nothing but a microphone and a friend manning her Apple laptop, Khaela sang as if she was doing karaoke. She was really funny too, although sometimes her banter went on longer than one would like. She has some dance moves, and she even did the Running Man and the Roger Rabbit. Yeah, remember those dances? "Parentheses" and "Pile of Gold" were my favourites.
After The Blow, Of Montreal came on wearing their signature "weird" costumes. Backed with three projectors (that I thought added virtually nothing to their show) and a whole bunch of theatrics, Of Montreal went through pop song after pop song after pop song. They started off their set with "Heimdalsgate Like a Promethean Curse," and all I can think of is that crazy video for that song. I think the first few songs in their long set was from the most recent album Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer? like "She's a Rejector," which was way fun to listen to, "Cato as a Pun" and "Faberge Falls For Shuggie," which is my least favourite song in their set. With their vast discography, they played so many, many songs. They even did a cover of the Fiery Furnaces' "Tropical Ice-Land," albeit much faster and rockin'.
In between all of this was lead singer Kevin Barnes' costumes. He had this body suit thing with frills on the side, then he changed into a really short kimono, then he climbed into a huge dress with a ladder underneath it, then he wore jeans and a tight fitting shirt.
And, no, they didn't play the Outback song, which we all know is "Wrath Pinned to the Mist and Other Games" from Sunlandic Twins. Would have liked to have heard it, but after all the songs they played, it was fine.
Overall, very entertaining but very long.
Beer Rating:
1/4
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