Spring Break
Indie rock weekend in Cambridge
by Andrea Fineman
Managing Editor
Music | 10/2/07
Posted online at 9:55 PM EST on 10/1/07
/ Last updated at 5:49 AM EST on 10/1/07
"I really like blogs, and I spend a lot of time on music blogs," Vanderslice said. "I wanted to pay back the blogs. [Blogs are] an efficient way to find out about music because they're always directly linking the content. [They're] run by only one person, so there's no editorial process."
As is to be expected in Middle East Upstairs, the band's microphones became disconnected halfway through the show, which began with "Kookabura," off the new album. Just a couple of songs after inviting audience members onstage, the analog king stepped down into the crowd, away from the useless microphones to play "My Old Flame" and a new single, "White Dove," surrounded by concertgoers. The audio was eventually reset, but Vanderslice nonetheless ended the show with an acoustic performance of "Nikki Oh Nikki," from Vanderslice's 2002 album, Life and Death of an American Fourtracker. His violinist and drummer joined him in a small circle in the center of the tiny venue, as did the keyboardist, bringing with him a Fisher Price toy piano from the stage.
Complete with panty-throwing and a short post-show dance party, Friday night's concert provided a heavy dose of adrenaline, standing in stark contrast to Sunday night's soothing transcendence which I had experienced along with the bulk of my fellow concertgoers. This reporter, as well as a number of local music lovers, eagerly awaits the promised return of these two headliners to the Boston area in the spring.
As is to be expected in Middle East Upstairs, the band's microphones became disconnected halfway through the show, which began with "Kookabura," off the new album. Just a couple of songs after inviting audience members onstage, the analog king stepped down into the crowd, away from the useless microphones to play "My Old Flame" and a new single, "White Dove," surrounded by concertgoers. The audio was eventually reset, but Vanderslice nonetheless ended the show with an acoustic performance of "Nikki Oh Nikki," from Vanderslice's 2002 album, Life and Death of an American Fourtracker. His violinist and drummer joined him in a small circle in the center of the tiny venue, as did the keyboardist, bringing with him a Fisher Price toy piano from the stage.
Complete with panty-throwing and a short post-show dance party, Friday night's concert provided a heavy dose of adrenaline, standing in stark contrast to Sunday night's soothing transcendence which I had experienced along with the bulk of my fellow concertgoers. This reporter, as well as a number of local music lovers, eagerly awaits the promised return of these two headliners to the Boston area in the spring.
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