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August 7, 2007
"I can't believe I'm telling everyone that I know"
It's crazy up there
The summer isn't quite over yet, but I'm calling it early: last night's I'm From Barcelona show at Southpaw was the best show I've seen all summer. Better than New Pornographers at Battery Park, better than M.I.A. at the Siren Festival, better than anything I will see for the rest of the summer.
Essentially, IFB is a lead singer, a guitarist, a keyboard player, a drummer and about 15 kareoke singers, all of whom have different stage styles. There's the fat guy in a tight t-shirt who tries to get the audience into it, there's the tall skinny girl who tries to hide behind her microphone, the one who hams it up but is careful to stand behind someone else, etc... The end result is the blending of the audience and the band that is downright magical. Don't even get me started on the baloons, confetti and various other things flying overhead during the entire show. I'm not one for bands with a "positive message" and I found some of the songs on the album a little trite, but I get it now.
Unfortunately, they only played Lollapalooza, McCarren Pool and Southpaw, so my American readers who didn't get to any of those shows will not see them any time soon. Sorry - you snooze, you lose.
Photo brazenly stolen from Flickr user minicloud.
Posted by rj3 at August 7, 2007 12:52 PM
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