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Last week’s Yeasayer set at Neumo’s was preceded by one band, Chicago crazymakers Icy Demons. Last night’s M83 show also had only one opener, School of Seven Bells. And on top of that, the show actually started early, with M83 taking the stage at 10:20 p.m. Last night’s show wasn’t the most amazing thing ever. The French electro-shoegazers are *reeeeeally* low-key in terms of audience interaction, and the sound mix, especially at the beginning of the show, was wack, with muddy vocals and way too heavy bass. Still, the Saturdays=Youth-heavy set was solidly, sonically taut, with special propers for Morgan Kibby’s strong yet ethereal vocals on "Skin of the Night" and the extra-security wild drummer enclosure.
We really can’t complain, considering we’ve been to two shows in as many weeks where the headliners’ set is over come midnight (when, we assume, the band members would turn into pumpkins). Early, on-time, two-band shows on weeknights is change we can believe in. For all of the above, we give thanks this year.
"Set." by lorilovesyouu is one of the many photos of Neumo's from our Flickr pool.
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Great move to start [closer to] on time. But how are we supposed to know which shows use the Mussolini model and which tend to be more Jerry Garcia-like??
Any of the handful of shows I've been to at the Paramount in the last couple years have started within a couple minutes of the the stated "show time" on the ticket; as long as you know that's the plan, it's awesome. I do sometimes wonder what percentage of really late start times are based on bands being flaky, versus the venues wanting to sell more booze.
Even though it seems as if the likelihood of an opening band actually being good is dramatically higher than a decade ago, I still cheer on the idea of a two-band show whenever possible. I think the audience is usually far less distracted, fatigued, and/or drunk in these situations, making for a much better show.