Sunday night brought a nice evening out with my buddy SQ to celebrate his new job (and catch up a bit), so after some beer and appetizers at The Loon Cafe', we sauntered over to First Avenue...
to catch the sold-out show of the Fleet Foxes. They were so good!
The opener, Dungen (Swedish psychopop) was kind of dull.
It was another one of those groups that played to themselves (facing inward, not toward the crowd), mostly bent over to face the floor, except for the lead singer who occasionally strightened up for the pupose of snapping his golden locks up and down with the beat. Must be torture on the back...
SQ and I looked at each other and agreed... the songs are too unremarkable to be so long. :(
But then, the Foxes came up, and the whole atmosphere changed.
They were much better about engaging the crowd.
The lead singer (who also did some solo work later), was barefoot most of the night. Funny.
They definitely had the bearded, hillbilly-hip look to them, and ... the sound they could make from 5 guys but only three singing! My goodness, the vocals. Wow. Mix the vocals of the Beach Boys with CSN&Y, and set it into songs that have an Iron & Wine or Bon Iver feel, and you have the Foxes.
A great show and great company make for a great evening.
And, before I forget... it's bell pepper time at the Farmer's Market again! Yay! So after work on Tuesday I cored, cut, chopped and froze a couple of bagsful. :)
The orange/red/yellow ones are not ready yet, but the white and purple ones are! These are colors you don't find at Cub Foods...
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