as I was walking down W 4th to get to the show I saw a flier that said "RINGS / NYU / ALMOST SOLD OUT!" and I was like "oh dang" but then I read that it was for class rings. The show was great. I think it was put on by student events or something and so it was free, and also had free cupcakes and lots of decorations up and balloons everywhere. It was in a smallish performance room on the eighth floor of the Kimmel building.
Festival played first - they are one of my new favorite bands. (listen here) They are two singing sisters and two more people that are not related. Just really wonderful harmonizing and stripped down melodies including an mbira-type instrument. Their mom was there, stoked. They gave out valentines to the audience. good all around.
Rings was next and I had been looking forward to it as I have not seen them before and am a fan of their latest release. (quick review back here) It was good and weird and groove-y. Three distinct personas and a split/integration of instruments, like live stand-up drums for one song and an electric set for another. I am really into the sound that they make. It was a sit-down/lights-up show, and so I am curious to see them in a potentially danceable setting.
In other news, it was SO windy today, the debris from the streets just stayed suspended in the air like seagulls.
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