MS MR w/ Wildcat! Wildcat! 7th St Entry, Minneapolis (09/28/13) concert review
Setlist
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WILDCAT! WILDCAT!
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Los Angeles trio Wildcat! Wildcat! started the evening with a well-received set of chilled, harmonic indie pop. Bassist Jesse Taylor and keyboardist Michael Wilson backed by drummer Jesse Carmichael, used their tenor voices and bristling melodies to incite the receptive crowd to songs from their just released self-titled ep (Downtown Records). Mentioning it was their “first trip east” and wisely postponing their own dates to act as tour opener, expect the band to return and headline on their own sometime next spring.
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Lizzy Plapinger
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MS MR Setlist
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Lizzy Plapinger (MS) and Max Hershenow (MR) started their 53 min. set rightly, with the dark thumping beats of ‘Bones’, most recognized from the HBO series ‘Game of Thrones’. Their brooding blend of atmospheric pop was counter-balanced live by the pure joy and additional energy the band emoted from the sequin-backdropped stage. Fans of Phantogram, Polica, Florence and the Machine, and Marina and the Diamonds should stand up and take notice of the Brooklyn duo, who were backed by a live drummer and bassist. Assertive vocals over pulsing synth beats, they are a band that thoroughly seems to enjoy themselves on stage- a rarity for those acts dabbling in their spirited brand of dark electro pop.
In addition to songs from their debut, a couple of cover versions sprinkled into the set went off extremely well, and fit very seamlessly into the overall fabric of the performance. ‘Time of My Life’, a Patrick Wolf cover, was re-worked with more gusto and depth than the original and a faithful version of LCD Soundsystem’s ‘Dance Yrself Clean’ whipped the crowd up for the set crescendo of ‘Hurricane’, the sultry mid-tempo album opener, that you can’t get out of your head once you hear it.
There’s a reason the critical acclaim is building and the band was invited to play high-profile international festivals (Lollapalooza, Glastonbury, Reading, Outside Lands, Melt, and ACL to name a few), most before a full album had even been released. On Saturday night, 250 of us bore witness to why we were fortunate enough to get a small-club sized glimpse of MS MR, so clearly on the rise to greater and larger heights.
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MS MR at 7th Street Entry, Minneapolis (09/28/13) |