New Pornographers celebrate new album at 9:30 Club
Throughout their set, the New Pornographers played a mixture of old and new songs, which showcased their catchy, upbeat tunes and poetic yet nearly nonsensical lyrics. However, the foundation of the New Pornographers' original style is their experimentation with combining many diverse sounding instruments and vocalists.
In addition to playing songs from their newest album, they included old favorites from Electric Version and Mass Romantic.
The New Pornographers played an unforgettable show, not just because their song quality and selection was so good, but also because the individual performers were so interesting to watch. Before playing "Jackie," Dan was lost somewhere backstage, probably due to over-consumption of beer, and the rest of the band members called out to him for a couple of minutes before he rejoined them on stage. Meanwhile Kurt, who also imbibed quite a bit of alcohol on-stage, entertained the audience by making weird faces that strangely resembled Sméagol from Lord of the Rings, and flipping his drumsticks up in the air in the midst of nearly every song. Kurt also helped out with vocals and with maracas shaped like an apple during Emma Pollack's set, and in general there was a borrowing of the other band members' talents for several songs throughout the evening.
The concert was thrilling to experience live, but if you missed out, all you have to do is check out http://www.npr.org, where you can listen to all three bands' live performances.
In addition to playing songs from their newest album, they included old favorites from Electric Version and Mass Romantic.
The New Pornographers played an unforgettable show, not just because their song quality and selection was so good, but also because the individual performers were so interesting to watch. Before playing "Jackie," Dan was lost somewhere backstage, probably due to over-consumption of beer, and the rest of the band members called out to him for a couple of minutes before he rejoined them on stage. Meanwhile Kurt, who also imbibed quite a bit of alcohol on-stage, entertained the audience by making weird faces that strangely resembled Sméagol from Lord of the Rings, and flipping his drumsticks up in the air in the midst of nearly every song. Kurt also helped out with vocals and with maracas shaped like an apple during Emma Pollack's set, and in general there was a borrowing of the other band members' talents for several songs throughout the evening.
The concert was thrilling to experience live, but if you missed out, all you have to do is check out http://www.npr.org, where you can listen to all three bands' live performances.
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