OF MONTREAL!
Of Montreal played last night in Atlanta with Janelle Monae. This show was truly amazing. There was a great crowd (give or take the few assholes who like to come in late and try to push themselves to the front) The energy was pumped and they kept it going. A band named Deep Cotton started the evening off. I had never he heard of them before, but they were an awesome mixture of Outcast and 60's music.
I had not been a fan of Janelle Monae. There was only one song I ever heard of her's and I didn't like it all that much.Ironically I absolutely loved it when she performed it, along with all the other songs she did! She presented herself as an android from the future, traveling back in time to prepare us for the vast technological changes ahead. You must dance or die! She has a beautiful voice that has a wide range and she breaks into a sort of scat. At one point during her concert she painted a picture while singing. Needless to say I was a fan of hers by the time she was done.
Of Montreal though, ahhhh, they were just amazing. It was crazy insanity all over the stage. Kevin Barnes is just giddy with joy the whole entire time, as masked people come from every angle in strange costumes, doing crazy things, everyone's dancing and singing. He is literally dry humping people on stage. There is very high volume of sexuality and play. It's like an amazing soft core porn play time for Kevin, and he is just playing dress up with everyone! He played all of my favorite songs,and had such awesome visual effects. Definitely gave the crowd everything they could have thought they would want and more!
By the end of the night my feet are pretty much magnetized to the floor, I am bruised from the pushing, molested by strangers, feathered and glittered in places I never thought possible, and the sweat (mine and strangers) infused all the little foreign objects to me. Walking outside to meet the crisp winter air was all a bitter sweet refreshment of an amazing night that was coming to an end.