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Fantastic show at the Double Door last night. Those great Danes known as Mew rocked the house with fantastic fidelity, staying very true to the sound of their recordings. Even though I was half-hoping they'd just get up and play And The Glass Handed Kites all the way through, it ended up being a good mixture of songs from that album and Frengers. Lots of surreal visuals behind the band throughout the performance.
The opening band Oh No! Oh My! (or as my brother Blake kept calling them, "Oh me oh my") was pretty good. I'd describe them as 50% Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, 40% Wolf Parade, 20% The Decemberists, and -10% original. That might not be quite fair, but the songs were a bit hit-or-miss. Note to bands everywhere: when the drummer says he's got a song he wants to perform, politely deflect the request. I missed them when they came to Lollapalooza last summer, but I'd see them if they came back this year.
