The Antlers at The Varsity Theater, Minneapolis (4/20/10)

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For a school/work night, Tuesday at the Varsity Theater in Dinkytown, was surprisingly full of young people. Again, I absolutely the venue, the staff are friendly, the drinks are reasonable, and it's spacious (this is especially important for the "merch" table).

I read online that the doors weren't opened until 8pm, so I arrived a bit late, at 9, but even so, there was still a massive lineup leading into the front door.

Phantogram - When I'm Small

Inside, it was pretty packed and the opener, Phantogram had already started their set sharply at nine. The boys around me, including myself, was pretty smitten with keys/singer Sarah Barthel, who had this kind of Sandie Shaw haircut to her.

They had a movie projector behind them, playing movies like moving cars or lights and shadows and trees, which adds a little to the music. Highlight from their set is probably "Wishing Well", which I don't think is on their Barsuk album, Eyelid Movies. You can read more details about this album on my review.

Two

Despite what their setlist said (a total of 8 songs), The Antlers played more than an hour's worth of music. Maybe their songs are just "extra long" because of the "experimental" things, but I would argue that I think there were songs that were played that's not on the setlist. For instance, I'm pretty sure that I heard singer Peter Silberman said one of their song played was "Tip" (an old song).

The Antlers at The Varsity Theater, Minneapolis (04/20/10)

Most of the songs played were from their album, Hospice.

There were two encore songs, the final song played was "Epilogue", which is very fitting for its title.

Look for the band to continue with Phantogram and then with The National (hot buzz band) later on in June. Hospice is out now on Frenchkiss Records.

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