Night three of xxmerge was AMAZING. It started off strong with one of my all-time favorite bands, the Essex Green, playing several of my all-time favorite songs. (We all jumped and danced quite enthusiastically b/c they are awesome!) Then Spent came on (Jon Wurster hilariously claimed they hadn't played live in 22 years, whcih people totally bought. Do the math, Merge has only been around for twenty! heh) and they were totally great live.
THEN! Lambchop came out! And performed one of the most amazing shows I have ever seen! They brought the funk. They played some jamz--with a Z! Two dudes were overwhelmed with the awesome and danced frantically right next to us! They covered "Once in a Lifetime" in the most amazing way and Kurt Wagner even stood up. The crowd was totally into it, too. Just awesome.
Polvo and Pipe were up next, but it was hard to follow such a great set (Though Pipe is of course great to watch live--beer cans were flying) and Spoon headlined, though were beset by technical problems (I left during their set since I have work today).
It will be hard to top that show--though by process of elimination we have figured out which bands have to play tonight--and it should be pretty sweet.
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