It may have come a month later then it normally does, but summer has finally arrived in New York City. The weather is finally warming up and after Jay Reatard's free show on Wednesday evening the South Street Seaport kicked off their annual run of Friday nights with a great free show from Here We Go Magic. Sure the 32oz. beers have gone up in price to $4.50 and the crowd may have sat through the entire opening set by Bachelorette, but it was still a summer evening on the Seaport's boardwalk and what a blast it was!
For me the big thing was hanging with friends and drinking 96oz. of beer, but Here We Go Magic made sure we did all that with some fantastic tunes. I spoke of their live set earlier this year, musically they are sharp as knives but on stage their music is so intricate that they have to focus on it and wind up just standing behind their instruments. That's a bit of a bummer, but the Seaport sound system has been improved by leaps and bounds, you could actually hear the vocal harmonies yesterday and the sounds provided were pretty fantastic.
It was a bit of a sleepy evening thanks to the muted sounds of the two bands, but it was fun to be under a lovely early evening sky and be outside enjoying some free music once again! Next week we get three bands, Zaza, Ribbons, and of course The Pains of Being Pure at Heart! Be there!
1 comments:
That's a lovely post! I'm really looking forward to seeing Here We Go Magic next week in Leeds Uk, it won't be out in the open but will hopefully be as nice as you described!
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