By the time I walked on to the wharf known as Pier 54 last night Flosstradamus was already in full flow and the pier was stuffed to the gills with kids dancing and partying the beautiful summer evening away. The sun was setting behind New Jersey and everything was glowing a little bit of orange. As the kids danced to Flosstradamus Pier 54 literally shook, you could feel it and I was a bit concerned that a lot of people would be swimming back to the Isle of Manhattan. Likewise the promoters of the show were concerned that there would be an onslaught of people pushing up when Matt & Kim went on. All those people in such a small space was a thing to behold though, moving like a wave as the sound waves hit each of their ears. Flosstradamus got the party going for sure with a rousing DJ set ending with an MJ mashup that was poignant and solid.
Like everyone else there though I wasn't there to see a couple DJ's spin, I was their to see indie rock's preeminent couple Matt & Kim play tunes of their new record and work the kids into a tizzy. The couple came out and launched into some of their older stuff. "Yeah Yeah", "5K", and "Lightspeed" were all played and then they started to mix in some of the newer material as well.
Sure enough the promoters of the show were right about the kids pushing. Security guards lined the barriers to keep the folks up front from being trampled by the folks in the back. It was more then a little bit scary but if you looked at the kids crowd surfing and dancing around it was obvious that the element of danger was also a bit fun as well. Kids and their risky behaviour!
Matt & Kim did everything to encourage that kind of behavior though, never taking it down a notch, always trying to amp everything up. They said they wanted to one up Beyonce's MSG appearance the other day, they asked everyone to yell at the Empire State Building, they had the kids eating out of their hands with their catchy 2-minute long tunes. As if that weren't enough they also found time to toss out some new CD's and shoot t-shirts out of a cannon.
All in all it was a ridculously fun evening of live music thanks to Matt & Kim and their endless streams of energy. The band closed the night with an impromptu riff from Guns n' Roses "Sweet Child O' Mine" followed by the tune from the Bacardi commercial "Daylight". It was a great set, an awesome evening, and a lot of fun!
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