Blog: 2Hip2Shower

In addition to the previous night's Vampire Weekend performance, I also was able to catch Yeasayer at the Sixth and I Synagogue. The dry venue that night combined with the religious nature of the venue left the crowd mostly serene at the beginning of Yeasayer's performance. One got the feeling that a spiritual event was on its way, and Yeasayer delivered. Their psychedelic, futuristic, and "middle-eastern" tinged indie rock gradually built the crowd to a crescendo and aroused them off of their pews. The highlights of the set were the new material throughout the opening, followed by crowd [...]