Blog: extrawack!

Maybe it was the giant white ball hovering moonlike above the stage, its surface swarming with abstract film projections. Maybe it was the colored lights mounted under the white-draped tables where the three band members bent over their instruments. Or maybe it was the music itself: layered, percussive, hypnotic, and building moment by moment to a joyous climax. Whatever the reason, Animal Collective definitely brought a '90s rave vibe to Boston's House of Blues last night—even though most of the kids in the audience were probably way too young to recall the era of baggy pants [...]