04.01.06 Metric/Islands/Panurge @ commodore

panurge: kinda meh. basically indie/emo rock w/ bouncy beats so girls can dance.

islands: before i saw them. i had only heard 'don't call me whitney, bobby'. which is probably their money shot. rest of the songs come close to being as good, but falls short. man is this band weird, though in a good way. they even have 2 asians playing the keyboard and violin (stereotypical). the stage presence of this band is commendable.

metric:

live it out
glass ceiling
wet blanket
poster of a girl
patriarch on a vespa
ending start
monster hospital
handshakes
police and the private
on a slow night
hustle rose
combat baby
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the list
dead disco

they're current intro is better than what they were doing before. starts out w/ the intro to live it out on the pa then cuts out, the band then jumps in. kind of a weaker setlist imo. i was hoping for calculation theme or love is a place. but nope. dead disco was loooooonggggg. they just kept jamming out on it. someone told me they played london halflife the night before. i kinda doubt it though, he did admit to being drunk at the time though.

overall this was a great show though. i'm skipping out on isis tonight. didn't get a lot of sleep last night cuz of wintersleep + my back and feet are killing me.

i'd actually see metric again but
a) my back is sore.
b) sold out. i'm expecting to pay in around $50 on the low end from a scalper.

rating:
$30/$35 (setlist could have been better. dead disco's length swollowed up a couple potential songs)