Dios Malos opened with a sound reminecent of My Morning Jacket, but noticably less boring. The So Cal natives played a sharp set filled with wide open jams and full sounds. Unfortunately the Malos killed it by ending with two songs out of their apparent punk rock days. I don't care how much fun they were to play, the sucked, do you hear me Dios, they sucked, don't play them anymore.
A two cigarette smoke break caused me to miss the beginning of the Furnaces set. Dammit all. Appropriately enough the Furnaces were in the middle of "Vietnamese Telephone Ministry" when I returned. Matt Friedberger was on the organ, sis Eleanor was singing front and center flanked by a guitar and in front of a drummer and multi-percussionalist. As is the Furnaces style, everything was played up tempo, really accentuating the organ and percussion. While songs like "Blueberry Boat" and "Quay Cur" benefited from the change, the intricacies of "Benton Harbor Blues" were swamped out. Fan favorite "Single Again" sounded rushed as Eleanor spat the vocals with some intense angst. "Tropical-Iceland" also suffered from the Furnaces live treatment, nearly becoming a completely new song from the one they had previously played live. Unfortunately Matt decided to spend the entire evening on his organ, leaving all the vocal duties to Eleanor and depriving the audience of another element of the Fiery Furnaces.
Despite the stylistic adaptations, the Furnances played amazingly crisp and together, routinely snapping songs into completely new directioins. While they may have abandoned some of their pop elements, it was very impressive to see a band fearlessly attack their songs in new ways.
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