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Dominick Mastrangelo

The Antlers & Ra Ra Riot played BAM (pics)

words & photos by Dominick Mastrangelo, more words by Zach Pollack

Ra Ra Riot
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Ra Ra Riot played to a sold-out crowd at the Howard Gilman Opera House in Brooklyn on Friday (2/5). The Syracuse-based band played an energetic set and threw in a couple of Kate Bush covers (finishing the show with “Hounds Of Love”.) “Suspended in Gaffa” appeared on 2008’s critically acclaimed The Rhumb Line of which the band played all of its songs.

The Antlers, architects of one of last year’s critically acclaimed records, Hospice, opened with a taut, haunting set, placed in stark contrast to the headliner’s flowing, uptempo pop songs. – Dominick

Peter Silberman, Michael Lerner, and Darby Cicci collectively known as The Antlers took the stage at BAM’s Howard Gilman Opera House at a prompt 8:10pm. This kicked off the 4th night of BAM’s Sounds Like Brooklyn Festival. Silberman commanded audience attention with his sweeping falsettos, and impressive guitar tones coming from his daisy chain of pedals. They had a two man horn section join them (Tim Cronin and Jon Natchez), adding depth to their already dense sound. The band’s set largely consisted of songs off of Hospice.

Ra Ra Riot headlined the show, featuring a string quartet and a four man horn section. The band sounded impeccable live, and carried though their set with the poise, grace, and energy of a well practiced rock band. In four short years since forming the band Ra Ra Riot has grown a large fan base, which was certainly apparent at The Howard Gilman Opera House Friday night. Cellist Alexandra Lawn and violinist Rebecca Zeller add to the already dense rhythms of the band with their sweeping string section.

Friday night’s show was the third and last ‘Sounds Like Brooklyn’ show at BAM this year. The first two were Les Savy Fav / Vivian Girls and Rain Machine / Anti-Pop Consortium. More pictures from Ra Ra / Antlers, below…

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