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Art Brut played NXNE, Maxwell's & Music Hall of Williamsburg w/ Reptar & Mini-Boone (pics & setlist)

photos by Amanda Hatfield

Art Brut @ Music Hall of Williamsgburg
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“…So here was Art Brut, on a Friday night [in Toronto for NXNE], playing to a two-thirds full Mod Club. And from the outset, it was rough. “Formed a Band” sounded like “Formed a Band,” but something was off. It was a bit of a rush job and the energy felt fake. Rolling straight into “My Little Brother,” it seemed as though there was an acknowledgment that Art Brut’s “hits” were all anyone wanted to see, and this would be a middling trip down nostalgia lane. And that is when things took an unbelievably meta turn and Art Brut saved the day.

Midway through that second track, Argos admitted that his “little brother” was now 29, and a school teacher. And when he got to the line about how all songs have the same message — “why don’t our parents care about us” — he went on a longer tangent, basically explaining the brief success and slow decline of Art Brut. It was stunningly honest, endearing and hilarious. And at the end of it, the entire room was in Art Brut’s corner.

A little later, a long comedic digression in “Modern Art” finished with the bulk of the crowd sitting on the floor with Argos at the middle, telling a (mostly?) fictional story about a trip to the Van Gogh museum in Amsterdam. I can’t do any of it justice, but I can tell you it ended with the entire audience jumping full bore around the singer at the song’s climax.” [National Post]

A week after that Toronto show, and after they hit Maxwell’s in Hoboken, Art Brut brought their tour to Music Hall of Williamsburg in Brooklyn on Thursday (6/23). Reptar and MiniBoone opened the show which is pictured in this post. More pics, including Art Brut’s setlist, below…

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Reptar have other upcoming shows. They open for Foster the People at Terminal 5 on September 27 and play Escape to NY in August.