Barack Rock (Franz Ferdinand, Les Savy Fav, Fiery Furnaces, Andrew Bird, etc) @ Music Hall of Williamsburg, NYC - pics
Photos by Kyle Dean Reinford
Last night (October 7) 6 musicians and 6 comedians came together to raise money for Democrtaic presidential candidate Barack Obama. The not-so-packed, but sold out event went on over the course of 5 and a half hours, ending with a set by Andrew Bird who thought this was the greatest afterparty he could imagine. The $40 event was highlighted by an appearance by not-so-secret-guests Franz Ferdindand (who play the same venue again tonight)
“Thanks for letting a bunch of Limeys like us play your rally,” said Scot and Greenpoint resident Alex Kapranos. “We only hope you’ll invite us back for your victory party.” It was a fun night in support of who many of us hope will be the next President of the United States. [Sound Bites]
Other highlights were Eugene Mirman’s RNC video coverage, a Les Savy Fav (another not-so-secret guust) patriotic song sing-a-long, and a set by the Fiery Furnaces.
Fiery Furnaces may have played all new songs, I didn’t recognize an of them at least. Once again, they’ve reinvented themselves since last seeing them at MHOW last December. They’re now organ-heavy, early ’70s funk. I still marvel at Elanor’s ability to memorize Fiery Furnaces insanely-verbose lyrics. [Sound Bites]
Each band played 3-5 songs and each comedian joked for about 15 minutes. Downstairs was Obama headquarters where live video of the debate was viewable.
More pictures below…
Heather Lawless…
Adira Amram…
Kumail Nanjiani…
Alina Simone…
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Les Savy Fav…
Guster…
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Fiery Furnaces…
Eugene Mirman…
Franz Ferdinand…
Lizz Winstead…
Andrew Bird…