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shit was good October 8, 2008

Videos & more photos: Fleet Foxes at Webster Hall

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Download “White Winter Hymnal” | This is an entirely overindulgent post–there’s only about a month to go, and I’ve been spending all of my free time obsessing over the elections (luckily I’m not blogging about it here), and I refuse to be overly optimistic, so my breath is held until November 4th. This post is comfort for these nerve-wracking times. It features tons of more photos from the Fleet Foxes show at Webster Hall–and these, taken by Kashish, are far better than the ones I previously posted. My only regret is that keyboardist Casey Wescott was too far off to the left for us to photograph him. And yes, there are a lot of Skyler Skjelset photos. He was standing right in front of us; he looked like a beautiful elf, and the lights were so pretty, and his guitar sounded like twinkling stars, so did you really expect us to restrain ourselves? (I’d like to remind you about these nerve-wracking times). PS. I picked up their vinyl and it features both the self-titled album and Sun Giant EP, plus those marvelous download codes.

All photos by Kashish. Videos by Sahara (from a tiny point-and-shoot, but the quality is surprisingly good–I’m going to add the new song in a while; the second one is “Katie Cruel” unplugged, literally).

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shit was good October 6, 2008

Fleet Foxes played "hoity-toity" Webster Hall

The strength of a Fleet Foxes show is the same one you’ll find on their albums: beautiful songs and gorgeous harmonies; and if you aren’t in love with their recordings, you probably won’t fall in love with their shows. Last night, the comfort with which the band sailed through their marvelous songs, and the presence of cool mountain air these songs manage to evoke, was probably best encapsulated by guitarist Skyler Skjelset. His guitar was so crisp and audible, and he plays so many key parts burned in our memory of the songs, that I couldn’t help feeling terrified for him–one small slip of a note and we’d recognize it as if it’d been a personal betrayal. There were no such betrayals, however, and to our delight, the band was also quite chatty. (Update: Videos and more photos from the show)

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