I've been wanting to go out to a Thin Pink Line night for ages, but somehow never made it out. I'm especially disappointed that I missed their Cops n' Robbers night. Anyway, when Andrea aka DJ Linoleum told me it was her last one, I knew it was finally time to attend.
We arrived to the sound of Hot Chip's 'Over and Over' and the night then transitioned into remixes. Glass Candy began sound-checking their bass during an Annie remix and it sounded tres cool. Also sound-tracking the night was the sound of balloons popping every few minutes.
Everyone gathered around the stage when Glass Candy began their set around 12:30 for a set of around 6-8 songs.
Aside from the songs, it was very much a set of subtly deliberate movements, poses, and expressions on behalf of Ida No. Bassist and keyboardist Johnny was calm, cool, and collected as well, and very much resembling one of the guys from Ladytron.
The set had it's moments - when Ida No read aloud from a piece of paper, or when she played with balloons. The show was somewhere between a gig and lo-fi performance art. You could tell the crowd was really there in the last two songs of their set as the reaction was much louder and more fervent then than it had been earlier.
Glass Candy's current direction reminds me a tad bit of Roisin Murphy's solo output in an odd round-about way. They played their cover of Kraftwerk's 'Computer Love' and I'd LOVE to hear them tackle Roisin's 'If We're in Love'.
'Computer Love' Glass Candy MP3
The crowd included several Candy Cane Shivs and at least one Chromatic.
After Glass Candy finished, Linoleum got on the decks and everyone danced on.
There was also a party photographer there which gave the party a vibe of not exactly exclusivity, but something resembling that -- like Portland's party scene had arrived to a level only bounds away from what ShadowScene gets up to.
And I have to post this pic for the delightful irony. The words "not on the guest list" appearing on an actual guest list. I'm sure Mr. dos Santos would take joy in it given the subject matter of his song.
It shaped up to be an excellent night!
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