They opened their set with "The Antique", and closed with, uh, I dunno...Toby played about 6 notes on the clarinet at the end if that helps? In between, they played....nothing else. In fact, no one even noticed the break between the two songs (except for me I guess, and by then, the "start clapping" moment had sadly passed beyond recovery).
I counted 30 people standing and watching during Kayo Dot's set. Certainly there were others elsewhere in the building, and we clearly kicked Cleveland's ass, which had 5 paying audience members, according to Greg. I guess that's about what I expected for a show as bizarre as this one starting at 9 on a Wednesday night.
Not to be outdone, by Kayo Dot, Kabuki Mono followed with a single "song" in their set, which must have lasted 45 minutes. And I thought it was great, much better and more engaging than Yakuza (which is the alter-ego band of Kabuki Mono). I kept meaning to leave at some point, but never got around to it. Only 4 guys in this band, but Bruce Lamont was playing his array of saxophones to keep the "this is a fucked up show" quotient high. Oh yeah, and the white socks covering their heads didn't hurt either.
Sounds like I enjoyed Yowie a good bit more than Paul; they really know their math, and with only two guitars and drums (though one guitar sounded pretty slap-bassy), their sound stayed clear and sharp enough to not descend into chaos for me. Let's call 'em a mix between Dysrhythmia and DEP.
And Mouth of the Architect was cool too, they seemed to fit right into the niche between Isis and Kayo Dot.
