It was a warm humid day outside Orange County Social Club on Saturday, but six XX Merge artists marched through the heat to play great sets.First up for the afternoon show was New York performer Julian Koster, aka The Music Tapes. He came with his giant metronome and some other odd contraptions that accompanied him as he played some songs on the banjo, the "singing saw" and other instruments. The short set included the song "Big Beautiful Shops" and as well as a new song. As a whole, it was a fantastically quirky performance.
Next up was Merge co-founder Mac McCaughan and violinist Margaret White as Portastatic. The six-song set opened with a Caetano Veloso cover of "Baby" from the 2000 EP De Mel, De Melão. Also included was a great version of "San Andreas" which Mac noted was the first time they had played it with a violin. Check out the complete set list below and check out a video of the performance of "Noisy Night" here.
Portastatic set list:
Baby
Hey Salty
Spying on the Spies
Song For a Clock
San Andreas
Noisy Night
Check out photos of The Music Tapes and Portastatic below. More coverage of the Orange County Social club show as well as the final two nights of XX Merge is coming soon.
[all photos by Kevin Norris]
The Music Tapes
Portastatic
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