Dear Montreal,
I don't really know what you were doing the evening of August 8th. Perhaps you were re-watching the Olympic Opening ceremonies for the third time. Or perhaps you were watching 'Pineapple Express.' It doesn't matter. Where you should have been was at Zoobizzare where a small electro/punk outfit named Kap Bambino for a measly $5. Moreover, the room had about 50 people in it. Really Montreal, what were you thinking?
Unlike other bands in this genre ('Duchess Says' and 'Crystal Castles' come to mind) these two are far from being arrogant jerks (I've heard on several accounts that Crystal Castles are dicks, not to mention the fact that they bite chiptune artists without giving cred...just like Timbaland!). Anyway, they arrived early to the venue and hung out with the crowd, drinking, chatting, etc. Amanda got really excited because she actually got to talk to the guy in the band and tell him how great she thought they were and he just smiled and said 'merci'. Moreover, when the opening band took the stage, Quebec based Pedo Pedro et ses Enfant, the lead singer of 'Kap Bambino' was the first up to the front of the stage and was the only one dancing. Wait, a touring band taking the time to check out and dance to the local opener? Unheard of! Wow, we've already established that these two are really nice people, but what about their show?
While it took a long ass time for 'Kap Bambino' to take the stage after 'Pedo Pedro' left, it was totally worth the wait. Lead singer Caroline Martial took the stage dressed as Alex deLarge from 'A Clockwork Orange' and quickly began shaking erratically as the music got louder and louder. As the show began the energy the two brought to the venue was amazing as Martial screamed into the mic and pitched it at a wall, crawled on the ground, dived headfirst into the crowd, and forced the people around her to lift her high enough so she could walk on the roof. Really, I can't even make this stuff up. The crowd was ready and willing to bend to her whim and even though it was a small venue with a small crowd, everyone was dancing (well me and Amanda stood on chairs and watched in awe). At points the whole room felt like a mosh pit.
Stage antics aside, the music was solid. The DJ, Orion Bouvier was consistently on the ball and responded to Martial's antics by speeding up, slowing down or simply filling time as she jumped around and even danced on tables. In all fairness though the show did have a lot of technical difficulties as sound quality dipped and wavered throughout. At one point the sound just stopped entirely leaving the band onstage mouthing the words 'what the fuck' to the sound tech in the back as he scrambled to fix the issue, leaving us with a good 5 minutes of nothingness. All in all though, the show was beyond amazing and I was expecting a ton more people to show up. Moreover, I was kinda expecting the crowd to be filled with hipsters but instead was pleasantly surprised that instead we were rocking it out with fat dudes and balding men. Hipster free dancing means good times. It was so good infact that I'll probably go check them out in New York on the 16th. There'll probably be a ton more people at that show, filled with snooty fashionistas, but really, these guys totally deserve a jam-packed crowd and unquestioningly put on a great party.
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