Friendly Fires, the XX at Mohawk
Last night’s sold-out Friendly Fires // the XX show at Mohawk started off with disappointment, as opening act Holly Miranda had to cancel last-minute. The show went on with only two acts, the first of which kinda didn’t live up to the ticket sales.
The XX did well with their chilled-out new-wave music, but it would’ve been nice if they had played for more than 25 minutes. Yes, they only have one album out; if they didn’t want to just play tracks from it they could’ve thrown some covers in, anything to fill out that set time.
Friendly Fires completely redeemed the night, though, with irresistable dance party awesomeness. Singer Ed Macfarlane dropped some hip-shaking dance moves throughout the entire set, and for once – in seemingly dance-phobic Austin, at that – the entire crowd was moving with the tunes. It was a tight and impeccably-executed set (though with the amount they’ve been touring, that should be expected), and fully justified the packed-to-the-gills venue.
