Eddie Argos Reviews

Art Brut + Reptar at BMH

by Ryans Smashing Life on Sun, 2011/06/26 - 2:29pm

 

Photographs by Emma Dessau
Live Review by Nick Parker

 

We Take You There…

 

Brighton Music Hall

 

Boston, MA - 06/20/11

 

 



 

It seems like RSL has been shadowing Art Brut on their current tour. We were there to catch their NXNE show in Toronto last week, and on Monday they joined us in Boston, at the Brighton Music Hall, with support from Georgia’s Reptar.

Given that I’ve seen Art Brut before, Reptar were a surprisingly different band to choose for their support slot. Though full of energy like the bigger band, Raptor played more complex music, with elements like a second percussionist and more than one keyboard to augment their guitar sound, filling the stage with equipment to the point where they could hardly move themselves. Their sound has won them spots on the Governer’s Ball festival and Lollapalooza this year. Once they got down to playing it wasn’t hard to hear some similarities in the subtle humor of Reptar’s music.
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