Video: Idiot Glee – “Let’s Get Down Together” Photos: Idiot Glee The Garrison – June 14, 2012 Some things just aren’t meant for the stage. It just goes to show – what maybe works in a studio or even on record doesn’t necessarily do so live. This time out it was Kentucky native James Friley, who operates as Idiot Glee, and while it wasn’t necessarily terrible, the Animal Collective-ish aesthetic of effected vocals, looped rhythms, and triggered noises doesn’t do anything for me when it’s done well – Idiot Glee wasn’t even interesting enough to be annoying. I feel like there’s some rule that says every time I got to a multi-band bill at The Garrison, one of them will be a solo guy with a keyboard and pedals who will try my patience. ![]() Of course, this doesn’t mean that every option will turn out to be a good one. Dundas-Ossington has gone from borderland outpost to hot spot in the past few years and between The Dakota, Painted Lady and Garrison, you can generally count on a good number of live music options on a regular night, never mind during a festival. ![]() Unless you do things as I did on the Thursday night of NXNE and basically plant yourself at one intersection and let the bands come to you. ![]() Frank YangWith most club-level festivals, some intense venue-hopping is par for the course and in a city with a downtown as spread out as Toronto, the logistics of getting from point A to point B in the allotted time can be an art form all its own.
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