Young Man, from Chicago, kicked off the set and I was quite impressed. Strikingly reminiscent of The Stills, this is a band I hope to see more of. I'll forgive them for the jam-bandy breakdown and willy-nilly use of the arpeggiator on the keyboard.

They're currently on tour with the second act, Fanfarlo, a Swedish band by way of England who totally nail this Arcade Fire-meets-Talking Heads thing that perhaps makes each song sound like a different take on "Dream Operator," but that doesn't sound like a problem to me.

Finally, just before Girls went on was a surprisingly brief set from New Zealand by way of Portland's Unknown Mortal Orchestra. A friend of mine remarked that she got on her tippy-toes to do a tunic check on the lead singer (the place was PACKED).

So, tunics in tow, red stage light blaring, the band was more Apples in Stereo than Brian Jonestown (much to my husband's chagrin, as I recall him saying "more like Crapples in Stereo"). But whatever you want to call it, it was pleasing to me.

Personal Bias: I fucking love Girls. I'd take any excuse to go to their show.

The Crowd: Houston hipster, which means Brooklyn hipster circa 2009. Has Hot Topic gone hipster yet or are they still on the chubby virgin-gamer kick? Who knows?

Overheard in the Crowd: "I better get back to my boys since one of them bought me a ticket, they can all twist up together in my bed later." - A fancy young lady, apparently fresh from a photo sesh with Terry Richardson.

"We've got rats!" and then later "I'm gonna go cuddle with the rat." - A young man with an infestation.

"¿Puedes ponerlo en la lista?" - A Spanish-speaking fan trying to enjoy the show with a friend. (Glad my Spanish class is paying off.)

Random Notebook Dump: Apparently, when they weren't smoking weed, the crowd smelled like a high school boyfriend...in a good way. Also, something very crude my husband said about using a vagina to dampen the reverb and something that either he or Jacob Calle said about seeing Robin Williams and Rancid eating together in San Francisco and asking to borrow their pepper as an excuse to meet them. Also, the "no flash" rule made it incredibly difficult to get good pictures.