Noise Pop '08: MSTRKRFT Score Big

Canadian DJ duo shun hockey masks, dust off Happy Mondays, Daft Punk in bodacious closing-night DJ set at S.F.'s Mighty.
Neon Knights: MSTRKRFT / Photo by Misha Vladimirskiy

After three days of indie rock shows, it was unquestionably time for some electric dancefloor pandemonium. At Mighty last night, Toronto-based electro duo MSTRKRFT valiantly employed a trilling treble, thundering bass, and a bottle of Crown Royal to get concertgoers writhing, gyrating, and going all kinds of psychotic in the club.

Noise Pop '08: The Walkmen, Broken West Flaunt New Tunes

But it's more fizzle than sizzle on opening night.
The Walkmen / Photo by Stefanie Michejda

The sixteenth annual Noise Pop music fest kicked off last night with a rather muffled bang at the Independent for a sold-out show where the Walkmen and the Broken West traded live staples for amorphous, nameless new tracks.

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