After sleeping through not one, but two bands Monday night, I really, really hoped Foals would hit the Entry hard and give us all a good slap in the face. I went into the show feeling iffy about the band - aren't they Bloc Party with the good luck of an Antibalas horn section? Yes.
Front man Yannis Philippakis - half Christian Siriano, half Colin Ferrell - is a gifted hype man. He started the set by dancing in the crowd and they loved him for it - like Beatle mania love - like Michael Jackson in Japan love. The college students in the front row (including the girl dressed as AliRose) screamed, danced and nearly cried as Foals led them through their dance punk songbook (names of which I don't know and probably never will.) Yannis and bassist Walter Gervers talked to their admiring crowed quite a bit, and proved to be pretty funny - they mentioned a certain local radio personality whose accent they found confusing and called, "Inter-Atlantic" and "from somewhere near Greenland."
In between songs, they played metal (including one short but sweet Slayer cover) - and for the first time in their set, played loose and connected. They put on a show that everyone loved, but with the exception of their hard transitions, it might as well have been "Cassius" over and over again. I hope they get over dance punk and make a good hardcore album - just pray they don't look to The Blood Brothers as they did Bloc Party.
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