I had seen the poster ages ago and was intrigued, but it was on a whim that we bought tickets for Elemental, the new performance by Strike Percussion. The show was quite good, both visually and musically. It started with the ignition of 2 pairs of mallets, providing a fiery light show to go with the heavy, driving rhythmic introductory piece and setting the expectation level quite high. The overall quality was high, playing with water and fire through the program – arguably with air as well, but there were a couple of segments where the broad noise of the cymbals drowned out the melodies. The good far outweighs the bad, and the show is well worth the ticket price.

While walking home a couple days ago, I saw a poster in Slow Boat for an upcoming show. The New Pornographers are set to play Wellington on October 16th at San Francisco Bath House. I may have to drag a few friends out to this one. It should be an awesome show.