Tapes 'n Tapes at the Delancey

Since many of us online, including me, have been caught blind-sided by Tapes 'n Tapes this past month, I expected Delancey to be super packed. When I arrived an hour early, the band was still doing sound check, so Ang and I took off to Iggys for an hour of PBR and tequila.

As soon as the band took the stage back at the Delancey ($7 for a Rum and coke!), I was a bit underwhelmed; but then something happened a few minutes into that first song. Maybe my ears finally adjusted to the less-than-stellar sound system, or who knows what, but from then on it was fantastic. I kept thinking, "This is it. This is why I do what I do. It's for moments like these." I could go deeper into why it was so awesome, but they are still playing tonight, and it will be even more so.

My crew -well, not "my" crew- and I hit up another bar after Mancino's set, running into El Conquistador Señor Mike Nouveau on the way; and while he was dashing off to Rated X, we were not.

To close off the night, around 2:00 AM, we had enough of throwing our money away at the bars, and we accidentally ran into Mancino and Tapes 'n Tapes on the platform waiting for an F-Train to Brooklyn. As enchanting as their music is, they themselves may be even more so. For once, I was grateful for unpredictableness of the late night MTA.

Brooklyn Vegan says last night's show was even better than Saturday's. I would have gone, except I'll be there tonight, and seeing a band three nights in a row might be much. In hindsight, probably not.