Fleet Foxes, with Alela Diane and Wild Divine, last night at the Uptown
The doors to the Uptown opened at 7 p.m. last night, by which time a line had snaked west, back into the Valentine neighborhood. There were floral peasant dresses. There were daring fedoras. Haircuts so gloriously unkempt! Oh my word, the beards — the spectacular beards! Everywhere you looked: amazing hair! It was just like that movie Hair (I assume).
They had assembled to see Fleet Foxes, a folk act that, for the moment at least, is having its critical cake and eating its commercial success. In they marched, smiling, vibrant, glistening with a healthy glaze of sweat. They jostled for the best spot in the sauna of the sold-out theater.
