The weekend of insanely good and FREE live music got off to a smooth-grooved start at the weekly Seaport show, this installment bringing UK trio Fujiya & Miyagi, just one of a ton of must-hit shows the South Street Seaport Music Festival folks put together this summer (Animal Collective/Danielson a few weeks back, Menomena, Deerhunter, Battles SUICIDE, the National/the Forms all on the horizon). Can't expect F&M to draw like Animal Collective (they didn't), but a good number of Transparent Things fans caught the hushed, Krautrocking cool of "Ankle Injuries," trickling funk of "Collarbone," and stutter-stepped backbeats of "Photocopier" and "Sucker Punch" as the sun set by the Seaport. David Best brought each whispery, syncopated syllable with mild-mannered voguing/karate chops, while the rest of the Brighton boys generated feel-good infectiousness all while rolling through "R-r-reeboks In Heaven" and just pretending to be Japanese.
Few more pics after the jump.
