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Live review: Poi Dog Pondering
Chicago house music (aka gay disco) at ACL? Poi Dog Pondering was suffering with a poor vocal mix at the Wildflower Center stage, but when they pulled out Marshall Jefferson’s ‘That’s the Way Love Goes,’ it got the crowd jumping up and down. Then the former Austin band followed up with ‘Natural Thing’ to keep the groove going.
It’s not like the early going didn’t have its moments; the seque from ‘Jackass Ginger’ into the rock number ‘Lemon Drop Man’ was brilliant. But due to sound problems, the set started 15 minutes late and took awhile after that to kick into gear. Guitarist Dag Juhlin was on fire, though, and his enthusiasm seemed to fuel the others.
One plus on the late start was that there was no empty space between songs, making for a wall-to-wall jam. ‘Pulling Touch,’ with guest vocalist Abra Moore, harked back to Poi’s Austin years. But the best stuff was electrified and funkdafied.
If you feel left out of ACL, you’ve got a chance to get your fill of one of the first day’s highlights. Poi Dog plays the Speakeasy tonight at 11;30 p.m. Public’s invited.
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