I entered the Town Ballroom last night to a packed atrium. The highly anticipated Cut Copy show had arrived and it seemed like I was not the only one excited by the looks of the eager concert goers at the bar. The night's first opener, Midnight Magic, was still playing, but thanks to the long will call line, I unfortunately did not get a chance to see the Brooklyn act. With drinks in hands, my concert going friend and I took our spots just house right and not soon after, Washed Out, the second opener of the evening, took the stage beginning with their rhythm section then followed by front man Earnest Greene. The five piece act out of Georgia, known for their seductive mellow grooves, has become one of the leaders of the young chill wave genre. Although introduced as a new song, the band's second song of the night, "You and I", had been circling the web long before the act's newest album Within and Without. Later in their performance and without even recognizing it at first, the band's breakthrough single "Feel It All Around" snuck up on the crowd as the band played a subtle, yet engaging version.

What I liked about Washed Out was that every song they played felt fresh and new. Their more upbeat, dance songs were chilled out out in the live setting whereas their mellow tunes were turned into rocking numbers. Ending their short, but sweet set was "Eyes Be Closed", the first single from their new album. The normally hazy melodies were complimented by bursting synths and delicate blips and bloops throughout the closing number.

After relocating to our normal spot on the first level, house left where fellow buffaBLOGGERS and our friends from Buffalo.com were waiting, Cut Copy took the stage just a few mins after 10:00pm, all dressed in dapper button downs and slacks, with guitarist Tim Hoey in a sharp blazer for good measure. While the white door didn't seem to make it this time, their entrance still got the crowd giddy for what was to come. The Aussie dance rockers wasted no time in giving the crowd, especially those newer fans of the band, what they wanted as the bouncy "Take Me Over", off 2011's Zonoscope, grabbed the packed house's attention and never let go. Front man/keyboardist Dan Whitford once again proved he is one of the more charismatic and engaging leading men in indie rock right now. Part Mick Jagger, part David Bryne in his animated dancing, the lanky Whitford seemed to be enjoying the show just as much as we were. And were we ever.

Like their show in Toronto we caught back in the spring, the band offered the ecstatic crowd a nice mix of Zonoscope tracks and those from the band's second full length In Ghost Colours. The frantic "So Haunted" began with it's blistering riff as everyone in the house chanted "satellite, satellite, satellite" with Whitford at the top of their lungs. "Pharaohs & Pyramids" began with an all out percussion overload, including cow bells(forever to be a crowd favorite of any performance). Right before the song reached it's euphoric crescendo, Whitford asked the crowd if we were ready to "blow the place up" and that's exactly what the crowd did. The place exploded, the ground shook, causing one of our friends to fall to the floor (I think she just missed a step, but lets stick with this story), but despite our best efforts, the roof of Town Ballroom was still in tact. Next time I guess.