LIVE: Daft Punk at KeySpan Park

The 234 comments on BV will agree with me that this was one of the best shows of the summer. Clearly, electronic music is still thriving around these parts…not that you had to convince me. We arrived during the first third of the Rapture’s set…pretty much a pitch-perfect choice for a warm up—DP lights kit and audio was tested thoroughly with the BK-band’s bass-heavy, jagged electro pop songs. “House of Jealous Lovers" and "Sister Saviour" killed it—though some awkward song breaks (weird tech difficulties abound) made the set spotty in parts.

SebastiAn & Kavinsky spun in between sets…throwing in aggressive techno tracks and some interesting curveballs—a mad twist on RATM’s “Killing In The Name Of” elicited spontaneous fist pumping from the older audience members….and there were a lot of youngs there too. High school young (plenty of $35 concert tees were purchased). Nice to see that good taste (and grass smoking) is still an all-ages affair.

Daft Punk took their elevated spot in the tricked-out pyramid (you’ve seen the photos) just past 9 p.m. and as predicted, people freaked out to the opening vocals for “Robot Rock.” The bass was ear splitting—thankfully (for aural health) I was stuck in the Bowl seating. Unfortunately, for show nirvana reasons, I was stuck in Bowl seating. My favorite section of the show was the heart of DP’s catalog: “Around the World” -> “Harder Better Faster Stronger” -> “Burnin’.”   

And the most random celebrity sighting: Dennis Miller with two teenage boys. You can take that how you want.   --Matt Rodbard

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