Bad Art Auction/Band of Horses @ Hiro Ballroom

Last night [July 10th] was another New York Magazine event. This time it was a Bad Art Auction, hosted by Zach Galifianakis, with a performance by Band of Horses. Doors opened at 8PM, and the Zach finally came on stage at around 920PM. He did a little of his routine, and then proceeded with the auction. All proceeds from the auction went to New York Cares last night, or as Zach kept calling it New York, Who Cares?
There was definitely a lot of bad art there last night, including a portrait of Mel Gibson, a weird inflatable pig from Moby's private collection (which went for $300) and a portrait of NASCAR's Richard Petty that went for $500! And little did the bidder know, but there were two of those Richard Petty's floating around last night. Lucky duck walked away with two!




Later, around 11PM, Band of Horses finally went on and the crowd couldn't have been more excited for their set. Everyone packed it in up front, and the band opened with the first song off their new record, "Ghost." Later they played "I Went To The Barn Because I Like the," "LRC" (off the new record), "Monsters" and "The Great Salt Lake." My favorite is still "The Funeral," even though the band seems to be tired of playing it because they kept asking "Still not sick of this one yet, are ya?" Nope, I'm not. The two times I've seen Band of Horses live, "The Funeral" always floors me. They played a lot off Everything All the Time, and also a few new songs from their upcoming release (still untitled?), which will be out on Sub Pop in October.








Band of Horses plays a free McCarren Pool party on July 22nd with Annuals. Definitely gonna be at that one.

DOWNLOAD: Band of Horses - "The Funeral" (MP3)
DOWNLOAD: Band of Horses - "The Great Salt Lake" (MP3)