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Statistics Though the headliner was Rilo Kiley and their hordes of followers came in wav, I showed up early to catch the upcoming Statistics from Omaha. Coming out of the stellar Omaha scene, Statistics is just Denver Dalley from the conglomerate Desaparecidos. Yet on his first tour as such, Dalley is joined by two other fellows to add full band girth. Highly unceremoniously, Statistics took the stage to the slow migrating crowd. I was not of the knowledge that Dalley was so tall and through the course of the show - through his mannerisms, stature and moderate experimentalism - showed a parallel to Thurston Moore. Unfortunately, during the beginning of the set, the sound was flat out awful. Most obviously, partially due to the bass guitarist playing too hard, the bass was so loud and off that it drowned out the atmosphere of mellowness that the EP presented. Progressively the sound got better, though the bass still could have been substantially lowered. Another drawback is that Dalley seems an inherently shy and laid back person. This, coupled with vocals that seemed an octave too high, turned off several listeners. Yet, when the house turned the lights way down half-way through the show (it appeared as if they were trying to help them out), Dalley and the band seemed refreshed and throw themselves into several songs. Part of this is where Dalley introduced some programmed synths to the normal set. By the end of the set, which included the entire self-titled EP (on Jade Tree) and future songs to be on a full-length, most in the crowd were at least appreciative of Statistics, though admittedly is was a rough journey.
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