8:33 p.m.: I arrive at the concert venue, the Union Transfer. Both of the bands today, Holy Wave and Goat, are psychedelic rock bands.

 8:34 p.m.: Looking around, it looks like the crowd is 80% male, white, and 25-35 years old. Everyone has so much facial hair. Typical music nerds... just like myself. Except that I seem to be the only Asian there.

8:50 p.m.: The opening act, Holy Wave, comes on. The keyboardist has really long blond hair and looks kind of like John Lennon.

9:20 p.m.: It doesn't seem like the audience is too receptive. They're just staring at the band and politely clapping. A guy with a beard next to me scoffs at someone dancing in the front.

9:30 p.m.: It’s a little too droney for my taste. I just want to see Goat.

10:16 p.m.: After stalling for quite a bit, Goat comes on. Everyone is wearing outlandish masks and hoods. There are two dancers dressed in this super ornamented feather-headress bird costume with an Indian pattern on it. There is a bongo player.

10:17 p.m.: Goat plays their first song, Goatman. The dancers begin dancing very violently. I don’t know much about dance, but if the title of their first album World Music is any indication, they are going for an exaggerated Indian style.

10:18 p.m.: The spacey slide guitars and reverb make the music psychedelic. The bongos make it African. And I guess the costumes make it psychedelic and African?

10:19 p.m.: The dancers are also vocalists. Their singing sounds like an African chant.

10:31 p.m.: One dancer violently shakes some streamers over the front members of the audience. The other one furiously whacks a handheld cowbell with a stick.

10:33 p.m.: The dancers know how to play lots of instruments. Like tambourines.

10:36 p.m.: And maracas.

10:44 p.m.: And Christmas bells.

10:45 p.m.: And the harmonica.

 10:50 p.m.: “Run to Your Mama,” a song in their debut album begins. At this point I think the dancers might collapse from dancing so much

11:10 p.m.: I think they are trying to summon demons with their dance. After all, their promoters and marketers do say that they are a Voodoo cult from Sweden (they actually are Swedish).

11:22 p.m.: Goat performs an encore. The two dancers bring out a giant drum and begin hitting it with mallots. The guitarists amp up their reverb pedals. The hipster music elitist audience is much more animated now.

11:33 p.m.: After minutes of distortion filled improv, Goat and their voodoo magic exit.

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