Last night at Santo’s Party House, Mr. Quintron and his partner in delightful weirdness, Miss Pussycat, put on one of the strangest and most entertaining shows that NYC has seen in quite some time. (That is, if anyone could actually see it through the smoke of the hyperactive fog machine.)
Mopey indie-rockers were nowhere in sight, as Quintron morphed into a one man band simultaneously playing organ, drums and his absurdly awesome homemade music machine, the Drum Buddy.
Mr. Quintron’s vocals sometimes resembled a wilder, swampier, thankfully less-annoying, Jack White, while Miss Pussycat danced non-stop and sang along like a one-woman-cheer-squad (video)
With Quintron dressed in an Elvis-ish white jumpsuite with a cobra on the back, and Miss Pussycat appearing as a petite Amy Poehler-ish figure sporting a blunt blond bob, puffball hat and glow-in-the-dark dress (with matching maracas), the show almost looked like it had the makings of some sort of SNL skit-but better.
The duo was fun, but not a joke. The catchy, organ-driven, floor-shakingly bass-heavy songs managed to get much of the Wednesday night crowd moving after having been less-than-impressed by the opening bands.
Prior to hitting the stage with Quintron, Miss Pussycat put on one of her famous puppet shows,this time featuring two swamp rats taking a psychedelic voyage to the spirit world to find the friendly raindrops that a snake kidnapped. A well-done production, the puppet-theatre itself came to life as a giant puppet resembling an armed, fanged iPod. (It’s easier if you just watch the video above).
Just when we were starting to think the world has been lost to lame-o bands like Kings of Leon, we were reminded that there’s still some rock’n'roll fun out there, thanks to folks like Quintron and Pussycat.
