Show Review: Odd Future In Pomona, 4/1/11

45 minutes before the Glass House doors opened for the OFWGKTA show, the line was already around the block.  Around ten people (including some guy in a “Pavement ist rad” shirt…kudos for getting in, dude) were walking back and forth down it, asking “any extra tickets,” visibly disappointed every time someone said, “No, sorry man.”

If this isn’t indicative of the amount of popularity Odd Future has gained in the past few months – since appearing on Jimmy Fallon and being one of the highlights at the SXSW festival – I don’t know what is.  The hip-hop collective, based out of Los Angeles, has a real buzz surrounding them, and the energy before the show was impressive.  It’s not often (well, never in my experience) that you see crowd surfing and mosh pits before the music starts, but Odd Future is something different, new, and interesting, and people want to see them and be involved before they truly blow up.

(Show review/video of a new song from Goblin after the jump)

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