Better than: Going to a New Year's concert that didn't feature kazoos and Jefferson Airplane covers.

It was easy to overlook the elements of chaos that marked Paper Bird's New Year's set at the hi-dive Thursday night. The headliners went onstage about thirty-minutes before the onset of 2010, and as midnight approached, the band's set stalled for sound checks and to allow for guest musicians to clamber onstage with the band. The sheer volume of the audience also slowed the group's progress, as the sound engineers had to make adjustments for the considerable crowd noise of the sold-out room.

There was no formal countdown before the arrival of the New Year. Instead, the band took a long delay between songs as balloons fell from ceiling at around 12:01. Cries of "Happy New Year!" rung out at different times from the milling crowd.In the end, the chaos didn't detract from the fun of the show. Instead, the frenetic feel of the main act seemed to go along with manic mood of the holiday. It was the informal feel of a grand house party, of a celebration of the New Year with close friends.

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