Yes, I know I'm a crappy photographer. But the point of the above picture is to give you an idea of the size of the crowd packed into Momo's for Midlake's set. It was much more crowded than many of the official showcases I attended last year. Nice to see this Denton band play its heady from The Trials of Van Occupanther in such an intimate setting. Lead singer Tim Smith broke from his usually serious demeanor to laugh at himself when his guitar strap came undone. "I knew that would happen one day," he said. "I'm not too embarrassed, but I'm kinda embarrassed." Mixed in with the Trials tunes was a new one that was just as Fleetwood-Mac-y as "Head Home." Could that mean that the next record will maintain this obsession with '70s rock? I totally wouldn't have a problem with that. Listen to some Midlake here.