Live music review: El Vy at Vicar Street, Dublin
Matt Berninger strolled on talking to his phone. “Say hello to the internet.” said the singer, in Dublin with his El Vy side project — a jerkier, more free-flowing riff on the poised melancholy of his other band, The National.
He continued in this vein longer than he probably should have — clambering into the front row for a selfie with uber-fans, then shushing the room so that he could bid farewell to all the devotees watching online (a process drawn out as the wifi connection stalled). The worry that El Vy was an indulgence rather than a new musical beginning for the 44-year-old seemed justified. Was Berninger here to perform or lark about? You wondered if he was still in the process of making his mind up.
