A.A. Bondy played Stickyz Friday night.

The big questions at Friday night’s A.A. Bondy show were: Drunk? Hungover? Migraine? Crippling anxiety/depression? Some combination thereof? There was something amiss about Bondy’s physical and/or emotional state during his puzzling performing at Stickyz. Poke around online and you’ll find plenty of rave reviews of the alt-folk singer’s emotionally-wrought live shows. So I was left wondering (along with several concertgoers around me) what made the performance so lackluster. But more about that in a jiffy.

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