Magnified at Poptopia

Magnified were a more mainstream rock than the previous bands of the evening, and they were a lot of fun. With four members, they were also the smallest band of the evening (in number, if not in volume, quality, or energy-level). This gave them a lot of room to roam around the Spaceland stage, which they did.

Bobby Bognar walked in midway through their set and asked me why there were some people standing out in front of Spaceland when such a cool band was playing (don't get me wrong here, there were plenty of people watching Magnified's set, but it wasn't up to sardine-can density). I hypothesized that maybe they were less into the hard-edged side of pop, and he looked worried since the Piper Downs were up next. As it turned out, he had nothing to worry about, because there was no loss of audience for the PDs.

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