Fitz and the Tantrums - Man on the Moon Tour

CRITIC’S PICK
Sun. Aug. 24

Fitz & the Tantrums, Gable Price and Friends, Tabernacle — Those looking for deep introspective musings or philosophically challenging concepts can stay home because Michael Fitzpatrick and his band will not be bringing any of that. What they will generate is plenty of the fizzy, cheerful, slick, funky pop/soul that has been so successful for them over the past 15 years. “I’m in the mood so all you summer lovers make it sway” he sings on one of the best and catchiest seasonal songs of the decade. Or sing along to “Out of My League,” the Tantrums’ most streamed track, that’s sure to provoke the entire audience to shout its riff. The result is frisky, good-natured fun. No one leaves without a smile plastered on their face… and what more can you ask for? — Hal Horowitz