Saturday, Sept. 13: Toucan Sam and the Fruitloops

Le Voyeur

By Rev. Adam McKinney on September 11, 2014

Toucan Sam and the Fruitloops seems like a perverse exercise in buckshot blasts of gimmickry. Made up of a Polyphonic Spree-level assemblage of musicians, the Fruitloops specialize in orchestrated punk rock explosions of popular songs done in ukulele. See where I'm coming from? Still, one can only scoff so much in the face of 15 people armed with ukes and dressed in rainbows and sparkles. It's enough to forgive any sense of calculation on Toucan Sam's part, and they're actually quite impressive musicianship allows everyone to relax and enjoy the novelty of this absurd band. Think of them as the Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain, but for misfits. Once they pack themselves into the cozy concrete confines of Le Voyeur, one will be hard-pressed not to join in with the goofy spirit of the whole thing.

TOUCAN SAM AND THE FRUITLOOPS, w/ Jesse Noll, Amy Bleu, Phobos and Deimos, 10 p.m., Le Voyeur, 404 E. Fourth Ave., Olympia, no cover, 360.943.5710