Vetiver in 2008. Photo by Alissa Anderson

"We're precautious," Vetiver frontman Andy Cabic announced in his velvety near-whisper from the Bowery Ballroom stage to a sparse but appreciative Sunday night crowd. No doubt most indie rockers with deep pockets were uptown at Radio City Music Hall with Bon Iver, David Byrne, and Feist for the Dark Was the Night concert. Cabic went on, detailing how the San Francisco-based band avoided both Sunday's perpetual rainstorm and Five Boro Bike Tour traffic jams by driving into town at 4 a.m.

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