Hypocrites, Friendship Wizard, David Fantasy & Adult Content
Nostalgia Fishtown
14 E Jefferson St.
Sept. 3, 2026
Like any independent venue worth its salt, you’re bound to be surprised when walking into Nostalgia Fishtown on any given night. As a little under two dozen folks packed into the garage-turned-venue on a muggy Thursday night, I greeted the spot’s co-owner and co-operator, Joe Lockwood. Consistently putting together bills with cool and interesting bands, Nostalgia is quickly becoming my favorite spot to pop in and see a show. It doesn’t hurt that the space is in my neighborhood (about five minutes from my house). Thursday night’s show featured absurdist power-poppers Hypocrites, guitarist Jonathan Colman’s psychedelic side project, Friendship Wizard, and the glam-funk madness of David Fantasy & Adult Content. This would be my first time hearing and seeing all of these bands, but I trusted that I’d be in for something great.
Friendship Wizard set the evening off and I was immediately struck by their lush, swooning ballad called “Dreamworld.” From there, they pushed the energy up with “Ready To Bang,” a ridiculously fun, uptempo jam. The entire band’s musicianship was top notch with Colman’s colorful, mind-expanding guitar solos often elevating the songs. They even did a gorgeous version of Of Montreal’s “Obsidian Currents,” a song whose lyrics about rejecting cynicism and intellectualizing apathy are as timely as ever.
Next, Adult Content took to the stage without frontman David Fantasy. Instead, Fantasy’s “handler,” Joseph(?), lit the crowd up with the kind of electrifying intro that Bobby Byrd used to give James Brown back in the day. As a tribute to the Godfather of Soul, Fantasy donned a flowy, silver cape as he emerged from the crowd. From there, Adult Content jumped into a funky groove as Fantasy urged the crowd to “Get up and shake that ass.” From the pulsating disco-funk jam about sexy hot sauce to the debaucherous MC5-esque garage punk jam urging the crowd to “get our fuck on,” David Fantasy & Adult Content’s set was as freaky as it was fun. At one point, Lockwood rolled up on me and said with a grin “Yeah. This is completely different than the other night,” referring to the chill Aug. 27 show I played there with DJ Junior and Yellow Couch Music. I couldn’t help but laugh at the absurdity of it all as David Fantasy & Adult Content wound down their impossibly horny, high-energy set. Hypocrites were the show’s headliners and they closed the night with a number of playfully pissy songs about the fucked up state of the world and the question of whether or not the internet was a mistake. Perhaps the highlight of the night was “The Day The Sun Began to Stink,” a ridiculous and catchy tune that imagines the sun casting an odor across the surface that is so foul that civilization had to retreat six miles underground. Once again, Nostalgia Fishtown rewarded my curiosity and willingness to fly blind with a night of beautifully fucked up musical surprises.
