FREAK-FOLK is a notoriously elusive genre to define - artists as diverse as the Brooklyn avant-folk ensemble Grizzly Bear, the whimsically dark Devendra Barnhart, Baltimore noise-rock band Animal Collective, and even the eccentric balladeer Sufijan Stevens have been described by this genre. Under the crazy lighting of Downbeat Diner Lounge, Root Hub, Lucie & the Perfect Wave, & Cynth & the What's His Faces put on a great show in the true spirit of freak folk.