Ducktails @ Summerhall, Edinburgh, 10 May

Why exactly are Typhonian Highlife and James Ferraro touring with Ducktails? Despite both being occasionally labelled under the hypnagogic pop umbrella, they are operating at opposite ends of that spectrum. Beyond a penchant for live looping and programmed pedals, there are very few similarities between these acts. And the same can be said for their fans.

Typhonian Highlife opens up playing to a very sparse, bewildered but respectful crowd in Summerhall's Dissection Room tonight. His avant-garde tuned keyboard arrangements are met with muted applause.

By the time James Ferraro takes the stage the room is a little busier, but his experimental compositions elicit growing indifference and the audience dwindles or begins chatting during his performance. It can be assumed from this that the majority of the audience are here to see Ducktails, but by billing such different artists to precede him the entertainment is stunted for everyone: most of the crowd don't pay attention and their noticeable disinterest agitates the performer, whose set suffers and lets down the few that actually did want to see him. No-one comes away satisfied.

The show is also running behind schedule, meaning that after a very quick turnaround, Ducktails only plays for about forty minutes. His set is enjoyable and well performed (despite some production issues like quiet vocals and loud drums), with a pleasant homemade slideshow to accompany the jangly lo-fi.

The songs are drawn from across the Ducktails oeuvre, with time for the odd instrumental jam, though it's more accessible tunes like Surreal Exposure and The Disney Afternoon that elicit the biggest reactions. From the hazy, atmospheric nature of this set it can be seen that Matt Mondanile is interested in exploring new sounds and styles, but his music still sits incongruously next to the opening acts. No matter how well they all might perform, the discordance makes for an uneasy show, and one the majority of the crowd were not expecting.