Van Buren, N.Y. — A few minutes into soundcheck Friday evening, The Arcade launched into Duran Duran’s “Hungry Like the Wolf.”
At first, it sounded like a typical muddy soundcheck.
Then somebody behind the mixing board did whatever people behind mixing boards do, and everything snapped into focus. The drums punched. The guitars and bass separated. Keith Calveric’s voice suddenly sounded like it was coming from a concert stage instead of the back of a packed sports bar…