[gig] Amanda Palmer, Thekla, 7th October

[inulro]

Went along to see Amanda Palmer at the Thekla last night.

The first act was some guy with an accordion with a Kurt Weil/Brecht thing going on. I have to find out who he was, because he had the best t-shirts I've seen in a long time, but not the money to buy one.

Middle act was Amanda's cell player doing some solo stuff - I think there was a Muse song in there, but mostly it was pretty minimalist & arty. Which didn't suck, but also didn't work in the context. It might have worked if she'd gone on first, but completely didn't work after the accordion guy.

Amanda, predictably, rocked. She played a mix of her new solo stuff and Dresden Dolls material, including a stunning rendition of Half Jack with strings. (Half Jack and The Jeep Song are my favourite Dresden Dolls tracks). She had a lovely quartet of Australian performance artists making the stage show more lively (Amanda is one hell of a performer, but a girl and her piano have a limited visual range). The new material is, not surprisingly, a lot like the Dresden Dolls stuff, but may be different on CD as she said that they had more instruments in the studio. Sadly, acquisition of album has to wait till I get paid.

I'm feeling distinctly post viral (ie the cold is gone but I still feel like I've been hit by a truck) and nearly didn't go; but I'm really glad I did, because it was a great deal of fun.

Comments

[meltie.livejournal.com]

Liz is seeing her in Sheffield right now. She's just described the support acts and i'm pretty-much vibrating with jealousy ;)

[girfan.livejournal.com]

http://www.jasonwebley.com/

[janinemarriott.livejournal.com]

i loved her sooo much. i'll burn u copy of album if u want

[inulro.livejournal.com]

play.com are selling it for about £9, so I'll buy one when I get paid.

Do you want me to get Jason to burn copies of the Dresden Dolls albums for you?

[inulro.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

[janinemarriott.livejournal.com]

oh yes please.