Cat Power today!

[Melankolic]

Oh yeah.. seeing Cat Power this evening (April 28th) at the Royal Festival Hall. I have a front row seat!

Mind you... hope it's better than last time I saw her

[sean]

I saw Chan two years ago in Florence.

It was completely and totally nuts. I had no idea what to expect - she started and stopped songs about 12 times, chatted incoherently, and kept getting mad at her guitarist because she thought he wasn't turned up loud enough. It was quite an experience.

So, yes, hopefully it will be better than the last time you saw her too...

[pandora]

oh quiet you! At least you get to see her, and you got yourself a front row seat. just shut your face and partake in Chan's eccentricity ;D










j/k!!

hehe, cant wait to read your review

[Leewah Brown]

I can't believe she's actually supporting Nick Cave on his Aussie tour! Tickets go on sale today but sadly I'm not going.. I'm hoping to see a small Cat headline show here, possibly at the Basement (great venue) where she played last time.

On a brighter note Mike bought us tickets to see The Doves in June today.

[bugg]

How was she Steve?

[Melankolic]

It was...

quite good!


The support act was Warren Ellis. He provided some of the violin and backing vocals on 'You Are Free' and I think he is also a member of a band called The Dirty Three. He played solo. Just a violin and some computer wizardry. Very impressive stuff. It was like watching a slightly edgy classical recital. I enjoyed it though at times the pieces seemed a bit drawn out.

Chan played a whole set (and a long one at that) with barely any sign of losing it. The only moment was when she lost her cool a little with the three pit photographers (literally leaning on the stage) who had been mercilessly bombarding her with their noisy shutter lenses for almost 15 mins solid. Now, as you know, I like to take a few pics myself (I've even attached a couple to the end of this post) but I felt really sorry for Chan because there she is pouring her soul out to us in what would be hushed reverence and all the time you can just hear this *click* *click* *shuffle* *click* It was really pissing me off too as it was distracting from the music During one of the songs she waved out her hand in a gesture for the photographers to give it a break but they completely ignored her and just carried on snapping I thought this was pretty inconsiderate. Well after a few songs she just said something like "Can you please stop? I can't take that anymore?" and finally they got the message...

I love Chan's voice, I must say that, and she gave a nice performance on both piano and guitar but while this show was far better than when I saw her at Shepherds Bush last year it again felt like there was something missing from making it a great concert. Maybe it's just me but while I enjoy hearing the songs stripped down to just vox & piano/guitar, an entire show performed in this way doesn't really hold my attention that well. I wouldn't say I got bored but at times I wanted to hear something a bit more dynamic that would make me wriggle in my seat a little As good as she is on her own, my personal opinion is that Cat Power gigs would be about 5 times better if she put together a backing band that could create a sound closer to they way the albums have been produced. I think she could still do the lo-fi style for a couple of songs in a set but for me 1 and a half hours of this can become rather flat.

All gripes aside, this was overall a good show in a beautiful venue. The crowd was far more patient and respectful than at the previous gig and I think this really helped Chan relax and enjoy playing to us. She left the stage smiling and blowing kisses to the audience

[bugg]

I can't believe i never replied to this!

It sounded like a lovely gig. Good to hear Chan didn't lose it and was at ease.

I found some new pictures tonite so made a Chan thing on my LJ if you wanna see : www.livejournal.com/users/buggetiebugg/311623.html

Some you would have definitely seen i imagine.

[Melankolic]

Thanks Hanna, she looks lovely Especially the happy ones!