Last night, LA-based singer LP performed at Atlanta's Variety Playhouse, her powerful and soulful vocals blowing the roof off of the theater.
Noah & the Whale opened.
No, LP didn't really play last night. I'm just engaging in wishful thinking - LP bowed off of the tour and cancelled her scheduled performance last night with Noah & the Whale, who would have headlined anyway. I guess I'm just trying to blow the mind of anyone who bought tickets but didn't go last night due to LP's cancellation.
I was almost one of them.
I don't really know much about Noah & the Whale, other than they were the band in which both Laura Marling and Emmy the Great go their starts and that both are no longer with the band, and that Pitchfork included their debut album among the "Worst New Music" of 2008.
Onstage last night, they seemed to be a pleasant enough group of guys, and were reasonably proficient on their instruments, but at the same time came off as far too restrained and inoffensive, and too eager to please everyone. This was a concert you could have taken your mother too without fear of embarrassment. Worse, no whale ever appeared on stage.
Wishful thinking indeed... the best bits were the totally impromptu air violin songs, otherwise, meh.
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