The wife and I hit up the Troubadour to see Amanda Palmer tonight. There was a really good opening band called Vermillion Lies, not sure if I'd like thier music on an album but an extremely entertaining live show. Apparently this was Amanda's first show on her new tour, so she was pretty nervous.
Still a great show. I have to say I really appreciate shows where the artist or band appreciates the audience. I first noticed this when I saw Devotchka and the band just seemed happy to be able to play music for an audience that really wanted to hear them. For some reason that really made me fall in love with the band. This show was much the same. When the Dresden Dolls perform, it tends to be a bit more "professional", the show seems more rehearsed or something. This show was more cozy, almost friendly. I really like that kind of thing. The performance was really good also, Amanda brings all the passion she normally brings to Dresden Dolls shows to her solo performance as well. I'm also liking how her new album sounds so far so the fact that most of the show was her solo stuff was a plus for me, thought the crowd seemed happy to be pandered to with older Dresden Dolls material. It was a really good show, and I highly recommend the Troubadour as a venue. The wife and I were thinking of seeing more shows there for bands we don't know so well just to try to find new bands since it's such a great venue. We've seen Devotchka and Amanda Palmer there now and both shows were lots of fun.
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