I wanted to through together some snobish concert review but I was too enthralled in the musical performance of the last two shows that I attended. On November 7th I was blessed to experience the lineup of Lights, Lydia, Lovedrug and my favorite band of all time, Copeland.
I have so longed to see the synth playing beauty, known as Lights, for quite some time now. She played a short set that was fantastic. I had a chance to speak with her after the show and I complemented her on her music video for, Drive My Soul, which a simple, yet delightful, masterpiece that rivals the great videos of the late 80s. Lights informed me that she was heading off back home to Toronto to film the "sequel" to her first music video. The new vid will be for the song, "February Air" which should be on her website/myspace early December.
Copeland took stage before me for either the sixth or seventh time, I have lost track. As soon as the first chords were played, I found myself lost in reverie. There were lots of new songs from the new album, You Are My Sunshine, but there were an equal amount from the previous three. I nearly lost my voice as I sang along with the crowd of Copelandholics to, When Paula Sparks. The band closed with a one song encore of, California, which I sang along to wholeheartedly.
I got to speak with Aaron Marsh as I do occasionally after Copeland shows and we agreed that in Portland the kids some out for the music because that is their love, unlike in LA/NYC/Nashville where the crowds are tainted with judgmental music industry people. It is always amazing to have a conversation with someone whose music inspires you to live life the way you do.
A few days later I saw another amazing show that started with an in-store acoustic set performed by Ingrid Michaelson at Music Millennium. I got me meet Ingrid and bug her about the song that she recorded with Andrew from The Age of Rockets, titled, Eyes of Blue. In fac, there was an EP recorded called the Pee Pee EP (yeah, I know) that had good original tunes in addition to an electronic version of Breakable. She said that she forgot about it and was being lazy about putting those tracks on itunes. She said that she would get on it...we'll see. Ingrid was RIDICULOUS. Meaning GORGEOUS. I was tempted to drop to one knee but alas, I did not. *sigh*
Ingrid's headlining performance at the Wonder was nothing sort of phenomenal. I was also introduced to Newton Faulkner and David Ford. I can honestly say that David Ford's performance was on of the best live acts that I have ever seen. I recommend his music as I do Newton's.
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Listed to the Newton Faulkner CD and I've known his stuff for a long time...just didn't know his name. The Seattle radio station I listen to plays him constantly. Just more proof that Seattle is way ahead in the world of good indie music.
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