When you think “Hard Rock,” you don’t necessarily think “Alessi’s Ark” but there you go. Personally, I thought the young singer-songwriter put on a very charming performance- she’s quite a character, with a very distinctive voice and mannerisms not a whole away from Cat Power and Joanna Newsom. True, her current material doesn’t always match up with her promise, but there‘s some strong songs in there, most notably Glendora. Her band’s also improved since the last time I saw her, providing more subtle backing than her disappointing show at the Camden Barfly a few months back although like that show, her talents are sadly wasted on an audience who are too busy chatting loudly to their mates to listen to the music.
The rest of the day lacked much to commend it. Fleet Foxes were solid, but I’m finding myself getting increasingly bored with them- their new material did little to dissuade me that they’re one-trick ponies with little to distinguish them bar group harmonies delivered ad infinitum. The other acts on the Bandstand were…how shall we put this diplomatically…”forgettable,” and Neil Young, though undoubtedly supremely talented and cooler at the age of 500 than I’ll ever be really isn’t more sort of thing at all. Still, big thanks for Alessi for sorting us out for a ticket- much appreciated :-)
(Photo: Dave Cross (Flickr))
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