08-19-2008

Bitter:Sweet Puts on a Great Show

I’ve been going out to see a lot of live music lately. Tonight, I had the pleasure of seeing Bitter:Sweet at the Parish. The show apparently started much earlier than I’m used to. I got to the club a little after eleven, expecting to have missed just a few songs. Instead, the door man said that he’d only charge me $5 since it was so late. I only got to see half a dozen songs or so, but I was very glad I did get to catch the band.

The sound at the club was a bit disappointing, but the band still put on a great show. I wasn’t too familiar with the background of the band, except that their publicity photos show just two people; however, there were six people on stage: a DJ, guitarist/trumpeter, bass player, drummer, violinist, and lead singer/keyboard player.

They have a rich cinematic sound that reminds me of several of my favorite bands: part Propellerheads, part Kirsty MacColl, part Morcheeba, and a little bit of Andrew Bird.

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