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I learned how to clean my kill
Last night I went to see Dessa and thoroughly enjoyed myself. I need to seek out more rap/hip-hop/R&B shows; in my limited experience they have an energy & showmanship that you don't get from most rock shows. (My limited experience: Black Cards, Patrick Stump, Bad Rabbits, Gym Class Heroes.)
In a weird fandom-is-everywhere twist, Dessa is a member of the hip hop collective Doomtree, which I had never heard of before reading RAP WON'T SAVE YOU (neither will hockey) by best liar a month or so ago. I know almost nothing about Zach Parise but I liked the story, in which he does not play hockey but is an indie rapper.
Hey look, a Black Widow vid set to a Dessa song! Two great tastes, etc., etc.
One of the openers was playing their second-ever show and were both earnest and adorable. They don't have any music up yet and no one's posted video (I am very sad ;____;) but keep an ear out for Sylvan Esso. They reminded me of tUnE-yArDs a little. (ETA: Was poking around the internet, trying to find a track, and found someone who agrees with me about the tUnE-yArDs comparison! *fist pump of validation* They're just teasing about the SoundCloud tracks, though, there's nothing up yet.)
In a weird fandom-is-everywhere twist, Dessa is a member of the hip hop collective Doomtree, which I had never heard of before reading RAP WON'T SAVE YOU (neither will hockey) by best liar a month or so ago. I know almost nothing about Zach Parise but I liked the story, in which he does not play hockey but is an indie rapper.
Hey look, a Black Widow vid set to a Dessa song! Two great tastes, etc., etc.
One of the openers was playing their second-ever show and were both earnest and adorable. They don't have any music up yet and no one's posted video (I am very sad ;____;) but keep an ear out for Sylvan Esso. They reminded me of tUnE-yArDs a little. (ETA: Was poking around the internet, trying to find a track, and found someone who agrees with me about the tUnE-yArDs comparison! *fist pump of validation* They're just teasing about the SoundCloud tracks, though, there's nothing up yet.)
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(I'm pleased that it sounds like you had a more enthusiastic crowd than I did. Our opener was Dessa's co-vocalist Abby, and while I found her simply DARLING when dueting with Dessa, her solo stuff sort of killed our enthusiasm dead and it took everyone nearly halfway through Dessa's set before everyone seemed fully engaged. But that was a DEEPLY A+++ show, would Dessa again, and I remain SO SAD that the distance between us is such that we can't always be solo concert buddies. <3)
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Aby Wolf was the first opener, and I wasn't very into her stuff, either. Her voice is great! But. The adorable/earnest second opener got the crowd pretty amped because they were clearly having SO MUCH fun.
Distance is a terrible thing :( I will see you this month, though, and there will be great concert happiness!
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