Kelly Upshaw (of Hope Trust fame), opened. All by hisself, wif acoustic or electric, plus delays and such. Nice voice. Made me want to check out his band, so there's that. But I couldn't help thinkin, oh here's where the drums would kick in, here's where the guitars would rock out, etc., and of course they didn't, on account of the fact that they weren't there. Nice ad for his band, which i suppose was the point, but i felt kinda cheated.
Shilpa Ray and Her Happy Hookers (Brooklyn) - absolutely loved it. Totally dug her howling, soulful, bluesy voice. Plus, I was completely mesmerized, watching her squeeze the shite out of that harmonium. Awesome. Kicked my ass. Check them out.
Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson (Brooklyn). Was really looking forward to this guy, based on his myspace page. Unfortunately, he performed solo, with only a keyboard as accompaniment, and that didn't come anywhere close to recreating the excitement of his recorded material. Plus which, he played a lot of covers, and you know how i feel aboot that.
Suckers (Brooklyn) headlined. Lots of moving parts here. Quirky, jangly guitar-pop. Most everyone in the band was a multi-instrumentalist, sometimes strumming a guitar on the down-beat, then smacking a drum and/or cymbal on the upbeat. Very impressive. Not exactly my thang, but very good, if you enjoy that sort of fing.
