feist: mettle tour

tarrytown music hall, openned in 1885

so when i heard feist was going out on a tiny solo acoustic tour, i forked over duckets for this one. even trekked to tarrytown (my first time there) to see her at their historic music hall. this was the fourth time i've seen her and probably most intimate. i haven't seen her solo like that since the first time i saw her opening for rilo kiley. just her and her guitar. 

there were bits of stand-up like banter with the audience. many of the songs, mostly from the reminder and metals, were stripped down and slowed down. sing alongs were evoked for old favs "sealion" and "1 2 3 4." what set it apart was a mini-reunion with former bandmate (and ex) kevin drew, who just released a solo effort darlings. i was hoping they would duet on the broken social scene classic "lover's spit." they did.  :) i'm one happy gal. now if these indie rock darlings could get back together and rekindle their love for each other. sigh!

opener kevin drew

bss at hmv forum

at last moment: broken social scene live. shar's been wanting to see kevin drew and crew for years and years. they blew up and members started touring with their own bands (ie. feist, stars and metric). so it's been a long time a coming for shar to see the canadian crew live. last night was the night. up on the velvet benches of the hmv forum, bss was shar's. oh yes! they banged out with their latest single "world sick". kevin joked how on a talk show the night before they said they should have renamed "texico bitches" to "bp bitches", but they were in london afterall and they did not want to offend.


kevin drew jumped into the crowd to seranade us with "sweetest kill". he had a broken toe, so he was a trooper. shar loves her some kevin drew. AND he did encore with my all time fav "lover's spit". it was no this, but i still loved it and sang along. kevin said it was a song about being responsible. they rocked out completely on the final song, "meet me in the basement".

luke temple and here we go magic opened

lisa lobsinger singing "all to all"

kevin drew and brendan canning, the john and paul of bss