Allo Darlin's debut is one of my favourite albums of the year. It's perfect indiepop and there isn't a bad song on the album. Elizabeth Morris sings in a lovely Australian accent (bonus points) and plays a ukelele which makes it a bit different and it makes me happy every time I listen to it (which has very frequently since I got a copy). When they announced the Seattle show for a Friday night, I couldn't resist the opportunity to head across the border and see them live. First off, I booked the ticket online and was very pleasantly surprised to buy it through Brown Paper Ticketing - a fair trade ticketing company. Bear in mind that I buy lots of tickets and I reckon that about 25% of the fees go to Ticketmaster (which in my mind about an evil a corporation as they come), so when Brown Paper Tickets offered me the option to select which charity a proceed of the sales went to, I was pretty shocked. Bands/Promoters/Booking Agents ... there is another way. But I digress, Allo' Darlin were terrific fun live. There's a wonderful energy to their songs and the enthusiasm of the band is infectious ... they were having a great time and so was the crowd. Allo Darlin' don't use a booking agent and do all of their booking themselves - apparently the head of their record company took out a new credit card so they could afford the short U.S tour that brought them to Seattle. If there's any justice in the musical world, it'll prove to be a very wise investment. Allo' Darlin are fantastic and were a stunning way to end a pretty amazing month of live music for me.
No comments:
Post a Comment