Basia Bulat and Devotchka played The Orange Peel tonight. Basia opened and was brilliant. That girl can rock the autoharp like nobody’s business.Then…the waiting…I’ve long since learned that complicated stage setups are a sign of a band taking themselves too seriously. The Peel krewe can through and made me put away my camera because “the band brought their own photographer”. Uh-oh. The fog, the moving lights, the outfits. It felt like a bored mariachi band playing on 80s hair metal stage. All the kids with Xs on their hands were loving it. I guess they haven’t been to enough great shows…or I’ve been to too many.

Basia Bulat and Devotchka played The Orange Peel tonight. Basia opened and was brilliant. That girl can rock the autoharp like nobody’s business.

Then…the waiting…

I’ve long since learned that complicated stage setups are a sign of a band taking themselves too seriously. The Peel krewe can through and made me put away my camera because “the band brought their own photographer”. Uh-oh. The fog, the moving lights, the outfits. It felt like a bored mariachi band playing on 80s hair metal stage. All the kids with Xs on their hands were loving it. I guess they haven’t been to enough great shows…or I’ve been to too many.