Oh jeez, this one's really late. Sorry, folks.
So this month, I liked almost all of the songs she played. I loved the second song she played, which was by The Twilight Singers. She actually played a surprising amount of local music, so that was kind of cool.
The two songs out of the 14 she played that I didn't particularly like were by Mike Vial and Roots Manuva. Mike Vial was too country for me, and started to get a little repetitive. Roots Manuva was much too techno for me.
The rest of the songs were all quite good, though. And Dessa was a really nice change of pace. It was cool to hear a good female R&B artist, especially at a Listening Party.
On the other hand, the live band wasn't too exciting. American Mars sounded like pretty standard pop rock with a bit of a folk lean. They weren't bad by any means, they're just too folk for my liking. I also don't think there was that much that really stood out about them. And their live show wasn't exactly engaging, either.
American Mars playing at the Listening Party
- Mayaeni
- Twilight Singers
- Band of Skulls
- Mike Vial
- Roots Manuva
- Black Box Revelation
- Twin Shadow
- American Mars
- Joss Stone
- Daniel (with a name like this, I can't find you a website. Sorry!)
- Dessa
- Little Hurricane
- Mitch Ryder
- Elizaveta
Photos courtesy of Robby Amin
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