Saturday night, I headed out into the 'burg to see a friend play her first show drumming. They were the first band in the line up, and after their set and a snack run, I ended up kinda milling about inside, preparing to deftly make my exit. Honestly, I'm usually not one for live shows, unless it's a band I know and love. I'm there to say hey, show my face, chug a watery beer and bolt.
It's rare that a band I don't know anything about actually gets me going, which is why I'm still not quite over what happened when She Keeps Bees took the stage. And I mean TOOK. This girl owned that stage like she'd built it with her two bare hands--and that voice. By the end of their set the place was going nuts, and even relentless skeptics like myself we're bopping along. I kind of felt the way I did when I first heard the White Stripes, you know, back before Jack married a supermodel and became a Bond Girl or whatever...
Anyways, I feel like She Keeps Bees is definitely a band you need to see live in order to fully appreciate their awesome powers. Their recorded stuff is great, no question, but seeing Jessica Larrabee bring it in full force is not something to be missed. Here's a tiny taste:
(photos by Adriana Jovanovic, Romain Barbot, Allison Green, and Rebecca Teal, all courtesy of She Keeps Bees' myspace)
13 comments:
I will definitely check them out
Thanks for the heads up, I could totally get into them.
Oh nice! I can totally hear the old White Stripes-ish sound you're talking about, it's very cool to hear an awesome girl version. I like it!
wowowowow. if this youtube video gave me chills this much, i'm pretty sure seeing this band live would be a religious experience. if they ever tour on the west coast i will beeeee there. (yeah....i just made that pun.)
beautiful. talented. amazing woman.
Ringo, here here. She blew me away, as a singer and a large personality. Brassy is the word I'd use to describe her, and my knees were weak. I was basically ready to propose marriage after the show was over.
SIRI! thanks for coming to support me. it wasn't until i saw your face in the crowd that i felt okay, haha. i'm serious! ahhh corny.
oh, and also, if you want to see a girl who is totally fucking mindblowing on stage? you must, must, must watch this: http://www.imposemagazine.com/tv/screaming-females
wait until the midpoint when she starts performing...and check out what she's wearing vs what she is doing and everything else. ahhh-mazing.
Great pictures I think that the girl on yhe photos is realy beautiful , and the music in the video is nice , good band my freinds.
Very awesome pictures, love the looks as if they were a picture of the 30s.
OK I don't it's just me, but some of these pictures are a little bit creepy, don't you think? specially the one with the child in the floor.
the first picture looks pretty weird but I have to admit that it is quite artistic and the gaze that she has.
Please one more post about that.I wonder how you got so good. This is really a fascinating blog, lots of stuff that I can get into. One thing I just want to say is that your Blog is so perfect
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