Pulp – Common People

Beautiful, transcendent show at Mercury Lounge last night. Opening band was The Dig, who were great and are having a record release party at Mercury in early June.

They also played a new song, Popinjay, video is below. I’ve already posted too much TJF so here’s a link to get the song on Amazon.

It was an excellent show tonight at the Bell House. I think she noticed that I knew pretty much all the words to all the songs. It was her first show in the US! It was a big excited crowd and a warm welcome.

Update 4/7 Ok so obviously she noticed. From her blog:

I had 2 sold out shows in new york which may have been the most enjoyable experiences of my life.

I think this is a pretty good review of Marina & the Diamonds’ debut album: it notes the Dresden Dolls influence (particularly evident in this song) and makes the following observation:

But it’s her taste for the bleeding obvious which, ultimately, holds her back from greatness. … It’s this kind of route-one thinking which reins in The Family Jewels … the song about being an outsider is called “The Outsider”. The song about being rootless is called “Rootless.” The song about feeling numb is called… OK, you’re ahead of me.

Indeed! (And that’s another similarity with Amanda Palmer.) But there’s something wonderfully, obscenely uncensored about this obviousness. Like the video for her single Hollywood. Because yep! There can be no doubt from the look on her face that she, Marina Diamandis, is indeed obsessed with the mess that is America.

I hope she’s looking forward to her upcoming dates in NYC. We are very much looking forward to seeing her.

Marina & the Diamonds – Are You Satisfied?

Yeah so I’m pretty excited for the May Day Joy Formidable show at the Mercury lounge. Tickets are still available as of now (so get some).

Also if you don’t have the album yet, you can buy it here.

The Joy Formidable – The Last Drop