1/30/14 – Canberra, Australia, Street Theatre

1/30/14 – Canberra, Australia, Street Theatre

Setlist (incomplete):
Satisfaction

This is the 7th performance of the year. Mick Turner opened.

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The Greatest (snippet) http://web.stagram.com/p/644812241103619550_291194992

The setlist by afasm

Review
http://www.bmamag.com/articles/gig-reviews/20140211-the-vanns-the-familiars-midnight-owls/

Mick Turner from famed instrumentalists The Dirty Three kicked off proceedings with his one man band act. Armed with a guitar, electronic percussion machine and a whole mess of foot pedals, he presented a line-up of songs from his latest Don’t Tell the Driver LP. The man is a master at throwing a lot of seemingly unconnected guitar sounds and drum and cymbal effects into a sequence of loops, such that they all come together to create intriguing music.

Cat Power (aka Chan Marshall) took the stage to cheers and started really well, playing guitar while doing her little shuffling dance in front of the mic as she sang. She sounded magical, especially during the more intense songs where her voice swelled to engulf the room. Passionate and strong, Marshall included a few covers, including The Stones’ ‘Satisfaction’. Then things started going awry when she moved to the upright piano. The piano angle, presenting her back to the crowd, was not ideal. A few punters had the benefit of her reflection in the highly polished keyboard lid. The lady became increasingly unsettled, continually adjusting her clothing and the mic and sometimes losing her way with song beginnings. Songs tended to run together, leaving the audience confused as to when to applaud. Then there was trouble with her nose, which resulted in several incidences of nasal cavity exploration, complete with running commentary on the problem. It was altogether TMI! The nasal discussion was just part of the amusing banter exchanged with the patient and well-disposed punters throughout the night. Marshall’s distracted state continued to an extent when she returned to the guitar. The advantage of this was that she performed for over two hours, having lost track of the time.