Lake Street Dive - 1st time in NZ

[Jay]

Not everyone's cuppa but I kind of dig them. Especially Rachel Price... Great voice!

Gonna see them in March in Auckland. Anyone else going?

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wwvMlSa6u-g[/youtube]

[Starfire]

Nice. Where are they playing?

[Jay]

Auckland Arts Festival

http://www.aucklandfestival.co.nz/event ... iegeltent/

[bender]

Cool! I love them.

[Sustainz]

Wife and I are thinking about it. We really want to see them but not looking forward to finding and paying for parking in Auckland.

[Jay]

not looking forward to finding and paying for parking in Auckland.

Find a park just outside CBD (ie, Mt Eden) and I'll pick you up (provide we are going on the 12th). PM me if you are interested.

[Jay]

Saw them last night. Absolutely Awesome. Rachel's singing was superb and accompanied by lovely harmonies.

Funny setting in a Spiegeltent but quite nice atmosphere. Great crowd.

They play two more nights, if you were hesitating to see them.. don't!

[bender]

We went last night (Friday). That is one awesome band! The bass player is utterly phenomenal!

[Jay]

IMO the two 'girls' carry the band... And I don't say that in a demeaning way as both gents are very good too. It's just that those ladies have that something special. They are Womad tomorrow. Go see them Naki!

[bender]

I'm not sure I agree with that- the drummer adds something pretty damn special to the mix too, as does the guitarist/trumpet player. It's just that the two girls have a very in-your-face contribution. That drummer is spectacular.

I really loved it when they busted out the Van Halen.

[Jay]

I think we both agree they are darn good. I was sitting 5 rows from the front but still used my binoculars to get some more detail. He is playing a Moniker guitar with what looks like P90's and a Bigsby.

Had a look at the Moniker website but it is all custom build stuff. Not sure what sort of effects he was using but some of them were growling in a nice way.