On Tuesday of last week, Montreal-native, Patrick Watson played at the recently re-opened Crocodile. The Crocodile is a an iconic club here in Seattle. It's a small venue (opened in 1991) but it is a true local music scene hot-spot as it has launched the career of many bands (from Pearl Jam and Nirvana, to Death Cab for Cutie and Modest Mouse). It closed suddenly in 2007 but reopened in March of this year, remodeled and refurbished. We were lucky to see Patrick Watson in such a fun and intimate setting.
Patrick Watson is an innovative musician who combines indie rock, classical music and cabaret theatrics in a really riveting way -especially live.
Mallar and Patrick were pretty much neighbors in the Plateau back when Patrick was putting together his second album,
Close to Paradise. He can recall overhearing numerous practice sessions coming from Patrick's apartment across the street. Patrick's latest album,
Wooden Arms was released just this month. It was exciting to be introduced to his new music in a live setting. The show was unbelievably good. I don't think I have been that pleased with a concert in a long time. It was thoroughly entertaining and also unpredictable. Patrick and his band experiment a lot with sound and use the most unusual things as instruments -pots, pans, megaphones and plungers, kazoos -it was really spectacular. The sound was complex and yet really congruent and beautiful. I would go to see him again in a heartbeat.
On Tuesday of last week, Montreal-native, Patrick Watson played at the recently re-opened Crocodile. The Crocodile is a an iconic club here in Seattle. It's a small venue (opened in 1991) but it is a true local music scene hot-spot as it has launched the career of many bands (from Pearl Jam and Nirvana, to Death Cab for Cutie and Modest Mouse). It closed suddenly in 2007 but reopened in March of this year, remodeled and refurbished. We were lucky to see Patrick Watson in such a fun and intimate setting.
Patrick Watson is an innovative musician who combines indie rock, classical music and cabaret theatrics in a really riveting way -especially live. Mallar and Patrick were pretty much neighbors in the Plateau back when Patrick was putting together his second album, Close to Paradise. He can recall overhearing numerous practice sessions coming from Patrick's apartment across the street. Patrick's latest album, Wooden Arms was released just this month. It was exciting to be introduced to his new music in a live setting. The show was unbelievably good. I don't think I have been that pleased with a concert in a long time. It was thoroughly entertaining and also unpredictable. Patrick and his band experiment a lot with sound and use the most unusual things as instruments -pots, pans, megaphones and plungers, kazoos -it was really spectacular. The sound was complex and yet really congruent and beautiful. I would go to see him again in a heartbeat.
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