{"id":4406,"date":"2010-05-10T01:32:35","date_gmt":"2010-05-10T06:32:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bostonsurvivalguide.net\/wordpress\/?p=4406"},"modified":"2010-05-10T01:47:41","modified_gmt":"2010-05-10T06:47:41","slug":"kaki-king-with-an-horse-the-middle-east-downstairs-april-17-2010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bostonsurvivalguide.net\/wordpress\/2010\/05\/kaki-king-with-an-horse-the-middle-east-downstairs-april-17-2010\/","title":{"rendered":"Kaki King with An Horse @ The Middle East Downstairs ~ April 17, 2010"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Kaki King @ the Middle East Downstairs<\/p><\/div>\n

This was definitely an evening for aficionados of impressive guitar heroics, but it was also a surprisingly good night for indie pop fans. Kaki King<\/a> can definitely play a mean guitar (in fact, several different ones, in varying ways and styles), but she also has a sweet voice and can craft some decent songs, making for a varied set that moved from light and melodic to jaw-dropping guitar sorcery to intense ambient\/fusion. <\/p>\n

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An Horse<\/p><\/div>\n

Australia’s An Horse<\/a> (Kate Cooper on guitar\/vocals and Damon Cox on drums\/melodica\/backing vocals) started the evening, sounding a lot more interesting to my ears than when I saw them open<\/a> for Silversun Pickups<\/a> and Cage The Elephant<\/a> at the land of abysmal sound quality and penal system crowd control, The Webster<\/a> in Hartford, Connecticut. At that time, I speculated that they would benefit from a smaller club with better acoustics, and boy was I right. In the crazy blur that was last month’s live show extravaganza, I’m not recalling exactly what was played, but either there was some newer material since last year’s Rearrange Beds<\/a><\/em>, or their quieter, more melodic tunes stood out more from their harder rocking ones just by virtue of the far better acoustics. They sounded really good.<\/p>\n

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Kaki King<\/p><\/div>\n

Knowing beforehand that Kaki King<\/a> has made a name for herself by being a gifted guitarist, to the point of being named as a “Guitar God” by Rolling Stone<\/em> in 2006, I was expecting an evening of some impressive playing and general guitar worship. Indeed there was – god, she is really, really good<\/em>. But she also has a lovely indie pop voice; good, sometimes melancholy songs (her latest album, Junior<\/em>, centers around a relationship breakup); and a warm and engaging personality with great audience interaction. There were many different moods to her performance – mini sets of her pop tunes, longer jams that were more jazz fusion and ambient, melodic folky pieces, and showcases featuring her trademark fret-tapping\/hammering technique, strongly influenced by ace guitarist Preston Reed<\/a>, whom she says is an influence.<\/p>\n

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Joining her were two excellent Berklee schooled musicians – drummer Jordan Perlson and Dan Brantigan playing keyboards, electronics, trumpet, and a curious melodica-like device that I see now is known as an EWI<\/a> (Electronic Wind Instrument). They deftly created a multilayered, richly melodic backdrop which beautifully complemented her guitar excursions.<\/p>\n

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Her set included some solo performances, including a gorgeous lap steel piece in the encore and some guitar looping, during which she jumped into the crowd and danced for a while with her enraptured fans.<\/p>\n

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Their tour with An Horse is currently in Colorado, and then finishes up on the West Coast.<\/p>\n

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An Horse: <\/strong> MySpace<\/a> | Facebook<\/a> | YouTube<\/a> | Twitter<\/a> | Kaki King: <\/strong> MySpace<\/a> | official site<\/a> | Facebook<\/a><\/p>\nshare this: \"Facebook\"<\/a>\"twitter\"<\/a>\"reddit\"<\/a>\"pinterest\"<\/a>\"linkedin\"<\/a>\"tumblr\"<\/a>\"mail\"<\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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