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[Aug. 5th, 2004|11:35 pm]
On Tour: Kamen&Asher
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From the Dear Watson International Messageboard --
(All reviews in regard to the June 24th show)
The Harvey Chronicle
The mood, off-set by the incongruous orchestral sextette Dear Watson, was strangely cheerful and gloomy. Dear Watson is fronted by fiery songstress Nik Morrison, who appeared in a blood-red corset, atop a flowing crimson gown, dramatic white bandages wrapped along her wrists and arms... and lime green clips holding up askew pigtails.
They sang slow, moving ballads about suicide, matricide, homicide, and Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
The true highlight of their set was the eight-minute jam session that culminated in a decadent version of "Blue Moon." Alas their thirty minutes were up almost too soon, and they bowed elegantly, if disarmingly formal for a rock show. Maybe they're just glad to be out of their parents' basement.
L.A. Rhymes Times
Beginning the night on the sourest note possible were novelty goth act Dear Watson who looked like they stepped out of a "Saturday Night Live" sketch.
Their lyrics weren't much better; a damp mix of dark mysticism combined with sophomoric moans about vampires and the night made for a yawn-inducing 25-minute set that droned, whined, and practically doused the crowd with formaldehyde.
Ending with a shrill cover of "Blue Moon," they respectfully curtsied and nodded solemnly.
Acquired Taste
"The strangest trio."
Calling all the goth kids, glam boys, and sensitive coffehouse lesbians! Your event of the year has arrived!
Goth act Dear Watson snatched headlines out from under Derek Kamen and Madison Asher on July 24th in L.A. Perhaps the promoters needed to add the sextette (who's current single is called "Everybody's Got Stigmata These Days") to the line-up to make the Kamen/Asher combo less bizarre sounding.
Music Mess
Normally just the attraction of these two homo-centric musicians would be enough, but opening for Kamen and Asher are Dear Watson, an unusual chamber band with gothic fashion and Jill Sobule's sense of humor.
They opened with their current single "Everybody's Got Stigmata These Days," a rousing number that lampooned the current religious outburst in rock music, and namechecks Madonna and Britney Spears.
In a later number, lead vocalist Nik Morrison dedicated an anthem of high school rebellion ("Swim Upstream") to "the bitches in study hall, period 4, without whom I never would have become so fluent in passive aggressive behavior."
Over too soon (and ending unfortunately with a bloated cover of "Blue Moon"), Dear Watson arguably the best act of the night.
Alternatext
Before the main event, a bunch of weirdos in vinyl and Revlon crooned sad songs that wanted everyone to cut their wrists. Had we, they likely would have improvised their next single right then and there. |
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