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Graeme Virtue, giving a short 3 star review in The Guardian:
"Thank you for joining us on this fucked-up journey." Juliana Hatfield is talking about this gig, a stripped-down, two-person show banjaxed by technical problems. Her co-headliner plays a guitar borrowed from the support band and, periodically, all the power goes out.
Nicola Byrne, reviewing the Dublin show at GoldenPlec:
When it’s Juliana’s turn, she nails Candy Wrappers and Nirvana. Dando is content to just sip a pint while she sings Slow Motion, staring at her, his back to us. It’s a bit disconcerting, like he’d rather we not be there. But they work best together—he needs her. The usually sleazy, My Drug Buddy, is softened up with the introduction of Hatfield‘s vocal. It’s both sweet and dead-eyed, lax and eager. Her injection of uplifting tones to Paid to Smile almost makes the track cheery, while she’s the only one bringing some banter—if you could call it that.
There's a nice photo set by Mr Weir at Flickr.
See also other YouTube stuff - My Drug Buddy and It's About Time.
The crowd throw multiple requests at the stage and they do their best to meet some of them. A shout for ‘$1,000 Wedding’ though, which is a Gram Parsons song they’ve covered before, is a step too far for Juliana. She recoils in horror, reveals a dislike of Gram Parsons and complains that she can never get Evan to take his records off her stereo. Then someone yells ‘Streets of Baltimore’ another Gram Parsons song. ‘Yeah, I’ll do that’ cries Evan, I think Juliana gives up at that point and disappears.
As Rob mentions in the comments on the last post, the article at FIt For Moshing has been updated with a review.
There's also some YouTube stuff of Hospital, My Drug Buddy
The set from last night's Evan & Juliana show at the HMV Institute in Birmingham.
The Caws was in attendance. He approved.
There's a few photos at Fit For Moshing.
will play all evan/juliana shows from nov. 29 through dec. 4 (birmingham, dublin, glasgow, machester, london)but can no longer do the rest
— Juliana Hatfield (@julianahatfield) October 17, 2012
all australia e/j shows are still on--yes i will be there. i apologize for having to cancel some of europe. evan may do them still--
— Juliana Hatfield (@julianahatfield) October 17, 2012
Previous related posts here have therefore been removed.
BOOM!
The Juliana Hatfield / Evan Dando acoustic extravaganza hits the British Isles in November / December:
Nov 29 - HMV Institute Library, Birmingham, ENG
Nov 30 - Sugar Club, Dublin, IRE
Dec 1 - SWG3, Glasgow, SCO
Dec 2 - Academy 2, Manchester, ENG
Dec 4 - Royal Festival Hall, London, ENG
Tickets go on sale Friday 21 September 2012 at 9am via Kililive (UK) and Ticketmaster (Ireland).
After the show on December 18 sold out, another Melbourne, Australia date has been added at The Corner Hotel on December 19.
Also, earlier shows in another continent may be coming:
The Juliana Hatfield / Evan Dando acoustic shows return for dates in Australia at the end of the year.
December 2012, Australia:
16 The Zoo, Brisbane
18 The Corner Hotel, Melbourne
20 Metro Theatre, Sydney
22 The Rosemount, Perth
The support act for all shows will be Bambino Koresh.
see also a brief clip of Taxicab
via Carlos and justonescarf
Andrew Youssef:
Her shimmering, early acoustic set featured a gorgeous cover of “Fruit Fly” from Nada Surf, a crystalline take on Foo Fighters’ “Learn To Fly,” as well as the some classics from her catalog like “My Sister,” “Nirvana,” and new songs like “Candy Wrappers.”
There's more on the Q Division studio shows last night, together with a gallery of 25 photos at Stereogum.
Two of David Young's great photos from yesterday's shows.
Thanks to David for sharing them here. See more of his set at Flickr.
UPDATE
The full set and other info from the show is archived here:
Set list from the later electric band show, yesterday at Q Division Studios in Somerville, MA:
Thanks again to spiketop for posting this list at This is the Sound
Set list from the acoustic leg of Juliana's double header of shows at Q Division Studios, Somerville, MA, yesterday.
Thanks to spiketop for posting the list at This is the Sound
Juliana, via her official site:
Hello! I am releasing a handful of tickets to my private solo acoustic show coming up (really soon)(Wednesday) on June 27th at Q Division studios in Somerville, MA, for (local-area?) people who aren’t doing the Pledge Music thing but who might still want to see the show. The doors will open at 5:30 p.m. and the ticket price includes beer and snacks and casual/intimate social atmosphere — I will be there all evening, before and after the show. Click here to order tickets. After purchase, names will be added to the guest list at the door in lieu of paper tickets.
Two upcoming shows on the same day - acoustic and full band, both at Q Division Studios in Somerville, MA on Wednesday, June 27 2012.
In her announcement at PledgeMusic, Juliana says while there is the possibility of further shows this year, these could be the only performances in support of the covers album. Her discomfort with playing live has been well documented for many years, and you'll recall there was only one full band show for the previous album.
Billed as 'private shows', tickets (priced at $50 each) go on sale to pledgers at PledgeMusic tomorrow (19 May 2012) at 10am EST.
If you can't make it, you may be able to hear it later:
@VoodooHipster @PledgeMusic will record shows but gotta have time to mix it to my liking for possible release later on
— Juliana Hatfield (@julianahatfield) May 18, 2012
Over at Cheap and Plastic Andrew has a nice set of photos from last week's show at Brighton Music Hall in Allston.
Also, if you haven't seen them already there's a couple of other videos from the show posted by instant1rock at YouTube: Oh and Candy Wrappers / So Alone: