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Café du Nord February 18, 2003 Review by Jake Thomas A damn fine night of local music at the Du Nord. Peggy Honeywell started it off with her unique brand of balladeering. She has a fine voice, reminding me of both Chan Marshall and Gillian Welch without really sounding like either. She has an interesting sound, in that her voice says country while her guitar playing says blues. Either way, I enjoyed it. I just wish she had played her song 'Puppy Love' off of her album on Galaxia, that song is great. Short and to the point, just how I usually like my live music. The Papercuts were next. This was my second time seeing them in during the month of February. After some talking with Daz, we both thought the best band comparisons we could come up for them would be a combination of The Violent Femmes, For Stars, and The Shins. There are also obvious comparisons to the local group The Ceramic Isles, but since these two bands share members it might be redundant to even go into that one. I thought they sounded swell; I'm enjoying them more and more each time I see them. For their next to the last song, the singer put down his guitar and played the house piano at the back of the stage, which was a nice change. The piano could have been a little louder to match the volume on the keyboards, but it was still nice nonetheless. The final group was Vetiver. It just came to my attention that the singer/guitarist of Vetiver is from one of my favorite North Carolina bands of all time, The Raymond Brake. Well, I already liked Vetiver, but this just increased how cool I think they are immensely. If you ever have the opportunity to pick up either of The Raymond Brake's CDs or 7 inches, do it, you won't be disappointed. That said, on the Vetiver tip, they were great. Lots of new stuff that I hadn't heard before (granted, I've only seen them once before, but most of the stuff was not on their rough demo that Daz let me hear either). Seemed like the strings were playing a more up front role this time - last time they kinda came across as secondary to the singing and guitaring. I'm really looking forward to these cats putting out a proper album. --- Read our previous Vetiver review: Review & Photos @ Hemlock Tavern, November 8, 2001 ©2003 playinginfog.com |