LOCATION: WNKU Studio, Newport, KY
LINEUP: Karin, Linford
REVIEW BY: Bruce Lachey
Went to the Studio 89/WNKU taping tonight - it was pretty busy, I'd say maybe 50+ attendees for the show in the small studio. There was a Baldwin grand and two acoustics, they switched it up pretty well and stuck to mostly new material. They played: Hometown Boy (L piano, K vocal and acoustic) What I'll Remember Most (L acoustic, K vocal) What I'll Remember Most (same) Anything At All (L piano, K vocal and acoustic) Suitcase (L acoustic, K vocal and percussion) Fever (same) Show Me (K+L acoustic and vocal) Ohio (K piano and vocal) Hometown Boy (same as earlier) An WNKU assistant at the soundboard was mic'd into the mix for the first song, it wasn't noticed until mid way through What I'll Remember Most, so they played it again. For Suitcase+Fever, Karin played some kind of halo of bells that she shifted from hand to hand on the beat. The piano sounded great, and the rerecord of Hometown Boy sounded so great. Hometown Boy is the same song as Norwood Boy, played a while back at Canal Street and perhaps others. What I'll Remember Most is slow, with a great verse lyric, "This American dream may be poisonous - Violence is contagious. Crowded or empty - I walk these city streets alone." and then there was some math involved too, lots of percentages. Math lyrics always perk me up. Anything At All was similar to the mp3 of the month from way back, but the piano sounded really regal, with a drawn out menacing low part added during the last verse. Suitcase was almost as great live as on the mp3 offered at paste.com - Fever was just as great as always live, if you've been lucky enough to see it. Show Me was peppy and Linford did nicely on the harmony vocals. Started just after 7 and lasted until just before 8. Mostly a subdued show, great audience (mostly me - I was great). Haha. Questions and answers and banter was low, some talk about the freedom of recording/releasing music free of label pressure, some talk of the songwriting process, and the upcoming Coney show. Catch the edited down version on 14 August at 88.7 WNKU in the greater Cincinnati area (either 8PM or 9PM EST), or listen online at http://www.wnku.org/ I am glad they are releasing a big time album, because they were wearing kindof 70s style clothes.. Haha.. Perhaps K+L were fresh from a Phish show.