Han Q. Duong can go from seeing The Decemberists one day to the Gossip the next and not even think twice about it. He is versatile, and will survive the Nuclear War.
Once Beth Ditto she takes the stage, you’re not paying attention to anything else. Ditto delivers fierce punk with a soul/blues/gospel twist to spine-tingling effect. Dancing, shimmying and shaking, she’s in constant motion, pushing at such a maddening pace that she’s worked fanning herself into her repertoire of dance moves. When the Gossip tore into “Fire/Sign,” the crowd was absolutely churning, begging for revolution and deliverance with every note. With the chorus of “Jason’s Basement,” the Troubadour wasn’t far from the sweaty house parties that the Gossip started at. Singing “no inhibitions / come and dance with meeeeeee” repeatedly, it wasn’t long before fans started taking Ditto up on her offers, climbing right on stage for an overheated dance party that threatened to blow the doors right off the place. (full review)