Britt Daniel, lead singer of Spoon, is on a very small solo tour and our Southern California representative, Han Q. Duong, has the details:
With the solo setup, I thought the arrangements were a surprising success. Daniel was most effective when he was playing up his brooding sexiness with songs like “Everything Hits at Once” and “Anything You Want,” both of which got a solid swoon going on in the audience. The skeletal arrangement brought out the downbeat poignancy of “Me and the Bean,” one of my favorite performances of the night. Songs like “Paper Tiger” and “Stay Don’t Go” didn’t sound very different at all, while “The Way We Get By” was completely translated onto guitar without losing any of its infectiousness. (full review)