Love All Hail the Coup
posted by on March 5 at 13:06 PM
On Saturday night I had the good fortune to pop by Neumo’s for the show by the Coup, and it was fucking awesome. I’ve never seen ‘em before, so I have no idea how this tour’s line-up—Boots Riley with live guitar-bass-drums and kick-ass backup singer—compares with what they’ve done in the past, but it totally worked on me and the rest of the crowd, which freaked out admirably.
Personal highlight: “ShoYoAss,” my favorite track on Pick a Bigger Weapon and one of my favorite songs of last year. This is gonna sound weird, but the song’s always reminded me of the Rolling Stones’ “Jigsaw Puzzle,” another six-minute-plus track that seems like it could go on forever and always ends before I want it to. Live, “ShoYoAss” was a melodic riot, led by the aforementioned ass-kicking backup singer/dancer, whose name I wish I knew so I could write her a fan letter.
I had to take off before Lyrics Born performed—how’d his show go?
The backup singer was Silky! She's amazing and my hero.
lyrics born is always a show to expect a lot of hype... but i have to say, the live band and the slinky backup singer were nice additions.
Lyrics Born was good, but nothing compared to The Coup. Boots and Co. rocked Neumo's harder than I've ever seen them rock before. And if you want to send Silk-e a fan letter, you should try her myspace:
http://www.myspace.com/silke1
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