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[ATTENDED: March 31, 2018] Twain

Twain has become something of a punchline for my friends and I, because we all really disliked his set opening for Kishi Bashi.

What was bizarre was how much Kishi Bashi raved about him that night.  Then recently, Twain played SXSW and the NPR review of SXSW raved about him as well.

They said this:

 Twain’s vast, searching music conjures the cosmic folk of Tim Buckley: A welcoming, wandering rumination on life, the afterlife, loneliness and “the beauties of this earthly world,” “Solar Pilgrim” feels at once human and otherworldly. The latest project to feature singer Mt. Davidson — he’s worked with The Low Anthem, Spirit Family Reunion and others — Twain makes the kind of music that, had it been made 50 years ago, would be a cherished cult item today.

The recording they included was kind of interesting and I imagine that if he had a full band he might be more enjoyable–Darlingside said that he had had a full band on earlier shows.  They also raved about him quite a bit, even joking that it was fun to say his name–Twain–as a nonsense syllable when you had nothing else to say.

I love seeing opening bands.   And had I been by myself I probably would have gone to see if he was any different/better this time.  But Sarah was with me (yay) and she didn’t want to see Twain, so we got there late.  As we arrived he was finishing a song, and we went to the restrooms as his really loud keening voice filled the room.  It was as I recalled–uninhibited and rather out of control.  We decided we’d rather hang out and look at the Darlingside merch.  So we went into the foyer for his last song.

I tried to get a picture of the man, but it came out blurry.

But everyone else seemed to really like him (including the woman who shouted we love you).

Here’s some pictures from the show of him and Darlingside posted at The Key.