[ATTENDED: February 18, 2022] Lily Konigsberg
I have seen Lily Konigsberg play with Palberta–she and her bandmates switched instruments throughout the set. For this set Lily played guitar and sang. Her Lily K. Band was a four piece.
Nate was on guitar, Charlie on bass and Charlotte Kahn on drums. I am 90% sure I have seen Kahn play drums with someone else, but I can’t remember who that was.
Lily is a prolific songwriter. Some are catchy. Some are downright weird. I was actually surprised at how conventional some of these songs were. Especially after she started out with the decidedly odd and wonderful “Alone” with its jumpy bass line and wicked guitars.
I loved the title of the next song “At Best a #3.” Then she told is that “Proud Home” was about Stacy’s perspective from “Stacy’s Mom.” It was good but not as catchy as he original.
Introducing “Big Tall Grass” she told us that the song was dedicated to a friend who had died from fentanyl overdose. She said she had fentanyl and Narcan for free at the merch table, which she quickly amended to fentanyl strips that can spot even tiny amounts of fentanyl in a street drug.
It was fun watching Nate play this songs, some of which are really fast with wild chord changes. The super catchy “That’s the Way I Like It” was followed by the snythy, moody “Don’t Be Lazy with Me”
For reasons I’m unclaer about, somebody kept shouting “Freebird” during her pauses. She couldn’t hear him and thought he was shouting “Reverb.” She wondered why people were shouting reverb. When he clarified “Freebird” she replied, “oh, that’s so lame. That joke is so old.” It was awesome t hear somebody finally put that to the shame it deserves.
The biggest surpirse of the night came when she did a 100% faithful and beautiful cover of Sixpence None the Richer’s “Kiss Me.” It was like her voice was meant for the song.
She ended the set with “Roses,” one more song from her wonderfully titled latest album Lily We Need to Talk Now.
Lily also had a fundraiser at her table for Homeless Black Trans Women. I was happy to give a few bucks, and there’s also an online place to donate as well.
Setlist
- Alone £
- At Best A #3 ß
- Proud Home £
- Big Tall Grass
- Sweat Forever £
- That’s the Way I Like It £
- Don’t Be Lazy With Me £
- Bad Boy £
- 7 Smile ß
- Kiss Me (Sixpence None the Richer cover)
- Roses £
£ Lily We Need to Talk Now (2021)
ß The Best of Lily Konigsberg Right Now (2021)
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