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Posted in music | pictures on March 10, 2009
Pela @ Mercury Lounge (week 1) in pics & review
words & photos by Fresh Bread
Pela returned to the stage last week with the first of two sold-out shows at the Mercury Lounge. The band has been working on their next studio album for the past few months (due out this spring) and are using these shows to test out the new material in front of a live crowd. They hadn't played a show in a while, but you couldn't tell from their performance. Lead man Billy McCarthy and band earnestly and energetically performed eight new songs during the hour-or-so set. The rest of the fifteen song set list, including old jams like "Lost To The Lonesome", "Calvary", "Tenement Teeth", and "Waiting On The Stairs". An encore cover of the Clash's "Guns Of Brixton" had the packed house trying to match the band's energy (result was a draw - band 1, crowd 1).
The second of two Pela shows at Mercury Lounge is tonight, March 10th. More pictures from last week below...
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Posted on March 10, 2009 3:16 PM
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Comments (6)
pela is one of the best bands in new york. and they smell nice.
Posted by joe | March 10, 2009 3:25 PM
I get the popularity of this band even less than I get The National. Also... the singer is a DICK.
Posted by Anonymous | March 10, 2009 3:29 PM
Correction... he has a big dick. And he swings it well
Posted by Anonymous | March 10, 2009 3:39 PM
then you haven't seen this band live - they kill it.
Posted by wow | March 10, 2009 3:58 PM
i thought the show was OK. seemed to be sound issues going down. biggest complaint: the crowd was obnoxious. drunk people singing "along" (off-tempo and off-key, didn't actually know the words, either), or just people who can't pay attention to the show and insist on chatting all night. blah.
Posted by anonymous | March 10, 2009 5:16 PM
this band ALWAYS kills it live...and overcome sound issues, as they did last week. they have a great spirit and get me dancin' every time. oh, and they are a nice bunch of boys too!
Posted by sc | March 11, 2009 9:52 AM