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Posted in music | pictures on March 27, 2009
PJ Harvey & John Parish played Irving Plaza (pics), the El Rey (setlist), Leno (video) & KCRW (video)
photos by Jacob Blickenstaff
"PJ Harvey's previous album with John Parish was 1998's Dance Hall at Louise Point, but the 12-year wait was worth it. Harvey's brutal doctrine - that nothing should sound like anything either of them has done before - has produced a thrilling, boundless work. The songs are riots of changing themes and multiple musical personalities. Black Hearted Love, in which Parish's granite riff fuels one of Harvey's best ever rockers, finds two lovers frolicking in the abyss, while Pointless, Passionless chillingly catalogues a stone-cold relationship. April, with its snail's pace, is plaintive and purifying. Harvey's vocals range from animalistic shrieks to haunted narratives, as she depicts everything from the gleeful humiliation of a cuckold ("lily-livered balls!") to the days that follow a death. It all hangs together brilliantly, suggesting the mutual understanding of two artists at the peak of their powers." [Guardian]PJ Harvey and John Parish have now finished up a short U.S. tour that included a stop at SXSW (pic, setlist), a stop on Leno (Hulu video), a visit to KCRW (video), a show in LA (setlist below), and a show at Irving Plaza in NYC last night (3/26). More pictures from that last one, below...
PJ Harvey & John Parish @ El Rey Theatre, Los Angeles 3/23/09 - setlist (via)
Black Hearted Love
Sixteen, Fifteen, Fourteen
Rope Bridge
Urn With Dead Flowers In A Drained Pool
Civil War
The Soldier
Taut
Cercle
The Chair
Leaving California
A Woman A Man Walked By / Crow
Passionless
Cracks In The Canvas
Pig Will Not
encore:
False Fire
April
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Posted on March 27, 2009 10:55 AM
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Comments (28)
Why can't you use a cellphone at the Irving Plaza box office?
(Memo to The Guardian: Their previous album was "Dance Hall at LOUSE Point.")
Posted by Anonymous | March 27, 2009 11:18 AM
is that the doorman from the continental in the 3rd pic from the bottom?
Posted by wembley | March 27, 2009 11:20 AM
why are the photos from so far away?
Posted by Anonymous | March 27, 2009 11:26 AM
"is that the doorman from the continental in the 3rd pic from the bottom?"
the owner, yes
Posted by Anonymous | March 27, 2009 11:33 AM
The photos are from so far away because increasingly that is the only place the army of PR people, publicists, label people, tour managers, security guards and other helpful sorts will let you work. The only shooting area available was a 2x3 foot roped off area at the rear of the balcony that one had to be 'escorted' to. Shooting was permitted only during the 3th and 7th songs (or something silly like that). PJ's peeps got rid of the pit for the show. Bowls of red m&m's were placed precisely at 2 cubit intervals at the bars.(taking license here) Of course every knucklehead with a point and shoot had one in her face the entire time.
Posted by jacob | March 27, 2009 11:44 AM
wow, Trigger at a PJ Harvey show. got to say i'm a bit surprised.
Posted by argyle | March 27, 2009 11:49 AM
Jazzmaster much?
Posted by Anonymous | March 27, 2009 11:56 AM
@jacob: Good for them! It keeps the pros from annoying the audience.
Posted by Anonymous | March 27, 2009 12:09 PM
@ jacob..well that sucks!
12:09, you're an idiot
Posted by Anonymous | March 27, 2009 12:12 PM
@jacob: I am one of your knuckleheads with a point and shoot.
http://gigoblog.qbertplaya.com/2009/03/pj-harvey-john-parish-irving-plaza.html
Though I tried to savor the performance as much as possible without bringing out my camera, I did get some good (closer) shots, including a video of "The Soldier."
So happy with the new stuff!
Posted by Qbertplaya | March 27, 2009 12:14 PM
I saw PJ and JP on Jay Leno the other night. It was as dreadful as it sounds.
Posted by Anonymous | March 27, 2009 1:08 PM
Yeah, that performance was pretty bad, but that song sounded great last night..
Posted by Anonymous | March 27, 2009 2:15 PM
I will admit that half of the problem is there are plenty of annoying photographers out there, in photographing bigger shows, the line between photog and paparazzi gets very thin. the pit/3 song rule = the red carpet.
But in an Ideal World, I would think musicians would prefer an observant, creative photographer respectfully making killer pictures that serve history rather than a half observant fan jumping around like a ninny, beer in a plastic cup sloshing in one hand, camera or iphone held arm's length in the other.
Posted by jacob | March 27, 2009 3:19 PM
@jacob the elite camera weilding "artist"
did i get beer on your dress? sorry, i must've been too busy enjoying myself at the rock show to notice.
get a better zoom lens and stop crying.
Posted by pointandshootist | March 27, 2009 6:00 PM
wow, i'm glad i saved my money & passed on this show. not a single bonafide pj harvey song-- just as i had suspected. i love her & all, but her stuff with john parish doesn't hold a candle to her regular solo material. (the beacon show last year was still one of my favorite gigs-- ever!)
Posted by Anonymous | March 27, 2009 6:03 PM
I. WILL. NOT!
Posted by Anonymous | March 27, 2009 7:11 PM
Anno 6:03. You missed a great show. Have you listened to their new cd? It's very good. I have seen her many times. I do not need to hear her drag out all of her hits again. I enjoy hearing something new. As for pictures, if I were an artist I would just be happy people still want to take my picture. That being said there are a lot of idiot phographers out there. As for their appearence on Leno, maybe you have lousy TV speakers. I thought they were great. BHL did of course sound better last night.
Posted by Anonymous | March 28, 2009 12:22 AM
12:22: I couldn't have listened to the new CD since it's not out yet. I don't do the downloading leaked albums bullshit. I'll go out Tuesday & buy it.
Posted by Anonymous | March 28, 2009 12:52 AM
PJ HARVEY TOUR DATES!!!
Jun 2 2009 8:00P
Center Stage Atlanta, Georgia
Jun 3 2009 8:00P
Madison Theatre Covington, Kentucky
Jun 5 2009 8:00P
Warner Theatre WASHINGTON, Washington DC
Jun 6 2009 8:00P
Beacon Theatre New York, New York
Jun 7 2009 8:00P
The Trocadero Theatre Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Jun 12 2009 7:30P
Riviera Theatre Chicago, Illinois
Jun 13 2009 7:30P
Weesner Amphitheater Apple Valley, Minnesota
Jun 19 2009 8:00P
Warfield Theatre San Francisco, California
Posted by Anonymous | April 16, 2009 3:16 PM
Video was mind blowing.
Posted by Noritake China | October 22, 2009 6:08 PM
Really pissed that I missed it! Thanks for sharing the photos and the review!
Posted by Music Lover | October 23, 2009 3:45 PM
great post, and great photo !
Posted by animedb | October 24, 2009 3:27 PM
some music are thrown away after hearing
but yours...
stays all the while
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Posted by Limited Benefit Plans | October 29, 2009 3:01 AM
Nice post here.
Thanks for sharing this,
thanks,
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Posted by Cheap Directory Submissions | November 3, 2009 3:59 PM
Cool pictures mate they are MINTED.
what camera was that taken with? do you know?
Posted by yournetbiz | November 6, 2009 7:46 AM
PJ Harvey & John Parish are my favorites, great to see them together.
Posted by car agmes | November 14, 2009 1:34 PM
Enjoyed the video and the picks.
see you again
Posted by yournetbiz | November 16, 2009 6:08 AM
The singers are very useful to the entertainment and for the songs purpose .So those should be the respectable.The only shooting area available was a 2x3 foot roped off area at the rear of the balcony that one had to be 'escorted' to. Shooting was permitted only during the 3th and 7th songs (or something silly like that). PJ's peeps got rid of the pit for the show....
Thanks and Regards
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Posted by franks3132 | November 20, 2009 5:18 AM