Patrick Watson & Doveman played 92YTribeca (pics)

Thank God finally some love for Patrick Watson. This guy is truly one of the most underrated artists out there. 3 unrelated friends told me they thought the Bell House show was THE show of the year so far and I can't really disagree. It's hopefully only a matter of time till this guy and his phenomenal band achieve the acclaim and success they truly deserve. Do yourself a favor and see his next NYC area show.

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unreal show at the bell house. you're a fucking idiot for not going. ok?

agreed.

92y show was amazing. two immensely talented artists in one evening, with a small, nice crowd. its becoming more and more rare to have a concert experience in this city that can be described as "awesome" but that was one of them.

Sound at Bell House is typically not good, specially for quiet music. There are several reasons for this: the sound man who works there is not very sensitive, they have an average sound equipment, the floor is made of cement, people chat and walk around, there is permanent noisy bar activity, and the fraternity kind of aesthetics of the place doesn't help.

Patrick Watson brought his own sound man and people was mysteriously quiet that night, so it was a nice musical experience indeed. I also went the 92Y Tribeca show and the sound was pretty bad there.

It's time to start using small theaters, art galleries, houses and backyards, etc for this performances, where you can sit down and you don't have to deal with all this distractive factors. I have the feeling that the old infrastructure of commercial bar/clubs venues is in crisis, not helping any more the art of music. Let's leave them just for entertainment which has been their main motivation most of the time.

i love patrick watson, but why SO many photos? and how did you decide to lead with THAT one?!

At the 92YTribeca show, people yelled and laughed through the quiet and understated Doveman's entire set. Rude doesn't even cover it! Really, when did it become OK to ignore a performer like that? It's not TV, folks, and you're not in your living room. If you don't like it, I wish you'd leave!

Thankfully, most of them shut up and listened to the outstanding Patrick Watson, one of my favorite live performers ever.

Whew, I feel better now.

Siamese Dream and Mellon Collie were really good albums. Got them when they came out, still throw them on at times and think they're great. It saddens me when I hear bands from that era when I was a teenager and hear their new stuff and it's so clear how they've lost it, they sound desperate to recapture a sound/magic that they haven't had in 15 years (holy shit).... And then I realize that is not unlike a lot of us.

At last some respect for Patrick Watson, he deserves being one of the most promising artists out there. I just hope it's a matter of time before some great producer spots this talented artist and his fantastic music band i'm all set for his next NYC show.

Yeah, crowd was somewhat paranoid at the times. Hey I am personal friend with some of those artist and I spared time to came and to hear their music. If they do not like it, they do not need to spoil my pleasure or other people's pleasure, for that matter.

So Patrick plays his instruments drunk? Interesting.