Samantha Moore want to marry Decemberists’ frontman Colin Meloy, so she went to see his acoustic show at the Music Hall of Williamsburg and wrote this review:

I was a little weary when my friend Dorit asked me to go see Colin Meloy’s solo show. Don’t get me wrong, I love the Decemberists, but I didn’t know if he was going to play just solo stuff, or Decemberists stuff or what, and I didn’t really want to risk my $30. But I realized that I should go, because, let’s face it, Colin Meloy is amazing, and I should be taking more chances in my life anyways.

Full review and tons of pics after the jump!
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Almack’s Dance Hall Contributing writer, Samantha Moore, went to see the Crib’s last night and survived… barely. Here’s her report:

The Cribs hold a very special place in my heart. They were the first band I ever saw live way back when I was just a wee Catholic schoolgirl. They were opening for Franz Ferdinand and Death Cab For Cutie in May 2006. This was a period in my life when I had just recently started down the road to musical obsession and this concert was sort of like my induction to the British Indie Fan Club. To this day, they remain one of the only bands I have seen live and instantly fallen in love with without ever having heard any of their music. Last night when I saw them at the Music Hall of Williamsburg, it was like the experience I had two years ago, but like times a million.

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A year or two ago I saw Lily Allen get on stage at the Hiro Ballroom for her first ever New York City performance. How I got those tickets is beyond me, but I was there! It was like her coronation into our American hearts, and her debutant ball all in one. Last night’s Duffy performance wasn’t much different.

The teeny tiny 19-year-old soulful singer took the stage like a woman twice her stature and twice her age. Confidence spewing out and looking like she walked out of a photoshoot from the 60s (or at least a photoshoot doubling as Broadway’s Kristin Chenoweth). She should be called Duffy Springfield.
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