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"Into the streets, just you and me." Playful words and attitude from a very young Robert Smith that often resonate within other young artists worldwide as a source of inspiration. As could be seen this night for California's Anna Nalick, the latest singer-songwriter in the limelight, QUATTRO was chock full of cameras and industry people. The question was just how playful and comfortable a still very formative Nalick would be in such an environment. Smartly, like her teenage beginnings, Anna was surrounded by a host of veteran musicians, allowing her to test her waters freely. Bassist Tim Hogan ushered her in with his smooth baritone, "Please welcome Anna Nalick" as she stridently skipped onstage, beaming brightly as guitarist Luis Maldonado and drummer Ronald Crawford settled in. With an effervescent enthusiasm, eyes alive, she broke straightaway into their meaty 70's rocker "Citadel." Her almost childlike giddiness ran infectiously throughout. As a set arranged like a singles collection, thanks were heartily given between each track. Awash in her buoyant persona, festive Mardi Gras beads, bowling shirt and jeans, she increasingly playfully prowled about as a curious, happy cat in new territory, showing a growing confidence. "Consider This," in its fence strut, had her hips swaying back and forth as a solo spotter kept vigilant of her every movement until its final breakdown crescendo finish while "Paper Bag" motored about in its peppy ways, begging for a fall road trip with windows down, leaves rustling behind. Most importantly as with any performance, there were unforeseen surprises to stick in the minds of all present. For one, in a most unusual tip of the hat for her good fortunes, Anna dedicated her simple, cozy roller "Breathe(2 AM)" to SONY. Secondly, in her laughing disbelief of always missing the final cymbal crash for her encore "Angel," Nalick made her band repeat it so that she got it right. Perhaps best encapsulated now by her song "In The Rough," this unabashedly, carefree disarming Californian shall duly find smoother seas and streets ahead. . |
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report by michael |
 mag files : Anna Nalick Carefree Curiosity Fuels This Feline Far From Home (05/09/22 @ Shibuya Club Quattro) : review by michael |
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The official site Anna Nalick http://www.annanalick.com/ The latest album  "Wreck of the Day " (US import / 国内盤 / 国内限定盤) |
check the albums? |
 2005CD review : Abuzeek : Farida's Cafe (22nd Sept.)CD review : The Warrior's Code : Dropkick Murphys (22nd Sept.)Carefree Curiosity Fuels This Feline Far From Home : Anna Nalick (22nd Sept. @ Shibuya Club Quattro)Mellow Post-Juno Transmissions In The East From The Great White North : Feist (21st Sept. @ Shibuya Club Quattro)CD review : What's It All About? : Rinaldi Sings (12th Sept.)CD review : Hope You Die Soon By Overdose : Arkangel (10th Sept.)CD review : One Step Closer : String Cheese Incident (8th Sept.)CD review : Antigone : Heaven Shall Burn (31st Aug.)CD review : This Is The New Pop : Love Me Butch (9th Aug.)Making Infectious Post-Fuji Rock Neapolitan Love Within Sterile Walls Of Tokyo : The Dawn of New Wave vol.3 feat. The Go! Team, The Magic Numbers and The Futureheads (2nd Aug. @ Liquidroom Ebisu)CD review : Tsu Ku Shi N Bow : PE'Z (15th Jul.)CD review : Band Of Outsiders : Potion (13th Jul.)CD review : Come To The End : FC FIVE (9th Jul.)CD review : Dresden Dolls : The Dresden Dolls (9th Jul.)CD review : This Is Love, This Is Murderous : Bleeding Through (30th Jun.)Alive And Kicking...Wales' Latest Chanteuse Unfurls Her Disarming Reassurances : JEM (7th Jun. @ Shibuya Club Quattro)CD review : Underneath Are Phantoms : The Tunnel Of Love (4th Jun.)CD review : Enter The Enemy : Everybody's Enemy (3rd Jun.)A Final Episode More Than Satisfying... Boom Boom Satellites' Latest Reality Of Elevating Pleasures : Jack Johnson w/G.Love & Special Sauce (25th May. @ Tokyo Shinagawa Prince Stellar Ball)A Final Episode More Than Satisfying... Boom Boom Satellites' Latest Reality Of Elevating Pleasures : Boom Boom Satellites (19th May. @ Shibuya AX)A Global-A-Go-Go Tune-Up In Effervescence For A Slightly Slimmed Down 26-Piece Shibusa Shirazu : Shibusa Shirazu (13th Apr. @ Kichijoji Star Pine's Cafe)An Ongoing 8 Year-Old Reality Of Superfluous Elevating Pleasures... Boom Boom Satellites Christen Their Latest Most Welcomed Hedonistic Chapter : Boom Boom Satelites (7th Apr. @ Ebisu Liquidroom)A 10 Plus Year Gestation Of International Minor Threats Collectively Hit Tokyo : The Dillinger Escape Plan with Melt-Banana and EMOK (10th Mar. @ Shinjuku Loft) Filthy, Gorgeous And Utterly Magnifique In An Most Aptly Titled Venue... : Scissor Sisters (25th Feb. @ Daikanyama Unit)An Inaugural Tokyo Come Together For Now And Forever... : The Delgados with Autour de Lucie(16th Feb. @ Shibuya Club Quattro)Another Day, Another Earned... : Hatebreed (12th Feb. @ Daikanyama Unit)You Can't Stop Thinking About Her...
: Rachael Yamagata (31st Jan. @ Shibuya Club Quattro) |