We met for a drink before the concert and then walked to La Rodia, a very-recently-constructed concert space along the Doubs. I run by it practically every time I go out for a run, and have always wanted to go to a concert there. I heard about this one, which featured three different groups who all played folk-50s/60s rock and roll, and invited as many people as I could. (I took the picture of La Rodia below back in early November).
It ended up being really good. We missed the first group, but made it in time to hear the second act: Lindi Ortega, who was great (her voice reminded me a lot of Brandi Carlisle). She was wearing a hat/veil just like this at the show...
Then the main act was Kitty, Daisy, and Lewis, who I loved! The band name is composed of the first names of its three primary members, who are all siblings, and whose parents play the bass guitar and the stand-up base in the band. The three siblings all play the drums, the guitar, the bass, and sing vocals (interchangeably) and Kitty plays the harmonica.
It was pretty wild! I would classify their music primarily as 50s and 60s style rock, which is just the kind of music I like to dance to. It's funny, because I wasn't aware of this until recently, but there seems to be a strong indie rock following in Europe which greatly resembles the music of the 50s and 60s. The part that's funny is that the bands and their groupies also dress like they're in the 50s and 60s. So I found myself in a crowd with plenty of guys wearing Letterman jackets and with slicked back hair. I felt like I was on the cast of Grease! Totally bizarre, but infinitely better than ripped denim skirts or sagging jeans... It would be pretty funny if those fashion trends came back in full force. I'm certainly not a huge fan of the suite/tie combo on Lewis in this pic of the band... Click here if you want to hear one of the songs I liked by Lindi Ortega, and here for one of the songs by Kitty, Daisy, and Lewis.
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