NewDad

Very fun and high-quality show. The Botanique's Museum room is not too large, but has a quaint atmosphere and offers excellent sound quality. It got filled to capacity with a diverse crowd, ranging from grey-haired rockers to mulleted hipsters. The band--Julie Dawson (vocals, guitar), Fiachra Parslow (drums), and Sean O'Dowd (guitar)--was joined by Marie Freiss on bass. They played with palpable pleasure and gusto. Julie is a fabulous frontwoman. She commanded the stage, with her green leopard print dress, white hair, and, of course, her wonderful voice. An hour rushed by, filled with the best songs of their two albums. Although the songs from Altar have a much more rock vibe than their earlier work, allowing Sean to rock out during solos, the crowd tended to stay put, content to just bob and sing along to the music instead of dancing. Doesn't mean there was no atmosphere, quite to the contrary, just that the crowd was more into savouring the music than into engaging in mosh pit antics. In all, a really wonderful concert. I hope to see Newdad again on stage in the future.