Archive - Mar 1, 2009

Houston's Warehouse Live played host to somewhat of a Denver, Colorado showcase, with DeVotchKa, and their friends Crooked Fingers, taking the Studio by storm. Crooked Fingers fused their brand of standard indie rock with touches of gypsy and klezmer music. Throughout their supporting set, they focused on the acoustic stylings of frontman/former Archers Of Loaf singer Eric Bachmann. Throughout the set, DeVotchKa violin player Tom Hagerman added his skills to a number of songs, filling out their sound. Even working as slimmed down trio, Crooked Fingers came through with a complete sound, flooding the scattered room from the stage to the bar.

DeVotchKa never puts on a sub-par performance. Their quirky instrumentation (accordion, theremin, sousaphone, trumpet, bouzouki, glockenspiel, vibraphone, and of course bass, drums and guitar), and even quirkier personalities almost guarantee a good time, even if they don't play a note. Thankfully they did choose to perform, which they did marvelously for almost two hours to an extremely attentive audience. When they performed their Little Miss Sunshine hit "How It Ends," it was so quiet that I was unsure if I was still in Houston. It was a great treat for us to have these two bands stop and play, especially in such a small venue as Warehouse Live's Studio.

I took a bunch of photos and videos from the show that are posted after the jump.

DeVotchKa

Crooked Fingers