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| Lizzy Plapinger, MS MR, TBD Fest, Sacramento |
Going to a music
festival can be a bit like taking a box full of assorted chocolates and eating a little of each and every one, knowing that there were some you enjoyed more than others, but not really having the time to savour any one until you feel a little overwhelmed and overfull, and the flavours have all mingled into one wonderful weekend experience. Especially if you're running around the festival site, taking in a few songs from this artist, a few from that band, a few more from the DJ over there and then rushing back to the main stage for the next big show. It's a bit like a sampler; no in-depth listening, no relaxing in an easy chair to enjoy, but an exciting, overwhelming ear-and-brain-full, with an excited and throbbing crowd intensifying the experience. I can sum it all up as, "the
TBD Fest was fantastic!" but that doesn't do justice to the individual performers.
Luckily, I have (far too) many photos to work through, and which remind me of the performers that I want to hear more of than a few minutes at a festival: one of those from this year's
TBD Fest is New York's'
MS MR,
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| Lizzy Plapinger and Max Hershenow, MS MR, TBD Fest, Sacramento |
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| Lizzy Plapinger, MS MR, TBD Fest, Sacramento |
Tonight, I'm working through the
MS MR shots. Lizzie Plapinger is totally entrancing; lithe, tuneful, beautiful and sparkly-eyed. She attracts the camera lens; she plays with the audience, serene, coy, shy as Diana... and then bursts out laughing. She's beautiful when she laughs, and the crowd loved her.
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| Lizzy Plapinger, MS MR, TBD Fest, Sacramento |
MS MR put on a very tight, professional live show;
Lizzie Plapinger and Max Hershenow are the core of the band, but when touring there's a drummer and bass player too (and if anyone can name them for me, I'll be able to credit them). Indi-pop-alternative-rock?
You may have heard their earlier single, "Hurricane". or last year's "Fantasy". If not... check out the official video for Hurricane. It's spooky, it's a dreamy nightmare, it's special... and the atmosphere is perfect for this time of year, just before Halloween.
This coming weekend (18th October) you can see
MS MR at the
Chipotle Cultivate festival in Irving, (Dallas/Fort Worth)Texas, and then a couple more dates in
Las Vegas and Los Angeles. Keep checking the tour page on their website for more info on shows. And also check out
Secondhand Rapture, the album that was released in 2013.
Many more photos in the
Toon's Tunes photo gallery for MS MR. Take a look!
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