event Liam Finn
Also Playing: Eliza-Jane Barnes
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Sun Oct 4
8 pm
Liam Finn and Eliza-Jane Barnes at Majestic Theatre
Australian singer-songwriter Liam Finn inhabits a spacey little meadow where fizzy pop pleasures work alongside slightly odd little tweaks. Not that the guitar- and keyboard-driven arrangements on his 2007 solo debut, I'll Be Lightning, are jarringly weird—they're just stimulating enough to contrast pleasantly with the music's soothing qualities, lest anyone drift off under the spell of Finn's airy croon. In fact, even Finn's sadder songs manage to take on a distinctly perky edge at some points. Here, Finn takes a break from opening some U.S. shows for Wilco to headline with fellow Aussie Eliza-Jane Barnes behind their recent collaborative EP, Champagne In Seashells.
Majestic Theatre 115 King St., Madison, WI
Australian singer-songwriter Liam Finn inhabits a spacey little meadow where fizzy pop pleasures work alongside slightly odd little tweaks. Not that the guitar- and keyboard-driven arrangements on his 2007 solo debut, I'll Be Lightning, are jarringly weird—they're just stimulating enough to contrast pleasantly with the music's soothing qualities, lest anyone drift off under the spell of Finn's airy croon. In fact, even Finn's sadder songs manage to take on a distinctly perky edge at some points. Here, Finn takes a break from opening some U.S. shows for Wilco to headline with fellow Aussie Eliza-Jane Barnes behind their recent collaborative EP, Champagne In Seashells.
Updated 09/14/2011
