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Delusions of Grand Street - love that name - play Trash, 9 PM. Refreshingly
down-to-earth, smart female-fronted janglepop/rock band. Defiant, funny, tuneful and indelibly New York. Out-of-towners may not get them, but we do. -Lucid Culture NYC
....... So it was around the corner to Lakeside where catchy, jangly, female-fronted two-guitar popsters Delusions of Grand Street (gotta love that name) were about to go on. Had they been awful, we would have called them Delusions of Adequa Sea, but they weren’t: they’re one of those bands who are this close to not only becoming really good but also becoming really popular. Their songs bristle with unexpected chord changes, they’re all good musicians (especially the lead guitarist, who plays in the house band at Smalls) and their front woman is down-to-earth and completely unaffected. She doesn’t try to be Beyonce, or Courtney Love, or whoever the ho du jour is: she seems to know intuitively that she’s perfectly good just the way she is. Her lyrics often have a wry exasperation balanced with a defiant determination to tackle whatever obstacle gets in her way – getting drugged on a date, locked out of the apartment on a busy weekend night in the Village, hassled by an idiot employee at the Mexican restaurant where she works, etc. All of this is as accessible as you would imagine: there are no double entendres, metaphors or deep philosophical meaning to any of this. It’s pop, after all, what people who remember the 80s would call good top 40.
....Check back with this crew in six months’ time and see how much futher they’ve come.
-Lucid Culture NYC (review of Lakeside gig 6/12/08)
Oscar Wilde said, "Every portrait that is painted with feeling is a portrait of the artist, not of the sitter." Seeing Delusions of Grand Street perform
live, the audience is presented with quite a portrait indeed. Lead singer and songwriter, Jodie Rae Plaut exudes cool confidence as her sultry voice invites the audience into her world of loss, confusion, love (unrequited or otherwise) and celebration. She uses these themes to lead the listener on an engaging
journey where the songs blend seamlessly with the stories behind them. The result is a warm narrative that melds the comfort of the familiar with the
excitement of the new. The rest of the band, lead by Allan Rubinstein's masterful guitar picking, create rich melodies that playfully bend around
Jodie's vocals. Dave Frankel's drums and Jeff Paige's bass synch perfectly to create deep, driving rhythms. Delusions of Grand Street combine elements of blues, folk, rock and soul to create a unique sound that paints a truly original portrait of a band on the rise.
-S.E.A.
View Delusions Of Grand Street's EPK
Some Past Shows:
03/28/2007 08:00 PM - The Lucky Cat - Brooklyn
05/30/2007 09:00 PM - Lakeside Lounge - New York
06/11/2007 08:30 PM - Luna Lounge - Brooklyn
07/22/2007 10:00 PM - Trash Bar - Brooklyn
08/15/2007 08:30 PM - LUNA Lounge - Brooklyn
10/10/2007 10:00 PM - Parkside Lounge - New York
10/15/2007 10:00 PM - The Trash Bar - Brooklyn
10/28/2007 10:00 PM - Spike Hill - Brooklyn
11/08/2007 10:00 PM - Ace Of Clubs - NYC
12/02/2007 09:00 PM - LUNA Lounge - Brooklyn
03/24/2008 09:00 PM - The Trash Bar - Brooklyn
06/12/2008 09:00 PM - Lakeside Lounge - New York
08/06/2008 10:00 PM - The Knitting Factory - New York
09/08/2008 09:00 PM - The Trash Bar - Brooklyn
11/15/2008 09:30 PM - Lakeside Lounge - NYC
01/15/2009 09:00 PM - Ace Of Clubs - NYC
02/20/2009 09:00 PM - RedStar - Brooklyn
05/29/2009 09:00 PM - The Trash Bar - Brooklyn
07/23/2009 09:00 PM - Lakeside Lounge - NYC
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