Last night outside the Biko Garage in Isla Vista, Kimya Dawson gave an intimate performance to more than a few hundred folks. How is that possible, you ask? The audience was incredibly quiet and listened respectfully unless prompted for participation or laughter at one of Kimya's witty lyrics or jokes. Also, almost the whole crowd spent the concert sitting on the driveway so that everyone behind them could see despite short stage. With everyone sitting calmly, Kimya's kids songs from her newest album Alphabutt seemed reminiscent of an elementary school concert (if only we'd had carpet squares).
Kimya opened up with the title track from Alphabutt and played mostly songs from that album, including (not in performance order) Bobby-O, Little Monster Babies, I Like Bears (I wonder if Kimya would get along with Steven Colbert...), Seven Hungry Tigers, and We're All Animals. She told touching stories about her daughter, Panda (videos on her myspace), for whom she wrote the song "Little Panda Bear." Kimya has amazing stage presence and is a true performer. She frequently interjects jokes, stories, and even snippets of other peoples' songs sung in humorous voices (I believe there was some mocking of Miley Cyrus, hehe).
Kimya puts on an amazing show and is definitely worth seeing. Check out one of her upcoming shows.
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