November 10, 2003

I missed My Computer completely, having enjoyed their previous PlayLouder at the ICA performance, but I arrived in time to catch most of Vinny Miller's set. Vinny is of an older school of guitarmanship - stand there, belt out the songs, but sadly, there's no room for much showmanship with everything so stripped to its essentials. Thank god for Patrick Wolf, then, who's got personality enough for 100 Vinny Millers. He can sing about pigeons with as much dedication and feeling as his battered boyhood, tie it all together with an accordian and screechy beats as surely as a red ribbon on a perfect package.

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