Nikka Costa Arrested for Excessive Funkiness
[CONCERT REVIEW — Nikka Costa @ El Rey | October 3, 2008]
...Okay no...not really. But her personal brand of Funk oughta be ILLEGAL!!!
Nikka rocked our worlds AGAIN on Friday night.
I'm still feeling the aftershocks...(SHOCKA-LOCKA BOOM...What was that???)
Doors opened at 8.
Got there close to 9.
Didn't think I'd get a chance to get up to the front as people were milling around, sipping cocktails...and it looked like all the primo spots were already snagged by the stage. Did a few laps and found Cody & Miss Marcie holding up the stage. I went up to say "hi" and I asked if they were cool if I just kind of hung with them. Eventually everyone we knew at the show —who didn't have the VIP hook-up—had a secure spot up in front. --- THANK YOU, CODY & MARCIE!!
Nikka actually had a band open for her this time — MUSIC and SOUND. They weren't great, but they weren't terrible. It seemed they were a typical band trying to hit the right chord and make it in the industry. The drummer and the bassist were really 'INTO' their songs— making "sex faces" as they were playing. If they're not careful, that could become their signature action.
Nikka took the stage about 10 after 10 and proceeded to play for a little over an hour.
The setlist:
Keep Wanting More
Like A Feather (New York & Toronto, better get your SOUL CLAP ready!!!)
Denial Twist
Push and Pull
Cry Baby
Keep Pushin'
Stuck To You
Happy in the Morning
Everybody's Got Their Somethin
Can't Please Everybody
ENCORE - Love to Love You Less
True to form, Nikka rocked the house. (As IF we would expect anything less) 5 songs from the new album --- not too shabby. But as Clint and I discussed over pancakes & coffee after the show, she has enough material to do AT LEAST another 1/2 hour. But then for $25, it's still a DEAL. No costume malfunctions this time...and the ass-cleavage was modestly hidden. But let's be honest. Nikka can rock any outfit she wants. No one would be mad at her.
That's all I gotta say. She kicked off her tour and now LA's gotta share her with the rest of the world.
PEBBLE TO A PEARL ----- IN STORES OCTOBER 14TH
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