MUSIC: Matthew Sweet and Susanna Hoffs
World Cafe Live, Philadelphia PA, 9/9/2009
Nice evening of 60s and 70s pop covers from a supersized Sweet (still floppy haired, though) and superskinny Hoffs (still with that Valley Girl accent), drawn mostly from their two UNDER THE COVERS albums, with “Divine Intervention” and “In Your Room” mixed in for variety. The highlight of the evening was a surprise performance of “Somewhere Along the Way” by the fictional band The Carrie Nations, from the classic film Beyond the Valley of the Dolls. While I enjoyed the music and the banter, I was less than thrilled with the World Cafe Live and their NYC-level prices. Unfortunately, WCL seems to have a lock on these size shows, too small for a theater but too big for a bar or club.
