“Long Way To Go To Die” is a lonesome ride through one’s own prairie, which to tell you the truth is a fearful place and from where there is no quick escape. The vocals roam, meander beautifully, calmly wander around telling the tale – be it to themselves only, be it to whoever listens. Read more

Many different elements combined to form how special this entire show seemed to us, even before it actually happened. It was LP’s first gig of 2017 and also her first event after she had spent a few months playing almost exclusively in Europe, finishing the year with her intense Lost In Europe tour in mid-December of 2016. So, when this petite American performance was announced, all the eyes of Europe were upon it Read more

The acoustic version of “Tightrope” from Paris has this intensely hallucinatory effect on us. It’s hardly a new observation that the more LP strips her songs down, the more exhilarating they become, saturated with what seems to be her own laser focused emotion, holding you down and relaxing her grip, in turns, while not even looking at you in the meantime, as for the greater part of this Parisian “Tightrope,” her eyes are closed. Read more

The only thing better than listening to “Muddy Waters” is witnessing “Muddy Waters” being played live. Out of the many jaw-dropping moments that go on in the contemporary arts (‘cause they do, if you look hard enough!) this one kind of takes the prize. Read more

“Wasted Love” is one of our favorite songs by LP, and quite likely our favorite from outside the Lost On You album. And maybe even the most frequently played song of hers in our headphones. We love the live version recorded for the EP “Into The Wild: Live in EastWest Studios.” (Ah, we could go on and on about the way she sings “it wasn’t mine”…) Read more

The Sofar Sounds performance instantly reminded us of yet another rendition of “When We’re High” that left us speechless. Interestingly, that other one was so very different when it comes to the vibe. It was a backstage thing that took place during the Hangout Festival, and was meant to be just a simple, casual set up of only an interview with a couple of songs sung in between questions and stories. Read more

To be perfectly honest, the beginning of May 2017 was definitely not a time when we were expecting any surprises from LP. It was – we thought – her two week break between having just concluded her European tour and the opening of her, much anticipated, American tour. Read more

The video was recorded during the show in Los Angeles at the El Rey theatre, the very same place where LP played her triumphant final show off her 2017 American tour, just three years later. Back in 2014, LP was touring with Kodaline and opening for them, and she would also join the lead vocalist, Steve Garrigan, to sing their hit song, “All I Want,” together. Read more

It’s peculiar, the way we came across The Mars Volta. It was some ten years ago, on some old pen drive of unknown origin, when we found an mp3 off The Mars Volta’s second album, Frances the Mute (2005). The music got our attention right away. Quite likely, the way the band loosely speaks with the early work of Pink Floyd did the trick. Read more

It’s probably a bit late for this, 15 months in, but we feel we should explain the idea behind our “outstanding performance” series. An interesting thing about the general idea of standing out is that there’s always some grabbing element to it. And whenever you get to be the receiving party, you’re granted this rare opportunity of letting it influence you in some peculiar way. Read more