The front room/bar also had artists, but they were basically squeezed over into a corner of the booths (Brooklyn’s Knitting Factory – QRO venue review – is not the multi-space area that it used to be in Manhattan – QRO venue review ). Note that these artists all played in Knitting Factory’s main room. And before Greenfield, The Debutante Hour had cello, ukulele, accordion, and Franz Nicolay (formerly of The Hold Steady – QRO live review ). Prior Alyson Greenfield had the most friends in the audience (including her mother), but that’s because she organized the whole dang festival! Indeed, her hilarious banter, about how hard it was to set up everything & hadn’t eaten or slept (when she mentioned that she hadn’t eaten enough pizza, a slice was brought on for her from backstage), might have been better than her actual music, where she seemed to constantly jump from one instrument/set-up to another she stared with a beatboxer named Shane, ended with a string quartet, and played things like chord organ and glockenspiel in between. Before XYLOS, Charlene Kaye & The Brilliant Eyes had enough fans who knew her/their stuff to sing the male part in one of the songs the group started ‘80s New Wave/disco like Blondie ( QRO live review ), but went kind of country/folk once Kaye strapped on a guitar (especially when she played solo). The other ‘buzz band’ at Tinderbox was the prior XYLOS, who had a bigger electro sound with female vocal harmonies.īut perhaps the best received acts were the ones who had a ton of friends in the crowd.
The former Jealous Girlfriend ( QRO spotlight on ) has seen her profile rise significantly since heading out solo with The Magician’s Private Library ( QRO review ), but at Tinderbox she shifted from the airiness of that record for more energy and even a blues-lady feel, thanks to a backing band that was just a drummer and two horn players. The clear headliner of the day was Holly Miranda. Yes, the line-up (and crowd) were lady-friendly, with seemingly all of the acts female-fronted, and most at least 50%+ XX – but guys didn’t stick out like a sore thumb, and the event was anything but one-note. On Saturday, September 10th, Brooklyn’s Knitting Factory was host to the Tinderbox Festival – a whole host of artists playing in benefit of Girls Write Now and Willie Mae Rock Camp For Girls.
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