Concert: Regina Spektor at the Palais Theatre

With both shows sold out, this is definitely not one to be missed. Supported by Jupiter One, upbeat indie pop Damien Rice is how I'd define them. Not very interesting. Apparently, these New Yorkers would be supporting Regina's North American and Australian Tour.

After a long half-hour, Regina came up without a word and started he show with The Calculation. The lighting for the show was brilliantly in sync with her music which absolutely added class to her performance. Followed up by Eet, a song which i didn't expect her to whip out so quickly as it's quite a hit song and i was kinda expecting her to keep that for the encore. So the show was going through the exact sequence of her album Far's tracklist, then she skipped to Folding Chair and Ode to Divorce. Despite her wide range of vocals, she was very soft spoken as she was introducing her members which consist of a drummer, a violinist and a cellist.



Half way through she went solo as the other members left, leaving her on the grand piano to perform. It's amusing how she could churn instant lyrics out in a comedic way but representing a story or experience at the same time. Apart from the piano, she also played a baby blue guitar and single-handedly played the piano while using drum sticks to tap rhythms on the body of a chair. These various technique definitely was and interesting mix with her beatbox-ballad singing style. Apres Moi was one personal favorites of the set, deep and tensed albeit the Russian verse which i didn't understood shit. Occasionally someone from the crowd would shout "PLAY US FIDELITY! PLAY US SAMSON!", she would just chuckle.



Her encore was Samson, Us, Fidelity and Hotel Song. Absurd mash of songs which was bound to drive her fans crazy. For hotel song, singing was the only thing she did for once. Good mother fucking show.

Regina Spektor at Palais Theatre from headexplode on Vimeo.

Regina Spektor at the Palais Theatre from Head Explode on Vimeo.

Setlist:

1. The Calculation
2. Eet
3. Folding Chair
4. Ode To Divorce
5. Machine
6. Laughing With
7. One More Time With Feeling
8. Two Birds
9. Blue Lips
10. Sailor Song
11. On The Radio
12. Dance Anthem Of The 80s
13. Silly Eye-Color Generalizations
14. Bobbing For Apples
15. That Time
16. Après Moi
17. Ballad Of A Politician
18. Poor Little Rich Boy
19. Human Of The Year
20. Summer In The City

Encore:
21. Samson
22. Us
23. Fidelity
24. Hotel Song