-The Pretty Reckless. The Medicine Tour.
Live at the TLA, Philadelphia, PA 4/12/12
The Pretty Reckless' 18 year old singer Taylor Momsen turned her back on an acting career to follow her heart and focus her energy on making music and touring. She made a good decision.
Momsen and her band hit the stage on Philadelphia hard and loud, launching with the stomping-throwback-dinosaur riffage of "Hit Me Like a Man" and blitzing through a dozen songs in an hour, closing with an acoustic/electric version of "Nothing Left to Lose" sending the crowd home sweaty, partially deaf and smiling.
The Pretty Reckless' music is hard rock all the way, influenced equally by 70's riff rock and 80's and 90's alternative and metal with the occasional ballad. The band is solid live, cranking out riffs and finding a very loud groove and riding it.
Momsen is the center of attention though; a prowling, strutting, shimmying force of nature who is frequently a blur of gangly limbs and and flailing blond hair. Momsen possesses an amazing voice seemingly born from a lot of late nights, cigarettes and alcohol, able to switch from throaty purr to angry growl depending on the story she is telling in each song.
The performance was tight and energetic, just long enough to satisfy but still leave you wanting more on their next visit. Momsen and her mates bear watching, they have released one album last year and an EP before this tour and hopefully more in the near future.
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setlist - Hit Me Like a Man / Since You're Gone / Zombie / Miss Nothing /
Just Tonight / Goin' Down / Cold Blooded / Aerials (System of a Down cover) /
My Medicine/ Makes Me Wanna Die / Factory Girl - (encore) Nothing Left to Lose
