REVIEW: Gossip @ TLA, 10/8

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REVIEW: Gossip @ TLA, 10/8

POSTED: Friday, October 9, 2009, 2:00 PM

Filed Under: Music | Show | concert photos Last Night

Photos | Patrick Rapa

Everybody knows just where she gets her clothes
A watercolor painting in a Renoir pose

Gossip is not the raw, dirty little indie trio you saw at the Khyber all those years ago. They rolled out some deep, rich cuts from the new Music for Men at the TLA last night to prove it. This four-piece Gossip is slick, with synths and guitar and even bigger (and more frequent) choruses for the gracious, bodacious Beth Ditto to show off her amazing voice. Everything was fast, loud and pro. The polish suits them. Ditto still rules the stage like a blues goddess, but she's got a little bit of disco diva/anthem singer, too. It's all rock and roll, of course ' even when she's doing a call and response take on "What's Love Got To Do With It." Oh c'mon, Beth. It'll all about love.

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