Babes in Toyland end their 14-year hiatus with ‘magical’ California desert reunion show“After
Babes in Toyland end their 14-year hiatus with ‘magical’ California desert reunion show“After a brief test of the sound equipment, the band is ready. Barbero leans into her microphone and laughs her big beautiful Lori Barbero laugh, and as Bjelland’s guitar swells to an unholy roar she says, “The desert is magical. We love you.”“Jungle Train” bursts out of the gate in all its swampy, guttural glory, and Bjelland opens her mouth as wide as it will go to let out the first of many unholy wails. And oh, how wonderful it is to hear that voice again: so raw, so immediate, so in the moment and heated and feral. After the song finished the entire band just stands there, seemingly stunned by the power they’d just unleashed, and Bjelland lets out the tiniest and cutest little giggle while Barbero shakes her head and simply said, “F***. Yeah.”They push full-steam ahead into another crowd favorite, “He’s My Thing,” and barely let up until about four songs in when Bjelland looks out into the crowd to ask, “Does it sound ok?” The room roars its approval.Read the full piece - and see a TON of pics from the show - here -- source link
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