I decided to take myself down to Moho Live on an otherwise uninspiring Tuesday night this week to have a listen to Kate McGill. If you are yet to be made aware of her, she is the current Queen of Youtube. Searching for her name on the site will bring you up a massive long reel of cover videos she has recorded over the past couple of years from a gigantic load of artists including The Shins, Rihanna, MGMT, Paramore, Bright Eyes, Laura Marling and Lady Gaga. Armed with this slight bit of knowledge I went to see what to make of her.
The gig tonight is a sit-down only affair, a bit of a new experience, we are told this is because her second guitarist forgot to bring a stand for her keyboard so if she's sitting on the floor then so are we all. Supported by a few local acoustic performers Kate eventually takes to, or rather sits on, the stage herself. Tonight is a chance for her to play mainly her own original material which is every bit as good as the current crop of female singer-songwriters, part Ellie Goulding, part Laura Marling, her music is very mainstream acoustic pop but with a definite indie tinge, and that's in the songs themselves, not just in her haircut.
Toward the end of the set we are reminded of her Youtube fame as a member of the audience calls for her to play her cover of Paramore's The Only Exception, to which she gladly complies, but it is her original material which really stands out tonight, songs such as I'm Tired and Melancholy Melody prove that there is infinitely more to Kate McGill than some Top 40 covers recorded in her bathroom on a webcam. So expect big things from her in the future.
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