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Live Review: The Raveonettes, Philadelphia, PA, Oct. 17, 2009

RAVEONETTES_TLA02The Raveonettes are on tour to support new album In And Out Of Control, and if you don’t already know the dynamic duo of Sune Rose Wagner and Sharin Foo, you should. I had only heard of them recently and fell in love with their music in an instant, and their live performance just added to my complete respect for the Raveonettes. They carry a heavy lyrical bag with them that they lighten with their pop-rock beats. They performed a mixture of older tracks alongside newer material from In And Out Of Control, including “Boys Who Rape (Should All Be Destroyed)” and “Suicide.” One of the best moments of the show was when the band took a break and Wagner did a solo performance of “Little Animal” (from 2003’s Chain Gang Of Love), which was then followed by Foo doing a solo acoustic “Oh, I Buried You Today.” Though they were two songs played apart, they gave the feeling of a deep conversation between a man and a woman. This is a show that no one should miss out on. Read our 2008 Raveonettes feature.

—text and photo by Miranda Watson