Andrea Parkins 11/21/14 Firehouse 12

Brief (40min) second set at the Firehouse. Parkins on accordion, electronics, and objects: Nate Wooley on trumpet, and Chris Corsano on drums. Hard to pass up a show with accordion and electronics. Parkins spent much time in and around her laptop and seemed unsatisfied with her sound. She had this museum quality accordion, but used it sparingly. The sounds that did emanate from the accordion seemed like they could have just as easily come from the computer. "Objects", at least for the second set, consisted of a sequence where she rubbed some rocks together into the mic. Local drummer phenom Corsano is always fun to watch, spending much of his time with brushes. Wooley laid low, making spare and guttural sounds from the trumpet. At times, Wooley appeared not to play as if he was Parkins's Trumpet Object that made no sound. The one song set moved from drum-led flourishes to electronic squalls. At one point Parkins electronics sounded as if she was strangling R2D2 in a closet. It is always suspect when a short, one song set ends with the artist saying "thanks for coming, time for whiskey!"