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Thursday, November 12, 2009

Last Night

Concert Review: Har Mar Superstar

Posted by Nadia Pflaum on Thu, Nov 12, 2009 at 1:54 PM

Let's get one thing straight. This is sexy:

click to enlarge Alicia Solombrino
  • Alicia Solombrino

I'm not kidding.

Har Mar Superstar is a pudgy, balding 31--year-old, yes. But it's all in the mind. Which is why, when the Minnesota-born R&B rocker purrs sex-laced lyrics while shedding layers of clothing like a sweaty, sequined snake, he believes that every girl in the audience wants to rip off his Paul Frank tighty-whities.

And he's right. I'd take Har Mar over Justin Timberlake any day -- and I know I'm not the only one.

Alicia Solo has my back. The Beautiful Bodies singer professed her love for the hirsuite headliner multiple times between songs during her performance at the Brick last night. (And while we're making comparisons, Solo's spritely chirp reminds me of Dale Bozzio of Missing Persons.)  She also introduced a new song, "Lalaliar," which she swore she and the band had only practiced once, but sounded purposefully unpolished. The addition of a megaphone was a nice touch.
click to enlarge Alicia Solombrino
  • Alicia Solombrino


I never saw the Beautiful Bodies perform before the band relocated to New York, so I don't know whether she's any different for it, but Solo capitalizes on her on-stage charisma like a pro, soaking up the spotlight with a mix of kittenish charm and teeth-gnashing aggression. I was entranced by her black-and-blond mop that magically fell back into place no matter how violently she whipped her head around.


The last time I saw Har Mar, I was in Chicago and it was my 21st birthday. He had no band and played his hit "Power Lunch" with Beth Ditto's backup vocals on a boom box. He's come a long way, but I was curious whether, seven years later, dude could still sing while executing a breakdance-style shoulder stall. Here's my answer:



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I know some people came to see Har Mar because they'd been promised the spectacle of some nasty dude who thinks he's Prince. I hope they realized that the guy's no joke.

Sure, he took the stage in orange jeans, silver sneakers and an Egyptian-print dashiki over a shirt with parachute sleeves and gold-sequined arm cuffs.

He said things like, "I'm the fucking best," and called his latest hit single, "Tall Boy," off his new album, Dark Touches, "pretty fucking genius."

But it dawned on me during his performance of the energetic, disco-tinged "Cut Me Up," that if Britney Spears performed (sorry, lipsynched) this song, it would absolutely be #1 on the charts.

The man has soul, and his performance was undiminished by the fact that Kansas City was the tour's last stop and the band was getting over some hellish flu.

Solo and I screamed for "Power Lunch" after the set's finale, "Tall Boy," but to no avail. Har Mar had a plane to catch. And I had to go wring out my underwear.

(Now I'm kidding.) 

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Set List: Beautiful Bodies

Touch Me

Osculator

Heart Attack

Lalaliar

Stranger

Orange

Lines of Life

You're a Risk

Strut


Set List: Har Mar Superstar

Game Night

DUI

Don't Ask Don't Tell

Cut Me Up

Sunshine

Body Request

Girls Only

???? (sorry, someone help me out with the name of Har Mar's rap)

Brothers and Sisters

Tall Boy


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Posted by Tess Balkin on 02/03/2010 at 5:17 AM

Other members of The Beautiful Bodies are Luis Arana (Bass) and Brian K. Jewel (Drums).

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Posted by Anonymous on 11/13/2009 at 9:26 AM

The guitarist in the pic with Alicia is Corey Vitt.

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Posted by Anonymous on 11/13/2009 at 9:21 AM

Was it "Creative Juices?"

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Posted by Anonymous on 11/12/2009 at 4:45 PM

Who's in that band now? Besides Miss Solo, of course.

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Posted by Jason Harper on 11/12/2009 at 3:54 PM

Beautiful Bodies melted faces last night. Damn.

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Posted by Radicalness on 11/12/2009 at 2:29 PM
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