Concert Review: Bachelorette, Pikelet, Andrew Morgan and Big City Livin’

BY JENI SCHROFF

Having previously lived in New Zealand, I was especially excited to see one of the country’s best exports at the Jackpot on Monday night. Solo pop-synth princess-turned-band Bachelorette, might not have brought in the big crowds, but she definitely stole all of our hearts.

Lawrence native Andrew Morgan appeared first on stage, greeting the eight or ten assembled accordingly. He opted to start the night off with emotion-packed ballads, presumably not to frighten off the few quiet Jackpot-goers. The heat proved too intense and when Andrew asked for the stage lights to be turned down, the set took a turn towards dark, melancholy-ridden, brooding melodies with a bit of awkward mumbled conversation in-between songs.

Playing mostly from his second album, Please Kid, Remember, the wistful singer-songwriter and his lonely guitar proved that emotion doesn’t just come in teenage-sized packages. Andrew brought enough of it to share with everyone at the bar in grown-up-sized portions with an indie-folk tinge.