Concert Review: Mirah at the Jackpot

REVIEW BY IAN HRABE

Olympia, Washington’s Mirah is my favorite female vocalist, and I am constantly surprised that she has somehow managed to stay out of the mainstream. Especially when so many artists wearing an “indie” tag are being commodified.

Yet I still find it strange that she can barely draw 50 people to the Jackpot Music Hall on a Saturday night. Perhaps it was for the best. Each and everybody in attendance was loyal and respectful, making made for one of the best audiences I’ve been a part of in a long while.

Despite the hushed tones of Mirah’s delicately arranged indie-pop songs, the only chatter to be heard was people saying, Oh my God, I love this song, plus the faint murmur of audience members singing along. It was an intimate affair, adhering to the DIY aesthetic K Records is known for, which only served to show why Mirah is pretty much the best thing K has going these days.