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Music: Electronic
Ladyhawke

When

Wednesday Sep 30, 2009 (8pm)

Where
The Fillmore (1805 Geary Blvd, 415.346.6000)
Price
$29
Details
http://www.livenation.com/edp/eventId/411679/?c=api-000579
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Ladyhawke took her stage name from the eponymous cult film perhaps remembered most vividly for its soundtrack, which miraculously incorporates just about every cheesy musical element of the mid-'80s. While most musicians wouldn't actively seek out an association with what might be the most dated soundtrack of all time, Ladyhawke is obviously comfortable with the implications. Her synth-heavy electro-pop worships the guilty pleasures of the '80s, and her knack for emulating the shimmering, glossy, and mindless fun of Hughes-era pop is almost as impressive as her deft compositional hand and way with an irresistible hook. Brown is joined tonight by electro-rockers Natalie Portman's Shaved Head. It's a bill that almost makes us forget just who's behind it. Almost.

Wolcott Katzenbach