Thankful for My Buddy Leo & Getting Tickets to Tank & The Bangas at the Space Ballroom in Hamden - What an Incredible Concert

As soon as Leo saw Tank & the Bangas were returning to Connecticut he nabbed a pair of tickets. We made a night of it, going to dinner at Nautilus and then heading to the venue, the Space Ballroom, where an intimate crowd got to experience the incredible talents of the band and singer and a show of a lifetime. I'm in absolute awe of Tank's stage presence and ability to hype a crowd. Their funk, hip-hop originality is out of this world and I can't believe the performance they gave.

Tank's lyricism and animation is out of this world, and the voice control she uses to go between poetry, muppetry, and animal sounds is whimsically brilliant and high entertaining. It helps that the keyboardist, saxophonist, bass, and drummer have as much talent as she does. We bopped, danced, sang along, and thoroughly enjoyed the performance. 

It cracked us up, too, because the venue was so remote, odd, and simple, so we walked out, hopped in the car, and arrived to his house in a matter of minutes. I kept thinking how much fun it would be to have the Chitunga and the twins with us. The crowd was New Haven rich and I was thrilled to see Lauren Anderson, the owner of Possible Futures there with her partner having as much fun as we were. 

Tank, though, steals the show. Her animated gestures, rhythm, and creative performance is out of this world and we were both thankful to catch them before they go on their European tour.

If you want to experience some of what they do, you can check them out on their NPR Tiny Desk performance. They do their own thing and that is why I love them. 

It was a fantastic Sunday night.