Kimya Dawson

Not even sorrow can squash Dawson’s spirit.

Kimya Dawson is not having a good day but she’s putting such a brave face on things that we wouldn’t even know. At least initially. Yet she’ll leave the stage at the end of an intense set in tears, as the crowd sings out a positive message.

It’s been over a decade since her band The Moldy Peaches went into indefinite-hiatus mode and almost as long since the chart-topping Juno soundtrack gave her solo career a late lift-off.

On the other hand you have Aesop Rock – an icon in indie-rap circles for his undeniable flow and penchant for rhyming over some of the best productions available in the genre.

In the corner of the driveway at the Biko Co-Op on Sueno Street, the stage setup resembled the office of Sherlock Holmes.

The former Moldy Peaches singer whose solo material tends towards the coy and cutesy has gone the whole hog with a new album Alphabutt whose sing-song rhythms and scatological glee are aimed fairly and squarely at children.

ABC2 Glasgow, Glasgow on May 14, 2008