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Thanks to lovely label folks, Boy and I were able to see Paolo Nutini's soundcheck at the Paradise. Between scarfing free pizza and dousing our livers with free drinks, we saw this wee Scottish lad play a few songs for us. Now, the most I knew about Paolo going into this was that his name rhymed with "Pablo Martini," which is sadly what we ended up calling him for most of the evening. But he definitely has a voice bigger than his teenaged years. However, the poor thing looked almost in pain to be up on stage, stooped over his microphone like he was about 80 years old. I will say that "Jenny, Don't Be Hasty" really worked for me, and his guitarist was deadly gorgeous.

Boy brought home a promo of his album the next day, and I'll admit, it's interesting. Not as terrible as James Blunt, but definitely hasn't hit his stride yet. I feel like he's more suited for dark, smoky dive bars, but that he's being pushed to be a mainstream pop artist. Do not fall to the dark side, Pablo Martini!