TV EYE: Sharon Van Etten Channels Patti Smith on “Fallon”

Van Etten performed “Comeback Kid” live on TV for the first time, and Patti Smith’s influence was all over it. 
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TV EYE: Sharon Van Etten Channels Patti Smith on “Fallon”

Van Etten performed “Comeback Kid” live on TV for the first time, and Patti Smith’s influence was all over it. 

Words: Alison Story

photo by Ryan Pfluger 

March 19, 2019

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The Los Angeles Issue

With 232 pages and an expanded 12″ by 12″ format, our biggest print issue yet celebrates the people, places, music, and art of our hometown, including cover features on David Lynch, Nipsey Hussle, Syd, and Phoebe Bridgers’ Saddest Factory Records, plus Brian Wilson, Cuco, Ty Segall, Lord Huron, Remi Wolf, The Doors, the art of RISK, Taz, Estevan Oriol, Kii Arens, and Edward Colver, and so much more. 

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Sharon Van Etten hit The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon last night to deliver a simmering version of her latest single, “Comeback Kid.”

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Taken from Van Etten’s latest LP, Remind Me Tomorrow, “Comeback Kid” is a hard-driving rocker with echoes of PJ Harvey and Nick Cave. It’s the influence of the legend Patti Smith, however, that looms largest over the dramatic and powerful performance. In other words, she was great. Watch it below.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5j1pxe69mTc&feature=youtu.be

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