doors open at 9
$10
nice small venue, drink prices are reasonable, crowd is not 'industry' or too hipster-ish, very into the music, no one's yelling out 'play such-n-such -hit/fave song-!'
dj played before she came on & between her set break
show starts around 10ish
nite i went: no percussionist or bkgd vocalist
she does mostly new, unreleased songs, only recognizable one i heard was 'free my heart'
some songs are rock-like, all are funky, some she does vocals on
of course, stage lights are low but you can still see the band
no flash photography (nite i went: some1 did flash, m'surprised Me'shell didnt stop the show but she was coverin her face with a hoodie)
it seemed like they (her & the band) were getting the songs down for upcoming shows/recording because there was a bit of conversation/communication during&after the songs melody changes/bridges/etc but still putting on a show at the same time