Noname and STOUT at Brooklyn Steel
After the Thanksgiving holiday weekend, Chicago rapper Noname headlined Brooklyn Steel in Brooklyn, NY on Monday, November 27, 2023 for her tour in support of her latest album, Sundial. She was joined by STOUT on the tour who performed at 8:10PM. I arrived to the show not knowing anything at all about STOUT and thoroughly enjoyed her set. I overheard her tell someone that she was a church girl who listened to everything which completely explains how I heard Fela Kuti and a Nirvana cover by the same artist. In 2009, I saw Janelle Monáe for the first time, opening for of Montreal. At the time, I immediately fell in love with her performance but also wondered how on earth I hadn’t heard of her before that moment. I had the same feeling watching STOUT by the middle of her second song and highly recommend arriving early if you have a ticket to the remaining dates of the Sundial tour (the tour hits Boston tonight and wraps up in Toronto on the 29th). Oh, and fun fact: her 13-year-old son is the drummer in her band.
I covered Noname’s headlining set for Bowery Presents and the full gallery is now available on “The House List” here. For images of STOUT, please see the above gallery.