She's like the ultimate rock star: a smooth voice with some rough edges, a lot of delightfully gratuitous hair flipping, and a proclivity for hard and fast guitar-driven songs that you can't help moving to. Plus, she's like, crazy hot. There's no other word -- Grace Potter is a total badass.

The whole night was magic, from start to finish. Potter and her Nocturnals explored a great range over the course of the evening, from the irresistible pop-rock groove of "Never Go Back" to the explosive "Here's to the Meantime." Potter wasn't afraid to get loud, and at a certain point, even the venerable walls of First Avenue floated away. Potter played with a relentless charisma, as though she was on a sunny Bonnaroo stage playing to thousands -- it was certainly a nice vacation from the sub-zero temps outside. 

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