Fortunately the trend in increasingly poor lighting at Joana & the Wolf gigs is finally reversed. We're back in Hoxton, just around the corner from the Mother Bar. The Hoxton Bar & Kitchen is quite a serious venue. Some quite big bands play here. So they have strong lights and they don't fiddle with them like a petulant teenager (as seen at the Barfly). They just let the band do their stuff in full view of the audience. The contrast between the singer's microphone position and the rest of the stage can cause a problem for photography - if the singer is properly exposed the rest of the band are barely visible. If the singer charges around like Joana (actually its quite graceful, but charging nonetheless) this is quite challenging. This is however a much better problem than the total lack of light found in many London venues.The stage here is higher than many, and Joana can only do her usual run through the audience (in Wild Dogs) by jumping on a bench. Always an exciting band to see.