Isobel Campbell and Mark Lanegan @ O2 ABC, 8 Sep

Isobel Campbell and Mark Lanegan are a picture as they take to the stage, she in white and he in black. The angel-devil binary is so explicit they would look just as at home whispering advice from the shoulders of some morally conflicted cartoon character. Perhaps they’d be more at home; neither look particular comfortable for the first part of the evening whilst showcasing the latest – and most cohesive – fruits of their curious union, Hawk.

When Willy Mason comes to the stage as a special guest, Campbell’s demeanour changes entirely – giggling – engaging in inane banter and messing up her lines adorably as they move through Townes Van Zant’s No Place To Fall, Campbell-written Cool Water and Mason’s own rollicking Nashville-fuelled number, quite different from his usual reflective, acoustic fair, like If It’s The End, which he plays for his own supporting set.

Left by herself, Campbell revisits Saturday’s Gone, the maturation of her voice in the intervening years striking, still more air than earth, but now seductively breathy rather than an evanescent whisper. This sensuality produces the highlights of the evening, Come Undone, Back Burner and Come On Over (Turn Me On), pitting forest siren against the big bad wolf, and leaving a peculiar air of the supernatural lingering as they return backstage once more. [Oisín Kealy]