Live Review: Sia at the Fillmore, 02/18/08

Live Review: Sia at the Fillmore, 02/18/08

Review: Sia feels the love, and gives it back: Aidin Vaziri | Sia Kate Isobelle Furler's fans come to a concert prepared. They bring whoopee cushions, handmade bars of soap and sparkly suspenders to pass along to the Australian singer who prefers to go by her first name. "I don't know what this is," she said, poking her nose into one of a constant stream of packages handed up from the crowd at a sold-out Monday night set at the Fillmore. "Oh, it's chocolate! I can't wear that." She briefly pretended to be disappointed. "Until later." Listening to the bittersweet music Sia recorded with Zero 7, or even the songs on her fourth solo album, "Some People Have Real Problems," most casual fans might have expected to find a fragile, emotionally racked singer-songwriter shuddering under the spotlight. They certainly couldn't have imagined a giddy 33-year-old woman wearing an oversize checkered scarf, tight pink jeans and blunt bob haircut who cursed like a sailor and relentlessly shared in-jokes and greetings with her MySpace friends. "This one's for you, Jake!" she whooped before launching into her most popular - and most despondent - hit, "Breathe Me." Continue reading.