Indie Week Live: Miwa Gemini HOLY JOE'S - OCTOBER 12 - by James Sandham - In a small room perched at the top of the Big Bop, above the street and the traffic and the city rushing and happening all about, something very pretty transpired in the form of Miwa Gemini on Friday night. Gemini casts a strange spell. Her Japanese accent, slight stature, and strangely kinetic lyrics are reminiscent of Bjork's distinct style of cerebral pop. Alone, but impervious at the front of the room, she radiates a powerful and unimposing charisma that rendered the small crowd of several dozen mute and enraptured. Even more impressive was that she accomplished this with little more than her guitar and a porcelain cat — and a little help from a friend on accordion during a couple of the songs — creating a simple, but enthralling, blues-tinged form of elfin folk. Unlike a lot of the bands showcased as part of this year's Indie Week, there was a natural authenticity to Miwa's performance. Whereas other groups struggled to command attention, Miwa's simple guitar rhythms and haunting, other-worldly lyrics effortlessly deserved it. No wonder then that she was one of last year's winners. Playing songs such as "Charlie Chaplin Broke My Heart," "Forever for Never" and "Pieces," New York-based Gemini took the crowd through a half hour of enchanting melodies and comfortable banter; one of the best and least pretentious performances of the entire week.