Wayback machine

So I feel like I got in a time machine last night and went back to pre hiatus days circa 2005 ish. What an awesome night! Whitey, Kev, Charlie, Brendan, Sammmy, Liam, Lisa, Leslie, Cranley, Julie, John(!!!), Ohad, Jason, JP . . . epic night. The 6 new tracks were hot, they did some old faves: 7/4, Almost, Fire Eye'd, MLD and the elusive New Country (New Country people - haven't heard that live in about 6 years!), plus the oft heard (at recent shows) anthemic Meet Me In the Basement - new album promising to be stellar. With their new tracks they seem to be waving their indie flag pretty furiously, with less "excessive vocal reverb" and "stabby guitar delay" (yes, that was a dig at Pitchfork).

The AoH set was, as always, an adventure - different arrangements keeping everyone guessing, Jason's set with Zeus was hot in his totally cool way, and then there was the Happiness Project and Years. I don't think everyone in the audience quite understood the artistry of Ohad or Charlie as the DMST boys displayed their phenomenal 'art projects'.

The vibe of the evening in general was much like a high school reunion of sorts (espescially since I did actually go to High School with some members of the band) - like a return home after exploring what the big bad world had to offer and realizing that home is so much more magical than you had remembered. I would have liked to have put my life on pause so I could have replayed it over and over again, I'm seriously hoping it wasn't all a dream . . . and that tonight is equally as fantastic. Going to have a nap now cause I'm old and don't do 3:00 am well - espescially not when I have to do it a few nights in a row.

The Big Smoke

Gotta love Toronto in the summer!!!



This week:
Bell Orchestre
Phoenix
Apostle of Hustle (x3)
Happiness Project
Years
Jason Collett (x2)
The Most Serene Republic
Still Life Still
Zeus
Timber Timbre
BSS

Plus rumoured Feist

And, I'm only working half days this week so I will actually get to sleep in there somewhere!

Anybody know who the 'mystery artists' at Bovine are on Friday night or if By Divine Right is seriously playing Saturday night?

I Wish . . .

I have been listening to Stevie all day at work and have decided that I want a clavinet. I think next to his unparallelled vocal ability and his obvious talent at pretty much every instrument, the clavinet is the source of all his magical powers . . . man he's freakin awesome!

The Shit

There are some artists that just remind you why music exists . . . this week I'm all about the Ray LaMontagne. So simple, yet so beautiful.

Sorry . . .

Pardon the rant but FTW??? Pitchfork reviews Apostle of Hustle's Eats Darkness I have a few issues with this review:
1. 5.9??? Are ya fuckin kiddin me?
2. Whitey is self indulgent. Duh, have you listened to ANY of his other work or EVER seen him live?? Damn straight he's self indulgent, that's why we love him!
3. An "unremarkable voice"? No, the Jonas brothers have unremarkable voices.
4. Perfect Fit is dub? Um, not really, wrong again asshat.
5. Use of "excessive vocal reverb" and "stabby guitar delay". Um, again, have ya heard ANY of his other work or the work of ANYONE he works with? If ya have and ya didn't count on reverb or effects, you're a moron.

I hate it when stupid people review art - it's so ugly.

Blah . . .

Most days I really do believe I have the best job in the universe. Then, I go and see something like this and I realize that my job really sucks. I hate the 9 year old me who decided that because she was a girl she would not play the drums - oh how my life would have been different. Who the hell lets 9 year olds make life altering decisions anyway?




EDIT: And now that I have officially finished Stuart's Book (after reading each section about 12 times before moving on to the next section - it's THAT good), I think my life sucks even more. Boo hiss.

Spring is in the air

OK, so best day in a long time. In less than 2 hours I will have in my hot little hands THE book, I am going to see the Hip at Toronto's awesomest venue tonight and - oh yeah, then there's this . . . from JP's Twitter "departing for chicago in 29 hours. bss new record: activate."
Some days someone out there likes me a lot.