dave-O

That Gazette reviewer (Bernard Perusse) mentions "bad sound" in every single show review he does from the Bell Centre or Metropolis, so think nothing of it. We were right in front of the soundboard and while I wouldn't say it sounded great, it certainly sounded good for an arena show.

holy shit

holy shit

Who's coming to this tonight?

I just realized that the new Wooden Sky is missing from that list. Oh well, Drake will probably win.

I was wondering the same thing about Hope in Dirt City (which is great btw). Nothing on the list is even close to the Sandro Perri imo, but you have to think that Grimes and Fucked Up will be in the conversation.

So this show was a big pile of shit last night, btw. The band came out on fire. The rest of the crowd clearly knew their material much better than me, and there were a couple of huge tunes early on. But things unraveled very quickly. The lead dude was all fucked up (and got progressively more fucked up), couldn't get his amp working, switched amps, then couldn't get his guitar working, switched guitars, lost his voice, told the other guys in the band to sing a few numbers, and called it a show. Set was about 65 minutes, a good portion of which was spent fussing with gear.

Thanksgiving party in Kingston, yo.

I'm still pissed about some buncha frauds from Ottawa/Montreal calling themselves Ferriswheel.

Wow, that looks awesome.

I'll be very interested to hear any pre-sale info for Kingston.

part and partial

Grey Kingdom! way to go Spencer

He had been ILL for a very long time.

Charles Bradley is a religious experience. The rest of the line up looks pretty weak to me, compared to years past.

As I suspected, tickets are still available for the Avett's in Montreal tonight. I think I'm going to pass in favour of playoff hockey.

Also, how the fuck does he skip Montreal and play Moncton?

The Magnetic Hill venue is incredible, and I'm not shitting you!

I'm curious what "The Midway Lawn" is, as opposed to Champlain Valley Expo proper? Looks to be a much smaller venue if I'm reading this map correctly. http://cvexpo.org/images/FAIRGROUNDS%20MAP%20New%202011.jpg

Expect to be there all of June and much of July so you're on! Awesome. I'll send you my contact info.

I have even a better suggestion for you Blane. Move back to Montreal so I have somebody to go to shows with.

In Montreal June 13 at La Sala Rossa.

Didn't these guys have border issues last time they tried to play Canada? I know the Halifax-Moncton run was canceled for that reason.

I saw Cold Specks open for someone last year (I want to say St Vincent?), her voice is fucking awesome.

Amazing. I've got the Bob Loblaw cassette somewhere too.