Just as I found an excuse to post about Minka Kelly on LeBlogski, I found a way to get her on this blog as well. Thank you, Esquire Magazine, for many things. For example, using a Broken Social Scene song as the background to this video:
Ladies and Canucks, Minka Kelly is your Esquire Magazine Sexiest Woman Alive!
Monday, October 11, 2010
Thursday, October 7, 2010
Land of Talk - "Yuppy Flu" (Album: Some Are Lakes)
When I go to a show, I enjoy it.
It's incomprehensible to me how concert bloggers are able to make note of entire set lists.
All I know, for sure, is that they played nearly all the songs I wanted to hear when I saw them at Lincoln Hall last month: including "Yuppy Flu"
It's too bad this band is not popular enough to have had the chance to perform this song live for a television show because the album version (embedded below) doesn't capture how the drum thumps the song through and leaves the audience hanging on with every note Lizzy plays on the guitar.
In my last post I mentioned the underwhelming set of the opener, but they more than made up for it when they joined Land of Talk for almost half of their set. A band that's normally just three people can really give the audience a fresh take on the songs when they more than double the size of musicians. It's clear they've learned well from when they toured with Broken Social Scene (how I first came to know them).
One odd concert tidbit: Lizzy Powell, just like how Kevin Drew did when I first saw them, made special mention of how appreciative they were that concert goers choose to spend money on them during - to use their terms - "a really sucky economy." I can't wait to spend more money on them the next time they come into town.
It's incomprehensible to me how concert bloggers are able to make note of entire set lists.
All I know, for sure, is that they played nearly all the songs I wanted to hear when I saw them at Lincoln Hall last month: including "Yuppy Flu"
It's too bad this band is not popular enough to have had the chance to perform this song live for a television show because the album version (embedded below) doesn't capture how the drum thumps the song through and leaves the audience hanging on with every note Lizzy plays on the guitar.
In my last post I mentioned the underwhelming set of the opener, but they more than made up for it when they joined Land of Talk for almost half of their set. A band that's normally just three people can really give the audience a fresh take on the songs when they more than double the size of musicians. It's clear they've learned well from when they toured with Broken Social Scene (how I first came to know them).
One odd concert tidbit: Lizzy Powell, just like how Kevin Drew did when I first saw them, made special mention of how appreciative they were that concert goers choose to spend money on them during - to use their terms - "a really sucky economy." I can't wait to spend more money on them the next time they come into town.
Sunday, October 3, 2010
Saturday, October 2, 2010
Suuns - "Arena" (album: Zeroes QC)
I tend to download a lot of free music to lisen to at later times. About every two months I gather all my concert update emails from Jam and download all the free downloads for my "Freebies" playlist. If those songs are good, they make the cut into a more established, more listened to, playlist.
Such is the case with "Arena" by Suuns. However, this process also tends to make me forget what is on my iPod. When Suuns opened for Land of Talk I had told others that I had not heard of the band from Montreal (record label: Secretly Canadian). Then they played this song and I had that funny, "I've heard that before / I think it's in my iPod" feeling.
To be honest, the rest of Suuns' set was... not my cup of tea... However, all 4 Members stuck around and performed with the headliner - Land of Talk - for many songs. So although I may not be the biggest fan of Suuns, I appreciate their contribution to the collaborative spirit that makes me like this genre.
Apologies for not reviewing the Land of Talk show. I need to get to that highly wonderful show as soon as I can find a live clip on YouTube worthy of posting.
Such is the case with "Arena" by Suuns. However, this process also tends to make me forget what is on my iPod. When Suuns opened for Land of Talk I had told others that I had not heard of the band from Montreal (record label: Secretly Canadian). Then they played this song and I had that funny, "I've heard that before / I think it's in my iPod" feeling.
To be honest, the rest of Suuns' set was... not my cup of tea... However, all 4 Members stuck around and performed with the headliner - Land of Talk - for many songs. So although I may not be the biggest fan of Suuns, I appreciate their contribution to the collaborative spirit that makes me like this genre.
Apologies for not reviewing the Land of Talk show. I need to get to that highly wonderful show as soon as I can find a live clip on YouTube worthy of posting.
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