The Mountain Goats put on a great show. Two guys, one acoustic guitar, one electric bass, and a whole lot of blood, sweat and tears. It oozes from every note and soaks every lyric, leaving them drenched with truth and sincerity. If you stand in the first 3 rows you better bring a raincoat.
Got to Lee’s Palace in time to grab a beer and see the opening band The Prayers And Tears of Arthur Digby Sellers. Someone told me it’s taken from the movie The Big Lebowski, which I haven’t seen in a while, so I took their word for it. Short story for them is great band, but lead singer has no stage presence, no banter, and doesn’t really power vocals. I can see them being better on the album than live. As we will see later though, a few beers loosened the lead singer right up. Continue reading ‘Mountain Goat Goodness’
You wanna talk live music? Let’s talk live music. The Decemberists rock. I don’t know if it is the Phoenix Concert Theater, or the the tech guys, or the band, but, jeebes, the show was ridiculously good. Best sounding show I have ever seen, hands down. A strong claim I know, but I believe in the words I type.
The opening act was less than stellar. Maybe it’s because I was in a rock out mood, or maybe they really were that transparent. It was a guy with a guitar, a guy on a bass, and a girl playing those hand drums.They were so quiet, and left nothing to the imagination. I enjoy single guitar singer/songwriter stuff, but this guy was lame; almost monotonous. They tried to jazz it up by pulling out a trombone, but even that sounded sad. I felt like Homer Simpson when Lisa was playing her saxamaphone when Homer was dying — play something a little more lively please. Continue reading ‘Music, Thy Name Is The Decemberists’
Rock show after rock show, they just keep coming. Up this time, Sam Roberts. All he asks is that you give your soul to rock and roll. Are you okay with that?
I like to think that performers like Sam Roberts relish in the opportunity to play unique venues, and none is more unique than Rocktoberfest at Queensmount arena. Oktoberfest meets rock and roll here, and it is a friendship forged in beer and catchy guitar riffs, layered with lyrics destined to drive teenage rebellion. Where Have All The Good People Gone? provides an audience favourite “Traffic jam but I’m on the shoulder / took 10 cops to pull me over / Bangkok to Babylon / Where have all the good people gone?” The band loves what they do, and that is obviously rockin’ out. Stand out tracks were: Dead End, Taj Mahal, Where Have All The Good People Gone? and the encore Don’t Walk Away Eileen. Continue reading ‘We Believe In Rock And Roll’
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