The Cowboy Junkies were in Toronto last weekend to celebrate the 20th anniversary of their Trinity Sessions recording with a show at Massey Hall. The band played the Trinity Sessions from start to finish and then after a very short encore break came back out and performed a few more songs. Unfortunately, Ryan Adams, who was scheduled to to perform with the band, did not make it due to illness. Everyone knows Massey Hall sounds great, but this show was probably the best sounding show i have ever been to, so far. The show was recorded by CBC Radio 2 and will air on May 11.

You’ll eventually find an audience recording of the show here: http://www.archive.org/details/CowboyJunkies

Setlist:
Mining For Gold
Misguided Angel
Blue Moon Revisited (Song For Elvis)
I Don’t Get It
I’m So Lonesome I could Cry
To Love Is To Bury
200 More Miles
Dreaming My Dreams With You
Working On A Building
Sweet Jane (Velvet Underground)
Postcard Blues
Walking After Midnight

Encore:
Powderfinger (Neil Young)
My Little Basquiat
‘Cause Cheap Is How I Feel
Sun Comes Up, It’s Tuesday Morning

Tags: CBC Radio 2, Cowboy Junkies, Live Music Archive, Massey Hall, Ryan Adams

The Whigs from Athens, GA were in town last night doing a show at the Horseshoe. They hit the stage around 10:20pm and played for about 45 minutes. There was a pretty good crowd turn out for them even with them being the opener. Their new album “Mission Control” was released yesterday (Feb. 5) in Canada. The band has lots of energy and they sound great live. They’ll be back in town on March 19 opening up for the Drive-By Truckers at the Opera House.

Setlist:
01 Intro
02 Like A Vibration
03 Technology
04 Already Young
05 Sweet Sunshine
06 Hot Bed
07 Right Hand On My Heart
08 Violet Furs
09 Half The World Away
10 Nothing Is Easy
11 Need You Need You

Download: thewhigs2008-02-05.mc930.sd702.flac16.zip

http://www.thewhigs.com
http://www.myspace.com/thewhigs

Tags: horseshoe tavern, live audio, the whigs

Wintersleep were back in Toronto this past week for a show at the Phoenix. Opening the show were Flash Lightnin’ and The Russian Futurists. The place was packed and the bands sounded great.

Wintersleep’s setlist:
01 Miasmal Smoke & The Yellow Bellied Freaks
02 Archaeologists
03 Caliber
04 Dead Letter & The Infinite Yes
05 Weighty Ghost
06 Murderer
07 Search Party
08 Jaws Of Life
09 Sore
10 Oblivion
11 Laser Beams
12 Orca
13 Nerves Normal, Breath Normal
14 crowd noise

Encore:
15 Drunk On Aluminium
16 Faithful Guide
17 Danse Macabre

http://www.wintersleep.com
http://www.myspace.com/wintersleep

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http://www.wintersleep.com/store