Drive-By Truckers were in town lastnight to play a show at the Opera House in support of their new record “Brighter Than Creations Dark“. Opening up the show were The Whigs who were back in town after their last gig at the Horseshoe. The show started around 9pm with The Whigs playing for about 40 minutes. As with the last show, i thought they were pretty good. The Truckers started around 10:15pm and played until 12:45am. They started off kind of slow with more mellow tunes mixed in, but the last 90 minutes were pure rock n’ roll. Im sure everyone there would agree that it was an amazing show.

The Whigs:
01 Like A Vibration
02 Technology
03 Already Young
04 Nothing Is Easy
05 Violet Furs
06 I Never Want To Go Home
07 Sleep Sunshine
08 Hot Bed
09 Right Hand On My Heart
10 Need You Need You
11 Half The World Away

Drive-By Truckers:
01 The Living Bubba
02 A Ghost To Most
03 Two Daughters And A Beautiful Wife
04 Daddy Needs A Drink
05 3 Dimes Down
06 Im Sorry Houston
07 Sink Hole
08 Uncle Frank
09 Puttin’ People On The Moon
10 Self Destructive Zones
11 The Company I Keep
12 Hell No, I Aint Happy
13 Checkout Time In Vegas
14 You And Your Crystal Meth
15 Goode’s Field Road
16 Women Without Whiskey
17 The Opening Act
18 Where The Devil Dont Stay
19 Lookout Mountain
20 crowd noise

Encore:
21 banter
22 Zip City
23 18 Wheels Of Love
24 Shut Up And Get On The Plane
25 Let There Be Rock
26 Buttholeville > State Trooper > Buttholeville

Downloads:
The Whigs: 16-bit | 24-bit
Drive-By Truckers: Live Music Archive | 16-bit | 24-bit

Links:
The Whigs: website | myspace
Drive-By Truckers: website | myspace | live music archive

Tags: archive.org, downloads, drive-by truckers, live audio, lma, opera house, the whigs

I made it out to the Chart Canadian Music Week showcase Thursday night. Immaculate Machine, Dog Day, Katie Stelmanis, Plants & Animals, and The Acorn, Sun Parlour Players, and Oh No Forest Fires were all on the bill. 7 bands for $9, cant beat that. I didnt stay for the last two acts as it was already 1am and had work in the morning. I really enjoyed all 5 performances. Im not sure if the show was soldout, but it was pretty packed. The room sounded great too. Go checkout these fine Canadian artists when they hit your city. You wont be disappointed.

I was planning on recording the 5 bands i was there for, but my battery didnt charge properly so i only taped 3 of them. Really regretting not taping Katie Stelmanis.

Immaculate Machine
01 Wo Xiang Tanbai
02 C’mon Sea Legs
03 Broken Ship
04 Wont Be Pretty
05 Nothing Ever Happens In My Town
06 Small Talk
07 No Such Thing As The Future

Plants & Animals
01 New Kind Of Love
02 Good Friend
03 Faerie Dance
04 Bye Bye Bye
05 Lola Who?
06 Guru > Sinnerman > Guru

The Acorn
01 ?
02 Crooked Legs
03 Brokered Heart
04 Dents (Glory Pt. 1)
05 Antenna
06 Feral Chile
07 Low Gravity
08 The Flood Pt. 1

Links:
Immaculate Machine: website | myspace
Dog Day: website | myspace
Katie Stelmanis: website | myspace
Plants & Animals: website | myspace
The Acorn: website | myspace
Sun Parlour Players: website | myspace
Oh No Forest Fires: website | myspace

Support the artists and purchase a cd or two. And if you like what you heard above, buy a ticket to the show.

Tags: Chart, CMW, Dog Day, Horseshoe, Immaculte Machine, Katie Stelmanis, Oh No Forest Fires, Plants & Animals, Recording, Sun Parlour Players, The Acorn