Sigur Ros performed last night at Massey Hall to a full house and it was one of the best shows all year. The band had my attention for the whole 90-odd minutes they were on stage. The band started out slow, almost in complete darkness, and picked up the pace. They would again slow things down only to erupt and send waves of beautiful noise towards us. My favourite part of the night was the encore. Illgresi was beautifully performed and Gobbledigook, at the request of Jonsi, had us all standing up and clapping along throughout the whole song. For the finale huge plumes of confetti fell upon us like snow.

Hopefully someone recorded the show as i didnt take my gear with me.

Setlist:
01 Heysatan
02 Glosoli
03 Ny batteri
04 Vid Spilum Endalaust
05 Hoppipolla
06 Med blodnasir
07 Festival
08 Fljotavik
09 E-bow
10 Inni
11 Saeglopur
12 Popplagid

Encore:
13 Illgresi
14 Gobbledigook

Thanks to the Sigur Ros forum for the setlist.

Reviews: chromewaves

Parachutes: website | myspace
Sigur Ros: website | myspace

The Pack A.D. stopped by Criminal Records for an instore performance last Friday afternoon. They played for about 40 minutes before hitting the road for a show in London later that night.

Setlist:
01 Snow
02 Gold Rush
03 Build
04 Oh Be Joyful
05 Making Gestures
06 June
07 Dont Have To Like You
08 Stalker Blues
09 Blackout
10 Whats Up There > Cabin

Downloads: 16-bit | 24-bit

Links: website | myspace
Buy Stuff: Best Buy, Maple Music

Thanks to Maya and Becky as well as the guys at Criminal Records for letting me record, again!

There was a full night of music at the Horseshoe Tavern this past Thursday. Starting the night off was Shitt Hott, who were playing their last show. After them was the Schomberg Fair, followed by The Pack A.D. The Speaking Tongues closed the night but i left before their set because it was a work night, unfortunately.

Shitt Hott played a bunch of songs for their final show, regrettably im not that familiar with them so its going to take some time to fill out the setlist.
Setlist:
01 ?
02 ?
03 ?
04 ?
05 ?
06 ?
07 ?
08 ?
09 ?
10 ?
11 ?
12 ?
13 Law & Order
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The Schomberg Fair took to the stage quickly and jumped right into their fast paced set. They played a full set which included some covers of some old gospel tunes.
Setlist:
01 Dark Was The Night
02 Magdalene
03 ?
04 Poor Me
05 Last Train
06 This Is The Last Day Of Our Acquaintance (Sinead O’Connor)
07 Aint No Grave (unknown)
08 ?
09 ?
10 John The Revelator (Blind Willie Johnson)
11 ?
12 Wade In The Water (Unknown)
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The Pack A.D., a bluesy garage rock band from Vancouver consisting of Becky Black on guitar and vocals and Maya Miller on drums were up next.
Setlist:
01 Snow
02 Gold Rush
03 Build
04 Oh Be Joyful
05 Making Gestures
06 June
07 Dont Have To Like You
08 Stalker Blues
09 Blackout
10 Whats Up There > Cabin
Download: 16-bit | 24-bit (soon)

Links:
Shitt Hott: website | myspace
Schomberg Fair: website | myspace
The Pack A.D.: website | myspace
The Speaking Tongues: website | myspace

Tags: horseshoe tavern, Recording, schomberg fair, shitt hott, the pack ad

I made my way to the Music Hall last week to catch the Final Fantasy show. Opening the show was Nico Muhly, Sam Amidon, Doveman, and Nadia Sirota. They all took turns doing eachothers’ songs and played for alot longer than i had expected. Around 90 minutes. After them was Owen Pallett aka Final Fantasy. He played for about an hour doing a mixture of old songs and some news ones that are on his two new EPs coming out this fall.

Another review, some pictures, and a few more tracks from the show can be found at Bootlog

Setlist:
01 ?
02 The Lamb Sells Condos
03 The Man With No Ankles
04 Cockatrice
05 The Butcher
06 Flare Gun
07 ?
08 ?
09 Many Lives > 49 MP
10 He Poos Clouds
11 This Is The Dream Of Win & Regine
12 Lewis Takes Off His Shirt

Encore:
13 Hey Dad
14 Song Song Song

Links:
Nico Muhly: website | myspace
Sam Amidon: website | myspace
Doveman: website | myspace
Nadia Sirota: website | myspace
Final Fantasy: website | myspace

Tags: doveman, final fantasy, music hall, nadia sirota, nico muhly, owen, pallett, Recording, sam amidon