Tegan and Sara at Under the Volcano were as fantastic as expected. It was a mostly acoustic show, no drums and they played plugged-in acoustics for most of it. Ted and another guy backed them. The show was wonderfully casual. We even wondered if they were high or something. I don’t actually think they were, they just appeared to be in great moods. ( Read more... )

Since I will rather unfortunately be at camp when Metric comes to town, I told my mom and Jeff that the only person I was interested in seeing at Capital Ex this year was Joan Jett. They said “Who’s that?”. Seriously?! So I played ‘I Love Rock & Roll’ and they knew that song, but they didn’t know ‘Bad Reputation’. Freaks ( Read more... )

I’m most definitely only more confused than ever. Sarah blew off her hockey game to come see me host the awards last night. She said she would be at the game and instead at the last minute, she came to support me instead. This is a very big deal. As I said two posts ago, she never, ever breaks commitments. Not for me, not for anything. I thought. I ( Read more... )

I just wanted to make sure everyone’s gotten a chance to check out all my new live music videos. I’ve been taking lots lately at all sorts of different concerts all over the province ( Read more... )

Last weekend Sex Party came to town. Sarah and I had been excited about it for a while. There was some sort of mix up and by the time we got there, they’d already played. Grr!! It sucked. So Paige invited us over to the Pawn Shop and got us on the guest list, which was wicked cool of her. It turned out the Frosted Tipz were playing! I was super ( Read more... )

I’m trying to sort out all the many, many photos and videos I’ve taken of all the concerts I’ve been to in the last couple weeks. I’ll start off with the JUNO Songwriters’ Circle, the reason we all convoyed down to Calgary. I’ll be putting the videos on YouTube, Facebook and MySpace. If you want the HQ video or the audio, let me know. Tell me what ( Read more... )

My throat is scratchy and my palms are sore. Three concerts in a row will do that to you. It didn’t end up being 4, I got some dates confused and a show got cancelled, but 3 was more than enough ( Read more... )

Some info on a concert I’m really excited about that’s coming up tonight and tomorrow ( Read more... )

I just got back from Calgary. I’m trying to catch up on all the stuff that was going on here while I was gone but I’m tired. I missed work today and I can’t go in tomorrow because it was a two day workshop that they won’t let me into without the first day, so I can spend my time answering e-mails tomorrow.

The trip was really mixed, but the concert ( Read more... )

The concert was a-fucking-mazing. I saw Metric at the Starlite tonight and I think it was officially the best show I have ever seen. I don’t even know how to describe it. The energy and vibe of Emily Haines onstage is something you mostly need to experience to understand. This was by far the tightest performance I’ve ever seen them put on. The ease ( Read more... )