TV on the Radio

Just two days after seeing Born Ruffians (refer to previous post), I had the oppurtunity of seeing one of my favourite bands ever: TV on the Radio.
Trekking all the way down to Sound Academy was worth it.
This is a band that is not only tight and enjoys what they're doing, but also put on a great show (even if it is a little flashy.)
They're clearly not for everyone, but the crowd was definitely enjoying it, as they went through 14 songs in just an hour and a half (and that's impressive for a band whose shortest song is probably 4 minutes.)

Set list:
1. Young Liars
2. *I must have been too into it for this one, cuz I have no recollection of what it was, but I believe it was off of Desperate Youth, Bloodthirsty Babes.
3. Caffeinated Conciousness
4. Blues From Down Here
5. Will Do
6. Province
7. Red Dress
8. Crying
9. Staring At The Sun
10. Repetition
11. Wolf Like Me

Encore:
12. A Method
13. Forgotten
14. Satellite

An amazing show overall, and nice to see a band that's personable and will get the audience involved as well. They have five albums out: Ok Calculator; Desperate Youth, Bloodthirsty Babes; Return to Cookie Mountain; Dear Science and Nine Types of Light

As always, listen and enjoy

Born Ruffians

On April 16th, I had the oppurtunity to see one of Canada's best exports, Born Ruffians, in concert at the Opera House. I was expecting a great show, but I didn't realize I'd be seeing an amazing show.
It was by far one of the best concerts I've ever been too. They didn't have anything flashy, but they were extremely tight, sounded like they do on the album (don't worry...no lip-singing) and they genuinely seemed to be having a good time.
Going through 16 out of their 21 songs (not counting EPs) I was very impressed.

Set-List:
1. Foxes Mate For Life
2. Barnacle Goose
3. Sole Brother
4. In A Mirror
5. Higher and Higher
6. Retard Canard
7. The Ballad of Moose Bruce
8. Oh Man
9. Little Garcon
10. Come Back
11. Nova-Leigh
12. Hummingbird
13. What To Say
14. I Need A Life

Encore:
15. Badonkadonkey
16. Kurt Vonnegut

This band is extremely talented and worth checking out. They have two albums out, Red, Yellow and Blue and Say It.

Listen and enjoy!

Albums

It’s been awhile!
Here are some new albums I’ve been listening to…good stuff.

Timber Timbre---Creep On Creepin’ On

 The Strokes---Angles

Noah and the Whale---Last Days On Earth

COMING SOON:
TV on the Radio---Nine Types of Light
Arctic Monkeys---Suck It And See

LAST THOUGHTS: New Radiohead album (King of Limbs) over-rated? I think so…

ENJOY!

2010 in review...

A couple of posts ago I stated that my top 20 albums of 2010 would be coming. Well here it is, but instead it's 29 albums because I couldn't quite narrow it down, but I couldn't quite make it 30.
Here it is.
Remember, these are just one girl's opinions, so you can agree, disagree, or we can agree to disagree.
Enjoy.

1. Kanye West---My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
2. Arcade Fire---The Suburbs
3. Vampire Weekend---Contra
4. Beach House---Teen Dream
5. Janelle Monae---The ArchAndroid (Suites II and III)
6. MGMT---Congratulations
7. The National---High Violet
8. LCD Soundsystem---This Is Happening
9. Jamey Johnson---The Guitar Song
10. The Black Keys---Brothers
11. Zeus---Say Us
12. Spoon---Transference
13. Deerhunter---Halcyon Digest
14. Owen Pallett---Heartland
15. Caribou---Swim
16. The Roots---How I Got Over
17. The Walkmen---Lisbon
18. Broken Bells---Broken Bells
19. Gorillaz---Plastic Beach
20. Kings of Leon---Come Around Sundown
21. Robyn---Body Talk Pt. 1
22. Yeasayer---Odd Blood
23. V.V. Brown---Travelling Like The Light
24. Kid Cudi----Man On The Moon II: The Legend of Mr. Rager
25. M.I.A.---Maya
26. of Montreal---False Priest
27. Cee-Lo Green---Lady Killer
28. Robert Plant and his Band of Joy---Band of Joy
29. Eminem---Recovery

Honourable Mentions:
*Mumford and Sons---Sigh No More (it was released towards the end of 2009 so it's not on any '09 lists or any '10 lists, but now they're the biggest band in the world.)

*Florence+the Machine...because her and her machines are tied with Mumford and Sons for the biggest band in the world position

*The Crookes---somehow they haven't exploded yet, but I'm sticking with them.

*Bon Iver...because he's awesome enough to guest on Kanye's album. Plus his music is great.

*Nicki Minaj...because shes the only female rapper that has ever scared, well anyone.

The Teaches of Peaches: Everything's Alright

When most people think of Andrew Lloyd Weber's and Tim Rice's Jesus Christ Superstar they usually think of a successful attempt at a rock musical, all about everyone's favourite Messiah. However, after attending Peaches Christ Superstar Tuesday night, I will never think of this musical the same way again.
My family and I trekked off to the Queen Elizabeth Theatre to see Peaches, and I don't think any of us knew really what to expect. Usually Peaches music is more...well...it's different then what she played on Tuesday (just listen to one track off of I Feel Cream or The Teaches of Peaches and you'll know what I mean.) But we did all know one thing forsure: this was going to be one original night.
Peaches performed every single part of every single song effortlessly, just her and her piano player, Chilly Gonzales. For some songs (like Everything's Alright) Peaches would change her body position to show different character, and then for other songs she didn't, but the audience stayed with her every moment.
Decked out in gold outfits (a puffier jacket looking one for act II) her voice sounded brilliant, and she hit every note just right, sometimes belting out (during Gethsemane) like these songs were written for her. And after Tuesday night, I think that they really may have been written for her.
It was one of the best concerts I have ever seen, one of the most entertaining nights of my life, and now I think we've found our saviour...of music that is.

Baby, It's Cold Outside...

2010 is slowly winding down, and so I'm working on my top 20 albums from 2010.
However, this task is quite difficult, so here are some songs to listen to in the meantime.
(Two holiday ones, one not so much...)

1.) The Pogues---Fairytale of New York

2.) The Killers---Don't Shoot Me Santa

3.) Kanye West---Monster (Featuring Rick Ross, Jay-Z, Niki Minaj and Bon Iver.)
*I don't usually like rap, but Kanye's new album is something else. Also, Niki Minaj just kills her verse on this to the point where she's frightening.

Happy Holidays!
List coming soon....

15

It's been a very long time since I've blogged, so I thought I'd give everyone* a holiday treat.

*Everyone=anyone who reads this

Some of my friends have been making lists of the first 15 albums they can think of in 15 minutes.
They, of course challenged me to this, knowing I would have some issues.
The albums don't need to be your favourite, but they should have impacted you in some way.

Enjoy!

1. Queen---A Night At The Opera
2. The Beatles---The White Album
3. The Jimi Hendrix Experience---Are You Experienced?
4. Jethro Tull---Thick As A Brick
5. Led Zeppelin---Houses of the Holy
6. MGMT---Congratulations
7. Pink Floyd---Wish You Were Here
8. The Rolling Stones---Let It Bleed
9. MIKA---Life In Cartoon Motion
10. Owen Pallett---Heartland
11. TV on the Radio---Return to Cookie Mountain
12. TV on the Radio---Dear Science
13. Mumford and Sons---Sigh No More
14. Supertramp---Crime of the Century
15. Zeus---Say Us