10.21.2006 New Pornographers/Immaculate Machine/Novillero

NP are playing 2 shows in Vancouver as part of Mint Records and Exlaim Magazine's 15th birthday tour. I chose to go to the night one because the black angels are playing the night afterwards, while no one else I care about are playing during the first night.

Novillero are a Canadian band from Winnipeg? They aren't bad, just your (above?) average pop/rock band. Good opener.

Up next, Immaculate Machine. NP's Kathryn Calder plays in this outfit. Kinda like Novillero, less rock, more pop. Also a good opener.



So this is the second time i've seen the New Pornographers. They definitely made my night. They must have realized they had 2 shows and 3 albums and a hungry hometown crowd, because they gave a really good mix of songs from each album. They even took a request during the encore. Newman had asked what people wanted to hear, and a couple people replied with 'Miss Teen Word Power.' Good choice. As with the last show i saw, I think Kathryn Calder definitely fit right in with the band. She filled in Neko's parts quite nicely. Though, I found that she came up a little short during the closer, 'Letter From an Occupant.' She just doesn't have Neko's pipes, but the rest of the night was fine. Ok hate-mode off.







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