09.28.07 The New Pornographers/Lavender Diamond/Fancey
Fancey played to a pretty empty dance floor. Not really suprising because I didn't really find them to be all that entertaining. While wandering around the venue I found a couple pornographers out and about mingling with the crowd.
lavender diamond was fronted by this really enthusiastic girl who could really sing, in a classically trained sort of way. She sort of reminded me of the girl who sung the solo at your school play. She'd say really encouraging and positive things some of which borderedd on the side of naivity. I think I remember her saying something along the lines of "Let's hear it for the planet earth, the best planet int he world!" Anyways, they sort of have a 70's folk/psych sound to them, which was relatively entertaining when they were on, but were kind of boring when they started to do some really slow tedious jammy songs.
I didn't really like Challengers that much. Out of all the Canadian bands who've had albums released this year (Stars, Wintersleep, Tegan and Sara...), Challengers is probably the one I least listen to. In fact, if I didn't see the words "Neko Case and Dan Bejar" on the promoter's site, I don't think I would have endured a setlist heavy with songs off the new record (understandably). I'm not really a fan of Case in general as I find her solo work boring, but man is she awesome when she sings with TNP. Letter From an Occupant with Neko singing was definitely the highlight of my night. Kathryn Calder does a very good job filling in during the non-Neko shows, but there's no denying who's got the bigger vocal artillery. With Dan Bejar, I'm indifferent. He's an interesting character no doubt. I could do without him (and probably will since he only tours with them right after a new album drops), but having him sing his own songs live is also a rarity these days so I guess one has to appreciate it.
All The Things That Go To Make Heaven and Earth
Use It
Myriad Harbour
Electric Version
All the Old Showstoppers
Jackie, Dressed in Cobras
Challengers
The Laws Have Changed
My Rights Verses Yours
The Spirit of Giving
Fail Safe
Mass Romantic
Mutiny, I Promise You
Adventures in Solitude
Twin Cinema
Go Places
Sing Me Spanish Techno
Bleeding Heart Show
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These are the Fables
Testament To Youth in Verse
The Slow Descent into Alcoholism
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Letter From an Occupant
$30/$30
lavender diamond was fronted by this really enthusiastic girl who could really sing, in a classically trained sort of way. She sort of reminded me of the girl who sung the solo at your school play. She'd say really encouraging and positive things some of which borderedd on the side of naivity. I think I remember her saying something along the lines of "Let's hear it for the planet earth, the best planet int he world!" Anyways, they sort of have a 70's folk/psych sound to them, which was relatively entertaining when they were on, but were kind of boring when they started to do some really slow tedious jammy songs.
I didn't really like Challengers that much. Out of all the Canadian bands who've had albums released this year (Stars, Wintersleep, Tegan and Sara...), Challengers is probably the one I least listen to. In fact, if I didn't see the words "Neko Case and Dan Bejar" on the promoter's site, I don't think I would have endured a setlist heavy with songs off the new record (understandably). I'm not really a fan of Case in general as I find her solo work boring, but man is she awesome when she sings with TNP. Letter From an Occupant with Neko singing was definitely the highlight of my night. Kathryn Calder does a very good job filling in during the non-Neko shows, but there's no denying who's got the bigger vocal artillery. With Dan Bejar, I'm indifferent. He's an interesting character no doubt. I could do without him (and probably will since he only tours with them right after a new album drops), but having him sing his own songs live is also a rarity these days so I guess one has to appreciate it.
All The Things That Go To Make Heaven and Earth
Use It
Myriad Harbour
Electric Version
All the Old Showstoppers
Jackie, Dressed in Cobras
Challengers
The Laws Have Changed
My Rights Verses Yours
The Spirit of Giving
Fail Safe
Mass Romantic
Mutiny, I Promise You
Adventures in Solitude
Twin Cinema
Go Places
Sing Me Spanish Techno
Bleeding Heart Show
===
These are the Fables
Testament To Youth in Verse
The Slow Descent into Alcoholism
===
Letter From an Occupant
$30/$30
Labels: commodore, fancey, lavender diamond, the new pornographers, vancouver
posted by firmdragon at
6:15 PM
2 Comments:
Wow...dude, take some prozac...why did you even go to this show...Sounds like you slept through it first of all...and I fell asleep reading your review...WTF, it is hard to believe that you like anything other than relaxation tapes...
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Anonymous, at Saturday, October 20, 2007 at 8:33:00 AM PDT
agreed, but i did enjoy the show. like i said i'm not really a fan of the newer material.
By
firmdragon, at Saturday, October 20, 2007 at 4:00:00 PM PDT
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