02.16.2007 Wintersleep / Ladyhawk

Yes I am still alive. After a slow month and a half, 2008 comes back with a killer show at the Commodore. East coast stalwarts, Wintersleep return to another sold out show (rather quickly I might add). Not surprisingly, ticketbrokers were in full effect with single tickets going for upwards to $100. Tonight's show was put together mainly to work around a couple of Japanese dates. Luckily some west coast dates were on the table.

Opening up the night were local Vancouver indie princes Ladyhawk. Despite playing such a large venue for the first time, Ladyhawk felt right at home, literally. You've never seen me write about them because I've never really been motivated enough to get out and check out any of their countless local shows. That being said, I actually enjoyed most of their set. I'll have to give this band some more time to grow on me. Hopefully by the time I'm convinced to see them again they'll still be playing small venues.

This marked the 9th time I've seen Wintersleep. I've been lucky that I've been able to see a non local band this many times in the last 3 years. It was pretty weird seeing them play at the Commodore; the biggest venue I've ever seen them play at (well headlining anyways). I notice that they've got the barricade set up at the front, ends up it's not needed. People seemed content with just singing along and saving the metal theatrics for .. well a metal show. The setlist was pretty similar to the late 2007 shows. The minor differences did keep the show somewhat fresh. Most notably, they opened up with Yellow Bellied; while unlikely, worked out well. Sore was also nice to finally hear live. I've been told that Listen, Listen, Listen was reworked and totally unrehearsed, although I can't say how. Finally, Nerves Normal clocked in around 16 minutes and the jam during Danse Macabre was tightened up. Out of all the shows I've seen they seemed to have the most energy at this show. I think i'll stop writing about here. I've got about 9 Wintersleep fluff posts, I'm sure you get it. This blogger likes Wintersleep.

Setlist

Yellow Bellied
Archaeologists
Dead Letter
Caliber
Jaws of Life
Search Party
Weighty Ghost
Murderer
Orca
Sore
Astronaut
Oblivion
Laser Beams
Danse Macabre
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Listen, Listen, Listen
Migration
Nerves Normal, Breath Normal

$30/$0 SOLD OUT