Decade Digest: Concerts

im really enjoying being at the end of a decade. its the first one i can remember all of; the first one i can feel like, five years ago wasnt that long ago. i guess it is though!

i have a few decade digests to roll out. first up is concerts. this is late decade heavy because not as many bands went through scotland as they do in vancouver, and also i can afford to go to a lot more of them now!

best

THUNDERHEIST @ montreal 2009 – they were so jacked on stage and the girl was amazing. do not miss the opportunity !!!

Ra Ra Riot @ vancouver 2009 – magical

guillemots @ glasgow 2006 – these guy’s first album was so incredible and we saw them in a dingy basement club in glasgow. second album was awful. though fyfe is doing some solo stuff that sounds ok

goldie @ aberdeen 2000 – this was amaaaazing. serg and i drove up from edinburgh for one night and he put on the most crazy explosive show!

tv on the radio @ vancouver 2009 – as if theyre not cool enough, we got this on a summers eve outdoors in stanley park

the foals @ vancouver 2008 – i loved it. vancouver folk didnt quite get them tho! british math rock.

the xx @ vancouver 2009 – the best band of 2009 did not disappoint on their first canadian outing

panic! at the disco @ vancouver 2007 – this was an unreal burlesque show with circus performers. amazing show including a great cover of eleanor rigby

friendly fires @ vancouver 2009 – total characters

frightened rabbit @ san francisco 2009 – cant not have a scottish band in this list. they were great.

the worst

metric 2008 – sucked
death cab for cutie 2008 – boring
thievery corporation 2009 – shouldve stayed in the 90s
coldplay 2008 – well i knew i wouldnt like this one
dirty projectors 2009 – i dont get it
the national 2007 – just a bad night

the absolute worst of this millennium has to be given to guitar legend Jeff Beck (Ottawa 2008) who is a hundred years old and still wearing crazy glam rock glitter spandex from the 70s with a crosss-breed haircut of Brian May and Rod Stewart. Just like sports stars, you gotta retire with grace. Jeff missed that theory. we left after forty minutes of utter drivel and stumbled on an amazing samba band who were a lot more fun!