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Thursday, March 02, 2006 I'm so tired right now, not because i have a cold but I didn't get to sleep until nearly 4am the night before. It was totally worth it though, for I went to the Docks to attend the Indie Awards show followed by an awesome gig by the Stars -- ya know those dudes/gals on the Arts&Crafts label out of Montreal. Anyway the trip to the venue was a bitch. The Parliament St. bus does not go beyond Front St., so my friend and I had to make the epic walk ALLL THE WAY down to the docks. Sometimes it really sucks to not have a car, and yesterday was one of those times. The awards show was pretty cool, lotsa cameras, and flashy coloured lights. That indian guy from the CBC hosted, but maybe the crowd was a bit young (it was an all-ages event), becauase not many seemed to have gotten his jokes. Hopefully ya'll Toronto folk will get to see the show if it ever gets aired on TV. There were a few 'obscure' Canadian and Int'l bands/acts that are worth checking out. This one guy particularly, called Magnet, who came ALL THE WAY from Norway..ok maybe not, he was on tour with the Stars and lastnight was the last gig...was REALLY good. Very folk-ish sounding, kinda like Sufjan but with electronic sound manipulation. Really talented guy. It was him a slide guitar, a bunch of pedals and just a whole lot of awesomeness. He rocked the place. The crowd was a bit impatient when Magnet was on stage because they've been standing there (and so have I mind you) for about 4 hours waiting for the Stars to play. A bit of a shame but they i'm sure they appreciated the music too. Check him out! Then of course the Stars came out afterwards. Great show. The band sounded AMAZING live. The entire band had such great chemistry, especially the two singers. I think they played almost all the songs from their current Album "Set Yourself on Fire" and a few that I didn't recognize. They did two encore pieces. Amazing as usual. They are by far one of the best bands I've heard, even better than the other band which also haisl from Montreal. That's just my opinion though, don't hunt me down or send me hate mail. I like their music. It's written really well -- so melodic, so thoughtfully arranged and performed so with such passion (especially the dude singer whose name I don't remember). posted by Ben | | | 11:32 AM |
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