If you find me, hide me, I don't where I've been
Emily Haines and The Soft Skeleton played the Commodore Thursday night. They had a seated dance floor in place for the evening to give it more of an intimate theatre feel.
Opening the night was Tall Firs. The Brooklyn three piece recently won a contest by beating out over 300 solo artist and band submissions to open for Emily on her North American tour. I thought the guys did an okay job and their sound grew on me with each passing song.
Emily Haines and The Soft Skeleton took the stage, opening with Our Hell followed by Doctor Blind. Hanging behind Emily and her piano was a screen that would feature interesting clips from filmmaker Guy Maddin throughout the set.
It was a nice change to be seated for the show at the Commodore...in an attempt to get a different feel and atmosphere of the music being performed for the evening. Though most of the audience welcomed this arrangement, the constant talking and sound of bottles colliding with canvas were clearly audible through the entire performance. I must say it's kind of hard to have a silent show when there's a bar present in the room. Ms. Haines addressed those that were constantly talking through the set...mentioning that it doesn't hurt her, but those who paid their hard earned money to come see the show, then choose to talk throughout it.
Emily and company ran through all the songs on her debut solo album, and in pretty much the same order of the LP tracklisting in her 1hr performance. Favourites of mine from the evening included Crowd Surf Off A Cliff and Reading In Bed. For the encore, she came back out and did a solo rendition of Neil Young's Expecting To Fly.
Opening the night was Tall Firs. The Brooklyn three piece recently won a contest by beating out over 300 solo artist and band submissions to open for Emily on her North American tour. I thought the guys did an okay job and their sound grew on me with each passing song.
Emily Haines and The Soft Skeleton took the stage, opening with Our Hell followed by Doctor Blind. Hanging behind Emily and her piano was a screen that would feature interesting clips from filmmaker Guy Maddin throughout the set.
It was a nice change to be seated for the show at the Commodore...in an attempt to get a different feel and atmosphere of the music being performed for the evening. Though most of the audience welcomed this arrangement, the constant talking and sound of bottles colliding with canvas were clearly audible through the entire performance. I must say it's kind of hard to have a silent show when there's a bar present in the room. Ms. Haines addressed those that were constantly talking through the set...mentioning that it doesn't hurt her, but those who paid their hard earned money to come see the show, then choose to talk throughout it.
Emily and company ran through all the songs on her debut solo album, and in pretty much the same order of the LP tracklisting in her 1hr performance. Favourites of mine from the evening included Crowd Surf Off A Cliff and Reading In Bed. For the encore, she came back out and did a solo rendition of Neil Young's Expecting To Fly.
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