This Modern Love Breaks Me
Bloc Party, Final Fantasy, and Smoosh played a fantastic sold out show at the Orpheum on Monday night.
When Smoosh took the stage, the Orpheum was still pretty empty at the time...only about 1/4 full. The two sisters from Seattle, consisting of singer/keyboardist Asya and drummer Chloe are only ages 15 and 13 respectively. Still, they've already previously opened for the likes of Pearl Jam, Death Cab For Cutie, Sleater-Kinney, and Cat Power. It also helps that Death Cab drummer Jason McGerr produced their album and is Chloe's drum teacher.
When Smoosh took the stage, the Orpheum was still pretty empty at the time...only about 1/4 full. The two sisters from Seattle, consisting of singer/keyboardist Asya and drummer Chloe are only ages 15 and 13 respectively. Still, they've already previously opened for the likes of Pearl Jam, Death Cab For Cutie, Sleater-Kinney, and Cat Power. It also helps that Death Cab drummer Jason McGerr produced their album and is Chloe's drum teacher.
The two of them are talented for their age and have the ability to craft some catchy pop-rock songs such as Find A Way and Gold. During the set, their 10 year-old sister Maia also made an appearance and helped out on bass for a few songs.
Final Fantasy came on next. Owen Pallett played a wonderful set that was both unique and innovative. Armed with his violin and looping pedals, last year's Polaris Music Prize Winner won over the audience with his nicely structured pieces. Owen also had his friend Steph utilizing an overhead projector to change and add slides, offering a visual representation to the stories in his songs. I really enjoyed This Lamb Sells Condos. Pallett only played a brief 35 minute set, but it sure was impressive!
Bloc Party took the stage and opened their performance with Song For Clay, the lead off track from their newest release. Frontman Kele Okereke had great energy onstage and did a good job getting the crowd involved during the show with all the clapping, cheering, and sing-alongs.
Some of the folks from ICM Security were quite strict in making sure people weren't filming any videos to upload online....this was contrasted with a security guard in front of the stage who had his back to the audience and was watching the show throughout the entire Bloc Party performance....he must of been mesmerized by Kele's heartfelt lyrics.
The highlight of the evening for me was when bassist Gordon Moakes hopped on a second drumset for the encore opening song Sunday, and he and Matt Tong pounded away on their kits. Guitarist Russell Lissack's climax in the song along with Kele's powerful statement just does it for me.
Other highlights from the 1hr 20min set included I Still Remember, Blue Light, Waiting For The 7.18, Banquet, and This Modern Love. Closing their show off with Helicopter, Kele decided to encourage some kids in the front to hop onstage. This was met with a surge in the crowd eagerly trying to get on. Meanwhile, there were a few security guards standing at the edge of the stage pushing some kids off as they attempted to jump on....wow, that was dangerous!
Anyways, it was an excellent show from start to finish with three great artists, and a great way to spend a Monday night in the city.
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Working on some upcoming all-ages shows and putting together some Cross-Canada tours for a few artists. Should be an exciting next few months.
Okay...time for swing dancing...
Some of the folks from ICM Security were quite strict in making sure people weren't filming any videos to upload online....this was contrasted with a security guard in front of the stage who had his back to the audience and was watching the show throughout the entire Bloc Party performance....he must of been mesmerized by Kele's heartfelt lyrics.
The highlight of the evening for me was when bassist Gordon Moakes hopped on a second drumset for the encore opening song Sunday, and he and Matt Tong pounded away on their kits. Guitarist Russell Lissack's climax in the song along with Kele's powerful statement just does it for me.
Other highlights from the 1hr 20min set included I Still Remember, Blue Light, Waiting For The 7.18, Banquet, and This Modern Love. Closing their show off with Helicopter, Kele decided to encourage some kids in the front to hop onstage. This was met with a surge in the crowd eagerly trying to get on. Meanwhile, there were a few security guards standing at the edge of the stage pushing some kids off as they attempted to jump on....wow, that was dangerous!
Anyways, it was an excellent show from start to finish with three great artists, and a great way to spend a Monday night in the city.
***
Working on some upcoming all-ages shows and putting together some Cross-Canada tours for a few artists. Should be an exciting next few months.
Okay...time for swing dancing...
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