Upcoming/Recent Shows

Djxfactor511 said:
Forgot to post this.

Last week's Blossom show was Foreigner and Styx with John Waite.

Got stuck in traffic and walked into the venue with Waite playing the song I wanted to hear, "Missing You". To me it sounded like he saved his energy for a cover of Zeppelin's "Whole Lotta Love".
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Styx has a few original members left and they were fine.
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Only 1 original Foreigner member left, the lead guitarist. They were the best of the night. Overall, not my style of music, but a worthy show.
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Lemme guess - that last photo is Juke Box Hero.
 
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Iron & Wine @ The Commodore Ballroom; Vancouver, BC - June 23, 2024

Last night was amazing! It's been about 8 years since I've caught a show at the Commodore, which is one of my all-time favourite venues and home to many great memories over the past 25 years. We had some time before the show so we poked out heads over to the merch table, where I noticed the Tour Exclusive Archive Series no. 6 vinyl then immediately hopped in line (which spanned the length of the room but moved briskly!)

In what felt like both a rarity and a relief, Amythyst Kiah took the stage promptly at the advertised start time of 8 o'clock. She opened with a great tune from her forthcoming album due out "later this year," then played three off of Wary + Strange ("Firewater," "Hangover Blues," and "Wild Turkey") before playing another new one ("Gods Under The Mountain," which was an absolute JAM!), her most recent single ("In The Pines") and closed out with "Black Myself." Her demeanor was chill and performance was great—I was ecstatic when I learned she would be opening the show, she's been one of my favourite discoveries of the past couple years.

After a half hour or so of tinkering and changeover Iron & Wine took the stage accompanied by viola, violin, keyboards, bass and drums (and all but the keyboard player were women) and he immediately called attention to two other women on stage from Manual Cinema, who would be providing live shadow theater visuals throughout the evening. The set consisted of old and new songs, with many of the older songs in new arrangements that were fantastic with the current band. He also played a couple songs solo around the middle of the set. The band was absolutely dynamite and they all looked like they were having a fantastic time playing with and off of each other—so many great moments of subtle interplay and communication, which I always love to see.

The visuals were absolutely stunning. I'm a huge fan of shadow theater and have been fortunate to see quite a bit, much of it by my friends Mind of a Snail. It's truly stupendous what can be done with simple overhead projectors and props! Some of cutouts they used throughout the show were wickedly intricate and multi-layered, and at one point one of the puppeteers was dancing casting a body shadow which she would then freeze to have the other puppeteer incorporate the lines of her body into the landscape of a scene.

As for Sam himself, he was much more grey than expected, but that made absolute sense the moment I stopped to think of how long I've been listening to him. He's entire look and demeanor really had a quirky collage professor vibe and his interactions with the audience were playful and half mumbled, at times almost inaudible—but never not engaged and engaging. As in the picture above he often looked like he was flipping us off with the shape of his chord hand, which I got quite a kick out of, and most importantly (in my mind) is singing was impeccable and his range impressive.

Incredibly glad to have finally seen him, and I would go again in a heartbeat!
 
avecigrec said:
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Iron & Wine @ The Commodore Ballroom; Vancouver, BC - June 23, 2024

Last night was amazing! It's been about 8 years since I've caught a show at the Commodore, which is one of my all-time favourite venues and home to many great memories over the past 25 years. We had some time before the show so we poked out heads over to the merch table, where I noticed the Tour Exclusive Archive Series no. 6 vinyl then immediately hopped in line (which spanned the length of the room but moved briskly!)

In what felt like both a rarity and a relief, Amythyst Kiah took the stage promptly at the advertised start time of 8 o'clock. She opened with a great tune from her forthcoming album due out "later this year," then played three off of Wary + Strange ("Firewater," "Hangover Blues," and "Wild Turkey") before playing another new one ("Gods Under The Mountain," which was an absolute JAM!), her most recent single ("In The Pines") and closed out with "Black Myself." Her demeanor was chill and performance was great—I was ecstatic when I learned she would be opening the show, she's been one of my favourite discoveries of the past couple years.

After a half hour or so of tinkering and changeover Iron & Wine took the stage accompanied by viola, violin, keyboards, bass and drums (and all but the keyboard player were women) and he immediately called attention to two other women on stage from Manual Cinema, who would be providing live shadow theater visuals throughout the evening. The set consisted of old and new songs, with many of the older songs in new arrangements that were fantastic with the current band. He also played a couple songs solo around the middle of the set. The band was absolutely dynamite and they all looked like they were having a fantastic time playing with and off of each other—so many great moments of subtle interplay and communication, which I always love to see.

The visuals were absolutely stunning. I'm a huge fan of shadow theater and have been fortunate to see quite a bit, much of it by my friends Mind of a Snail. It's truly stupendous what can be done with simple overhead projectors and props! Some of cutouts they used throughout the show were wickedly intricate and multi-layered, and at one point one of the puppeteers was dancing casting a body shadow which she would then freeze to have the other puppeteer incorporate the lines of her body into the landscape of a scene.

As for Sam himself, he was much more grey than expected, but that made absolute sense the moment I stopped to think of how long I've been listening to him. He's entire look and demeanor really had a quirky collage professor vibe and his interactions with the audience were playful and half mumbled, at times almost inaudible—but never not engaged and engaging. As in the picture above he often looked like he was flipping us off with the shape of his chord hand, which I got quite a kick out of, and most importantly (in my mind) is singing was impeccable and his range impressive.

Incredibly glad to have finally seen him, and I would go again in a heartbeat!
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Hoping to catch him in August!
 
Mtcvinyl said:
I don’t think I am the only 90s kid here that found the absolute joy of Soul Coughing performing live in their day. Hell has frozen over and they are touring with all 4 original members in September and October.

I think I saw them 3 times during the Irresistible Bliss and El Oso days. They were an incredible live band. I need to go convince my wife I need to see them both dates in Brooklyn.

SOUL COUGHING
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Got tickets to both Brooklyn shows. Now to figure out all the other logistics.
 
Back to back Blossom nights because I can.

Tonight, time for something a little different and out of my wheelhouse. And by that I mean Niall Horan, formerly of One Direction. I'll be damned if he didn't put on a fun show. Yes the crowd was easily 90% female between the ages of 16-25, but outside of the screaming, dulled by my ear plugs, I have no complaints about any any part of the show.

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Opener Del Water Gap was really straining to hit some of his vocal runs which was a bummer, but I thought his songwriting was fine.
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Flew home from Portland, ME this morning after seeing Goose there two nights at Thompson's Point. I really love that venue (and the city). Two great shows (last night started slow but turned into 🔥!!!

Great three day getaway but needed to come home in time for tomorrow's Goose show in Philly. Tomorrow will be show #16

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The food trucks there are fabulous! This was the Homer donut

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djdavedk said:
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Not to mention a lot of these outdoor amphitheaters have a hard curfew at 11pm, I know ours does. Hopefully she doesn't go on late at these shows.

This tour is way overpriced. I expect cheap tix to be available as the day approaches, like @tvham said.
 
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I really hope that you find happiness
And the book you write's magnificent
And I won't help but stare at every word
It would burn holes in many mattresses
After I place it down, read in full
That lovely little book titled, "I Told You So"
Yeah, you're thorough-ly mad at the world
Yeah, and it sucks, but this place will never change
It'll probably get way worse, at best, stay the same
So, you'll be fucking world renowned
While I'm getting drunk at my house
Thinking about the dumb words I said when I was a bit too high
Those two pills I took felt very nice
But made me break your lovely little heart
And I said, Ashley, that's so fucking dumb
To think that life just hands you some book
That you barely have to write
It's gonna take like fucking 4 or 5 bad books nobody would ever like
For you to live that wonderful life
And she stopped
And she cried
That night
And she's right, she's gonna write that book
That's gonna make me look
Like a fucking fool
And I know that she'll find happiness
And her book will be magnificent
And I won't help but stare at every word
It would burn holes in all these mattresses
After I place it down, read in full
That lovely little book titled, "I Told You So"
Yeah, you're thorough-ly mad at me
But so what?
I'm never gonna change
I'll probably get way worse, at best, stay the same
So, I will sit and I will drink myself
To either to sleep or my untimely death
Either way, I hope that you don't cry, you know?
That's just a part of life
Derek's father and my father know
Cirrhosis is a tough way to go
So when we drink a lot after our show
Pretending that we're not even scared at all
Genetics are what make me go to bed because
There's something that's inside my head
That will click and make me drink until I'm dead
And Derek's dad and my dad are done
So I will sit and I will think
About this life
And if I even like it
But I know that I'm gonna find a little bit of
Happiness
I think it's in my house or somewhere else
But I am turning over every stone
And I will search the fucking depths of this
Stupid place my kids will have to live
In order just to smile a little bit, but you know
I'm thorough-ly in love with you
And yeah, I'm really scared that I may never change
But I'm so fucking done being so afraid
I really hope that you find happiness

Hobo Johnson - One of the best and emotional shows I've been to.
 
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