Bon Iver, Kathleen Edwards at the Dakota Tavern 2010

I promise to never miss a hot gig at the Dakota, who's to say what'll happen:

Justin Vernon (Bon Iver) with his lady friend, Canadian Kathleen Edwards at the Dakota Tavern, August 2010

    

DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE AT THE PHOENIX

... and I'm missing it.

So in honour of the show I wish I was at tonight, I just did a little feature of one song of each of their seven albums released (and unreleased). Death Cab are an amazing consistent band that I am perpetually amazed by.

Something About Airplanes




We Have the Facts and We're Voting Yes




The Photo Album



Transatlanticism





Plans





Narrow Stairs





Keys and Codes

Best Coast

I would love nothing more than to see Best Coast at the Phoenix tonight but instead I'm stuck working Superbowl Sunday. Which means I won't even see the evening tonight.

Ah well.

Beth Cosentino, i'll see you in California!

Elliott Smith, 'Figure 8'

My silly friend Ted a while back carelessly bought this Elliott Smith album in attempts to get into something great. It for some odd reason didn't strike a chord with him... So after a very brutal evening of continuously asking him for it completely sober and another evening of drunken theft, this CD now belongs to me.

I also stumbled upon this video of Elliott Smith at Lee's Palace twelve years ago, around the time Figure 8 was released. I can't believe I missed that set, shame I'll never see it live. I wonder what sort of camera this bloke had in 1998.

The good soul somehow managed to capture all the songs on video, with decent sound!

elliott smith at lee's palace- toronto, ontario,- october 7, 1998. the setlist went as follows:
1-division day
2-sweet adeline
3-bottle up and explode
4-waltz #2 (xo)
5-pictures of me
6-stupidity tries
7-bled white
8-alameda
9-happiness
10-baby britain
11-speed trials
12-ballad of big nothing
13-independence day
14-say yes
15-condor avenue
16-i didn't understand