We see a lot of shows. We enjoy watching music. We all have a different way of looking at concerts. Here's a slice of what we've taken in lately...

	Sasquatch! Festival at the Gorge at George Holy moly moly. So much happened this weekend, I barely remember what I saw or how it went. Every year in George, Washington (yeah, that's George comma Washington), there's a wide-ranging spring/summer cusp festival called Sasquatch!....[more]
	The Boy Least Likely To at the Plaza of Nations How can I possibly express how much joy seeing this band play a show brings? There's absolutely no way - you just have to go see them....[more]
	The Cult at the Plaza of Nations The Cult have come a long way from white spandex and pirate shirts. A long long way. It's astounding how seeing a show like this can somehow restore your faith in the campy, outrageous world of rock...[more]
	New Music West Day 1 coverage at various venues Running all over town...[more]
	New Music West Day 2 coverage at various venues Again running all over town...[more]
	New Music West Day 3 coverage at various venues Guess what? Running all over town...[more]
	New Music West Day 4 coverage at various venues More running all over town...[more]
	New Music West Day 5 coverage at various venues Still running all over town...[more]
	New Music West Day 6 coverage at various venues Will I ever stop running all over town?...[more]
	Wintersleep with Jill Barber and Contrived at the Media Club Uprecedented! Sort of. Unprecedented but not unwarranted. What, you ask? The fricking crowd at this show, late in the first ever Exclaim!/Dependent Records showcase tour...[more]
	We Are Scientists with The Grates/ The Subways at the Red Room/ Richards I initially began this night waiting around Richards for the Subways to play. The Subways are a young British trio with a heap of potential, mounds of energy...[more]
	Metric with Islands and Panurge at the Commodore If you’re completely unaware of Metric’s journey through Canadian consciousness, you have clearly been living under a rock for the last few years. So get up, come out, and take a glance...[more]
	Jason Collett with Paso Mino at Richards When I wandered into Richards on this night, Paso Mino was smack in the middle of their rousing set. A very multi-heighted stage was setup, including keys, a drum riser, a really tall bassist...[more]
	James Blunt with The Boy Least Likely To at the Orpheum Before beginning his second song, Blunt explained that, even though it's a theatre and everyone's sitting politely in their seats, he doesn't mind if they break the rules and stand up and dance and maybe come on up...[more]
	Dirtbombs with Black Lips at Richards I crashed on into this gig after a hop and a skip from the James Blunt show. Pretty polar opposite! What I walked in on was the middle of the Black Lips set. Total freaky, chaotic noise...[more]
	Dallas Green / City & Colour at Mesa Luna Dallas Green has a staunch sense of humour. He stood alone on stage in the middle of a packed-to-the-gills room of all-agers, who had been squeezing forth and chattering about how Green had looked in their direction a couple times...[more]
	Rob Dickinson with Rob Wilson, People In Planes and TV Heart Attack at the Media Club My first working show of the year was one helluva doozy. Officially two separate shows occurring on a rare night in Vancouver where there’s Just Too Much Going On, it sandwiched some UK entertainment between diverse local talent...[more]
	The Meligrove Band and Matthew Barber at the Media Club Ah yes, a nice, low-key night at the Media Club. Typical to Vancouver, the room was pretty sparse at the outset (I was there just before 9:30pm), and Ryan McMahon was already partway through a set that consisted of himself on an acoustic guitar...[more]
	Brian Jonestown Massacre and High Dials/Manvils afterparty at Richard's/Railway I guess I have had weirder show nights. But I can't really think of any right now. And if I hadn't been already familiar with the Brian Jonestown Massacre and all their whacked-out, high-strung turmoil, I probably would have actually not enjoyed myself at this show in the slightest...[more]
	Wintersleep at Media Club/Boot Pub I just can’t get enough, I just can’t get enough doo doo… No, Depeche Mode has nothing at all to do with the weekend I just had. I think they came up once in reference to some sort of ‘what kind of music do you listen to?’ question...[more]
	Statistics at Neumo's Day trips to Seattle barely happen for me, though I wish they'd happen more. The lack of my own car, a free schedule, or money for the excess gas generally gets in the way, but sometimes, there's a show going on that you just simply can't resist scrapping anything else in your books just to go and see. Case in point - Statistics...[more]
	Bright Eyes at the Commodore A Bright Eyes show. I think anyhow.... Was this a Bright Eyes show? I have no idea. I suppose doing a show like this is pretty cool, keeps people on their toes and makes the live experience something much much different from just pressing 'play' on your stereo.... [more]
	Longwave at the Media Club Seeing a show in a small, dark club when it’s still very very daytime-lit outside is a bit weird. If I’m watching a show while the sunshine (or overcast greyness) is laying itself over my back, I darn well want to have a big patch of grass to lounge on... [more]
	The High Dials with Costa Verde and the Transmitors at the Media Club Well now that’s more like it. Some of you may remember the sorta lukewarm opinion I had of the High Dials a year ago in town. Well, hot damn... [more]
	Kaiser Chiefs with OKGO and the Caesars at the Commodore There's nights when it's just worth hiking yourself off the couch no matter what kind of disturbing weekend you had. Usually the nights that are most worth it are the ones you honestly don't expect to be... [more]
	Collective Soul with the Waking Eyes at the Commodore There are a couple things I learned at the Commodore Ballroom on Tuesday night. One is that I am well on my way towards that point in time where people flock madly to see a band because it reminds them of carefree highschool days... [more]
	Sloan at the Commodore Well, I’m deaf. Thank you Sloan. But if this band’s catchy, peppy popitude is the last thing my ears ever take in, I would certainly be left with fond memories... [more]
	Blue Rodeo with Matt Mays & El Torpedo My friends, we are about to bridge a generation gap. We are about to see how music unites groups of people that would otherwise never find themselves in the same spot... [more]
	Hot Hot Heat with The Futureheads and Louis XIV Now this is a cool bill. Take one long-established, ever-rising west coast band, add a British band that’s refused to leave Canada alone recently, and top off with a group that’s making their first foray... [more]

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