Saturday, September 30, 2006
tables and chairs
Hopefully you made it down for at least one of Andrew Bird's two shows at the Media Club last night. I attended the late show, and have it under good authority that the early one was equally spectacular.
Andrew had Martin Dosh - himself a master of looping instruments into a one-man show - with him to provide some assistance in the percussion department. And, of course, Bird came with his array of delay pedals to rebuild the lush chamber pop of his last two records, which he mostly stuck two, throwing in a couple of new tunes to round things out. Using his violin in a variety of ways, switching off to guitar mid-song, turning out riffs on a xylophone, or whistling like you've never heard before, Bird's performance was nothing short of wonderful.
It was his first time in Vancouver, hopefully he like it enough to come back.
Here's some bad news: the Love is All date, originally scheduled for Halloween, has been removed from the appropriate page on the Fireball Productions website. If you were intent on catching them, you'll have to make the trip down to Seattle, where they'll still play Neumo's on the 30th. Shitty.
now playing: the Hold Steady - Stuck Between Stations
tables and chairs
Hopefully you made it down for at least one of Andrew Bird's two shows at the Media Club last night. I attended the late show, and have it under good authority that the early one was equally spectacular.
Andrew had Martin Dosh - himself a master of looping instruments into a one-man show - with him to provide some assistance in the percussion department. And, of course, Bird came with his array of delay pedals to rebuild the lush chamber pop of his last two records, which he mostly stuck two, throwing in a couple of new tunes to round things out. Using his violin in a variety of ways, switching off to guitar mid-song, turning out riffs on a xylophone, or whistling like you've never heard before, Bird's performance was nothing short of wonderful.
It was his first time in Vancouver, hopefully he like it enough to come back.
Here's some bad news: the Love is All date, originally scheduled for Halloween, has been removed from the appropriate page on the Fireball Productions website. If you were intent on catching them, you'll have to make the trip down to Seattle, where they'll still play Neumo's on the 30th. Shitty.
now playing: the Hold Steady - Stuck Between Stations
