As you probably know both NOFX shows (Oct. 10th and 12th) are soul doubt sold out. But fear not, there has been a new show added for the 11th at the legendary Montreal venue Foufounes Electroniques. Tickets for this show go on sale Oct. 2nd at 4:00PM on Admission and at the Foufounes box officeTickets are sold out. It will cost ya $15 in advance or $20 (but I doubt you’ll get getting in at the door). Local act The Ripcordz will be opening that night.
I regret nothing seeing Bad Religion on Friday. Word on the street that the recent SNFU incarnation (not reunion) is a more musically watered down SNFU. Bad Religion on the other hand went over and above my expectations. Since I taped most of the show I will spare you all the standard fan boy gushing and you can witness the show yourself. They played a new song called “Won’t Somebody” acoustically during the encore which was a good treat. If you are checking them out later in the tour you can put your 2 cents in on the setlist here. I will say that not enough older material was played but I’m old and that is what I’m expected to say (How about playing How Could Hell Be Any Worse front to back Greg? Or more Into The Unknown!).
Fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck! Bad Religion are playing The Metropolis tomorrow night. I’m a huge fan of Bad Religion and normally this would be amazing news for me, however it now puts me in difficult situation of either seeing Bad Religion or seeing an SNFU reunion. I don’t know where I stand on this yet, however if you want tickets for this show Ticketpro has them here. Here are the set times:
So we are 6 days away until Pop Montreal starts and now the critical task of planning out what to see in the little time we have begins. For those of you that have not planned your Oct. 1st though 5th Pop Montreal lineup you can get all artist/venue/set time here. What are your plans? Did you get Nick Cave tickets early (because its sold out now)? I’ve been racking my brain the past few hours and narrowed my schedule down to something like this (am I missing something?)
A few weeks ago I was listening to CBC Radio 3 and they were interviewing Handsome Furs about their new album. At the end of the interview they played 2 new songs from the album “Legal Tender” and “Thy Will Be Done”. Both great tracks that really got me on the edge of my seat for the new album. Radio K has both songs captured in HD video to watch or download here.
MOGWAI has to POSTPONE their up-coming show at the Metropolis due to an illness in the band.
Discussions are underway to explore a make up date in the near future. The band is very sorry to have to postpone on such short notice and will be back to Montreal as soon as possible to make it up to all of their fans.
All tickets for the September 23rd show will be honored for the rescheduled date. Refunds are available at your point of purchase.
The promoter apologizes for any inconvenience this may have caused.
The opening scene from Cinematic Orchestra’s show at Club Soda was an epic performance. A soothing electronic ambiance was established by the time the bombastic rhythm section crashed into the mix. The groove was in perfect sync with the programmed sound-scapes and the crowd was immediately lulled into the cinematic vibe. Then, out of nowhere appeared a saxophone which introduced a simple and profound lead riff which took the expansive sound of the band into another galaxy. By this point, only a few minutes into the show, the audience was flying high and the enduring jam session that followed only served to increase the height of the spectacle. Another programmed horn riff melted into the live saxophone and after dazzling everyone with this stellar introduction, Cinematic Orchestra started to flex its jam-band muscles.
The jamming came in streams of jazz-tinged improvisations between the tightly interlocked bass and drums. The standout musician of the night was the drum player who displayed a virtuosic feel for syncopated hits and fills that somehow seemed to land back on the beat. While jumping off on his adventurous flares of rhythm, the drumming always seemed to put the orchestra as close to the edge as possible without ever actually falling out of time. Perhaps it was the bassist who kept the constant flow of the music on point without drifting too much in order to sustain the percussive onslaught. After a solid crescendo that seemed to climax at the precipice, the music returned to the main theme of the original scene only to take us to another dimension. A drone consisting of a single programmed saxophone note which extended for minutes took us beyond the musical horizon as the live saxophone player began to wail away on top. The fusion of the programmed sounds combined with the heavy rhythm section and the jazzy saxophone improvisations created a momentum that was never really matched during the rest of the evening. Unfortunately, the opening scene was also the climax of the cinematic experience. However, very few orchestras would have been able to follow this mesmerizing sequence.
The rest of the show featured gospel tinged vocals delivered smoothly by a female lead singer and a couple of tunes interpreted by a playful male lead singer. Also joining in on the action was the fantastic opening act who delivered an intimate (and occasionally hilarious) show featuring mostly stripped love songs performed in the sole company of his acoustic guitar and a few beers. His original guitar style was all that was needed to sustain his compositions and the crowd’s attention. Nevertheless, when he appeared with the Cinematic Orchestra, it seemed like yet another character had been cast into a supporting role.
Somewhere along the picture, the structure and effectiveness of the first song which featured the core of the orchestra, began to give way to the incoming vocalists and extras. This only served to clutter and sidetrack the Cinematic Orchestra’s monumental power which fully expressed itself during their instrumental pieces. In the end, some of us were left to wonder what would have been if the Cinematic Orchestra had left the songs and vocals to other bands and focused entirely on their jamming/electronic fusion. What we ultimately experienced was a potent but slightly out of focus montage of sights and sounds.
As you probably know both NOFX shows (Oct. 10th and 12th) are 
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So we are 6 days away until Pop Montreal starts and now the critical task of planning out what to see in the little time we have begins. For those of you that have not planned your Oct. 1st though 5th Pop Montreal lineup you can get all artist/venue/set time 
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The opening scene from Cinematic Orchestra’s show at Club Soda was an epic performance. A soothing electronic ambiance was established by the time the bombastic rhythm section crashed into the mix. The groove was in perfect sync with the programmed sound-scapes and the crowd was immediately lulled into the cinematic vibe. Then, out of nowhere appeared a saxophone which introduced a simple and profound lead riff which took the expansive sound of the band into another galaxy. By this point, only a few minutes into the show, the audience was flying high and the enduring jam session that followed only served to increase the height of the spectacle. Another programmed horn riff melted into the live saxophone and after dazzling everyone with this stellar introduction, Cinematic Orchestra started to flex its jam-band muscles.