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Breaking News: Oasis Attacked at V-fest, Toronto

Posted on September 7, 2008 by Vik in Concerts | 1 Comment

Breaking news live from V-fest courtesy of Ricky. Apparently Liam got a taste of a Canadian knuckle sandwich. Here are the (sparse) details of what went down in text message stylee: Ricky: Liam just got decked on stage Me: Wtf? by who? Ricky: No idea, came from side of stage. Me: Any further detail? Ricky: They continue on playing. As I write this post, Ricky just called giving a bit more detail. He still doesn’t know who it was that … →

Mike Patton & Metropole Orchestra

Posted on July 3, 2008 by Vik in Concerts | 2 Comments

Mike Patton is like the American Damon Albarn. Known mostly as the front man for Faith No More, Patton has been involved in many experimental project over his fairly lengthy career. I was never a huge fan of FTM, but what really caught my attention was when Patton recorded a cover of the Commodores classic “Easy”. Not only was it a huge departure from the 90’s rock we were used to hearing him belt out, but it also showed that … →

Concert Review: The Cure, May 26, GM Place

Posted on May 27, 2008 by Vik in Concerts, Everything | 4 Comments

Vancouver, A warm spring night, not ideal conditions for Goth’s children to creep out of the shadows in order to attend the return of The Cure after a 10 year, 7 month delay. This was my first time seeing The Cure and not being an uber fan I had mixed feelings as to how it would be. Based what what I read and was told, The Cure performs epic set in excess of 3 hours with multiple encores, but people … →

Black Mountain and Ladyhawk, Commodore Ballroom, April 6

Posted on April 7, 2008 by Vik in Concerts, Everything | 4 Comments

Vancouver, who says The New Pornographers are the only good band to come out of the west coast? After attending last nights show Vancouver proved itself as not only an incubator of prime bud, but some kick ass rock and roll as well. I arrived at the venue at 10:00 just in time to catch Ladyhawk’s opening song. I was disappointed when I found out that I had missed the first opener Nordic Nomadic from Toronto, featuring ex-Deadly Snakes (R.I.P.) … →