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Johnny C:

--- Quote from: tommydski on 17 Oct 2006, 03:42 ---detroit cobras, various 2002
"want to come on tour to europe with us and write about our band?"
"sure!"

--- End quote ---

Detroit Cobras are fuckin' ace. I would have gone to see them were it not a 19+ show.

The five that come immediately to mind are:

5) James Brown w/ Kyle Riabko, Sept./04, Credit Union Centre (Saskatoon).
4) Death From Above 1979 w/ Throw Rag & Controller.Controller, May/05, The Exchange (Regina).
3) Regina Folk Fest 2005, The Weakerthans headlining w/ Vusi Mahlsela, Sarah Harmer, Sara Slean, The Sadies and multiple others on the festival bill, July 29-31/05, Victoria Park (Regina).
2) The Arcade Fire w/ Wolf Parade & Bell Orchestre, October 2/05, The Odeon (Saskatoon).
1) Wilco w/ Elliot Brood, July 1/06, Burton Cummings Theatre (Winnipeg).

Honourable mentions go to Metric, Feist, Wolf Parade, The Constantines, and Sharon, Lois & Bram.

Joseph:
Let's see...

- Arcade Fire w/ Wolf Parade and Bell Orchestre at The Forum, Vancouver
- The Evaporators at the Vancouver Public Library Central Branch, Vancouver
- Stars w/ Thurston Revival at The Croatian Cultural Centre, Vancouver
- Neko Case w/ Sonny Smith at The Centre For The Preforming Arts, Vancouver
- Franz Ferdinand, Death Cab For Cutie w/ The Cribs at The Pacific Colosseum, Vancouver

ALoveSupreme:

--- Quote from: DynamiteKid on 17 Oct 2006, 09:04 ---1. and best of all was 'Dammit,' the set closer.

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So my guess is that they've been closing with that for at least the past seven years now (I saw them in '99 and in '01 and both times they closed with that one.  hilarious)

A few great ones:

Any Anathallo show (but particularily in DeKalb, 09/05)
Dead to Fall, End This Day, A Life Once Lost- 06-01
La Quiete- past summer
eh, probably more but who actually cares?

AlexAttack:

--- Quote from: elcapitan on 17 Oct 2006, 05:43 ---Oh man, Spearhead rock. I saw them play at the ANU just under three weeks ago, and they were awesome. My best mate and I went and had a chat to the bassist and drummer after the show - great guys, and incredibly talented musicians.

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Its true dude, I caught their last show in Sydney a few weeks ago and Carl, or Sweet Clyde as I was calling him haha, is fucking awesome. He makes the simplest stuff sooo funky. And the fact that he has a glass of wine sitting on his amp that he sips and that he wears sunglasses pretty much for the whole show justs adds to his cool.
Oh yeah, Franti's ok too i guess........

rememberthrough:
I haven't been to too many shows... so I'm only giving a top three.

3. G. Love and Special Sauce - Cains Ballroom, Tulsa, OK. Excellent show, everyone was really into the music and seemed to love the venue. There was a random medley of songs in the middle of the show, where he just randomly started playing "Golddigger". That was entertaining.

1. TIE:

Beck - Cain's, Tulsa, OK - This show was amazing. It was a few months before The Information came out, and we got to hear several songs from it. Jamie Liddel opened, and he had probably the most unique live show I've seen in a long time. He basically built a song from scratch in front of us, all through sampling. Everything seemed over the top, but went perfectly. Even when one guy in the audience asked Beck to play "High 5", and he didn't remember how. The bears and puppets were great too.

The Flaming Lips - Zoo Amphitheater, Oklahoma City, OK - If there was one Lips show to go to, this would be it. It was being filmed, so security was a bit overzealous (they took away the inflatable whales some people were going to release during "Race For The Prize"!!), but the whole experience was still intact. The best part was either Wayne's constant reminder for us to go "totally apeshit", even the "guys in the back, that are just sitting there drinking and getting high," or the introduction with the UFO. The confetti was nice too. And I've never seen such a happy person use the word "motherfucker" as much as Wayne did. Oh, and Evangelicals, Stardeath and the White Dwarves, and Deerhoof opened. Evangelicals were awesome, and so was Deerhoof, but I didn't enjoy Stardeath too much. Anyway, overall, great show.

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