so saturday has come and gone, i realise that, but this past saturday was something of a musical spectacular spectacular...
about a month ago i had this GENIUS idea to get my friend meghan tickets to xiu xiu for her birthday. it was meant to be a surprise; ie: i didn't tell her what band it was because she probably wouldn't have been into it-anyhow, the closer we got to june 18th the more exicted i got...see kids, xiu xiu is one of my favourite bands.
so, saturday afternoon at about 5:30 roles around, doors are at 7 so i'm started to get a bit more pumped. meg and i agreed that i would pick her up at 6 and we'd head downtown for a coffee and a catch up and then head over to the hall and rock the fuck out...
5:30pm i get message from meg on msn. she's sick as shit and not going to be able to make it.
FUCK right...and i am not a big fan of going to shows by myself so i frantically start phoning everyone in my cell phone book...i am flipping out. NO ONE is home because it's short notice and my friends are all way cooler than me. finally, i get ahold of kevin...he's down and my spirit is lifted!
yeah for kevin!!
so, i meet kevin, the doors open in this fantastic little hall that reminded me of the hall i saw the slackers play at in vancouver. at around 9 or so junior bloomsday took the stage and rocked out. he's so awesome. as division and wellesley he's one of my favourite local singer/songwriters and he doesn't disappoint as junior bloomsday either!
after him, holy shit, i had one of the most physically intense musical experiences of my life. a live noise artist in a small venue is an aural assault not to be missed. this one little dude from LA called 'this song is a mess and so am i' played one of the loudest sets i've ever seen...it was AWESOME and afterwards i got his cd and THE RADDEST SHOW SOUVENIR OF ALL TIME!
i can't say what it is because it'll ruin the surprise for aaron but email me if you want to know and i'll tell you...it's soooo fucking RAD!
finally, and with much anticipation, xiu xiu took the stage and it was AMAZING! A-MAZ-ING...it was quiet but intense and intimate but huge...FAN-FUCKING-TASTIC!
here are some photos but first go to xiu xiu online and listen to them! you'll die because they're so good!
xo michelle.
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