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Dinosaur Jr. soars at the Phoenix

January 22, 2010 @ 09:01 pm ๐Ÿ”— Post Link

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Yes, I got the purple cow shirt. ๐Ÿ˜€

Yes, I got the purple cow shirt. ๐Ÿ˜€

I ventured downtown Thursday night after work to catch Dinosaur Jr. at the Phoenix. I met up with a former co-worker who shares my musical taste. He has his own business downtown (Spadina/Camden) making video games. I got a quick tour of the office and the game he is currently working on. (Ironically the game I would have been working on. It looks like I didnโ€™t miss much.) We grabbed some tasty Thai then drove over to the show. Often opening acts are similar in genre to the headlinerโ€ฆ so tonightโ€™s opening bands leave me uttered baffled.

The opener was Lou Barlow who played a bunch of acoustic guitar songs. Great voice, but just out of place opening for loud guitar rock. Things got even worse with the second band called With MV & EE. Gawd. Sorry guysโ€ฆ you were awful. Admittedly the mixing and sound quality itself was terrible for their set. Iโ€™m not sure who would take the blame for that. Anywayโ€ฆ they were similar to Phishโ€ฆ songs that dragged on and on and on and on โ€“ they bored me to tears.

So from that mess, Dinosaur Jr. finally took the stage and finally brought the Rock. Again, the sound wasnโ€™t that sharp. The drums and bass were well under the guitarโ€ฆ I guess that is to be expected for Dino Jr. but stillโ€ฆ Murph (Dino Jr.โ€™s drummer) didnโ€™t get into Canada. Iโ€™m not sure who the replacement was, but he did an admirable job. Still, it would have been nice to see Murph play, Iโ€™ve always admired his drumming. The show, however, was about J. and guitar and barrage after barrage of sonic riffs. He was quite impressive. The show ended with a hardcore cameo by Fucked upโ€™s lead singer (seen here in the zero hat) it was a strong ending to a solid show. It was great to see Raj again, Iโ€™m sure weโ€™ll do more shows in the future. Now it is close to 2AM, Iโ€™m exhausted and going to bed.

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