I Wanna Tell You There's a Really Good Reason Why I Came Home Wasted in the Middle of the Night...

Date: 18 April 2011
Venue: Starlite Room

Guests: Angela and Scott
Tickets: $20
 

Two of my favorite bands, with two of my favorite people in my favorite venue! How wonderful! A band called Dinosaur Bones opened up. They did a pretty good job of keeping the crowd engaged and getting their material out there.

Said the Whale 

So endearing. You can tell with this band on stage that they love touring, and they have fun being with each other. Every time I see them, my loves grow exponentially for them. Vancouver based, the songs switch between Ben and Tyler, which gives the sets wonderful depth. Jocelyn rocks the keyboard and Spencer is crisp and concise on the drums.  So happy they won a Juno for best new band this year!

Set list
Jesse new
Citys a mess
Sleep on
Bc Orienteering
The Light
Most important Lie
Holly Ontario
False creek change
Black heart
Sandra new
Camillo
Goodnight

Said the Whale played a couple new songs that they are working on, of which I'm stoked for. Not only is it new Said the Whale music, it's more touring opportunities, and therefore, more Ben hugs, and more love for the band.It's a win win... for me.

Tokyo Police Club:

 

Set list

Favorite Colour

Not Sick

Graves

Juno

Nature of the Experiment

End of a Spark

Tessellate

Be Good

In a Cave

Frankenstein

Bambi

Breakneck Speed

Wait Up (Boots of Danger)

Your English Is Good

Favourite Food

Citizens of Tomorrow

Cheer It On 

The Starlite room did the band the justice it did not receive at the wide expanse of Northlands at Sonic Boom. The crowd was rocking and having a great time, the sound and lights were just right... conditions were perfect.  The band is from Newmarket, Ontario,and were founded in 2005. They made a name for themselves pretty quickly with Nature of the Experiment, and then their follow up album Elephant Shell established them firmly in the Canadian Indie Rock Scene. Champ is a phenomenal third release. I love the tracks Bambi, Gone, Boots of Danger and Breakneck Speed. Boots of Danger was recently nominated for Best Indie Video of 2011 by Much Music. Hopefully they do well!

What really makes these bands stand above and beyond the rest was their social nature. both bands were mingling with the crowd afterwards. We even got the name of our favorite underage drummer put on the special guest list for an exclusive Sonic session the next day because the drummer of Tokyo Police Club wanted to meet him and was compassionate for being <18 in an >18 world.