Concert Archive

This is a working list. Still a few shows I have to fill in.

2010

02-11- Owen Pallett/Basia Bulat (St. Matthew's Church, Halifax NS)

02-08 - Halifax for Haiti (Joel Plaskett, Classified, Rawlings Cross, Christina Martin, Rebekah Higgs, and others) (Halifax Metro Centre, Halifax NS)

02-05 - Joel Plaskett/Luke Levy/Steven Bowers (MSVU, Halifax NS)

02-01 - City and Colour/Two Hours Traffic (Rebecca Cohn, Halifax NS)

01-30 - Jim Bryson/Justin Rutledge/Catherine MacLellan (St. Patrick's Church, Halifax NS)

01-22 - Ruby Jean and the Thoughtful Bees/Grahm Zilla (The Paragon Theatre, Halifax NS)

2009
12-12 - Hey Rosetta!/La Strada/Jon Mckiel (The Paragon Theatre, Halifax NS)
12-11 - Hey Rosetta!/La Strada/Jon Mckiel (The Paragon Theatre, Halifax NS)
11-27 - The Most Serene Republic/Mardeen/First Aid Kit (The Paragon Theatre, Halifax NS)
10-24 - Japandroids/You Say Party! We Say Die! (The Paragon Theatre, Halifax NS)
10-24 - Jenn Grant/Timber Timbre (St. Matthew's Church, Halifax NS)
10-23 - MSTRKRFT (The Palace, Halifax NS)
10-23 - Hey Rosetta!/Oh No Forest Fires (The Grawood, Halifax NS)
10-22 - Herman Dune/Julie Doiron (St. Matthew's Church, Halifax NS)
10-21 - Bruce Peninsula/Valleys/The Got To Get Got/York Redoubt (The Seahorse Tavern, Halifax NS)

10-05 - Rich Aucoin/Windom Earle/Ryan Hemsworth (The Paragon Theatre, Halifax NS)

09-20 - U2/Snow Patrol (Gillette Stadium, Foxboro MA)

09-18 - Hey Rosetta!/The Novaks/Boxer The Horse (Bridge Street Tent, Sackville NB)

09-11 - Joel Plaskett Emergency/The Mark Inside (Dalhousie University, Halifax NS)
07-04 - Virgin Festival: Metric, Dinosaur Jr, Hey Rosetta!, Plants and Animals, Handsome Furs, Arkells, In Flight Safety (Citadel Hill, Halifax NS)

06-19 - Matt Mays (The Seahorse Tavern)
05-28 - Joel Plaskett and Friends (Rebecca Cohn, Halifax NS)
05-16 - k-os/Lioness (Cunard Center, Halifax NS)
05-01 - Hey Rosetta!/Rich Aucoin (The Paragon Theatre, Halifax NS)
04-26 - Joel Plaskett (+ Emergency, Bill Plaskett, Ana & Rose, Adam Baldwin) (The Carleton, Halifax NS)
04-18 - Record Store Day: Joel Plaskett, The Superfantastics, Laura Merrimen (Taz Records, Halifax NS)
04-03 - Death Cab For Cutie/Midway State (McInnis Room Dalhousie, Halifax NS)
03-12 - Great Big Sea/Spirit of the West (Halifax Metro Centre, Halifax NS)
03-11 - In Flight Safety/The Superfantastics (Grawood, Halifax NS)

2008
11-19 Coldplay/Sleeper Car/Jon Hopkins (American Airlines Center, Dallas TEX)
11-12 The Joel Plaskett Emergency (Grawood, Halifax NS)
11-07 Feist/Hayden (Halifax Metro Centre, Halifax NS)
11-02 Stars/Hey Rosetta! (St. Matthew's, Halifax NS)
11-01 Stars/Hey Rosetta! (The Marquee Club, Halifax NS)
09-21 Jason Collett/Rebekah Higgs (Seahorse Tavern, Halifax NS)
09-14 Bloc Party/Apostle of Hustle (The Marquee Club, Halifax NS)
09-13 The Trews/Shelter with Theives (The Marquee Club, Halifax NS)
09-03 Wintersleep/Dog Day (Sexton Field, Halifax NS)
07-19 Summersonic: City and Colour/The Weakerthans/Tokyo Police Club/In Flight Safety/Rebekah Higgs (Garrison Grounds, Halifax NS)
06-26 Jose Gonzalez/Rebekah Higgs (St. Matthew's, Halifax NS)

2007
11-02 The Contact/Air Traffic Control/The Pact (The Attic, Halifax NS)
10-18 Apostle of Hustle/The Most Serene Republic/Young Galaxy/Grand Theft Bus (The Marquee Club, Halifax NS)
06-16 The Contact (Birch Cove Baptist, Halifax NS)

2006
05-12 Our Lady Peace/Neverending White Lights/Jets Overhead/Pedestrian (Metro Center, Halifax NS)
03-30 Halifax Play Hard: Garrett Mason, Jimmy Rankin, The Joel Plaskett Emergency, Matt Mays + El Torpedo, The Trews (Grand Parade, Halifax NS)
03-31 Pilate (Sam the Record Man, Halifax NS)

2005
05-26 U2/Kings of Leon (Fleet Center, Boston MA)
01-11 Concert for Asia:MIR, Crush, Lennie Gallant, Matt Mays, Bruce Guthro, the Jimmy Swift Band, and others (Metro Centre, Halifax NS)

2002
11-23 Great Big Sea, Crush

Concert Review: Stars

Stars night two.
November 2nd, 2008. At St. Matthew's Church, Halifax
Fellow Concert goer: Jenni Richard
Headliner: Stars
Supporting: Hey Rosetta!

Night two of seeing Stars and Hey Rosetta!, and I must say I was very excited to see them again. It was another cold lineup waiting to go in. And unfortunately getting there at 6:55 meant being far back in the lineup. The one thing I don't like about St. Matthew's Church is the way that the stage is so low making it hard to see. Sound wise, the second night was much better.
It was definitely a treat seeing Hey Rosetta! again. They changed up there setlist, adapting to the new setting. There were more slower and softer songs that sounded great in a big church. There is nothing quite like hearing the beautiful sounds of the cello and violin filling a church with an awesome band.
Stars came out once again to "Maintenance Hall, 4am", a haunting song that opens up their Sad Robots EP. They then played the same opening songs as Saturday; The Night Starts Here, Take Me To the Riot, and then Soft Revolution. I didn't mind at all though as those songs are fun to just belt out at the top of your lungs. Torquil then asked if we wanted to hear a ghost story in his "under the influence" sort of way before they went into The Ghost of Genova Heights. They played a few more songs from the album Heart than they did on Saturday night, which I didn't mind. They also played Calander Girl which was also a treat, although I thought that perhaps Torquil's jugular was going to explode as he kept yelling "I'm alive!" over and over again even after the song was done.
The band seemed to really enjoy their time here saying that we were the best crowd all tour. I'm not sure if that was genuine or not. They did play a five song encore instead of a four song encore which was nice. Although I was slightly dissapointed not to hear Reunion again.
It was a little dissapointing too that I couldn't see that great, or get good pictures. But nonetheless, it was a Stars concert, and it was awesome.

Some highlights of both shows:
Hearing Amy singing the final lines of Going, Going, Gone. So much passion. On Saturday you could see tears forming in her eyes as she sang.
Just listening to Amy, she has such a lovely voice. Both her and Torquil sound great when they go back and forth singing.
On Saturday night I loved how they played two of my favourites: Reunion and My Favourite Book
Hey Rosetta! was a treat all around. I didn't expect them to be so good.
Getting to go to the show with good friends (Chantelle and Jenni), making new friends, and seeing old friends.

Concert Review: Stars and Hey Rosetta!

Stars night one.
November 1st, 2008. At the Marquee Club, Halifax
Fellow Concert goer: Chantelle Rideout
Headlining: Stars
Supporting: Hey Rosetta!

It was a little colder standing in line outside the Marquee on November 1st than it was the middle of September for Bloc Party. But it was well worth the cold shivers and the wait. When we got inside we went straight to the front of the stage and stayed there for the whole show.
Hey Rosetta! opened up the night with a lively set that got the crowd moving. If you've never listened to them: "ctrl+t" then type www.heyrosetta.com and listen to their album on their website. They were entertaining to watch as Tim Baker passionately sang every note, and the other five memebers played a variety of instruments including the violin and cello.
After the crew set up the stage for Stars, pounding bass pumped out "Begining After The End" across the club and then the band fittingly opened with "The Night Starts Here" before playing the lively "Take Me to the Riot." The stage was littered with roses and flowers. Roses on the drums, taped to the mics, on the keys, everywhere. Rose pedals and roses were thrown into the crowd quite frequently throughout the night. Torquil seemed to enjoy the positive feedback he was getting from the crowd throughout the night. They played a bunch of songs from In Our Bedroom After the War, their latest Sad Robots EP, and from Set Yourself on Fire. They also played a few from Heart. In terms of crowd noise, the Set Yourself on Fire songs seemed to garner the most attention and sing-a-longs. At one point during the deafening "Your Ex-Lover Is Dead", Torquil turned the mic and let the fans finish the song off. It was fun to finally see Amy Milan live after enjoying not only her work with Stars, but also work with Broken Social Scene, and many of the extended Arts and Crafts family.
All I can say is bring on tomorrow!