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: Wintersleep

September 3rd, 2008. Sexton Field, Dalhousie University, Halifax
Fellow concert goer: Jenni Richard
Headlining: Wintersleep
Supporting: Dog Day




I feel so hardcore blogging about a concert a few hours after I went to it. But if I don't do it now it may never get done. And also what better time to blog then when your ears are still ringing, and the sights and sounds are fresh in your head.

Its Frosh week at Universities across the country. Every year DAL has a "Big Ticket" concert towards the end. My actual frosh year it was Pilate (which I did not attend) and my second year it was Joel Plaskett (which I also did not attend). This year it was Wintersleep, a local and amazing rock band. So luckily Jenni picked up a ticket for me while I was in P.E.I.

The opening band was Dog Day. They were all right. The drummer was pretty good, and the lead singer/guitarist was good. But I didn't really like the vocals. And they had this really strange girl playing the keyboards. She took pictures of the crowd half the time. Jenni got a huge kick out of her, it was quite funny.

Wintersleep put on a great show. The guys all showed lots of energy and it was fun just watching them rock out. They opened their set with "Miasmal Smokes & Yellow Bellied Freaks". The setlist was very heavy with songs from Welcome To The Night Sky. The crowd seemed to enjoy the singles "Weighty Ghost" and "Oblivion". They also played a new song, but the focus was more on the security guards throwing out Mikes & Ikes then the song. (I caught 3 bags by the way). My favourite song live was Laser Beams. It started off slow and personal, but as the song went on it just picked up speed and turned into a great jam.

I highly recommend seeing these guys if you can, they may not be the most personable/talkative band, but they do know how to put on a good show.