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Venue: 9:30 Club
of Montreal
Some of the best shows are the ones for which I walk in with zero expectations and minimal listening experience. Count this amongst them.
Dan Deacon
As I laid there trying to fall asleep, the neighborhood was quiet aside from the high pitch ringing that remained in my ears. Loud, carnival-like, energy-filled, ambitious and often comical. These seem to capture the bulk of the atmosphere at Dan Deacon's Saturday night concert. And after being to more shows than I can remember […]
Beirut w/ Perfume Genius
It was my fourth time seeing Beirut and I was prepared for a let down. I saw them only about two months earlier at a show outside of Detroit, so I expected them to play the same set etc. It didn't happen though. They played revised arrangements of some classics and even played some songs […]
Deerhunter
This the show at which I had my first 9:30 Club cupcake. I was a little disappointed to find that it had a cream filling, akin to an old school hostess cupcake. I was not dissapointed, however, with Deerhunter. I thought the guys did a nice job presenting work from their latest and fantastic album, […]