Constantines + Jon Rae and the River

Went to see the constantines last wednesday at barrymore's. Solid show, despite a somewhat coked up Bry Webb. I blame the bass player. . . I think he's a bad influence. Fortunately, Webb's face munching didn't take away from his performance. I don't blame the guy, its probably pretty hard to go out there on stage and rock out night after night on caffeine and alcohol alone.. . .anyways they played a couple new tracks which sounded pretty awesome and did a sick long version of Nighttime Anytime it's alright with everyone yelling "Turn it up!" right before it breaks back in. The band is tighter than I have ever seen them. . .I guess they have been touring with tournament of hearts for a while now. . .don't know when the new album is coming out but it should be pretty good. Hopefully they can return to form after the somewhat disappointing tournament of hearts. I remember asking the bass player in kingston why tournament of hearts wasn't as good as shine a light in a drunken stupor and he didn't react well with good reason. Why do I make enemies with a band that I love so much? Oh well. . . .Jon rae and the river had a good set, I haven't listened to the new album yet but I've seen them three times since it was released so I get the gist of it: Basically they like god. They didn't play lets roll so I was kind of disappointed but bry webb came out and sang their closer with them, which I think was a cover of something. . the crowd reacted like they played it often so indie nerds help me out here. . . a free pack of gum to anyone who can name the song. Other than that a good night. . .its always fun getting out of the house and taking in some solid canadian indie rock; talking about indie type stuff like pitchfork and blogs and beards and novelty t-shirts. This one guy had an awesome novelty t-shirt that said "I'm blogging this" which was just amazing. So we got a big week ahead, dears and sam roberts on wednesday at the civic centre (its a carleton university event but we are currently scheming about how to get in) and malajube on thursday which are a cool band from montreal who actually sing all in french which is refreshing (not that I don't like phoenix or anything). If you're in the area I suggest that you attend. stay tuned for more about these upcoming shows