Concerts
In the last month i've been to a few concerts that i thought i would review quickly.
This first of which was a very random out of the blue experience. I was at home in pg visiting for the weekend when my cousin from the island called the house. She wanted to know if her boyfriend's band could come over to our house to shower up and get ready for their next show. (they were on the tail end of a nationwide tour, coming down through northern bc) I haven't seen my cousin in many years so I had no idea what type of boyfriend she had, so i had no idea what type of band was going to be coming over to our house. I was guessing some sort of folk music or something mellow. Anyways, they came over and it turns out they are a metal/experimental band. These guys come over and they are all tatted and pierced, they definitly looked like a metal band. I was a little surprised and not too sure what to expect from them. It turned out that they were super nice guys. They hung out for a while, showered, ate, and chatted with my fam for a while before heading out to the concert venue. I decided to go check out the concert with my brother. The band is called Kincaide, they are from victoria. They played at the shittiest venue i have seen in a long time in PG. It was a dump. The band before them was pretty much just death metal. I'm ok with stuff like that except when its just screaming the whole time. I enjoy the screaming but only when its done properly and not all the time. Anyways, when Kincaide came on I was pleasantly surprised. They were quite a bit better than the first band. They weren't just screamers. The lead singer has a pretty sweet stage presence and the whole band rocked out pretty hard. The lead singer reminded me of Serj Tankian of system of a down. If I had to compare them to someone I would say they would be a cross between tool, system of a down, and alexisonfire. They put on a good show even though they were playing in a shit hole.
The next show I went to was Donovan Frankenreiter in Vancouver at the Commodore. Quite the change of pace compared to Kincaide. It was a pretty good show. Nothing special but I still had a good time. I like the atmosphere at the commodore, even though its just a huge bar. Donovan has a sweet look going on. The guy played in some sort of tie died or acid washed jeans and some sort of pirate hat, while sporting a sweet 'stache. If you like jack j, donovan sounds quite similar. His music is pretty straight forward, simple lyrics with a catchy beat.
Just the other night I went to see Jose Gonzalez at Richards on Richards. The first two bands opening for him were strange. They were kind of obsessed with cats and other animal noises. They weren't bad when they just sang normally but they kept making weird random noises and using some pretty strange instruments. Jose was sweet though. Super mellow style, amazing guitarist with a cool sounding voice. The only song I knew going into this concert was his cover song 'heartbeats'. I only know it cuz its on that commercial on tv with those balls of color bouncing down the street. It turns out he's got a bunch of sweet songs, i still like heartbeats the best though. Its worth checking out if you haven't heard it.