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This four-piece out of Halifax took me by total surprise. I went to check out a show featuring some out-of-town friends of mine, and In-Flight Safety provided the crowd with some sweet, sweet opening magic. Despite my drunken inability to actually grab an album off the guys before the end of the night (and remember their name. Sorry), I got my hands on a copy of “We Are an Empire, my Dear”. And boy, am I glad I did. These guys are def going to be one of those bands I will get really stuck up about having seen play an early show in a small venue after they (inevitably) get huge.
Well, to be honest. I missed them too. Stuck down here. In the states. I bet these shows freakin’ rocked though!
Owen Pallett (first recipient of the Polaris Music Prize for Final Fantasy’s He Poos Clouds) played at San Francisco’s Bottom of the Hill. Very small venue for such amazing talent. In any case, this is a video from the January 14th, 2010 concert (the audio quality is pretty awful, but it will give you a good idea of his violin, vocal and looping skills).
Toronto’s Great Lake Swimmers have been making waves in their homeland for years with their melodic folk-rock sound — their 2009 album ‘Lost Channels’ was shortlisted for Canada’s prestigious Polaris Prize.
But how will their music be received by an audience worlds away?
