it's like all i listen to now is canadian...

it was a very fulfilling weekend: i went to 3 shows in 3 nights. not that my wallet is agreeing...
i went to see pony up (stop-i can hear you yawning!) friday. this time they were opening for stars. they are a band who i always considered canadian in the sense that some members are from montreal, some toronto, whatever, they are from canada. but the media coverage on stars last week insisted that they love montreal and that they are based here and that they consider it home. fine by me, they are very good. they honestly impressed me live--although i drank too fast and by the end of the show there i can't remember what they played. nevertheless, we shall concentrate on what i do remember: they have two singers (one guy, one girl) who are great vocalists. it sounds a lot more orchestral than on cd, and it works for the better. they're a harmonious rock band on cd, and then you see them live and it becomes this grand spectacle of outbursts of emotions and sounds. back to the ponies: i missed the first 20 or so minutes. umph. they played a new song called "charlies something something", again, the alcohol flowing through me, i can't remember what sarah told me it was. it has a hell of a lot of synths to it, which scared me a little bit. pony up has keyboards but this was way more floating-through-space kind of keyboard sounds. the response to the song was super though, so i'm glad for that.
then i went this hip-hop show saturday with a machismo band opening. they rapped about sex and women and all i could do was sip my beer and try not to burp. then came montreal's wonder woman: giselle webber aka giselle numba one. she's also the singer of hot springs, but this is her solo rap act. she was very good--i'd never seen her but heard repeartedly of her rapping talent. she was joined on stage by these 2 girls known as random recipe. one of them is beat-boxing while the other plays mandolin. really! it's very cool. they're also playing friday at a free show, might go see them again. then the main act that night was gatineau, an undescribable hard rock/rap band. it's truly joyous to see live because they are animals on stage (not in a screamo way, but in a genuine-explosion-of-self way).
then sunday was the hidden cameras. i could count 9 of them on stage. they are super fun and i danced a lot and felt good. the show began with more intimate songs and then it was total happy time. if you can try to find their song "awoo", you'll sense it in there. the happy, fun stuff. or go to the cbc radio3 website, they probably have a stream of some of their songs. they were selling vinyls but i had something like 8$ bucks left that i had to keep for the option of taking a taxi home.

stat!