The good...(NYC last Thursday) I went to the city last Thursday night to see Tegan and Sara at Webster Hall. They were amazing. That being said, the opening act,"Communique" , stole the show without anyone realizing it. If someone had asked me, "Who stole the show?" I could've easily fingered the five talented musicians and that would've been the end of that mystery, but sadly, nobody asked (and please, we're adults and above fingering jokes). Anyway, Communique is without a doubt the best band I've stumbled across since I stumbled across Army of Me (then known as Cactuspatch) a couple years back. Their sound is a little um, jeez, Beachboysish/punkish/Dexi's Midnight Runnersish? The description sounds odd, but it just works. Depressing lyrics mixed with upbeat songs (for the most part) and they've been circling around my ipod ever since. The only thing I can hold against them is that a couple of songs sound a lot alike and could easily be interchanged.

Tegan and Sara were exactly what I expected and put on a funny little live show. From the concerts I've seen on the net (and now in person) they kind of do this whole back and forth banter between songs that seems too funny to be improvised. Some of it seemed random, but some of it seemed like Abbot and Costello wrote it write before they wrote "Who's On First?".
But musically, they were just brilliant and sounded perfect. I was still recovering from falling in love with the opening act, but I loved them none the less. And it's funny, the two songs I always skip over when they come round' on the shuffle were easily the songs that stood out during the show.

As far as the rest of the good...It was sunny outside.  ¶ 10:36 AM