NEW PHOTOS : Constantines & Wintersleep at LiveCity Yaletown

The Constantines and Wintersleep both played sets spanning their entire discographies, pleasing fans and intriguing new listeners. Both sets saw the crowd singing along to choruses. The Cons had fans clapping in rhythm to the thumping bass while lead singer Bry Webb barked out the powerful pieces of lyricism that the Cons are known for-- whether it's "can I get a witness?" "love can be a shower of stones," or "you do what you can do with what you got," Webb's gravelly growl was forceful and commanding.

For the whole photo set, visit my Flickr.



Below are some live clips from the Constantines' set at LiveCity Yaletown on February 23, 2010 as part of the Cultural Olympiad in Vancouver.

"Hotline Operator"



"Nighttime/Anytime (It's Alright)"



The videos thanks to NxEW, courtesy of straight.com.

Constantines with words to live by

I wish you twelve lanes of peace and quiet
And all speed away from human sorrow
You and I, we're gonna break even
Two animals on the road to animal heaven

You do what you can do with what you got.

But I was also born and raised
To always speak and listen clear
To know the last sound that I make
Could be the last sound that I hear

I will not sing a hateful song.

Rolling Tundra Review

Here are some photos from Rolling Tundra Revue pt. 2 at the Commodore Ballroom on Saturday night. (Man, the Commodore is beautiful. If I ever get married I want to throw the reception there. Anyway, I digress.) The opening act was Lightning Dust from East Van, followed by The Constantines and The Weakerthans wrapped up the night.

I was pleasantly surprised by the complementary The Waking Eyes Holding On To Whatever It Is CD (and Weaks Cons-erve button) that they gave out for those who carpooled or took transit to the show. I ended up bringing home quite the haul of music!

More pictures on my Flickr.

Weakercons

Rely a bit too heavily on alcohol and irony
Get clobbered on by courtesy
In love with love and lousy poetry
And I'm leaning on this broken fence between past and present tense
And I'm losing all those stupid games that I swore I'd never play

Seeing the Weakerthans and the Constantines tonight with fellow blogger Alex(ofAnders). Looking forward to discovering more of the W.'s back stock as I only own Reunion Tour and a couple of previous singles. And the Cons are pretty much new to me.

It seems that people have strong opinions for only one of the bands versus the other. Or perhaps this is just a fake dichotomy stirred up on NxEW to encourage banter :) Either way, having only heard one song by the Cons (and unreleased, FYI) I'm firmly planted in the Weakerthans' camp. I'm looking to be challenged however, and would happily sit upon this particular musical fence.

Who knows, maybe I'll eventually dub this tour the Constanthans. (which is not a typo on Blogger, FYI)

Edit: day after concert
Weakerthans' Aside is officially more awesome than it already was.