How Many of You Have Played With Oasis

After a fantastic long weekend relaxing in Florida I had the pleasure of seeing the Arctic Monkeys play a small venue in Toronto tonight. They put on a great show, playing their entire album (I believe) plus a new song.

At times I thought I caught them getting caught up in the excitement – which was refreshing to see. They played off the crowd nicely and showed a bit of humour (see the posts’ title).

Surprisingly there was no encore. My friend argued that that was great – that they only have one album and have to earn an encore. Who knows.

Tonights concert kicks off 3 weeks of great music for me. I have tickets to Clap Your Hands Say Yeah and Hard-Fi and I’m eagerly anticipating both. I’ll let you know how they go.

Go see Arctic Monkeys if you get the chance, especially while you can catch them in a small venue.

http://disruptivethoughts.com/2006/06/03/relaxing-before-bed/ Relaxing Before Bed at Disruptive Thoughts

[...] The Arctic Monkeys “A View From The Afternoon” (Great band. great song, great video. I saw them live in a small club in T.O. and they put on a memorable performance) [...]
http://disruptivethoughts.com/2007/01/01/songs-of-the-year-best-of-06-number-1/ Songs of the Year – Best of 06: Number 1 at Disruptive Thoughts

[...] From catching them in a small venue when they came to Toronto, to using them as a case study on handling buzz as well as mismanaging expectationsÂ (I owe a follow-onÂ postÂ to this – to come in the next few days) to providing the soundtrack to my runs, the Arctic Monkeys pervasively entered my life in 2006. [...]