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Replacements At The Ritz, Feb. 1, 1986
For me, the musical highlight of 2013 was the comeback for one of my all time favourite bands, The Replacements. Beginning the year with the release of a limited edition 10" EP called, Songs For Slim...
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Mr. T Experience At Gilman St. 1990
In my early days of tape trading I came across some great collections of live shows. I didn't have a lot to trade in exchange so I was lucky enough to connect with traders that were willing to sell me...
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Minus 5- Lounge Ax, January 9, 2000
Hey music fans, this Saturday, April 19 is the seventh annual Record Store Day! (RSD Canada) Its purpose is to celebrate the culture of the independent record store. Just to clarify, I mean...
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Lemonheads- Wireless in Australia 1991
With tickets in hand for the Replacements concert in St. Paul in September, I can cross off yet another personal "bucket list" band off my imaginary must-see list. I have to admit there aren't many...
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Lemonheads- Starfish Room 1996
Here's another Lemonheads live recording this time from 1996 when they were touring for the Car Button Cloth album. Though that album wasn't considered one of their stronger efforts, it is somewhat...
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Evan Dando- West End Cultural Centre 2014
It's seems crazy this is the first concert I've been to in about a year and a half (Kathleen Edwards- September 29, 2012), which means in 2013 I didn't see any live music. No music festivals, no free...
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The Modern Lovers- Unreleased Demos
It's hard to believe the Modern Lovers formed almost 44 years ago. Though they formed in 1970 and performed and recorded until they're breakup in 1974, the band's debut album wasn't released until...
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Time Never Forgets
My complete Scruffy The Cat collection in ancient formats.If you've read this blog in the past year you probably already know what a huge Scruffy The Cat fan I am. Well, wonderful news for fans old and...
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Arcade Fire- Live In Winnipeg 2014
I wasn't even planning to attend the Arcade Fire concert, we bought tickets back in December 2013 as Christmas presents for my daughter and my bro in-law and at the time didn't really have a great...
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The Replacements at Midway Stadium- September 13, 2014
Back in late April, when it was announced the Replacements would play their first show in Minneapolis/St. Paul in over 23 years, I thought this was too good to be true. A while back I had written a...
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John K. Samson at The Good Will 2014
I was trying to recall the amount of times I have seen The Weakerthans/John K. Samson live in concert and just based on ticket stubs, I've seen The Weakerthans 10 times and JKS (& The Provincial...
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Jayhawks 1985 Demos
Jayhawks circa. 1986. Photo by Daniel CorriganSaw these posted last week on Dime and I must admit I've have never actually heard these 1985 demos. The band formed in 1985, so I'm assuming they're some...
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New Barbarians/The Rolling Stones- "Blind Date" Tribute to Ian McLagan and...
Last week, within a day of each other, rock lost two great sidemen, though not household names they were integral members of some of the greatest rock bands of our generation.Ian McLagan was a founding...
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Duotang- Hometown Reunion, December 26, 2014
As we near the end of 2014, it's time to reflect on the past year. One of the things that stood out for me was it seemed like it was the year of the comebacks and reunions. Even CBC.ca agrees with me,...
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Sleater-Kinney- Crocodile Cafe, Seattle 1997
If 2014 was considered the year of the reunion, 2015 may be even a better year for more anticipated reunions, at least for my fav bands I've followed through the years. Juliana Hatfield has reformed,...
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The Juliana Hatfield Three- The Avalon, Boston, MA February 9, 1994
It's been twenty two years since the Juliana Hatfield Three released the album, Become What You Are and later this month, February 17th to be exact, they are releasing the long awaited follow-up,...
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R.E.M.- Live At Tyrones, October 4, 1980
First of all, I must apologize for the lack of updates and new posts in 2015. I decided a few months ago I should finally organize and catalogue all the boxes of live concert recordings I have stacked...
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Replacements- Seattle April 9, 2015
If I was able to take a time machine back in time to any time or place, I wouldn't waste my time trying to be part of a historic event or triumphant sporting event, but instead would go back to 1987 to...
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Young Fresh Fellows- Seattle April 9, 2015
As promised, here's the opening set by Seattle legends, the Young Fresh Fellows. The Fellows opened for the Replacements for the first two shows in Seattle and Portland for their "Back By Unpopular...
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The Minus 5- First Ever Show, Seattle 1993
I've had numerous requests to post more Young Fresh Fellows shows and thank you for your response. I'll have some up soon, but in the meanwhile here's the very first performance from Scott McCaughey's...
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