Live at last! First trip to The Point in ages (doesn't change much) but most definitely a great start to the gig year . Sell out crowd, too, and, perhaps an indication of 'trends', a substantial part of the Tegan and Sara starved audience were teen-young (and therefore much shorter than us) and sporting a wide variety of fashion. We weren't the oldest, though... First up (picture above) were a New York based 3 piece, Northern State , who seem to tour a lot with Tegan and Sara. Its quite hard to define these 3 sassy ladies, but I'll give it a go with: articulate, sometimes political and often humourous lyrics (and banter) delivered in a style reminiscent of TLC, Beastie Boys with a touch of Bonde do Role and CSS. Hearing is believing, and whilst the band were certainly entertaining (and favourites of a good portion of the crowd). Worth a second hearing. Tegan, Sara and band arrived (and left, for that matter) to tumultuous applause and cheers. Seems we've arrive...
The varied musings of a music maniac...