It was quintessential Sloan...a fabulously tight sound, a varied and interesting set, an energetic performance...all soured at the end by a sudden walk-off. As a result, I decided not to by the new disk after the show, which is unfortunate, because it seems like a great album.
What a F*cking great concert....First time I saw the band Live, and they lived up to everything i thought they would be. Best moment was the encore, and they Played CHESTER the MOLESTER...best song ever...Great great great TIME!
Great show really...too bad there wasn't a lot of people...well i guess it's quebec city... but still great set....i love the new album....
I
was in attendance in Antigonish for their concert. The concert was
pretty well attended, I'm guessing probably 1500 paying people
showed up. Although it had been advertised that the bowl would
be "wet" and the seats around the bowl "dry", it turned out being
that the "wet" area was part of the bowl, located pretty much to the
back. All ages were allowed to walk straight up to the stage
(curtailed by safety rails, of course), and boy did people ever want
to get close during the Sloan set.
The Joel Plaskett Emergency came on first, and put on a consistent
show. Maybe it was waiting for Sloan that caused it, but I can't say
that I felt excitement from their set (although I did take the
occasion to talk to the ex-Thrush Hermit bassist who was playing
bass for Joel's gig as well... ).
Highlights of Joel's set were "True Patriot Love" ("Canada's
National Anthem," as he introduced it), and a few odd turns that
landed in such territory as the Grateful Dead's "Casey Jones",
perhaps a bit of CCR (memory's hazy), and something that came
suspiciously close to U2's "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking
For".
Sloan took to the stage at about 11:45 PM, after signs were posted
saying "NO CROWD SURFING". This seemed to inspire certain fans to do
exactly the opposite. The people running the two mega-screens (one
on each side of the stage, I presume these are permanent
installations as St. FX employees/students were running these) lost
on the opportunity to flash a big Canadian flag when the words "I
know that I'll be living it in Canada" came in "The Rest of My Life".
Setlist was something like:
Gimme That
Live On
The Rest of My Life
C'mon C'mon
Nothing Lasts Forever Anymore
Backstabbin'
Everything You've Done Wrong
Coax Me
The Marquee and the Moon
The Other Man
Andrew's set:
On the Horizon
Delivering Maybes
(perhaps People of the Sky, I know, or am pretty sure, there was one
more)
Sensory Deprivation (maybe that _was_ it, I know they played that
one)
The Good in Everyone
False Alarm
Money City Maniacs
Reach Out (initial closer)
Encores:
Chester the Molester (!)
(Andrew came out for one more somewhere)
If It Feels Good, Do It
Luck seemed to be on my side _quite_ often that night. Jay came out
to sign autographs and be nice to people. I spoke with tour manager
Mike several times, and even bought twelve 10-packs of the BRAND NEW
Sloan trading cards (with pics we've seen on the website, amongst
others... 1000 or so packages of 10 were pressed at the beginning of
the tour, they have no plans as to what to do with them
afterwards... Collect all 45, in the same shiny silver foil as were
those of "Between the Bridges" (albeit no clear sticker
announcing "SLOAN" on them).
What was more, when myself and my friend Jessica finally exited the
Millenium Center (after tracking down the friend who had both her
car and her cell phone), we walked right past the green tour bus...
to see people were huddled outside. Walking up, I was pleased to see
Chris talking it up with many a person. The
general situation permitted myself and Jessica to enter a quite
lengthily sustained conversation with Chris, who seemed attracted to
the fact that the two of us are both of French descendance (from
Nova Scotia).
Two key elements of that conversation remain: the several levels of
the "scarecrow" reference in "I Am the Cancer" (5 and counting), and
the possible explanation as to why there were no Sloan trading cards
to be found inside last week's edition of the Coast (as the cover
was a spoof of a box of Kellogg's Bran Flakes ("Plan Flakes"), the
mention of the Sloan trading cards inside could have been a spoof of
the cereal industry's practice of promoting free stuff included
inside cereal boxes).
We basically ended the conversation about 20 minutes later (although
other people were also contributing to the general discussion, even
people in the sound&video program somewhere nearby), with Chris
saluting us with "Ceci est pour tout le monde ici, car ceci est pour
ceux qui savent c'est quoi, le rock'n'roll." (Perfect French, he
spoke! The intro to "If It Feels Good, Do It", translated.)
That was the best show I've ever seen. Both Sloan and Joel tore down the place. I got to meet Patrick and Chris after the show! They signed some vinyl and chatted it up for a while. Patrick took my demo cd and that was VERY cool. Awesome show.
I would also like to see pics of the opening band! So if you have any, please post!
I've seen Sloan five time so far, this being the latest time and I think they were at their best sounding this show. Me and my friend got there late, because he was driving and he thought that getting their one hour early would be good enough, it was, but it almost wasn't. When we got there, the lineup was huge and we did end up waiting almost the entire hour standing in it. When we finally got to the door, we were among the last ten people to get in. As I walked in I heard the doorman tell this to the crowd to the reply of many boos. I was pretty happy that I wasn't one of them, that's for sure. Anyway, National Anthem played, which I thought was unfortunate. "Rock N' Roll Girlfriend" was the one song I remember because it's the only one I listened to, again an unforunate thing. After the song ended my friends and I just looked at each other without saying a word and we unilaterally walked outside for a smoke. After National Anthem (hope that's not a tribute to Radiohead) ended the "wonderful" set, Sloan took the stage and it was great. I was in the front wedged between other happy Sloan fans as they broke into "If It Feels Good Do It", which was cool. Then a whole number of other great songs, with me in between them yelling "Sugartune! Sugartune!" As I've said, I've seen them four times previous to this and each time, I've wanted to hear Sugartune, but to no avail. Again I had no such luck. despite this, the show was great and it ended with the usual, Underwhelmed, which is always a treat. I've always wanted to go up and play bass for them for that song, because Chris usually picks someone out of the crowd, turns his amp off and straps his bass around them. Usually some chick, because he's "the heartthrob" and he has to cater to the screaming girls, but anyway, what about me? I can actually play the song!! Anyway, I think I've said enough. I give the show a resounding 4 out of 5, due to the small venue size, which made everything that much more up-close-and-personal, the sound which was pretty decent considering, and lets not forget the band's performance itself. I won't penelize Sloan for the lacklustre performance and meagre songwriting abilities of National Anthem. So there you have it, if you haven't seen Sloan yet, you're missing too much. If you have seen them, see them again as many times as you can, you never know when they might "break up" again. I know I'll be standing in line for their next show and the next and the next.
Hey , dose anyone have pictures of the opening band?
Thanx Derek
Awesome Concert!!!!!! My first Sloan concert I might add.
Here's the setlist(in no order)
* Gimme That
* Live On
* Backstabbin'
* The Rest of my Life
* False Alarm
*Nothing Lasts Forever Anymore
* Ready For You(AWESOME!!!!)
* I Was Wrong
* Reach Out
* The Other Man
* Sensory Deprivation
(a wonderful surprise)
* Marquee and the Moon(one of my
favs)
* Delivering Maybes
*C'Mon C'Mon
(we're gonna get it started)
*Money City Maniacs
(definitly one of my favorite parts of
of the concert)
*The Good in Everyone
*Everything you've done Wrong
*The Lines You Amend
*Coax Me( another one of my favs)
ENCORE *Chester the Molester(a huge surprise and definitly one of my favorite parts of the concert)
*Pick It Up And Dial It
AND FINALLY..........................
*If It Feels Good Do It ( with lots and lots of SLLLLLOOOOOAAAANNNN chants!)
So the setlist was awesome with the exception of there being no songs from Smeared and only one from Twice Removed. The only bad part of the whole thing was the crowd didn't seem to know there Sloan very well. I seemed to be the only one seeing along for the older songs.Oh well.
Joel Plaskett was good too but seemed very small compared to Sloan. I sent in some pictures of both Sloan and Joel Plaskett. ENJOY!
i've been waiting to see these guys in concert for along time but being from newfoundland i didn't get much of a chance... so last night was absolutley fabulous, these guys really know how to rock the house! they're my favorite band and last night just gave me one more reason to love and respect these guys so much more....thanks for a great show.
I tried to add photos, but wouldn't work. I emailed em to sloanmusic.com instead so hopefully the get added at some point.
Cheers!
HEY!! Wow. Joel Plaskett and Sloan ripped up the stage. A long set with a variety from all of their albums was a much loved medley! Encore, as always, was a treat and well played! Talking to Jay after the show made me feel very appreciated! Wish I could be at some of your western tour dates, but alas, school binds me. Rock out with Cuff and keep us easterners in mind! Well, I'm really a Torontonian, but thats o.k.
Cheers!
This concert was more amazing than I could have ever imagined! Every song they played had so much energy! They really do keep to their roots and care about their fans. Thank you for putting on the best concert STFX has ever seen! You guys are amazing!
Did anyone get any sloan cards at the merch table? I hear they're kickass awesome. I want to get some autographed.
Hey, Can't Wait For The Show Tonight....Sloan Rocks!
The Sloan concert absolutely ROCKED! Even though it was hotter than hell in there, it was soooo amazing! The guys sounded AWESOME - they really picked out alot great tunes to get the crowd going! Their set was awesome, and their encore kicked ass! My voice box has finally recovered from all that singing (actaully, shouting more like). Thanks alot for coming to Fredericton! I hope you guys get back again soon!
Sloan was excellent...truly a great show. They played a complete set...what was it, two encores? I wish they'd play more of their older stuff though!
Karen, you rock the casbah!
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