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I hate, hate, hate bands that give insincere or unearned encores. I can not explain how much this makes my blood boil. Encores should not be a default part of the live experience, you need to MAKE the crowd want to see more - and not just your three biggest hits that you've saved for the end!
Play an interesting cover! Do a one-off version of a b-side! Pull someone on stage who you know is at the show and get them to play a song with you! I don't even care - just don't wank out your greatest hits in 15-minute jam versions!
Ok, that's my rant, here's my list:
DO:
Richard Buckner - Somehow made me want to stay through a 4.5 hour set.
Jon Spencer w The Sadies as Heavy Trash - Truly unbelievable.
Andrew Bird
Calexico - These guys can make corpses dance.
Jon Rae and The River - Someone please give this man some money so that he can stop working in a coffee shop and just make more music!
DON'T:
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah - Great albums, sh*tty live act.
Daniel Johnson - Embarrassing, humiliating, depressing. Stop touring.
Go Team - Not sure why there was a licensed section for this show that was inexplicably aimed an audience with the musical appreciation of a 10-year-old.
