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I’m back from Doors Open Toronto! This is the view looking south along University Avenue and Simcoe Street towards the new Shangri-La Hotel tower and the CN tower.
Storm the weather dog interrupts a nightly newscast of Global Toronto News. I realize this is a bit old.
Dogs are the best. :) (Fun fact: I once saw Leslie Roberts at a gym in North York and he looked very different. Let’s just say he wears a lot of makeup for the nightly news)
Living In Scarborough for a year has made this place my church. Fun fact: this is also mike myers favourite food spot.
Double cheeseburger w/ bacon, ketchup, mayo, mustard, onion and pickles and onion rings on the syyyyde.
The train pulled in so I hopped on the subway only to find it completely empty.
In Toronto, stepping in to a clean subway car and having it to yourself is one of those simple pleasures.
This is the obligatory picture Pookie & I take whenever we go to shows. Mumford will go down as one of the sweatier ones from all the dancing.
W/e though, we cute.
Also, Anima is so pretty it really makes me sick sometimes. No, all the time.
My second Mumford show.
Note: Excuse the quality of these pictures. I love them because they’re memories but they’re not professional or anything of that sort. I did my best. Enjoy!
Some time ago, Mumford’s fan club sent out an e-mail to it’s mailing list announcing 3 new Canadian shows which I promptly forward to Pookie since we couldn’t see them together the last time they were in Toronto at Sound Academy. We really didn’t think we would get to see them live together until after they released their next album so she gave me the okay to order tickets as soon as they went on the fan club pre-sale.
Fast forward to last night which can only be described in one word as magical.
I have to take a moment right now to thank some wonderful girls. Mari, who was third in line because she started waiting at 7 am and Maria, who joined her at 11…my night wouldn’t have been a fraction of what it was if it wasn’t for them graciously letting Anima and I join them in line.
Down to business now. The Apache Relay opened first. They were fun and quick-tempo-ed which really got the crowd going. I thought the lead singer was a fantastic dancer and it made me wanna dance too. :D My favourite song of their set was ‘Power Hungry Animals’ which you can listen to here. Really a lovely little song.
Next was Nathaniel Rateliff whose voice can only be described as something like a country version of Zeus. You can listen to him here.
Mumford takes the stage. WE ALL GO APESHIT!!!!
LOOK HOW CLOSE WE WERE!!! We were directly in front of Ben and Marcus! Anywhow, In typical Mumford-manner, the fellas jammed, slammed and sang every song in that heart-breakingly beautiful way they do. They draw you in with their music in a way that you feel like you’ve lost all your senses rest sight and sound. I lost track of the time and where I was. If it wasn’t for Mari and Maria screaming excitedly and Anima swaying in unison with me to the music, I most likely would’ve forgotten who I was with as well.
I don’t know if you guys know this but Ben Lovett is actually a sex god in disguise as a musician..
Almost forgot, Mumford has a brand spanking never-before-heard song that they played for the first time for us lovely Torontonians called Ghosts, which is aptly named because it is so hauntingly lovely. You can listen to it here. (Don’t know if it’ll be up long so listen while you can)
In conclusion, it really was a marvelous show and set. I think if you compare my post about the first show and this one you’ll see that I was much more romantic about the former simply because it was my first time seeing them. This was much more a show where I walked away feeling overjoyed and thoroughly entertained than numb and blissfully dazed.
If I had to pick one band to watch live for the rest of my life, it would be Mumford & Sons. These guys know how to throw a fucking party. That is all.
Oh and in case you were wondering what it looks like to stand in front of 20,000 beautiful Torontonians…
Mumford & Sons were surreal last night. Recount and pics to follow. :)
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Far Away - Jazz Cartier (Prod. M. Lantz)
I had the pleasure of being sent this mixtape by a friend of mine who is a good friend of the producer. Aside from an awesome track (#4 - Gold&Girls) that samples Metric, what made me wanna download it is the fact that these guys are from TORONTO!! I’ve been waiting for ages for some new talent to come out of our streets and this is it.
I wholly endorse this mixtape, have a listen folks. It is stupid good.
That awkward moment when you didn’t feel the earthquake everyone is frantically blogging about.
Ah, well. Back to napping.
