[Tthip]

I do not have access to my XM tonight to record this.
Anyone here willing to grab it?
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[chris]

Some relevant tweets:
Artist Of The Year goes to Michou. Kind of a surprise. Half the crowd is gone now. People don't care about Gord Downie? #vergemusicawards

Gord Downie's solo shot is much more interesting than his work with the Hip, but it's looking pretty sparse now. #vergemusicawards

No diss to TPC and Acorn but Gord Downie is delivering an absolute schooling tonight at #VergeMusicAwards. First time seeing: pure class!

Not a big surprise, but damn, Gord Downie's still got it. #vergemusicawards

Do a tweet search for #vergemusicawards and it sounds like Gord absolutely killed it tonight.

[BIGVDOGG]

from Sarah - I see the setlist: goose, drown, dance, moon, hard, yellow, gone, trick, van, night, figment

[tigerthelion88]

encore:
wind
possessd

Pretty sweet performance. Vancouver divorce was Awesome!
Some notable quotes:
"awards are for sucks
"good bevening

the others sets: TPC
colours
natures
be good
bambi
tops
cave
citizens
brzaknik
boots
english

The acorn : great set, thier live act is as awesome as their music videos
cobb
pesto
crook
misp
law
no ghost
flood

[thompson girl]

Ha! Thanks Vic! Yes, we need a mobile app for real time set list uploads!

Good show! I was expecting something much shorter. I agree with tigerthelion, Van Divorce was comparable, if not better than the QE show. They carried it on for a while at the end.

Gord had problems with his guitar in Goose, and the theramin wasn't working too well for Gone, but overall they sounded really good. Hopefully this show will surface sometime.

I was impressed by The Acorn, and TPC put on a really good show too.

Appearances by Alexis on Fire and Broken Social Scene for a couple of the awards too.

Pics

[Tthip]

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[Tthip]

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.....The show stealer of the evening is Gord Downie’s performance with The Country of Miracles. At least it is for those who stay long enough to see his set (many leave after TPC’s performance). In his merry band is regular contributor Gord Downie contributor Julie Doiron, Dave Clark who I recognize from the Woodchopper’s Association and The Rheostatics, Dale Morningstar (also of Rheostatics), Josh Finlayson of Skydiggers, and Dr. Pee.

Last year Gord Downie put out one of my favourite albums of the year, The Grand Bounce. In this pool of youngsters vying to become the next Canadian super group, veteran Gord Downie has that thing that all the nominees are striving for. Memorability. Although I had no particular desire to hear the album which Downie released last summer, I can remember exactly where I was when I heard it for the first time. I was 35,000 feet up in an airplane headed east to Nova Scotia with my boyfriend. We had missed our evening flight and had to wait for the next one, but maybe it worked out for the best- because here we were, listening to Gord Downie on the in flight entertainment console while a rare display of the Northern Lights lit up the sky from Oshawa through New Brunswick. The moment had all the makings of a Gord Downie album – love, restlessness, and the surprising poetics of the Canadian landscape.

One such travel song in a set that spanned Downie’s 3 solo albums particularly got to MV editor Brian Banks; “This guy is absolutely class! Now I know why Canadians speak with such pride about Gord Downie!” As it turned out, the two have moved in similar drifts across the country. Among the songs performed live were “The Hard Canadian”, “As a Mover”, “Canada Geese”, and the “Vancouver Divorce”. The musicians switched instruments amongst each other for different songs, and we were delighted when a reverbatron appeared for one song. For the encore, Gord played The Grand Bounce’s single “The East Wind” with just Julie before inviting the band back on stage to end the night with a little parade.

After the show we stood in front of the stage, bristling with afterglow goosebumps and hoping that Gord might come out and shake some hands. We have no such luck- but still, I feel good knowing that Downie first-timer Brian is coming out of this experience feeling that he has something to write home about.

[thompson girl]

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The East Wind
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