Jennifer Laidlaw

Posts by Jennifer Laidlaw

• Imogen Heap at the Commodore, June 15 2010

  ‘Imogen Heap’s first visit to Vancouver in oh, about 12 years was just a bit overdue…’

• John Butler Trio at the Commodore Ballroom, May 31 2010

  ‘… the crowd never fails to go insane…’

• Interview – Author Joy Fielding

  ‘… Elvis gave me a huge passionate kiss…’

• Review – What is Stephen Harper Reading?

  ‘… if I see a man beating a horse…’

• Cat Power – A Good Woman by Elizabeth Goodman

  Cuckoo, Self-Deprecating, Sexy, Brilliant Chan Marshall.

• Concert Review – Saul Williams at the Venue, Vancouver, Nov 17 2009

  ‘… the Niggy Tardust get-up can’t escape the slam poet Saul Williams, and that was what the crowd was there for. Responding to snippets of spoken word in between songs, the audience would fall silent and go still…’

• Concert Review – Regina Spektor at the Orpheum Theatre, Vancouver, Nov 2 2009

  ‘A solo moment with a teal electric guitar found Spektor singing about the proud moment when she realized the couple next door was fucking to one her songs…’

• Concert Review – Bumbershoot, Seattle Centre, Sept. 5-7 09

  ‘Standout moment: after one particularly vivacious song Katy delightfully shared with the crowd: “My boobies almost fell out on that one”…’

• Concert Review – The Pretenders w/ Juliette Lewis and Cat Power at Malkin Bowl, Aug 26 2009

  ‘“You want something cheesy, a little trite?” Hynde laughed, breaking into “Brass in Pocket”. “Obviously, or you wouldn’t be here…”’