The title more accurately should read, songs from the Fallow album at The Albert, on December 15th. It was the first of four concerts the Weakerthans played in four consecutive nights conquering one album each night, at four different venues...the 4 & More series. This is an interesting concept as I've heard about more and more bands doing the "complete album" shows sometimes concentrating on a classic record for a tour (Liz Phair- Exile In Guyville or Roger Waters- The Wall). I only had the opportunity to attend 3 of the 4 nights (due to Christmas work commitments), so if anyone went to the 3rd night (Reconstruction Site) and recorded the show, please let me know! I recorded the shows I attended and I want to share them with you, but ran into some trouble during the last show, I'll fill you in later.
Wow, the last time I was at The Albert was seeing the Weakerthans in 2002 during their 5th anniversary concert series. Similar to this year's event, the band also played 4 shows in 4 nights at 4 different venues, but substituting the Burton Cummings Theatre with Wellington's, a now closed bar that hosted many amazing punk and alternative shows from the 70's right through to the early 2000's. The Albert hasn't changed much, still the same dank looking place I remember, kind of both friendly feeling and scary at the same time. Fortunately, with a band like the Weakerthans, the audience is fairly evenly split male/female ratio so the aggression I've felt at this bar seeing punk bands wasn't evident. I was just thinking about some of my most memorable shows I attended at the Albert. Green Day, (before they were famous), Plumtree (their last ever Winnipeg appearance), and the New Duncan Imperials (still the BEST show for under 10 bucks) are just a few of the bands I've seen there.
I staked out a "sweet spot" in front of a pillar directly in front of the centre of the stage and watched the band "perform"
Fallow in order from the first track to the end of the album. I'm sure there were songs that they hadn't played live in some time, if at all, but
Fallow is a solid debut album and it was a thrill to hear it all live. The second half of their set featured 2 songs each from their other 3 albums and for the encore they played one more song from the other 3 albums. There is something extra special to see a band play at a venue that is "too small" for their popularity and see them genuinely have a good time and I know the crowd was into it as they passionately sang along at the appropriate times, it was a great feeling! A highlight (or low light) was when some drunken guy barged through the crowd and stumbled on stage during
Plea From A Cat Named Virtute and grabbed the mic to sing along with Samson. The guy was harmless, he got off the stage after the song, but not before chugging from Stephen Carroll's beer. John K. later told me they just cautiously carried on when he came on stage, figuring as long as he wasn't a threat, no big deal. I guess this shows you the type of security the Albert has or lacks, if this was the Garrick, Pyramid or the Burt, security would have surely beat this guy.
Here's a
real review of the show.
THE WEAKERTHANS
Royal Albert Arms
Winnipeg, MB
December 15, 2010
Fallow Show
01. Illustrated Bible Stories For Children
02. Diagnosis
03. Confessions Of A Futon-Revolutionist
04. None Of The Above
05. Letter Of Resignation
06. Leash
07. Wellington's Wednesdays
08. The Last Last One
09. Greatest Hits Collection
10. Sounds Familiar
11. Anchorless
12. Fallow
13. Tournament Of Hearts
14. Sun In An Empty Room
15. Reconstruction Site
16. Plea From A Cat Named Virtute
17. Aside
18. Left And Leaving
Encore
19. One Great City!
20. Hymn Of The Medical Oddity
21. Watermark
Songs From "Fallow": tracks 1-12
THE WEAKERTHANS- 2010-12-15. rar (mp3-256 kbps)
If you prefer, I've posted this show in
lossless FLAC on dimeadozen.org (you need to register to be a member). If you can't download this and you want a lossless copy, leave a message or email me.
Please do not sell this recording and please ask before re-posting elsewhere. Thanks!
The title more accurately should read, songs from the Fallow album at The Albert, on December 15th. It was the first of four concerts the Weakerthans played in four consecutive nights conquering one album each night, at four different venues...the 4 & More series. This is an interesting concept as I've heard about more and more bands doing the "complete album" shows sometimes concentrating on a classic record for a tour (Liz Phair- Exile In Guyville or Roger Waters- The Wall). I only had the opportunity to attend 3 of the 4 nights (due to Christmas work commitments), so if anyone went to the 3rd night (Reconstruction Site) and recorded the show, please let me know! I recorded the shows I attended and I want to share them with you, but ran into some trouble during the last show, I'll fill you in later.
Wow, the last time I was at The Albert was seeing the Weakerthans in 2002 during their 5th anniversary concert series. Similar to this year's event, the band also played 4 shows in 4 nights at 4 different venues, but substituting the Burton Cummings Theatre with Wellington's, a now closed bar that hosted many amazing punk and alternative shows from the 70's right through to the early 2000's. The Albert hasn't changed much, still the same dank looking place I remember, kind of both friendly feeling and scary at the same time. Fortunately, with a band like the Weakerthans, the audience is fairly evenly split male/female ratio so the aggression I've felt at this bar seeing punk bands wasn't evident. I was just thinking about some of my most memorable shows I attended at the Albert. Green Day, (before they were famous), Plumtree (their last ever Winnipeg appearance), and the New Duncan Imperials (still the BEST show for under 10 bucks) are just a few of the bands I've seen there.
I staked out a "sweet spot" in front of a pillar directly in front of the centre of the stage and watched the band "perform" Fallow in order from the first track to the end of the album. I'm sure there were songs that they hadn't played live in some time, if at all, but Fallow is a solid debut album and it was a thrill to hear it all live. The second half of their set featured 2 songs each from their other 3 albums and for the encore they played one more song from the other 3 albums. There is something extra special to see a band play at a venue that is "too small" for their popularity and see them genuinely have a good time and I know the crowd was into it as they passionately sang along at the appropriate times, it was a great feeling! A highlight (or low light) was when some drunken guy barged through the crowd and stumbled on stage during Plea From A Cat Named Virtute and grabbed the mic to sing along with Samson. The guy was harmless, he got off the stage after the song, but not before chugging from Stephen Carroll's beer. John K. later told me they just cautiously carried on when he came on stage, figuring as long as he wasn't a threat, no big deal. I guess this shows you the type of security the Albert has or lacks, if this was the Garrick, Pyramid or the Burt, security would have surely beat this guy.
Here's a real review of the show.
THE WEAKERTHANS
Royal Albert Arms
Winnipeg, MB
December 15, 2010
Fallow Show
01. Illustrated Bible Stories For Children
02. Diagnosis
03. Confessions Of A Futon-Revolutionist
04. None Of The Above
05. Letter Of Resignation
06. Leash
07. Wellington's Wednesdays
08. The Last Last One
09. Greatest Hits Collection
10. Sounds Familiar
11. Anchorless
12. Fallow
13. Tournament Of Hearts
14. Sun In An Empty Room
15. Reconstruction Site
16. Plea From A Cat Named Virtute
17. Aside
18. Left And Leaving
Encore
19. One Great City!
20. Hymn Of The Medical Oddity
21. Watermark
Songs From "Fallow": tracks 1-12
THE WEAKERTHANS- 2010-12-15. rar (mp3-256 kbps)
If you prefer, I've posted this show in lossless FLAC on dimeadozen.org (you need to register to be a member). If you can't download this and you want a lossless copy, leave a message or email me.
Please do not sell this recording and please ask before re-posting elsewhere. Thanks!
Thanks for this !!!!
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