To complete an amazing week of music at the Gaelic Club, or i should remember to say Theatre, Canadian power pop masters The New Pornographers put on a great show last night.
I find myself continually listening to their 3 albums, so i was very excited to see them last night and i was not disappointed. They started with a bang by tearing into "Sing Me Spanish Techno" and "The Laws Have Changed", two of my favourites. Other highlights were great versions of "Streets of Fire"and "Testament to Youth in Verse". They ripped through 15 songs in a hour before leaving the stage. The magnificent Neko Case used her soaring voice to great effect, taking turns with Carl Newman to belt out the vocals. They returned to play not one but two encores, taking requests from the audience, before playing two great renditions of "Execution Day" and the closer "Breakin' the Law". My only quibbles with the night, were i think maybe they could have throttled back a bit on the forceful approach to the songs, towards the end it was hard to keep up with the pace of it all. Also i thought at some points Neko's vocals struggled to be heard above the music. However all in all a wonderful night as i found myself singing along to every song and thoroughly enjoying myself in the process.

Set list (from memory-could have a few out of order)
Sing me Spanish Techno
The Laws Have Changed
Jackie, Dressed in Cobras
The Bleeding Heart Show
Mass Romantic
These Are The Fables
Testament To Youth In Verse
Streets Of Fire
From Blown Speakers
All For Swinging You Around
Twin Cinema
The Jessica Numbers
Its Only Divine Right
Use It
The Slow Descent Into Alcoholism

Mystery Hours
Graceland
Execution Day

The Fake Headlines
Breakin' The Law

Video: Sing Me Spanish Techno.