Eyes For Telescopes and The Trews – LIVE

Tonight was quite incredible! It was certainly one of the best concerts I have been to, though perhaps not in the same league as Buck 65.

Around 9:30 I met Sascha and Shane at The Marquee Club and then we proceeded to enter and find a table to sit at. We talked about the usual things and burned the time up until Eyes For Telescopes took the stage, when we went up front.

Their set was great, though the vocals could have been mixed a bit higher. It was hard to make out a lot of them, but the overall sound was really good. They played some songs I recognized from their album, and some I hadn’t heard, but it was all wonderful to hear in a live setting. During their set there was crazy dancing and one guy, a friend of the band, even took is outrageous moves to the stage. Eyes For Telescopes is a really solid group with multiple vocalists and a unique sound. Live they were definitely a lot more in the rock vein than I expected, but pleasantly so.

While waiting for The Trews to come on, some people I know from high school showed up and stood beside us. Amanda and I meet up at the weirdest places, so we had a discussion about stalking occuring.

The Trews were simply amazing. Their set was long, and filled with some of the best live music anywhere. They were dead on with every song (most of which I knew quite well from the album, single and their website), and their guitarist, John Angus, was incredible throughout the set, showing that he is a true virtuoso. As a closer they covered Led Zeppelin’s “Whole Lotta Love” and “Rock & Roll” expertly. It was just one of those shows that makes you say “wow!”

If any of you have the chance then you’d better grant yourself the honor of hearing this band. They are destined for greatness.

After the show Sascha and Shane gave me a drive home, and I came up here with ringing ears and memories of a great night.

Last night I watched David Lynch’s Mulholland Drive and I was really impressed by it. It’s a film that deftly mixes horror, mystery, romance, humour and suspense in a greatly symbolic mess that explores the dangers of both reality and the Hollywood dream. Once I figured out the meaning of much of it, I was able to appreciate the great work that it is. I will definitely be rewatching it in the coming days, and I will be seeking out other works by Mr. Lynch.

As an end note, here’s a quote from The Trews’ website about one of the standout songs they played tonight:
Hollis and Morris
Homage to our home away from home in Halifax Nova Scotia. A street corner that’s seen many a late night after playing empty bars all over the city as One I’d Trouser. The apartment belonged to Jack’s dad Victor Syperek, Buck 65 currently inhabits it, and it’s on a corner where dirty old men pick up hookers. Just for the record, none of The Trews have been with prostitutes.